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  • What Do Christian Republicans Want?

    Just finished ''God's Harvard.'' But it left one big question unanswered: If they had political power, what would these folks do with America? Let's say Christian Republicans win the presidency and veto-proof, fillibuster-proof control of Congress - what will they do? Obviously, abortion: outlawed. But beyond that, would I even recognize ...
    Posted to Dialogues by Sealion4000 on September 22, 2007

  • Hanna Cops Out

    Hanna, you owe David Kuo an apology for bailing on the debate. What's more, I think your last-minute evasion shows the shallowness of your approach to writing about evangelicals. If you're going to be my guide to a group like Patrick Henry students, I expect you to think through their positions, digest them, and present the implications. To pose ...
    Posted to Dialogues by mundane on September 21, 2007

  • Re: Afraid of? Absolutely nothing (except perhaps ignoranace

    JGC does a great job of explaining the nature of scientific study. Science is an attempt to explain observable phenomena; the explanations beget predictions; if possible such predictions are tested by experimentation and the observations made from those experiments are added into the growing body of observations that allow the explanations to be ...
    Posted to Dialogues by Orual on September 20, 2007

  • RE: God's Harvard

    From a practical POV, Conservative Christian schools such as Patrick Henry or Liberty University have about as much social or political impact as Notre Dame, Brigham Young, or UCLA. Why? There are 300 million people in the U.S. and 10% is non-Christian which is about 30 million people. About 30% are theologically liberal Christians or about 90 ...
    Posted to Dialogues by winstonsmiththe3rd on September 18, 2007

  • Why We Should Be Scared of Evangelicals

    I can't speak for other atheists, secularists, humanists, etc., but evangelicals are a worry for me. I should also say that I don't think evangelicals are bad people. My problem is that evangelicals seem to take an inordinate interest in the lives of people who do not believe as they do. It can range from the merely annoying (those who go door ...
    Posted to Dialogues by foole on September 17, 2007

  • Presidential candidates' plausible Christian testimonies

    ... looks like they'll be choosing between a Mormon and some second marriages when they go to vote in the Republican primaries. Of all the candidates, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have the most plausible Christian testimonies. I realize that many, particularly ''evangelicals'', do not consider Mormons to be Christians, and probably many ...
    Posted to Dialogues by rhmonson on September 17, 2007

  • Re: God's Harvard-Patrick Henry

    No, actually BenK didn't summarize my views. I will address his points by number. 1. No one's life is meaningless, whether they are a Christian or not. Everyone has the God-given ability to do good things, whether they are a believer or not. A saved sinner is not wounded by any means. A saved sinner is better than healed. A person who is not ...
    Posted to Dialogues by Pickwick12 on September 17, 2007

  • God's Harvard-Patrick Henry

    As a former Patrick Henry student, I found Hanna's answer very interesting. Though I did not personally know her, some of my friends did and liked her. The idea that PHC students are scary makes me laugh. What I think is really scary is the idea that being an evangelical Christian would disqualify a person from being a good public servant. Hanna ...
    Posted to Dialogues by Pickwick12 on September 17, 2007