Check The Balances
Posted on 01. Jul, 2012 by Alex Sharp in Current Events, Politics
Many of us are still in shock over the bizarre, bewildering and generally backwards ruling that came down from the Supreme Court on Thursday. In a decision that rivals Dred Scott for the scope of its stupidity, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius will be one of those landmark rulings that future generations of [...]
Proxy Baptism And The Early Church
Posted on 04. Mar, 2012 by Alex Sharp in Current Events, History
This Sunday the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints made a point of admonishing its members to respect the rules concerning their ritual of baptizing the deceased. This is the practice wherein a member of the Mormon Church receives the sacrament of baptism on behalf of a dead person with a direct blood [...]
The Dogmatic Divide Between Modern Evangelical Christianity And The Founding Fathers
Posted on 11. Dec, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Analysis, Current Events
In a recent attack ad, presidential hopeful Rick Perry used the following voiceover: As president, I’ll end Obama’s war on religion. And I’ll fight against liberal attacks on our religious heritage. Faith made America strong. It can make her strong again. The politics of the Obama attack aside, one must wonder if Rick Perry’s historical [...]
Ali Khamenei And The Hidden Imam
Posted on 20. Nov, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Current Events, History
In the winding down of the United States’ wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, attention has yet again drifted to our older, and most likely more powerful, enemy in the Muslim world: Iran. As the nation of Iran appears to be taking more and more aggressive, and seemingly insane, actions to provoke the often militarily superior [...]
Roman Catholicism and OWS
Posted on 27. Oct, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Current Events
At least a few religious leaders of almost every stripe have come out in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The voices of Protestant, Jewish, Buddhist and Muslim leaders have been joined by the support of a group not everyone would have thought would throw in their hat into the OWS ring: The Roman [...]
Mormonism And Mainstream Christian Belief
Posted on 18. Oct, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Analysis, History
In the vast community of Christian churches and ministries, a tremendous range of beliefs and doctrines somehow manage to co-exist. Perhaps one of the strangest variants is The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In recent years the LDS Church has widely expanded its proselytizing initiative, sending scores of missionaries around the world [...]
The Rise Of The Greeks
Posted on 16. Sep, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Current Events, History
Alexander III of Macedon, known to history as Alexander the Great, took the disorganized city-states of Greece and forged them into the backbone of one of the largest empires of the ancient era. He brought the civilizations from the glittering Ionian Sea to to the rough mountains of the Himalayas under the heel of his [...]
The Grand Old Problem For The GOP
Posted on 01. Sep, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Analysis, Current Events
In an increasingly anxious political environment, largely brought on by the spectacular failure of the much promised “Change We Can Believe In” agenda, the Republican leadership has fallen into an old trap. It appears that in their rush to make a huge media splash and gain national attention, they have yet again allowed the Grand [...]
The Widening Schism Between Ireland And The Roman Catholic Church
Posted on 07. Aug, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Current Events
After centuries of blind obedience to the Catholic Church, the nation of Ireland seems to be pulling away from the Vatican – at least politically. A speech recently given by Enda Kenny, the Prime Minister of Ireland, to the Irish parliment was loaded with invective directed squarely at the Roman Catholic Church. What brought it [...]
Religion In Biology Class in 2011
Posted on 28. Mar, 2011 by Alex Sharp in Current Events
In a much glossed over piece of news, it recently came to light that Beau Schaefer, a long-time biology teacher in Libertyville, Illinois, was caught teaching Creationism to students. While the school board has stated that it does not condone the teaching of Creationism, it has also refused to fire the teacher. Supposedly Schaefer’s behavior [...]
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