by Rabbi Rami Shapiro | Jul 21, 2010 | Opinion
I am a lover of God and a student of religion. I do my best to understand the nature of religion, and how it justifies the worst of which we are capable as well as calls us to the best. There are people of faith on all sides of an issue. Religion is what we interpret...
by Ircel Harrison | Jul 21, 2010 | Opinion
The story is told that Brooks Hays, the legendary congressman and Baptist layman from Arkansas, was walking along the street with a friend one day when he was accosted by a rather antagonistic woman who wanted to “straighten him out” on an issue. Hays...
by John D. Pierce | Jul 20, 2010 | Opinion
The Boston Globe has an interesting story about how more Baptist ministers are taking on the title of bishop now. The trend is more prominent in African-American congregations.Various reasons were given including competition from Charismatic church leaders with that...
by Robert Parham | Jul 20, 2010 | Opinion
Global warming deniers have had a bad couple of weeks on the truth versus falsehood front, the line between what is and their wishful fantasies. Scientists have thumped the deniers who cling to their beliefs – beliefs in the ideology of laissez-faire capitalism and...
by Paul Goodliff | Jul 20, 2010 | Opinion
The interaction of culture and ancient religious texts continues to spark controversies in the modern world, from the debates in the Church of England over women bishops, and the crisis over provisions to be made for those who will not accept their authority on...
by Tony W. Cartledge | Jul 19, 2010 | Opinion
An article in today’s News & Observer explores some basic questions about genetic testing to determine one’s chances of developing certain diseases. If people learn that they are genetically predisposed to develop Type II diabetes or Alzheimer’s...
