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Monday, July 7, 2008

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHEN SOMEONE REALLY LOVES YOU?

"Why do you Catholics focus on the cross so much?" YOU CATHOLICS. "You'll notice," this ordinarily neutral deipnosophist continued on with her blindsiding discourse, "that there isn't a single crucifix in this house. We don’t really need to focus on Jesus’s death so much. We Protestants realize... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 6, 2008

Work has me swamped

Hey all! I must have started 23899271283712982374230928 blogs over the last two weeks and got as far as this: Have you ever noti And then got stuck on yet another work project. I'll be back, though, very soon! Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 23, 2008

A Rather Disturbing Conversation

I can't believe the conversation I just overheard. Not that I'm eavesdropping; I share an office with three coworkers. One attends a non-denominational church and calls himself a "born again". The other is a fallen-away Catholic who was raised by an Episcopalian minister. Coworker #1: "Do you know... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Exit Polls and Religion In American Voting

A post by one of my favorite Blogit writers sent me off to do some reasearch this morning while I covered the switchboard. I found exit polls at cnn.com for the 1996, 2000 and 2004 presidential elections. As I reviewed the data, I noticed some interesting facts: 1. The religious demographics see... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Ignorant Of History? Have Fun Repeating It.

It was 1610, and Galileo, a renaissance physics buff in very good standing with his beloved Church, got his hands on a telescope. With that telescope he discovered that the theories of Copernicus (a 15th century priest) were accurate, that the Earth was not the center of the universe, as accepted... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Labels Are Pointless

What you call yourself means little when it is lined up against what you believe, and how your beliefs prompt you to act. The argument between being "religious" and being "spiritual" is a good example of this. I've known many people over the years that make this distinction about themselves, calling... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 28, 2008

Politics and Religion part 2

More of the Obama speech of June 28, 2006:...the discomfort of some progressives with any hint of religion has often prevented us from effectively addressing issues in moral terms. Some of the problem here is rhetorical - if we scrub language of all religious content, we forfeit the imagery and... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, April 25, 2008

Politics and Religion

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. --The First Amendment to... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

The Beatitudes...A Little Gospel For All Faiths

Now when [Jesus] saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, and he began to teach them saying: "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 21, 2008

Statistics on Child Abuse

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/cb/pubs/cm06/cm06.pdf Sign in to see full entry.

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