Church, Politics, and Culture
FORMER FRIENDS, THANKFULLY
Gotta agree with Adam Buckman: "I'll say this for "Friends": It went out as it came in 10 years ago - as the blandest, most artless comedy series ever to top the Nielsen charts in the history of television."
THE TRUTH WILL COME OUT
So I thought the highest form of acheivment in life is fame and fortune. Isn't that what society tells us all the time? Isn't that why we worship rich celebrities? So then why is Pat Tillman being hailed as a national hero? He gave up millions of dollars and the...
MORE INSANITY IN CANADA
It's official, public declaration of certain sections of scripture will now likely be considered hate speech in Canada. The Senate passed by a wide margin what has become known as the "Bible as Hate Speech Act" and anyone who thinks it won't lead to the prosectution...
AS CANADA DRIFTS TOWARDS MARXISM
I've been warning for awhile now about western society's drift towards totalitarianism and the dangers of government controlled education. This is why. Also, see the another discussion of this topic here.
TV HOMICIDE
Good stuff from Max and Liz Goss's blog: Last night, Britain's Channel 4 televised My Foetus, a documentary containing footage of the abortion of an unborn baby four weeks into a pregnancy. Here is an interesting article from the Herald Sun about reactions to the...
GOD AND THE PRESIDENT
A lot of huffing and puffing lately about President Bush's faith. Many are concerned that our Commander in Chief might actually apply his beliefs about God and the universe to his everyday decisions. My question is, what else is he supposed to do? In fact, what else...
WHAT, THE RIGHT SIDE WON?
Update from the Westminster School district case: the right side won. In a completely unexpected development, a judge grudgingly ruled that three school board members were right in not allowing discrimination complaints based on what kids decide is their sex....
THE ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CARD
In another update, US News and World Report's John Leo reports on how free speech is being trumped by anti-discrimination laws in Canada. I'm afraid in the end it won't be just in Canada and it won't be just free speech that gets trumped. For example, the...
ISN’T IT IRONIC, DON’T YA THINK?
It the third straight post about irony, we find the queen of irony, Alanis Morissette, poking fun at American censorship by "disrobing" on Canadian national television. "I am overjoyed to be back in my homeland, the true north... strong and censor-free," she said....
THIS IS RICH
John Kerry, an espoused Catholic, has been unwilling to attend mass the last couple of weeks out of a fear the he would be denied communion. His problem is that certain priests have grown some cajones and, in compliance with clear church teachings, started taking a...
WHO’S OPEN MINDED NOW?
One of the more interesting things about last night's Peter Jennings Jesus program was Jennings' legitimate wonderment at how the "Jesus Movement" went from absolute obscurity (the death of the leader and the scattering of all His followers) to the largest religion in...
LIVING THE DREAM
Interesting article in yesterday's LA Times about how television has moved into the celebrity making business. It used to be that TV was about showing celebrities to average folks. Normal everyday people could gawk and worship from afar, viewing the "ideal" celebrity...
OH CANADA
Another update on a previous entry: my former home and native land is on the verge of outlawing any public condemnation of homosexuality. So much for public reading of scripture, I guess.
“MORAL BELIEFS” NOT ALLOWED
In the latest on the Westminster School Board controversy (see previous post), the government is threatening to simply take over the district from the elected school board. Sate Senator Joe Dunn said, in advocating the takeover, "I am not interested in [the trustee's]...
THINLY DISGUISED TOTALITARIANISM
In my last post I pointed out some of the problems with state sponsored education efforts. For one thing, the state cannot help but teach a single worldview and if there is no concensus in the country over what that worldview should be, then there is no option but for...
ONE NATION, CONFUSED ABOUT GOD
The Supreme Court is deliberating over the phrase "under God" in the pledge of allegiance today. From what I've read and seen, the only person in the story with a proper understanding of religion is the atheist, Michael Newdow, who is suing to have the words...
ME IN LINE WITH THE ACLU?
The government is cracking down on indecency over the airwaves by drastically increasing the fines for violators. For one of the few times in my life, I find myself agreeing with a few liberal democrats and the ACLU - I think this will turn into a sharp attack on free...
IDOL WORSHIP
According to the Bible, humanity's basic problem is that it ascribes value to the wrong things. Instead of acknowledging and celebrating the great worth of our Creator, as we should, we worship and serve created things (Romans 1:25). Now I have nothing personally...
WHERE IS MARTIN LUTHER KING JR WHEN YOU NEED HIM?
With illegal gay marriages popping up everywhere, the homosexual lobby's new strategy of civil disobedience is making great strides, I believe, in their effort to portray their cause as a civil rights issue. After all, what are the authorities going to do to stop it,...
FREEEEEDOM!
Got a great comment on my "Legislating Morality" post below and wanted to clarify a couple of things. First, I don't assume that God exists or that Christianity is true. I think there are many very good reasons for believing these things and I present a few of those...
LEGISLATING MORALITY
Two of the biggest stories today are Rosie Odonnell's gay marriage (part of the backlash over President Bush's call for a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage) and Howard Stern's eviction from Clear Channel radio stations (part of the backlash over Janet...