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Why Some Evangelical Christians Are Supporting Obama
A Newt One | July 23rd 2008
~Douglas~If elected, Barack Obama would be the most liberal president in the history of the United States. There is no question that he carries a certain air of charisma that many folks have been looking for, despite the fact that it is empty charism read more
Study: Evangelicals Lives Substantially Influenced by Faith
Dakota Voice | July 22nd 2008 by Bob Ellis
Reprinted by permission of The Christian Post By Audrey Barrick Christian Post Reporter Tue, Jul. 22 2008 11:22 AM EDT Most Christians, notional and evangelical alike, desire a personal... Peruse Dakota Voice for a wealth of information on this an read more
U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley won’t be GOP delegate
Bible Belt Blogger | July 22nd 2008 by Bible Belt Blogger
Iowa’s senior senator is snubbed by the state’s evangelical political activists, the Washington Times reports. Grassley, an evangelical and a Baptist, upset some evangelicals by launching an investigation into the spending practices of so read more
Griper Blade: How to Become a Real Christian
Griper News | July 22nd 2008 by Wisco
Right wing Evangelical blowhard James Dobson will not ever vote for John McCain -- never. He's made that clear in the past. As a matter of principle, Dobson can't bring himself to vote for a man who's not as Bible-bangin' crazy as he is. After all, i read more
How to Become a Real Christian
Griper Blade | July 22nd 2008 by Wisco
Right wing Evangelical blowhard James Dobson will not ever vote for John McCain -- never. He's made that clear in the past. As a matter of principle, Dobson can't bring himself to vote for a man who's not as Bible-bangin' crazy as he is. After all, i read more
Liberty University Buys Year-Round Ski Slope
cVillain | July 22nd 2008 by Kyle
Just about an hour south of Charlottesville sits Lynchburg, Virginia, home to 20,000 evangelical students and now, a YEAR ROUND SNOWLESS SKI SLOPE. I am not making this up. Part of Liberty University’s 5,000 acre mountain range will morph int read more
A Seminar On The Christian Man And The Christian Woman
Word And Verse | July 22nd 2008 by Sicarii
I received an email on an interesting seminar organized by First Evangelical Reformed Church (FERC) that I thought might interest some of you here in Singapore: A Seminar On The Christian Man And The Christian Woman Topic: The Christian Man & the read more
Gay Marriage to End “Culture Wars”?
DailyQueerNews.com | July 22nd 2008 by Matt Comer
By Bill Berkowitz | Religion Dispatch Most Americans wouldn’t recognize Dr. Donald Wildmon if they bumped into him at a Tupelo, Mississippi supermarket. In conservative Christian evangelical circles, however, when Wildmon talks, people listen read more
Dobson warming to McCain
Buzz Blog | July 21st 2008
Dr. James Dobson had previously said he’d not vote for McCain: Dobson and other evangelical leaders unimpressed by McCain increasingly are taking a lesser-of-two-evils approach to the 2008 race. Dobson and his guest, Southern Baptist Theologica read more
Is marrying a non-Catholic Christian worth considering?
6 Stone Jars | July 21st 2008 by mike
Dear Anthony, I have been dating a non-Catholic Evangelical Christian and we are thinking of getting married. I really believe he is the man who can help me get into heaven. Do you think our different religions would become a problem if we married? read more
Sex in the Biblioblogosphere
Exploring Our Matrix | July 21st 2008 by James McGrath
The biblioblogs (among others) seem to have turned their attention of late to the Bible's "naughty bits". Here is a sampling of some of the blogs that have focused on topics related to sex in recent days:Doug Chaplin has been looking at sex and the c read more
Veja com a lupa do Evangelho
Práxis Cristã | July 21st 2008 by Mauricio Abreu de carvalho
Eu sou cristão, mas isso não inibe meus ímpetos de pesquisador e aventureiro. Esta última condição me levou a conhecer muitos guetos curiosos no meio “cristão”. Fui a cultos patrocinados pela ala conservadora, tradicional, ortodoxa, evange read more
Christofascism
Perabsurdus | July 21st 2008 by Rick Greene
James Dobson, conservative evangelical Christian leader and all around ass, has reversed his previous stance against John McCain and decided that he "might" endorse him in the upcoming presidential election."I never thought I would hear myself saying read more
Audio: Stern just (not) glad to be nominated (at all)
Good As You | July 21st 2008 by Good As You
Think Howard Stern is upset by being beaten out by an anti-gay evangelical leader for a radio honor? Guess again. On today's "Howard Stern Show," the Sirius star and his cohorts addressed Dr. James Dobson's Radio Hall of Fame induction... read more
Yahweh – A Moral Monster? Not According to Copan
Codex Blogspot | July 21st 2008
As I mentioned in my previous post, Yahweh – A Moral Monster?, I wanted to interact with Paul Copan’s article written in response to the views of the so-called “new atheists.” In this post I will review Copan’s article, “Is Yahweh a Moral read more
Does Religious Outreach Equal Evangelical Outreach?
