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  1. mac_philo

    Desire for Expressions/Signs of Christianity in Gov't

    I've been reading comments on the recent situation in Alabama. In this thread I'd like to look at the issue in a much more general way, and from a strictly religious perspective. Let's talk about expressions/signs of Christianity in government. By this I mean monuments, oaths, political...
  2. mac_philo

    Lawsuit versus UNC Quran Reading

    A few students and a Christian group are suing UNC (University of North Carolina) for creating a mandatory (non-graded) reading assignment for all incoming freshmen. The assignment is to a commentary of the Quran, and large parts of the Quran. I am of the opinion that this is a wrongheaded...
  3. mac_philo

    First the KGB, then Stasi, now TIPS

    The Justice Department is proposing to enlist millions of phone workers, utility workers, postal workers, and other people with access to private residences to spy on their fellow Americans. We must do almost all that we can to fight terror, but we cannot do anything as blatantly un-American...
  4. mac_philo

    Pink Elephant in the Room

    I don't debate evo/creo, as the regulars probably know. What interests me is that the vitriolic comments aimed at 'evolutionists' apply to the largest Christian denomination, Catholics. Rome has already pledged its (infallible, by their reckoning) acceptance of evolution. Are the...