Evangelicals and Politics
The recent post at Juris Naturalist, is the sort of thing that drives me crazy. Entitled, Evangelicalism == Christian Legislation, it basically, after a lengthy introduction on Wilberforce and slavery, argues that Evangelicals are too tied to the political process and should instead seek more self-sacrifice in their attempts to deal with societal issues, with […]
Read More..>>How can Christians be Conservative? Part III
The final question, posed to me on how Christians can be conservatives dealt with the issue of how, since they are so against government intervention, can they seek to use government to impose their view of morality on others, in particular with the Pro-Life movement? While a common question, it has several problems. For one, […]
Read More..>>The Bill of Rights – The Liberal Version Updated
Since Liberals like Sotomayor see the Constitution as a “Living Document” that they are free to modify as they see fit, I thought it appropriate to update The Bill of Right – The Liberal Version in honor of her elevation to the council of Kings otherwise known as the Supreme Court. Amendment I There shall […]
Read More..>>Christianity In America?
Listen to the MP3 As I point out in my forthcoming book, Preserving Democracy, one of the things that surprised Alexis de Tocqueville, when he came to what was then the new country of America, was religion. As he wrote in his classic, Democracy in America, “Upon my arrival in the United States, the religious […]
Read More..>>A Review of Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great – Summary
The following is an outline of my review of Christopher Hitchens’, “God is not Great” Part I – Chapter One The definition of Atheism. Do “the faithful” commit more crimes? Are atheist dogmatic? Part II – Chapter One the “four irreducible objections to religious faith.” Religion and sex Part III – Chapter One. Do believers […]
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