Blogs Posts on "Religion And Politics"

Early Presidential Thanksgiving Proclamations by Corazon's Corner on Nov 23, 2009A Textbook Example ofChristian NeutralityWith Thanksgiving just around the corner I thought that this might be an appropriate way to embrace the theme of the season. As we all know, Thanksgiving has become an extremely important event in American cul...

The Levellers: A Forgotten or Distorted History? Part III by Corazon's Corner on Nov 18, 2009The Putney Debatesof 1647 In part III of my series on the history of The Levellers I would like to shift my focus a bit. As has been pointed out in the comments sections of my previous posts on this subject, many of you feel that the Levellers are a...

Students sue Tenn. county schools over religion by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 16, 2009A federal lawsuit filed Monday on behalf of students accused Cheatham County schools of promoting Christianity and violating the U.S. Constitution. The complaint states the schools showed a pattern of endorsing religion that included the distribution...

Should We Defend the Rights of Others in our Democracy? by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 15, 2009Clearly, yes. Those of us with a historical mind will note that democratic Germany produced Hitler, as democratic Italy produced Mussolini. What many are proposing to do with Muslims could happen with pagans, Jews, or even sects of Christians –...

More on Hate-Speech By Left and Right by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 15, 2009Last week, I posted on a right-wing attack on a left-wing blogger which I believe is really an attempt at controlling speech. I’ve read the comments, and like I have on other statements – much to the contrary of a comment left on the prev...

The Levellers: A Forgotten or Distorted History? Part I by Corazon's Corner on Nov 13, 2009If there is a historical tale begging to be made into a blockbuster Hollywood movie it is the story of John Lilburne and "The Levellers." Just try to picture it: you take the likes of a Russell Crow type, caught up in an epic love story with a woman...

Flaming Obama Statue Heralds End of the World, See Revelation 13 by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 13, 2009Why? From here: U.S. President Barack Obama is scheduled to arrive in Beijing, China on Sunday, November 15 and in preparation for the event, Chinese artist Liu Bolin constructed and then set alight his eerily evocative “Burning Man Obama” scul...

Religion in the Military – Muslims in, Religion Out by The Church of Jesus Christ on Nov 12, 2009Two post to consider, Baptist leaders say Muslims should not be banned from military - Three Baptist leaders said it would be a mistake to ban Muslims from service in the United States military based on the Nov. 5 mass shooting that killed 12 soldier...

Moses and the "Key Founders" by American Creation on Nov 10, 2009The reason why I titled this post that is because, as you will see, Bruce Feiler has a book out entitled America's Prophet, Where God Was Born that stresses Moses as a central figure of inspiration to America, and Feiler argues the central historical...

Founding Religion in Modern Politics: Why Conservatives and Liberals Get it so Very Wrong by Corazon's Corner on Nov 9, 2009Will all of the political talk surrounding Obama's religion, along with the role of faith in the halls of government that seems to be infesting the "blogosphere," I thought it might be fun to look at how the religion of our Founding Fathers has becom...