Hark, for I’m going to tell you a tale of olden times. Back in the days of yore, when our lives were little better than those of the cavemen, there were no podcasts. In those days, all we had for entertainment on long drives was an archaic device known as “The Radio.” On this radio, …
Category Archive: slavery
Mar 03 2010
Atheism in the news? Not really…
Read this post from the blog of the religion reporter at our local newspaper. My comment was long, so I wasn’t sure if it got posted and thought I’d post it here, as well. Three comments, in mixed order: First, the study isn’t worth the attention it’s getting. In addition to all of the other …
Jan 13 2010
Stay classy, Pat
We’ve gotten an email at the TV show address alerting us that on today’s 700 Club episode, Pat Robertson has gone into his usual “blame the victims” spiel regarding the Haitian earthquake. Apparently God decided to level Port-au-Prince, kill untold numbers (estimated to be in the hundreds of thousands), and displace at least 3 million …
Feb 23 2009
Kazim to Chuck Colson: Slavery and Christianity
References: Kazim’s review of The Faith Chuck Colson’s post #1 Chuck Colson’s post #2 Chuck Colson’s post #3 Kazim’s compiled responses (including this post) I’d like to turn back to your second message, and the question of slavery. I pointed out in my earlier post that, rather than taking it as a given that Christians have always …
Sep 23 2008
Dobson: clueless on American slavery
I turned on my local Christian station this morning (99.3 FM in Austin) and ran smack into Dobson gearing up for a rant on abortion. I don’t remember how I knew that it was going to be about abortion, but I could tell from a phrase and the tone. Sure enough, it turns out they …
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