Dear @RickWarren, God Doesn’t Care What You Think Is Fair

He really doesn’t. “Fair” is a human construct, and is always tainted by our own personal worldview. When God and Christ commanded that we are to care for the poor, there was no “fairness” qualifier put on it.  Loving our neighbor is an absolute, not something we do if it doesn’t inconvenience us.  But even more importantly…. God commands “wealth...

They Were Sent And Died For Lies

Conservative apologists now say, in light of all the lies that led to the Iraq war, that we should just forget it, that was the past, there’s nothing we can do now. Baloney. To “support the troops” means more than putting a yellow ribbon magnet on your car or attending the local patriotic pep rally.  It means we, and I mean all of us, have a solemn duty to make sure that these brave men and...

Texas Set To Execute Another Potentially Innocent Man

This is yet another example in a long list of reasons why the death penalty should be banned. From the Houston Chronicle: Like so many before him, Texas death row inmate Robert Gene Will II says he’s not guilty. Will insists that if he can get a fair hearing, he will be another one. He admits he was no saint in his younger days, that he ran with a bad crowd, and yes, that he and a buddy were breaking into...

In The Eyes Of Rome, Jesus Was An Ass

Today is Palm Sunday, the day the Church celebrates the misnamed “triumphal entry” of Jesus into Jerusalem riding on an ass.  It is often viewed, by a large portion of Western Christians, as Jesus triumphantly entering Jerusalem, knowing the end was near, and, in some cases, as a public declaration of his messiah-ship. That’s all well and good, but it completely misses the point. You see, from...

How The Founding Fathers Loved Individual Mandates

One of the primary arguments used by opponents to the Individual Mandate, a Republican creation, of the Affordable Care Act is that it is unprecedented and UnConstitutional. Well, that’s not really true. A January article from the New England Journal of Medicine gives a quick history lesson on how the Founding Fathers approved of individual mandates, including those for health care. Others argue that the...