Outside The Beltway | OTB | July 21st 2008 by James Joyner
Both Mark Hemingway and Ross Douthat have linked to these recent Pew polling numbers, which indicate that Obama has one point less white evangelical support than Kerry did at this point in the 2004 election. Douthat notes that this isn’t actua read more
McCain and Obama Kickin' It With Both Old And New School Evangeli…
God, Politics, and Rock 'n' Roll | July 21st 2008 by Tara van Brederode
We've blogged before about the "New Evangelical" movement within political circles--while traditional Christian Right leaders continue to emphasize abortion and gay marriage as "forefront" issues, some new leaders are talking issues like AIDS and glo read more
Surge in support for gays serving openly in the military
The Moderate Voice | July 21st 2008
This from a Washington Post-ABC News poll (July 10-13, 2008) out Saturday: Public attitudes about gays in the military have shifted dramatically since President Bill Clinton unveiled what became his administration’s “don’t ask, don& read more
The Divine Spiration of Scripture by A. T. B. McGowan (Book Revie…
Exiled Preacher | July 21st 2008
Infallibility, confession, preaching, conclusionSo, if McGowan is unhappy with the concept of biblical inerrancy [see Part 2], what does he propose in its place? He devotes a chapter to Infallibility: An Evangelical Alternative. He argues that it is read more
Dobson May Endorse McCain
Mainstream Iowan | July 21st 2008
Considered A Lesser of Two Evils... Conservative Christian leader James Dobson has softened his stance against Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, saying he could reverse his position and endorse the Arizona senator despite serious misgiving read more
Evangelicals and the Realm of the Supernatural
Cerulean Sanctum | July 20th 2008
On Saturday, I was out walking my property and something clicked in my head. One of those seemingly obvious bits of insight, yet it only came together at that moment. Call it a Unified Supernatural Field Theory of Evangelicalism, sort of the holy gra read more
Dobson May Yet Endorse McCain
From Their Own Mouths... | July 20th 2008 by Recovering
DENVER — Conservative Christian leader James Dobson has softened his stance against Republican presidential hopeful John McCain, saying he could reverse his position and endorse the Arizona senator despite serious misgivings. “I read more
Obama’s Last Frontier: The Evangelical Vote
Bits & Pieces - Dolores' Cybercorner | July 20th 2008 by Dolores M Bernal
Obama’s recent efforts to lure evangelical voters has really earned him my respects. I do not recall any other Democratic presidential candidate doing this before, but it’s quite courageous. Only if you’ve been intimately familiar w read more
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Atma Jyoti Blog - Meditation and Spiritual Life Resource | July 20th 2008 by Swami Tarakananda
“The universe becomes conscious of itself in us.” - Roger Scruton We were pleasantly surprised when we recently came across “The Return of Religion,” an article by contemporary English philosopher Roger Scruton, which we would like to share w read more
WILL "RE-EDUCATION" CAMPS BE NEEDED FOR REPUBLICANS?
GLOOM AND DOOM REPORT | July 20th 2008
IF OBAMA WINS THE PRESIDENCY WITH A VETO PROOF CONGRESS...?I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME "RE-EDUCAITON CAMPS" SET UP FOR ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO WERE THE VICTIMS OF REPUBLICAN/NEOCON IDEAS, AND THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN SO BADLY "BRAIN DAMAGED" BY THE INCESSANT "FO read more
Main Reasons Why Jews Don’t Convert To Christianity
Eved of HaShem | July 20th 2008 by Eved of HaShem
Most Evangelical Christians are aware that most Jews don’t believe that Yeshua (Jesus) is the Messiah, and we understand that. However, the reasons for their rejection of Christianity goes even further. I’m not saying that the below are read more
Zombie Jesus for President
Atheist Revolution | July 20th 2008 by vjack
Suppose you are an American voter who doesn't particularly care for McCain or Obama. You are no libertarian, and you cannot imagine voting for the Green Party candidate. Fortunately, you have another option besides simply staying home on election day read more
McCain-Romney Dream Ticket…
Tikun Olam: Make the World a Better Place | July 20th 2008 by Richard Silverstein
…If you happen to be rich, white, male, Republican and Christian (evangelical or Mormon). For all the rest of us, we’ll have to look elsewhere. The NY Times published The Buzz About a McCain-Romney Ticket yesterday and I’ve got to read more
J.I. Packer discusses Homosexuality with Mark Driscoll
Sheeple Blog | July 20th 2008 by Derek Kirkman
Mark Driscoll recently had an opportunity to sit down with British-born Canadian Christian theologian J.I. Packer. Packer served as general editor for the English Standard Version, an Evangelical... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my websit read more
Thoughts on my de-conversion, one year later
de-conversion | July 20th 2008 by Agnostic Atheist
So it has been just about a year since I made public that I had abandoned the faith to which I clung so dearly for seven-plus years of my adolescent and adult life. It seemed appropriate to write down, for my own sake, some of my reflections on the p read more