Dennis Prager poses the question: "Are we a Judeo-Christian country with liberty for people of every, and of no, faith? Or are we a secular country that happens to have within it a large number of individuals who hold Judeo-Christian values?" His answer is the former. He also notes: "...the Founders regarded America as a Second Israel, in Abraham Lincoln's words, the "Almost Chosen" People. This self-identification was so deep that Thomas Jefferson, today often described as not even a Christian, wanted the seal of the United States to depict the Jews leaving Egypt at the splitting of the sea. … [Read more...] about America – Free or Secular?
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Pat Robertson predicts “mass killing” in late 2007
Pat Robertson is at it again, making predictions with an authoritative facade of "the Lord told me." How embarrassing to Christians everywhere! VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia (AP) -- Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a "mass killing" late in 2007. … [Read more...] about Pat Robertson predicts “mass killing” in late 2007
White Guilt – Book Introduction/Review/Summary
"In the '60s--the first instance of open mutual witness between blacks and whites in American history--a balance of power was struck between the races. The broad white acknowledgment of racism meant that whites would be responsible both for overcoming their racism and for ending black poverty because, after all, their racism had so obviously caused that poverty. For whites to suggest that blacks might be in some way responsible for their own poverty would be to relinquish this responsibility and, thus, to return to racism. So, from its start in the '60s, this balance of power (offering … [Read more...] about White Guilt – Book Introduction/Review/Summary