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Require the Little Children 0
- January/February 2010
- January 1, 2010
Thousands, if not millions, of American Christians have complained that their religious freedoms have been taken away because of court rulings restricting public school prayer. Yet many people believe that when prayer is mandatory in a nonprivate educational setting, it violates the religious freedom of others. Imagine a Buddhist, a Jew, an atheist, and a
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The Shaming of Religion 0
- January/February 2010
- January 1, 2010
Religion and religious expression have been objects of censorship in the public schools for quite some time. However, the intolerance of anything related to religion has taken a turn for the absurd in recent years. Much of the credit for this state of affairs can be chalked up to those who have been relentlessly working
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Bull in the China Shop 0
- January/February 2010
- January 1, 2010
I will never forget my visit to the Golden Temple of the Sikhs, in Amritsar, India. It was my first visit to that fascinating country and quite a few years before the Sikh rebellion and an Indian Army attack on the temple, the holiest site for the Sikh faith. Founded by Guru Nanak Dev (1669-1538),
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Cherished Rights 0
- November/December 2009
- November 1, 2009
I thank you very much, and to receive an award from you is a special pleasure. Liberty magazine is a source not only of pride to Seventh-day Adventists, but a resource that’s been invaluable to all of us who work on behalf of religious liberty. That’s very special. . . . America is an extraordinary
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Decoupling for Freedom 0
- November/December 2009
- November 1, 2009
The Bill of Rights decoupled religion from the state, in part because so many religions were steeped in an absolutist frame of mind—each convinced that it alone had a monopoly on the truth and therefore eager for the state to impose this truth on others. Often, the leaders and practitioners of absolutist religions were unable
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The Victims of Religious Intolerance 0
- November/December 2009
- November 1, 2009
Nations, factions, political groups, and even families go to war with each other to satisfy things like their greed, their pride, and their jealousy. They let their anger loose in hopes of power. In religious conflicts there is little difference; there is, of course, that extra goad of martyrdom and a sense of God’s reward
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