Archive for the 'Religion' Category
Monday, August 30th, 2010
One would think that the inappropriateness of a Muslim place of worship practically in the center of the World Trace Center site would be obvious. One would be wrong. To be clear, no one is questioning whether or not people have a right to build a house of worship on any private property which they [...]
By: Nick | Category CD Positions, Culture War, Politics, Religion, War on Terror | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Taking a cue from the federal Democrats in Washington, DC, the Connecticut Democrats have decided that the Constitution no longer protects religion from the government: This past Thursday, March 5, the Judiciary Committee of the Connecticut State Legislature, which is chaired by Sen. Andrew McDonald of Stamford and Rep. Michael Lawlor of East Haven, introduced [...]
By: Nick | Category Culture War, Law, Politics, Religion | 4 Comments »
Saturday, December 20th, 2008
On Thursday evening (12/18), I was allowed to bring Nick home from the hospital. I thought that the miracle I had prayed for had come true, for Nick to be home in time for Christmas. We pulled into our driveway, and as we were transferring Nick from the car to his wheelchair with a transfer [...]
By: Rene | Category Health Stuff, Religion | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
If you’ve been paying any attention at all to the so-called “Religion of Peace” you should have seen this coming: Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) could be replaced by “Mecca Time,” if a group of Muslim leaders get their way. At the conference, “Mecca, the Center of the Earth, Theory and Practice,” Muslim scientists and clerics [...]
By: Nick | Category Bad Ideas, Culture War, Religion | Comments Off
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
According to this jerk, only Muslims are innocent: A report posted on Islam Watch, a site run by Muslims who oppose intolerant teachings and hatred for unbelievers, exposes a prominent Islamic cleric and lawyer who support extreme punishment for non-Muslims — including killing and rape. A question-and-answer session with Imam Abdul Makin in an East [...]
By: Nick | Category Human Stupidity, Religion, War on Terror | 8 Comments »
Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
It seems that the only religion you can be intolerant of today is Christianity: A HOSPITAL porter was “devastated” last night after he was sacked following a row with a Muslim doctor over a crucifix. Joseph Protano, a devout Roman Catholic, was a regular visitor to a prayer room open to all faiths at Royal [...]
By: Nick | Category Culture War, Religion | 13 Comments »
Thursday, March 30th, 2006
Seems that a kerfuffle has broken out over a gesture made by Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia in response to a reporter’s question: Smith was working as a freelance photographer for the Boston archdiocese’s weekly newspaper at a special Mass for lawyers Sunday when a Herald reporter asked the justice how he responds to critics [...]
By: Nick | Category Courts, Journalism, Law, Religion | Comments Off
Thursday, March 9th, 2006
3 teenagers who set fire to several Baptist Churches were arrested on Wednesday. Their explanation was that it was a “joke that got out of hand.” The arson attacks apparently began when the three got into Cloyd’s sport utility vehicle for a night of deer shooting in Bibb County on Feb. 2, according to Walker [...]
By: Nick | Category Culture War, Human Stupidity, Life, Religion | Comments Off
Tuesday, February 7th, 2006
Islamofasicts and Cartoons: Looks like Muslims around the globe are upset over some depictions of Muhammad in cartoons published in a Danish newspaper. Now Denmark is subject to a Muslim boycott and Muslims around the world are threatening to kill, behead, or otherwise terminate Danish citizens where ever they may be. They’re doing this, by [...]
By: Nick | Category History, Life, Politics, Religion, Science, World Opinion | Comments Off
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
I saw this story and just could not believe it was true: To pray — or not to pray — in Jesus’ name is the question plaguing an increasing number of U.S. military chaplains, one of whom began a multiday hunger strike outside the White House yesterday. “I am a Navy chaplain being fired because [...]
By: Nick | Category Military, Political Correctness, Religion | 1 Comment »
Tuesday, November 15th, 2005
Everyone’s favorite atheist, Michael Newdow, says he is going to file another lawsuit: SACRAMENTO, Calif. The atheist who’s spent years trying to ban recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools says he’ll file a new lawsuit this week. Michael Newdow says he’ll ask a federal court to order removal of the national motto [...]
By: Nick | Category Law, Religion | 3 Comments »
Monday, November 7th, 2005
The rioting in France has spread to over 300 towns: Rioting by French youths spread to 300 towns overnight, and a 61-year- old man hurt in the violence died of his wounds, the first fatality in 11 days of unrest that has shocked the country, police said Monday. After sundown, rioters in the southern French [...]
By: Nick | Category Immigration, Politics, Religion, World Opinion | Comments Off