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I guess I'm thinking that I'm still a little disappointed at having a presidential candidate who just 8 years ago looked into a camera and said "I will ALWAYS defend a woman's right to choose". And then when we have a strong pro-life candidate who is willing to defend unborn children, everybody...

No, that's not what I said. I was asking why there is such a difference, a double standard. Just from the coverage there's obviously a double standard. I agree, it was an ignorant insensitive remark. In the scheme of evils, which is more evil? Akin's insensitive remark for which he has...

Do you have any scriptural reference for this process? I don't know anything about invitations or asking Jesus to be something. He is Lord and Savior whether I ask Him to be those things or not. Where, in any example of salvation we read in scripture, did anybody do these things? I read of...

Hang on a second, Mr. Obama beleives it should be legal to deliver a 7 month baby's head from the mother's body, plunge forceps into its brain to kill it, pull the rest of the baby out, and call that an abortion. This is something abhorent to the vast majority of Americans, even most supposed...

What exactly does it mean to "ask Jesus into your heart"? That a religious phrase I've heard all my life, but I don't know where it came from either. It's kind of in the same category of "repeat this prayer after me and then you'll be born again and go to heaven". There is believing, there is...

I have never heard anyone say that the Holy Spirit inspired anyone to "write the Septuagint". The Septuagint is a Greek translation containing the books of the Bible that were originally written in Hebrew plus some other writings. Some of those "other" writings are accepted as scripture by the...

I wonder what other folks think about the way the Republican party has reacted to Todd Akin's unfortunate mistake when he was defending unborn children. The Republican establishment and all the talk show people put enormous pressure on him to quit, and he said no. He did not commit any moral...

Yet it is against the law to select targets for surveilance based on race. Does the law matter? When I was a young man I was angry that I had to pay very high insurance premiums even though I did not get tickets or have accidents. Other young men did those things. I had to pay even though I did...

"It is the greatest mistake of all, to do nothing because you can only do a little." I love this! Sorry, I'm off topic I know, but this reminded me of something I came across a while back: I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything but still I can do something. What I can do, I...

Folks, I am convinced that we can be wrong about quite a few things without condemnation coming from God over it. In fact, I'm pretty much counting on it because I am not arrogant enough to think that I'm the one person who has 100% perfect understanding of all of God's truths. Now, there is a...

I would never dream of telling somebody else how they should conceive a child, other than it should be in the context of a marriage. Who am I? If someone asked me, I'd tell them they're going about finding there answer in the wrong way. This business of telling other people how they should and...

I know of the tithing commands of the OT to give of the agricultural produce and animals. Does anyone have any scriptural reference commanding tithing of money, gold, manufactured goods, fish, etc.? I've heard many preachers preach that the first 10% belongs to God, but in the OT it was the...

In my state, you have to declare a party in order to be able to vote in a primary partisan election. In my county, members of one party hold all offices, so if you want to have any say at all in who is elected to local offices and the U.S. House, you have to register as a member of that party...

This discussion is a perfect example of what I am talking about. White and black people do live a different experience. Some may justify that with what ever statistics they like, just as people have always justified things that are uncomfortable. Just think about what is being said, though...

Malcom X was one voice, Martin Luther King Jr. was another. If you only want to focus on the radicals who preach violence, there are many "Christian" folks that are suspect as well. But I still believe that if you are a white person you have a privileged condition, not of your making, that is...

Without a doubt there are many social problems in many groups in our society. And, I understand that it is easier to dismiss my thoughts as imaginings, but I assure you that I've been taught nothing. I grew up in Detroit, just about the most racially divided place in our country. I lived there...

I have discussed this with many Catholic friends. I am well aware of the Church's teaching on this. I understand the verses of scripture they use to support their position. I understand how they interpret those verses, and I understand that Catholics must accept their church's interpretation...

The book of 1 Corinthians was written by Paul to a specific church that was engaging in grave error. They were the intended audience of Paul's corrections, even though we all learn from it. Regarding the Lord's supper in 1 Cor. 11, if you begin reading at verse 17 you get a good picture of the...

Actually, white people do live in a state of privilege that they don't even recognize. For example, I'm a 56 year old white man and when I walk into a Target store the store detective does not follow me around. Let a 19 year old young black man walk in and there is a very strong likelihood that...

I take communion at least annually, and weekly when if I can. I do it because Jesus said to do it. God told Moses to teach the Israelites to commemorate what God did for His people by observing the Passover every year. They were told to do this because the next generation would not see what...