Let’s Praise Progress on Religious Freedom. Start with These Countries.
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“Four Muslim-majority nations deserve our support and engagement, as an alliance of 33 other nations finds its voice.” - CToday
‘Conscience’ didn’t make the cut for the First Amendment.
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“…. the Senate adopted the first two parts of the House version but dropped ‘nor shall the rights of conscience be infringed.’ After that, a direct protection of the individual right of conscience never reappeared in the language of the final religion clauses.” - TGC
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An Immoral Proposal: A Case Against Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Part 2)
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Why Should We Oppose Embryonic Stem Cell Research?
Opponents to embryonic stem cell research usually present four arguments against it. I’d like to survey these four arguments and then add a fifth.
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Why Traditional Religion Is Dwindling in America
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“I can’t say exactly when, most Americans simply lost any sense of being sinful, of needing forgiveness. Most don’t think they are bad…. they will admit to having faults, but basically they think they are ‘good people’ and so are most others.” - Roger Olson
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Wisconsin high court to hear parents’ challenge to school district's gender transition policy
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“Parents suing a Wisconsin school district over a policy that allows officials to withhold knowledge of students’ efforts to change their gender identity from their families will have their case brought before the state supreme court.” - CPost
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Supreme Court to hear case of praying football coach
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“Former Bremerton High School coach …. After games had ended and after both teams’ players and coaches met at midfield to shake hands, Kennedy would kneel and offer a silent or quiet prayer.” - BPNews
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An Immoral Proposal: A Case Against Embryonic Stem Cell Research (Part 1)
In the eighteenth century, an Irish minister by the name of Jonathan Swift wrote a powerful satire, entitled, “A Modest Proposal.” In the most serious language, Swift suggested that Irish babies be sold for food, and that their skin be used as a kind of soft leather. As a result, there would be fewer mouths to feed, more food to go around, and a new industry that would create many jobs. This was his ‘modest’ proposal. In reality, Swift did not intend what he was recommending.
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No, Religious Freedom Doesn’t Send People to Hell
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“…this kind of argument against religious freedom is a familiar one—usually in reference to somebody else’s religion.” - Russel Moore
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Preaching the Dream: 5 important speeches by Martin Luther King Jr.
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“Some of these words were spoken at large civil rights gatherings, while others were given within the sanctuaries of churches.” - CPost
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Sacrilege and Blasphemy
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“I don’t want to get into the specifics of the incident here, we hope the controversy brought about by the controversy will ultimately produce light rather than the heat of yet another conflagration on the internet. It might help, though, if we understand what sacrilege and blasphemy are.” - Don Johnson
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