Tag: Religion
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Spain’s Blurred Cultural Divides (or how Newt Gingrich can’t even get xenophobia right)
Newt Gingrich states, “The proposed “Cordoba House” overlooking the World Trade Center site – where a group of jihadists killed over 3000 Americans and destroyed one of our most famous landmarks – is a test of the timidity, passivity and historic ignorance of American elites. For example, most of them don’t understand that “Cordoba House”…
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Reigious Crackdown in Russia
Today’s New York Times has a saddening article about diminishing religious freedoms in Russia. While the constitution provides for freedom of religion, the Russian Orthodox Church has overwhelming power over Vladimir Putin’s government, which it is quietly using to persecute and eliminate other religious denominations, calling them “sects” in the derogatory. Some protestants get random…
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9/11 Commentary, in Context
There has been a lot of fuss recently over various presidential candidates’ pastors’ comments. Barack Obama has had some, and John McCain’s pastor is now facing scrutiny as well. I believe that, except for Governor Huckabee, who is himself a clergyman who chose to run for office, these issues have no relevance to any political…
Zeke Weeks 