-Re: The ‘Manhattan Declaration’: A Call of Christian Conscience
on Nov 22, 2009 in -Pro Life -Religion & Culture -Religion & Politics -Same-sex Marriage Current Issues (Culture Clash) Freedom of Religion Manhattan Declaration Over 151 Christian leaders from all sorts of different denominations and organizations have signed a document called the ‘Manhattan Declaration’ which is a call for Christians to stand together on a number of major moral issues that face America.

‘New Jews’- How Generation X and Millennial (Gen Y) Jews Respond to their Faith
on Oct 31, 2009 in Judaism Gen X & Millennial Jews (Image by philippe leroyer via Flickr Here’s an article exploring the variety of responses of post-baby boomer Jews to their faith and culture. These young folks seem far less concerned with ‘anti-Semitism’ and less likely to support Israel&#...

-An Interview: Richard Dawkins on The Hugh Hewitt Show
on Oct 28, 2009 in -Atheism -Evolution Bible Issues Richard Dawkins Here’s the transcript of an interview of Richard Dawkins by Hugh Hewitt on Wednesday, October 21, 2009. I thoroughly enjoyed the exchange and found it delightful and enlightening. Well worth reading.  Related Posts?:-Dawkins: EvolutionR...

-Dawkins: Evolution–”As Incontrovertible a Fact as Any in Science”
on Oct 15, 2009 in -Evolution -Science and Religion Current Issues (Culture Clash) Evolution as Fact? Richard Dawkins Image via Wikipedia In is new book- The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution- Richard Dawkins now claims that evolution is not a theory but a scientific fact: “This book is my personal summary of the evidence that the ‘theory...

-Former Muslim Receives ‘Death Threats’ After Interview
on Oct 4, 2009 in -Religion & Culture Current Issues (Culture Clash) Islam Critical of Islam and the Quran (Islam symbol via Wikipedia) Sabri Husibi, a former Muslim who is now an atheist has received ‘death threats’ since the publication of a Tulsa World article last Saturday in which he was critical of Islam. Oh yea, and all religions per se. But i...

-The Plight of Women in Afghanistan–Truth is Just as Strange as Fiction in This Case
on Sep 24, 2009 in -Role of Women Islam Women in Afghanistan (Image by ?§m? via Flickr) This continues what we were taking about in the previous post. According to the UN nearly 90% of the women in Afghanistan suffer from some kind of domestic abuse and so do many of their children. Apparently one the greate...

-“The Stoning of Soraya M.”–Re: The Treatment of Women in Muslim Countries
on Sep 23, 2009 in -Religion & Culture -Role of Women Islam Women in Islam Nearly two months ago I saw this movie-“The Stoning of Soraya M.”-  in the theater and it still haunts me. Every time I read on the internet about a young woman being killed by her Muslim relatives–or a widow receiving 40 lashes in Sau...

-Apostasy Poses a Problem for ‘Moderate’ Western Muslims
on Sep 5, 2009 in -Religion & Culture -Sharia Law Islam Islamic "Honor Killing" (Rifqa Bary-YouTube) The case of Rifqa Bary brings to the forefront a continuing problem for moderate Western Muslims. Miss Bary is the 17-year-old runaway who converted to Christianity and fled from her Muslim family because she feared that she woul...

-Additional Fragment of Codex Sinaiticus (world’s oldest bible) Found in Egyptian Monastery’
on Sep 3, 2009 in Biblical Text Early manuscript-NT (-Codex Sinaiticus via Wikipedia) A N.T. Greek scholar has found a fragment of the Codex Sinaiticus hidden underneath the binding of an 18th-century book in an Egyptian monastery. The Codex Sinaiticus is probably the oldest Greek manuscript of the...

Additional Fragment of Codex Sinaiticus (world’s oldest bible) Found in Egyptian Monastery’
on Sep 3, 2009 in Biblical Text Early manuscript-NT (-Codex Sinaiticus via Wikipedia) A N.T. Greek scholar has found a fragment of the Codex Sinaiticus hidden underneath the binding of an 18th-century book in an Egyptian monastery. The Codex Sinaiticus is probably the oldest Greek manuscript of the...