Was Ethan McNamee manipulated by pro-GLBT lobbyists?
While researching my earlier article on the pro-gay marriage rally speech performed by nine year-old Ethan McNamee, one thing I noticed on the various GLBT blogs were comments that conservatives claimed Ethan was manipulated.
I don’t really know if this claim is substantiated; I couldn’t even find a conservative blog or news article that covered the event in which this view was apparently put forward. Perhaps I didn’t delve deep enough into the Google search results? Or I just didn’t read through the many comments left by people on the news sites and blogs that had articles on the subject?
While I don’t personally ascribed to the notion that Ethan was manipulated, I believe it is… Continue reading ...
Responses to 50 reasons why religion sucks, pt.3 of 5
“50 reasons why religion sucks” – Day 3 of 5!
This is the third installment lot of 10 so-called “reasons” as to why religion sucks. This follows the previous part two post of Responses to 50 reasons why religion sucks.
- Part 1 – Responses 1 through to 10
- Part 2 – Responses 11 through to 20
- Part 3 – Responses 21 through to 30
- Part 4 – Responses 31 through to 40
- Part 5 – Responses 41 through to 50
Following are responses to “objections” 21 through to 30.
21) Does not explain life before life
Does it need to? If so, why? Does your life suck because you have no conscious recollection of what it was… Continue reading ...
Responses to 50 reasons why religion sucks, pt.1 of 5
Thoughts out !oud tends to get a fair bit of Google search traffic for the term “religion sucks”. This seems to be in response to a blog post I published a few months back titled: Why Religion Sucks (and will destroy your soul). As a result, I thought I would address one of the search result items that I found when I punched in the same search term: 50 Reasons Why Relgion Sucks. It occurred to me that many people are likely parroting some of these very “reasons” as to why religion sucks, so let’s challenge them a little.
The format is a simple objection / response format. As there are 50 of them, I’ve decided to split up the responses into five separate posts – just to… Continue reading ...
Quote: The greatest evil
The greatest evil has not come from people zealous for God. It has resulted when people are convinced there is no God to answer to.
- Greg Koukl, from his book Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions
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