Religion – Page 28

Sunday School

April 3, 2006March 25, 2008 John Food, methodism, methodist, restaurants, Social Principles, Sunday School

This is the summary of my weekend, the first weekend of April, 2006. Not much to report, but I did try a couple of new restaurants.

Politics Religion The Courts

Supreme Court Justice Scalia Flips Finger in Church

March 27, 2006 John Antonin Scalia, Church, Obscene Gesture, supreme court

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia startled reporters in Boston just minutes after attending a mass, by flipping a middle finger to his critics. There is a photo.

Culture Politics Religion Society

The Basis For The Rise of Religious Extremism

March 16, 2006 John Connecting Culture, Control Culture, Philip Slater

I came across an article by author and playwright, Philip Slater, titled “Why America is Polarized.” This is perhaps one of the best explanations I’ve read explaining why religious fundamentalism is on the rise, not only in America, but around the world. Slater’s basic premise is that, “The purest forms of a cultural system always appear as it decays.”

Culture Religion Right Wingnuts Society

I’m Not Sure I Was Meant To Be Here

March 6, 2006March 7, 2006 John Christain, Christianity, Cold, Homeless, Hungry, poor, theocracy

I’ve been pondering this post for sometime. I do not want this post to be seen as self-serving, but to point out how poorly we are doing as a society at caring for the least of these.

Culture Gay Issues Religion Right Wingnuts Society

“Christian Group” Now wants Desperate Housewives Off The Air

March 1, 2006March 1, 2006 John AFA, American Family Association, gay bashing, hatred, homophobia, Religious Zealots, right wing, tv, wingnut

The radical religious right group, the American Family Association, has become the book burners of the new century. They don’t simply have a gripe with a few things in our culture, a few companies, a few TV shows. They want America to be forced to live under their warped, minority view of an extremist Biblical lifestyle that doesn’t even comport with the majority of mainstream American Christianity.