Quoting from a Q&A session with Bill Moyers:

Q: What role do you think religion should have in the public arena?
A: Whose religion? Christian? Muslim? Jew? Sikh? Buddhist? Catholic? Protestant? Shi'ite? Sunni? Orthodox? Conservative? Mormon? Amish? Wicca? For that matter, which Baptist? Bill Clinton or Pat Robertson? Newt Gingrich or Al Gore? And who ( Read more... )

I’ve been meaning to write about this for a while now; just didn’t take the time to do so until today.

My husband is extremely choosy about bumper stickers. For years, he wanted no bumper stickers at all on any of our vehicles; nothing cute or funny or declaring an eclectic interest or fandom. But a while ago I found a pair of bumper stickers that ( Read more... )

Read this all the way to the end, if you dare. But not after eating ( Read more... )

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Once again, ginmar says it better than I can:

Those who forget the past

ETA: And if you're reading this, if you're Human--please, PLEASE take the time to read this LJ by another person, about the importance of The Truth.

I learned a new word today:

Ameriban.

It's short for "American Taliban."

They're not followers of Islam, but when you read this, you'll find it's pretty hard to tell them apart.

You wanna know another reason why I don't attend church anymore ( Read more... )

There are certain rules that members of a society need to follow if the society is to survive and prosper ( Read more... )

To any of you who doubt that under Bush's reign--yes, the word "reign" is becoming increasingly appropriate--the government is increasingly blurring and indeed outright crossing the line between church and state, I offer to you this recent article:

Non-Christians Need Not Apply

And this editorial cartoon:


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Yep, I'm still an agnostic with minor Deist tendencies, and I'm still fairly liberal for the most part. But here is a very conservative, evangelical Christian preacher whom I sincerely applaud. It's pretty damn rare these days that you find such a man arguing for the separation of church and state, just the way our Founding Fathers wanted it; ( Read more... )