The religious tradition of saying grace before meals becomes especially popular around the holidays, when we all are reminded of how fortunate we are to have an abundance of life-sustaining goods and services at our disposal. But there is a grave injustice involved in...
Religion
How Not to Fight Religious Fundamentalism: Andrew Sullivan on Faith
A friend of mine recently recommended that I read an Andrew Sullivan article in the Oct 9th issue of Time magazine entitled When Not Seeing is Believing. He found it to be a good article showing that Time was now coming around and taking strong steps towards combating...
Pope Benedict the Deeply Mistaken
When the Koran or a Mullah asks followers to subjugate or kill those who do not uphold the ideas of Islam, the line from civilized dialogue to rule by force is crossed. Someone who is required to “accept” Islam at the point of a gun has not made a moral...
The Pope vs. Islam
The Muslim world is storming in violent outrage against the Pope’s recent quoting of a 14th Century emperor of the Byzantine Empire. A NY Times editorial says: “The pope quoted the emperor saying, ‘Show me just what Muhammad brought that was new, and...
The Conservatives’ War on Birth Control
Their war on contraception is not a war against the alleged excesses of the “birth control revolution”–it is a declaration of war against the pursuit of happiness.
Intertwined Insanities
The insanities of Islamo-fascism and of environmentalism are connected.
The Islamist Threat To Civilization
In reacting to the Islamists’ ongoing cartoon Jihad, most commentators have focused on the issue of free speech. This is natural, and necessary, since eradication of free speech is the most immediate risk; and certainly without free speech there can be no defending...
Religious Terrorism vs. Free Speech
Ayatollah Khomeni’s attack on Salman Rushdie and his publishers represents religious terrorism. Americans oppose the Ayatollah’s death-decree, but our government is doing nothing to combat it.
The Cartoon Jihad: Free Speech in the Balance
A battle for Western freedom is being fought overseas. The specific object of the battle is merely a handful of cartoons. The outcome of the struggle, however, will reverberate for years.
Ready to Kill Over Cartoons
Muslim Fundamentalists Islamic Jihad Against Fleming Rose and Jyllands-Posten
“God’s Land”
Some of the most interesting aspects of the war against terrorism are found not in coverage about the war in Iraq, but from coverage of talk in the United States. Consider this recent news report: Christian broadcaster Pat Robertson suggested Thursday that Israeli...
Bill O’Reilly and the Contradiction of the Conservative Movement
The conservative movement favors the expansion of religion/state fusion at home while opposing the inevitable results of religion/state fusion abroad.
“Intelligent Design” Is about Religion versus Reason
What makes “intelligent design” an inherently religious viewpoint is its appeal to a supernatural “designer.”
Freedom of Religion?
There is no “freedom of religion” to do what it pleases. The only type of freedom relevant to religion is the right to practice religion privately, without imposing force on other people.
Greek Honor: A Monumental Achievement
I’ve been reading some of the Greek historians, and am struck by how different the general attitude of the Greeks was compared to that of the modern world’s. What stands out most is the pride they show in living morally. I suppose the contrast is so stark because,...
The Dangers of “Having Faith”
Does it make sense to “have faith” as a way of coping with life? Literally speaking, to “have faith” means to suspend reason. Reason includes looking at facts, logic and using simple common sense. Reason is our means of coping and, ultimately,...
Rights Before Religion: The Individual’s Right to Commit Suicide
Bush administration has no right to force such mindless, medieval misery upon doctors and patients who refuse to regard their precious lives as playthings of a cruel God.
“Intelligent Design”: Religion Masquerading as Science
Its advertising to the contrary notwithstanding, “intelligent design” is inherently a quest for the supernatural.
The Terrorists’ Motivation: From the Camel’s Mouth
After the terrorist attacks of September 11, President Bush declared: “These acts of violence against innocents violate the fundamental tenets of the Islamic faith.” But the Muslim murderer of Dutch filmmaker Theo van Gogh knows better than our president,...
Books: Understanding Jihad
Cook’s achievement lies in tracing the evolution of jihad from Muhammad to Osama, following how the concept has changed through fourteen centuries.
The Faith-Based Attack on Rational Government
America was established for a secular purpose: the protection of individual rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The Constitution neither mentions God (except to forbid religious tests for public office) nor imbues government with any religious purpose…
The “Sin” of Pride
What does the Catholic Church stand for today? If one examines this question closely, the answer does not give cause for celebration.
The Bait and Switch of “Intelligent Design”
The central issue under debate is whether “intelligent design” is, in fact, a genuine scientific theory or merely a disguised form of religious advocacy–creationism in camouflage.
Supreme Court Should Uphold Rights, Not Majority Sentiment in Ten Commandments Cases
Judicial review, properly conceived, is merely one method among many by which judges resolve legal conflicts.
Defending the Separation of Church and State: A Call to Liberals
If the liberals truly wish to maintain the separation of Church and State (and its corollary – intellectual freedom), then they must reverse their antagonism to individual rights, and join us, the capitalists, in championing for a return to the original American form …
The Ten Commandments vs. America
Can a nation of freedom, individualism and the pursuit of happiness be based on the Ten Commandments?
The Islamic States of America?
The hardest thing for Westerners to understand is not that a war with militant Islam is underway but that the nature of the enemy’s ultimate goal. That goal is to apply the Islamic law (the Shari‘a) globally. In U.S. terms, it intends to replace the Constitution with …
House of God, House of War
Picture this scenario: a group of heavily armed Roman Catholics, led by a priest, swarms into St. Joseph’s Cathedral in New York. They claim it as a military base. They fire grenades from its windows. They set explosive charges, in order to blow it up and blame...
“A Real Invasion”: Why the Muslim World is Afraid of American Television
The enemy has problems of his own. I keep reminding my readers of this fact, because it is a crucially important context for today’s events. It is easy to become discouraged as we watch our leaders dither over Iraq, and as we watch the press and the political...
The Easter Masquerade
Religion’s alleged harmony with science is a fraudulent masquerade, extending only insofar as religious dogmas are not called into question
The Pledge of Allegiance Revisited: America’s Allegiance Belongs to Individual Rights Not Religion
The Pledge of Allegiance’s assertion that America exists Under God is wrong and allowing government schools to promote such notions constitutes the unequivocal establishment of religion. The Founding Fathers fought for the right to not believe in God, the right to not p…
Judeo-Christian Philosophy and the Founding of America
A curious notion is mushrooming lately on programs such as “The O’Reilly Factor” and other current events shows. Certain commentators claim that the United States of America owes its existence to what is termed “Judeo-Christian”...
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