Category: Christianity

Ground zero for Dominionist Christianity

The defence of freedom begins in the military By KC Boyd, 17 Mar 2013 13:01   The first protest rally since the Vietnam era took take place on Friday, March 8 outside the United States Air Force Academy (USAFA). This time the focus was not on the subject of war but on the pervasive Christian …

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Galaxy of ecclesiastics

      St. Patrick was a Baptist By Rev. John Summerfield Wimbish, D.D., March 12, 1952   SAINT PATRICK WAS A BAPTIST. After a cautious and critical study of reputable writings, I am thoroughly convinced that he was not affiliated in any way with the Roman hierarchy. It is indeed magnanimous of our Catholic …

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The legality of retroactive abortion

  A writer’s up, down digits   Dear editor: I wonder if we letter writers have the privilege of expressing our own “Thumbs-ups” and “Thumbs-downs.” I would give a Thumbs-up to our tough Arkansas Republicans for having a lot more mettle and tenacity than the RINOs in Washington for protecting our unborn children. By the …

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Our ethnic distinctions

Alawite history reveals the complexities of Syria that West does not understand By Robert Fisk, Monday 4 March 2013   In Syria these days, we are resorting to our racist little maps. The Alawite mountains and the town of Qardaha, home of the Assad family – colour it dark red. Will this be the last …

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I have refused to surrender

We are fighting for all Palestinians By Samer Issawi, Sunday 3 March 2013 12.00 EST   My story is no different from that of many other Palestinian young people who were born and have lived their whole lives under Israeli occupation. At 17, I was arrested for the first time, and jailed for two years. …

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We must fear them, hate them

War on terror is the West’s new religion By Robert Fisk, Sunday 24 February 2013   Mohamed al-Zawahiri, younger brother of Osama bin Laden’s successor, Ayman, made a particularly intriguing statement in Cairo last month. Talking to that wonderful French institution Le Journal du Dimanche about Mali, he asked the paper to warn France “and …

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And thus absurdity reigns

O to have been born a Jew By Oudeh Basharat, Feb.08, 2013 3:41 AM   In Israel there is an entire population sector whose name begins with “non” – “the non-Jewish sector.” Please do not take this as an insult, dear sector, whose name is nothing but the negative of another name, and if you …

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