or at least 61% of Christians believe that He wants them to be, according to this article. Because, as we all know, Jesus was rich and successful in this life and He wants you to be so as well!
As these stories seem to reveal, at least to me, that when it comes to discussing freedom of religion… neither side is willing to dialogue. The “christian” side (that being of the ‘christian media,’ i.e. cbn, focus on the familty, etc.) seems to present the present time as a seige of their rights, but at the same time there is also a sense of entitlement. The “christian” defense is a little lopsided when you read this story. The reality may not be contained in either of these stories. I just hope we can move beyond banning prayer or forcing prayer, but instead allow free practice of prayer. Just what this would look like is beyond my purview, I just pray wisdom on the judges to see the facets of these arguments in the light of freedom of religion, not just from religion or in favor of a particular religion.
At least purportedly. Thomas Kinkade, hated by art history teachers, artists, and general good taste is supposedly under investigation by the FBI. I don’t have much love for people who produce junk then say “praise Jesus,” and expect us not to call it junk.
(via boingboing)
Full disclosure: My wife, mother, and aunt are all artists… and they all think he produces crap… I just happen to concur. My wife’s christian, my mother and aunt are lapsed catholics (agnostics at best.) My mother-in-law loves his stuff; she, however, is a little to the right of Pat Robertson… on a good day.
This came up in my google news feed this morning:
The Reality of the Inconvenient Truth
In reality, the Inconvenient Truth represents a much broader significance. The environmental movement represented by Al Gore plays a significant role in the “The Axis of Appeasement” and is directly linked to the formation of Leftist/Marxist – Islamist Alliance.
The Inconvenient Truth is that many of the environmental, social justice, anti-war, leftist, and Islamic groups have in common senior personnel, members of advisory and director boards and in some cases common supporters and funding including foundations and corporations. The organizations in many cases have interlinking of the boards. In many cases these organizations are the cosponsors of the rallies and protests we are seeing occur on a global scale. This is in no way to say that all supporters of some of these causes are not sincere in their desire for a better world. As a conservative environmentalist we all need to support environmental action that is also critical for your future. However, support of the organizations naively or otherwise can be contributing to support of organizations that are against liberty and freedom and seek to establish a global totalitarian government.
The war against the Islamists will not be won with military might and the war on terror; the battle must also be waged in the media, the schools, the NGOs, and the board rooms of corporations.
It was from the “Global Politician” which claims to be “an independent magazine providing objective, in-depth analysis of events in the world today.” I had to create a whole new category for this… it’s just too crazy