Currently, there is friction over a building site where tradition affirms as the site of the last supper. The evidence? "In chapter two of the Acts of Apostles, Peter describes the place, mentioning that it is near David’s Tomb" It's on the paucity of this evidence alone that has justified...

I forget who, but one of the bloggers I read daily made the observation that the great ironies of this election that there is a Democrat who is all too willing to talk and demonstrate his faith, and a Republican who is less likely to talk about his religion. That's a big shift since the last Presidential...

This is an interesting argument that I had not thought of before. Americans United for Church and State Separation (AU) is in a legal battle with the Utah Highway Patrol Association for erecting 12-foot crosses on the sites where state troopers have died while on duty. AU Director, Minister Barry Lind...

Change your religion? Just ask a judge. I was reading this story yesterday with my draw dropped. Could you just imagine having to go to court in the United States if you decide to change your beliefs? Enter the case of Noorashikin Lim Abdullah, who after divorce, decided to revert back to Christianity...

" In their seventies, with a friendship that had survived serious political conflicts, Adams and Jefferson could look back with satisfaction on what they both considered their greatest achievement – their role in establishing a secular government whose legislators would never be required, or permitted...

Ahhhh! This is to good to pass up! Remember a few years ago during the run up to the 04 elections when D ick Cheney said that "if we make the wrong choice, then the danger is that we'll get hit again -- that we'll be hit in a way that will be devastating from the standpoint of the United...

I am off for mini-moon (that is, a short honeymoon) with my wife over the holiday, but there's been some news revolving around my pet issues that I wanted to comment on before heading on out of here for a weekend in Sturgeon Bay. That Old Time Religion // God against the Gods Neo-paganism is on the...

There's been lots of stuff in the news about religion and it abuses over the past week, other church and state issues, human rights issues that I did not have time to comment on. Here's a quick rundown. Faith Healing Remember this spring the case of Madeline Nuemann, the 11-year who died of a...

Remind me again... What do we elect and pay our state representatives for? Is it to represent our concerns and manage our commons, or is it spend legislative time to offer prayers to Jesus and turn our public financed buildings into churches and not courts of law? The Freedom From Religion Foundation...

One has to wonder if John McCain has ever bothered to read the Constitution, or the Bible for that matter. In an interview on belief.net McCain is asked three questions regarding the role of Christianity and in the founding of our country. McCain, inarticulately hamfists his way through this interview...