(Image via Wikipedia) Here’s our best posts of 2011 based upon a combination of traffic and comments: 1.  -Losing the War of Ideas to Radical Islam? 2.  -Mormons & Evangelicals: Different Theology But Similar Values 3.  -Revolting Muslims Really Seeking New Caliphate and World Dominance? 4.  -Did 9/11 Change Attitudes About Religion? 5. -Radical [...]

                                              (Image via Wikipedia) Years ago when my children were still small I had a couple of visitors at the door on a Saturday before Christmas. The Christmas tree was up with presents all around it in preparation for the big day. The couple at the door explained that they did not celebrate Christmas since [...]

           (Image via Wikipedia) Does Islamic law forbid music and musical instruments? Apparently so. At least Muhammad did during his lifetime. However most Muslim cultures and communities today ignore those strictures except for the most radical Islamists. Currently the Middle East is going through an Islamic revival which is compelling Muslims to adhere more closely [...]

Richard Dawkins: "Jesus Would Have Been An Atheist If He Had Known What We Know Today" This is probably the most offensive thing he has ever said. As usual he is implying here that any person with any kind of intelligence today is an atheist. So obviously it follows, from Dawkins’ perspective, that any smart [...]

Mormonism is center stage again with Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman running for President in 2012. I have seen one article after another talking about why evangelicals should not be voting for a Mormon.  A poll of Evangelical Christians in June showed that at least 34% said that they would not vote for a Mormon [...]

Did the 9/11/01 attacks end up changing some of our attitudes about religion? Here’s a recent article from CNN by John Blake that claims it did make some changes in how Americans perceived religion: Four ways 9/11 changed America’s attitude toward religion There are two observations in this article that I agree with whole heartedly. [...]

                                                          (Image via Wikipedia) 235 years ago today a message was confirmed by representatives of 13 states proclaiming their freedom, a freedom that was considered to be derived from God: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights,  that [...]

                     (Easter, old Greek salute via Wikipedia) Here’s a good article by Anthony McRoy that contradicts the popular notion that the Christian celebration of Easter was borrowed from pagan sources: “Was Easter Borrowed from a Pagan Holiday?” McRoy provides historical evidence that the name ‘Easter’ was actually derived from the Old High German ‘eostarum’ which [...]

                                      (Image via Wikipedia) Here’s an article by CNN.com Religion Editor Dan Gilgoff: How Japan’s religions confront tragedy According to Gilgoff: Proud of their secular society, most Japanese aren’t religious in the way Americans are: They tend not to identify with a single tradition nor study religious texts.  … When there is a funeral, though, [...]

                      ( Greater Muslim Middle East  via Wikipedia) Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Lebanon, Bahrain, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Libya and more. What is behind the turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa? The Western media continues to tell us that they are all seeking greater freedom but that is a very deceptive and naive view. [...]