In Part 1 of how Christianity has been hijacked by terrorists, I introduced the idea that faith itself is not reason for the atrocities that man inflicts on his fellow man, but blind faith in the apparatus we call the State, or government.
People with faith in Christ are sometimes rebuked for rejecting reason, but reason […]

The so-called New Atheism movement has a valid point and raises legitimate concern. Many atrocities have been done in the name of religion.
While I generally tune out much of what they have to say simply because their words drip with such venom, they can be commended for not being biased in their targets for […]

15 The nations have sunk in the pit that they made;
in the net that they hid has their own foot been caught.
16 YHWH has made himself known, he has executed judgement;
the wicked are snared in the work of their own hands.
The judgment of God here is simply to let the nations trip in their […]

Ron Paul is an anomaly. A politician seemingly above reproach. I’ve followed his campaign from the beginning, watching the grassroots efforts begin to grow into saplings.
I had also heard rumors for years of this strange dark horse in Congress named somewhat derisively as “Dr. No”, because he votes “no” on nearly every […]

Book 1, Ch. 8, 13
Augustine contemplates how he learned to communicate when growing from infant to boy. He got by with grunts and gestures, but eventually learned the verbal signs needed to engage in the “stormy fellowship of human life.”
When they called some thing by name and pointed it out while they spoke, […]