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I'm not sure what "slippery slope" you're referring to. Canada took them away little by little and Australia in one fell swoop, so your statist comrades will take them away using every avenue possible. Obama, who you voted for, was so inspired by the Australian gun ban of 1997 following a mass...

A better question for you might be how is America a force for good within the last 2 decades?

That's fine if you don't want to own a gun. Then don't. But if you are trying to take away other people's rights to own a gun (which I suspect you are) then I have a very big problem with you.

Bitterness and resentment are the result of us lying to ourselves and now allowing ourselves to feel appropriate rage. Mostly lost in any discussion of forgiveness is the fact that it's ok to cry out to God for vengeance. The parable of the woman seeking justice from an unjust judge ended with...

There's no easy answer to this because kindness to the offender can be taken as a betrayal to the victim. I believe that scorn and rage have their place as well because it brings a correct disapproval of certain behaviors. So I think that when somebody hurts another and one person lashes out at...

No I'm not an America basher and I certainly love my country and have for all my life been considered very patriotic. But over the last 20 years these events have occurred: 1. We dropped bombs in a conflict in Bosnia that we didn't fully understand causing even our allies to label us a...

In Kaotic Profit's defense, he might very well live right here in Idaho where I need a hunting license to shoot any of the millions of ground squirrels that infest our countryside and agriculture every spring. I was truly surprised when an Army MP asked me for my hunting license. I said, "you...

What I say is true because Jesus himself said it and I laid out a very compelling argument to the point that prophets in this modern day are a contradiction to the New Covenant by which Jesus Christ is our mediator and high priest according to the order of Melchizedek. Taking a literalist view...

Uh...dude...you just said "I'm all for your gun rights to be taken away because you can't get anything right!" so I was right and now you're just contradicting yourself. Moreover, since I'm probably the only American Indian in this conversation, let me decide who speaks with forked tongue. My...

Even if all you said were true, it's common legal theory that when you "defend yourself" to the point of putting somebody else's life in jeopardy, it's no longer self defense. If you take a swing at me and I hit you and knock you to the ground, I've defended myself. If I keep at you, kicking...

So you want to take away somebody's rights because they don't agree with you?

I agree. The problem is there are plenty of shades in between. I often cite the Defense of Marriage Act as an example of "family values" conservative Christians willing to violate the Constitution in order to advance Christian morality as a matter of federal law. It was understood that...

I don't follow. The Eastern Orthodox Church is also the one, original, universal church Jesus established. The split in 1054 A.D. didn't change that. They descend from the same apostolic tradition that we do.

You're on to something here. We were created to worship, and when we've rid ourselves of the knowledge of God, we will turn to idolatry. One way or another, no pure form of atheism can long endure because people refuse to believe there is no God. I've written in greater detail about the link...

Again you posit that if I believe people can worship as they wish, I must believe there is more than one God. Then you proceed to throw scripture after scripture at this strawman. You go on with your bad self slaying all the dragons you conjure in your imagination!

Good article. Did we actually just agree on something??

Yes! This is insightful. It reminds me of what Jesus said about the Spirit, that like a wind, He blows where He wishes and cannot be contained by our little boxes. Good post.

I'm seeing you post after post trying to frame the debate according to a very eclectic standard. I'm a larger picture kind of guy because I've found that getting lost in the details can obfuscate the issue whereas examining the philosophical premise of these theories betrays the intent and end...

How does believing in only one true God prevent me from believing in freedom of religion? This is a lapse in logic.