It is perfectly possible to be thoroughly nasty piece of work and a Biblical Christian. His views on stoning gays, that slavery is fine and dandy and that women should be subservient are all backed i… (View Post)

The most interesting of the Mandleson/Epstein emails is the one where Mandleson says to Epstein that such a conviction wouldn't have happened in the UK. I wonder what caused Mandleson to think t… (View Post)

It's an interesting discussion. While most people are born into their religion and take it fairly unquestioned, many are converts including myself. Evangelicalism is explicitly about converting … (View Post)

Mandelson made the fundamental error. Be nice to people on your way up, as you will meet them again on the way down. (View Post)

One of the interesting developments in American Evangelicalism is that as it has moved from backwoods Appallachia to the suburbs of cities in every state it has developed an increasing following amon… (View Post)