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The Other-ing 0
- March/April 2018
- March 1, 2018
“I was . . . thinking, . . . I’m going to go crazy. And then I saw a Marine step on a Bouncing Betty mine [designed to launch upward when triggered and explode at chest level], and that’s when I made my deal with the devil and I said, ‘I will never kill another
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An Aspect of Freedom 0
- March/April 2018
- March 1, 2018
Sometimes neutrality is anything but. On October 17, 2017, the Quebec Liberal Party government passed into law “an act to foster adherence to state religious neutrality and, in particular, to provide a framework for requests for accommodations on religious grounds in certain bodies.” It forbids persons seeking public services from doing so with faces covered.
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Ground Rules for Behavior?0
- March/April 2018
- March 1, 2018
In recent years I have found much entertainment and thought-provoking content on YouTube. As I explored some of the channels on the Web site, I became drawn to several in particular. A few of these were somewhat religious, such as VenomFangX and Sanctuary International Matrix, while others were more secular, such asThe Amazing Atheist (now
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The Last Crusade 0
- January/February 2018
- January 1, 2018
One of the enduring myths of the American story is that the United States is a Christian nation. The dynamic that led to a war of independence and the sensibilities of self-determinism was dominantly secular. The discussions and negotiations that led to the adoption of a Constitution and its original amendments were of a distinctly
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The Hope of Peaceful Coexistence 0
- January/February 2018
- January 1, 2018
There is strong empirical evidence in favor of a close connection between religious freedom and peace. That is amply demonstrated in an important book by Brian Grim and Roger Finke, The Price of Freedom Denied: Religious Persecution and Conflict in the Twenty-first Century,1 and supplemented by subsequent research by the Pew Research Center.2 Based on
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The War Within 0
- January/February 2018
- January 1, 2018
A priest approaches the weapon, blesses it, and then sprinkles holy water on it.He does so because the weapon will be used for “Christ’s war.” The scene is not from the Middle Ages, but given the mind-set of the priest, it might as well be.It’s 1965.The weapon blessed is a B-52 bomber about to go
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