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Symbosium on Religious Life at Stonehill
Stonehill College in Easton, Mass., hosted a ''Symbosium on Religious Life: Reclaiming the Treasure'' Sept. 27 with more than 600 religious attending. Cardinal Rode, the Vatican prefect for religious life, delivered a very tough address, as did a number of speakers. The conference was an attempt to examine what happened in the last 40 years to ...
Posted to Faith-Based by thealewife on October 15, 2008
Well, That's Good News for Dems and Catholics Both
I did not need to read this article, to take immediate notice when 1) Gov. Casey's Son spoke at the Democratic Convention this year, in contrast to the first Bill Clinton Convention in 1992; and 2) Joe Biden was picked to join this 2008 Ticket with Obama. Both were welcome developments to me, and I have the sensitivities on these pro-Abort ...
Posted to Faith-Based by MichaelBernard2 on September 1, 2008
The Unnatural candidate for anyone with Christian morals
I am sorry if my remarks may seem too harsh to some but the truth will set you free! As a Christian (Catholic) I can not vote for a candidate that has no problem denying medical care to victims of botched abortions, to be specific he vote in the Illinois legislature to deny medical aid to an infant that had survived an abortion attempt...so ...
Posted to Politics by Tricia74 on June 18, 2008
Popery
One of my 1st memories, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, was a parish priest preaching a sermon on the Vatican's treaty with Italy's Fasciasts & how it helped the RC' minister to a war torn world. The church was in the Arcdioces of Cincinasty. The Archbishop was an avid analiguist for & to Pius 12. He even named a high school for ...
Posted to Fighting Words by larry278 on April 14, 2008
Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Western Civilization
Whenever I read Christopher Hitchens, I learn a few lessons. In this case, Hitch upheld The Netherlands/Dutch as historically heroic for, among other things, offering refuge to Spinoza's family. Who knew? Unfortunately, when reading Hitchens, I always come across masterfully artful examples of his selective Polemics - (argumentative techniques.) ...
Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard1 on October 9, 2007
Hitchens-Craig-Restrooms
Ok, so the only guy on the planet that could make this discussion from the top-of-the-mind would be Hitchens. But, I am still sick of reading, watching the awesome deadlocked media fixation on this guy's death spiral into the toilet, so to speak. Enough. My God, Do we have to all be drug down into the debasement of this guy and his toilet ...
Posted to Fighting Words by shootist on September 1, 2007
SCIENTOLOGY SAVED MY DAUGHTER'S LIFE
First off, let me just say that I am a Catholic. Born Catholic, raised Catholic, practiced Catholicism till this day... and always will. What I experienced 2 weeks ago has made me question (to a very great extent) why there is so much negativity surrounding Scientology. There is a great deal of negative publicity. Why? I now know the ...
Posted to Faith-Based by BobProctor on August 4, 2007
Re: All Religions are Cults
tsedek wrote the following post at 08-02-2007 2:12 PM: ''You were raised Christian?'' Yes; I was baptized Episcopalian, attended (Roman) Catholic schools (back when students attended mandatory services twice a week and on holy days), was taken to a Pentacostal church on Sundays by our babysitter for several years, and I was offered ...
Posted to Faith-Based by strive on August 3, 2007
Cults are strict, religions are popular.
I've seen a lot of fellow atheists here claiming that scientology is no more a cult than any other religion, and I've seen more than a few theist complaints about the unfair comparison. Some have shrewdly pointed out that the argument depends on how our definition of the word ''cult'' differs from that of ''religion.'' The funny thing is, they ...
Posted to Faith-Based by Malarkey on August 2, 2007