The Old Testament God could be right-wing, but he could be pretty left-wing too. He demands obedience and dishes out some harsh justice, sure, but he also commands care for the poor, widows, orphans,… (View Post)

Aren't the Marionites in full communion with the church of Rome? So, while liturgy etc are very different and they have their own Patriarch, they are still (technically) party of the Roman Catho… (View Post)

Ummm: because Christianity does not forbid it? Indeed: the The Institute for the Works of Religion (which is basically the Catholic Church's own bank) has both lent and borrowed money with inter… (View Post)

I think you are falling slightly into the trap of basically thinking that it's just one side reacting against the other. The reality is that both halves of America have a crude caricature of wha… (View Post)

If they learn why, will the despising stop? (View Post)