by Bob Allen | Nov 4, 2005 | News
Influence by religious fundamentalism on American politics has created a “moral crisis” that endangers the nation’s values, former President Jimmy Carter says in his newest book, which hit bookstores this week. In Our Endangered Values:...
by Bob Allen | Nov 2, 2005 | News
A religious right leader who in 1998 called on President Clinton to resign said it would be a mistake for President Bush to apologize for actions of White House aides in the Valerie Plame case. On Friday a grand jury indicted Lewis “Scooter” Libby, Vice...
by Bob Allen | Oct 31, 2005 | News
Matthew 10:42 says, “If anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is my disciple, I tell you the truth, he will certainly not lose his reward.” But Hurricane Wilma victims at one relief station in Florida reportedly had...
by Bob Allen | Oct 31, 2005 | News
For most Americans, Halloween means trick-or-treating, watching horror movies or at worst stringing toilet paper in trees. For many fundamentalist churches, however, ’tis the season for hellfire and brimstone, with dramatic presentations modeled after haunted...
by Bob Allen | Oct 31, 2005 | News
President Bush’s nomination of Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court drew quick praise from religious conservatives. That includes some who were unconvinced that Bush’s first choice, Harriet Miers, had the credentials or judicial record to guarantee she...