John Dominic Crossan makes a good point in this video about how almost all Christians in America have a Santa Claus level of biblical knowledge. This is especially true with evangelicals. Evangelicals have the lowest level of education when it comes to the bible and Christian history. That’s why they all believe such silly...
The problem with the historical Jesus is that he conflicts with the traditional theological Jesus. Most people have a Sunday School Jesus, which is miles away from the historical Jesus. Anyone can sign up to teach Sunday School – car salesmen, housewives, and garbage collectors, are all qualified to teach Sunday school. But, that’s...
Reading the Bible Horizontally While at first glance the idea of reading the Gospel stories horizontally rather than vertically may seem trivial, I maintain that it is well worth the time to do so. What one discovers when reading the accounts side by side, is that the renditions that we all know from memory,...
Abraham Syndrome – Thou Shalt Not Think To think is to question. To question is to “know.” Knowing as original sin! Abraham Syndrome is the common denominator that we find in all the attempts at genocide during the past century. From Hitler to Stalin, and from Pol Pot to Ratko Mladic, Abraham Syndrome was...
Separation of Church and State Lawsuit Filed Against Texas School District to Stop Prayer During Graduation A federal lawsuit was filed Friday by the Americans United for Separation of Church and State to prevent a Texas school district from allowing prayer during graduation, according to FoxSanAntonio.com. The suit was filed on behalf of Christa...
Tornadoes hit near Union City in Oklahoma. News9.com’s live video stream. UPDATE 8:18 pm: Reports of as many as 10 dead and many injured. See NEWS 9 Live Feed Above. UPDATE 8:37 pm: SkyNews 9 reports many homes reduced to rubble. Search is on for the missing. Three year old child missing. Also Read...
“When human life to view lay foully prostrate upon earth crushed down under the weight of religion, who showed her head from the quarters of heaven with hideous aspect lowering upon mortals, a man of Greece ventured first to lift up his mortal eyes to her face and first to withstand her to...
Oh no! Stopping genital mutilation! What’s next? These fanatical liberals must be stopped…// Circumcision ban to appear on San Francisco ballot A proposal to ban the circumcision of male children in San Francisco has been cleared to appear on the November ballot, setting the stage for the nation’s first public vote on what has...
Podcast: Book Review – Bringing America Home by Tom Pauken How did the Bush administration squander the political capital that Goldwater-Reagan conservatives took more than three decades to build? How did America go from having the strongest economy in the world to facing our most serious economic crisis since the Great Depression? What became...
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