Christmas Myth-Making
Who Was Wenceslas? The Origin of Christmas Myths..
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Anne Rice is being wooed by the United Church of Christ, and by Catholics
I suppose I like vampires well enough. I was a big fan of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (she can kick real high), and True Blood, and I admit to having read Anne Rice’s “Interview with the Vampire.” Okay, fine, I admit I also watched the movie version of it with that Tom Cruise, the Scientologist [...]
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Geert Wilders will have a lot of power in new Dutch government
Geert Wilders, Member of Holland’s Parliament and leader of the Freedom Party, will have a lot of power in the upcoming legislative session. According to the AFP: Dutch anti-Islam MP Geert Wilders will have to be consulted on every decision the next government makes if a provisional agreement on forming a new cabinet reached Friday [...]
The Ground Zero Mosque: Like Building a Christian Outreach Center in Mecca
I’m a tad confused by the moderate Muslims who want to build a mosque at Ground Zero. This is not to say that a Muslim outreach center in New York isn’t a good idea. As much as I hate the idea of any religion expanding, I have to admit that Islam needs something to guide [...]
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Our “Christian” Heritage
Today, I ran head-on into what I think is the most persuasive argument that Christians make against atheists: The idea that there is no history or heritage to atheism. To many, atheism is a “new” concept; a remnant of the counter-culture movement of the 1960s. America, they say, was founded on solid Christian ethics. Many [...]
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