So I wrote the following letter as a response to Glenn Beck’s recent call for Christians to renounce any church, congregation, or parish that calls for “social justice” or “economic justice” because they are code words for “nazism” and “communism.”
First, let’s be honest; Glenn Beck is a straw man.… Read the rest
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Things are way different here from how they were when you were around.
Then again, maybe not so much.
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According to Wikitravel:
… Read the restThe Basilica of the Annunciation is built above the sunken grotto which according to the Roman Catholic faith was the home of the Virgin Mary and the place where she received the Annunciation (the announcement of the imminent birth of Jesus).
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Borrowed from Pastor Dan.
… Read the restWelcome to Washington! The fun is about to begin, but first, please join me in pausing for a moment, to ask God’s blessing upon our nation and our next president.
O God of our many understandings, we pray that you will…
Bless us with tears – for a world in which over a billion people exist on less than a dollar a day, where young women from many lands are beaten and raped for wanting an education, and thousands die daily from malnutrition, malaria, and AIDS.
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I’m going to write about this at length, but not today.
This is truly an issue where I believe both major party lines are seriously flawed, although Democrats have made more headway recently then Republicans.
The Democrats often decry the practice of abortion while refusing to legislate on the subject.
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A point of frustration.
The Catholic Catechism is quite explicit in stressing the importance of charity, even relative to other virtues:
… Read the rest1826 “If I . . . have not charity,” says the Apostle, “I am nothing.” Whatever my privilege, service, or even virtue, “if I .
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For Urbantasm, I’ve been reading up quite a bit on theology, eschatology, and the occult. John Bridge considers himself to be the antichrist, and the novel deals quite a bit with religious themes, particularly concerning the nature of space and infinity.
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Meandering thoughts this Thursday morning.
One of the major reasons I ultimately left the Unitarian Church was because its defined search for truth was so unfocused that it didn’t offer me much by way of spiritual nourishment.
That said, looking back at the changes in religion and religious organization over the last millennium, and then considering the present and future, I wonder what changes are ahead.
… Read the restSam sent me this Op-Ed from the Boston Globe and this more coherent rebuttal.
Here’s what I contributed to the discussion:
… Read the restYou are 100% correct. And here’s the real irony. Newton would surely have rejected today’s creationism both with and without the benefit of today’s better science.
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