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Religious Bigotry 0
- September/October 2012
- September 1, 2012
"I do not want to see religious bigotry in any form. It would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right. The hard right has no interest in religion except to manipulate it." Rev. Billy Graham, quoted in Parade, Feb. 1, 1981.
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A Secular Threat 0
- September/October 2012
- September 1, 2012
Recent events in America have shown that a strong secularism can lead to clashes with religious freedom. This, however, is not a new occurrence in the West. It is at least as old as the French Revolution, where the rallying cry "liberty, fraternity, and equality" was based on a dark philosophy that was anti-priest, anti-church,
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Prayers in Florida 0
- September/October 2012
- September 1, 2012
In early March the Florida legislature passed SB 98, a bill authorizing public school districts to adopt policies that would encourage prayer at secondary school events. Specifically the bill authorizes the use of student-led "inspirational messages, including. . . prayers of invocation or benediction." School events include "school commencement exercises or any other noncompulsory student
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An Act of Faith 0
- September/October 2012
- September 1, 2012
From earliest days I was taught to respect the Bible as God's holy Word. In particular that meant respecting the actual physical Bible. It was to be handled with reverence; never thrown away carelessly, and never stacked under lesser books. It was even suggested by some that I not mark up my Bible; but I
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TV Truth 0
- July/August 2012
- July 1, 2012
Last year I was on Pat Robertson's show, and we discussed our basic Christian faith—for instance, separation of church and state. It's contrary to my beliefs to try to exalt Christianity as having some sort of preferential status in the United States. That violates the Constitution. I'm not in favor of mandatory prayer in school
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Pain in Shangri-la 0
- July/August 2012
- July 1, 2012
Shangri-la is a mythical land of peace and contentment supposedly found somewhere near Tibet, Nepal, and tiny little Bhutan. Actually Shangri-la is the product of the imagination of British novelist James Hilton. But Bhutan’s king, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, seems to have aimed at taking possession of that myth. In 1972 he came up with the
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