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Abortion is a guy thing

Why would we believe that women naturally kill their own children? Instead, throughout the history of the world, abortion and infanticide have been traditional tools for male exploitation of women....

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A note to Bob Parsons of GoDaddy

Bob, Some say that sex drives the Internet, while others say it drives them away. True, sex sells. Nations have based their entire economies on what sells. One nation that comes to mind is Nauru. Which...

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Islam and Christianity

Many of them cling to presuppositions such as these: They believe that God approves of waging war to defend their beliefs. Though their faith has spread throughout the world, they believe that one...

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Back to nature

Jolly Blogger makes several good points in his comments about Silent Spring, a book which helped to launch the environmental movement. Believers should care more about the natural world than...

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Not all Muslims and Christians are similar

My recent satire on the similarities between some Muslims and Christians seems to have been misunderstood. I’ve taken four graduate courses on the relationship between Islam and Christianity, and spent...

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The Christian jihad

Most American Christians wouldn’t say they support the war in Iraq as a means of defending Christian beliefs. But certainly one of their main justifications for the war is to defend American beliefs....

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The Jewish Right

Why do they call it the Christian Right when so many of its best spokespeople are Jewish? Syndicated columnist Don Feder, talk show host Dennis Prager, Rabbi Daniel Lapin, film critic Michael Medved,...

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Too busy to be conservative

I’m too busy following Jesus to spend much time being politically conservative. There is a difference between the two goals. Feel free to have an opinion, even a strong opinion, about immigration and...

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Pornography: the new minstrel show

Pornography, if it’s defended, is defended in the name of freedom of expression. The creators of pornography, it is argued, are making an artistic statement. Okay, few defenders of pornography are...

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The message of “The Matrix”

There are no limits, there are no rules, anything can happen – if you’re in the Matrix. Of course, if you’re in the Matrix, nothing is really happening.

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