I consider myself a liberal. Conservatives throw a lot of criticism at liberals. Some of that criticism does reasonably apply to some things liberals do. It probably works the same turned around the other way.
It seems to me that most of the criticism applies accurately not to the philosophy, but rather to the individual excesses [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Religion'
Extremes
December 17, 2006
Whither the youth?
October 17, 2006
My view is that the reason youth are largely disinterested in the evangelical church once they “grow up” is that the evangelical church has largely been co-opted from its mission by excursions into right-wing political action.
Let me give a personal example. When I was a teenager in the 60’s, raised in a rural Southern Baptist [...]
The Da Vinci Code (the movie)
May 21, 2006
If you’re read the book, skip the movie. The Da Vinci Code is at its heart a mystery suspense thriller. If you already know how it all turns out, then there isn’t any mystery and hardly any suspense. The book had a wonderful pace to it. The movie seemed to jump from situation to situation [...]
The Da Vinci Code
July 12, 2005
I finally got around to reading The Da Vinci Code. It was an intense page-turner. I finished it in one day.
But suspense and cleverness aside, I had some problems with the “factual” setting of the story. The author set up the premise that there is a body of knowledge that academics know about the history [...]
Practical Charity
June 26, 2005
Two sayings from the Bible, one from John the Baptist and one from Jesus