Heretical musings on religion and culture from a literary scholar
Today on Facebook I found this excellent conversation between a Christian and David G. McAfee, author of "Disproving Christianity and other Secular Writings" and someone who thought Atheists should be banned from government. Personally, I no longer engage in debates like this because I don't believe the party on either side is open minded enough to change their views - so it always becomes a shouting match that makes each side more righteous. But that said, David ...
Maybe you've seen the news clip about 19 year old Junior Garcia walking to D.C. with a big cross on his back. As someone who once did big things to prove my faith in Jesus, I can totally understand where the kid is coming from; but there's a number of big problems with this story, starting with: 1) Who Benefits? Junior is inspired by God (so he says.) But what does God hope to prove by this ...
Rick Perry's political agenda summed up in 30 seconds: no gays in the military, open celebration of Christmas and prayer in schools, end Obama's "War on Religion" and restore America's "Religious Heritage". Shucks, that sounds pretty awesome for Christians. But wait! Good Christians believe we are in the end of times, and should be watching out for a potential Antichrist. Many people mistakenly believe the Antichrist will seem evil or be anti-religious or atheistic. Not True! ...
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