Good Place to Reduce Spending
Legalize Pot (HT: Dispatches). Less law enforcement, less jail expenses, more revenue from taxing the legalized sales. Win, win, win.
Keeping Women from Ministry is a Sin
… or so said this pastor last May, thus showing that there are folks who use harsher language about this than I do.
Some More Well-Considered(?) Legislation
In pursuing the laudable goal of keeping lead out of children’s it looks like congress may have been just as thoughtful as usual. More on evangelical outpost.
Before Going to Theology School
… or as soon afterward as practicable, read this. (HT: Pseudo-Polymath.)
New Display Option for Moderate Christian Blogroll
I write about it here.
Christian Carnival CCLIX Posted
. . . at Parableman. Check it out!
BBC Radio Program on Evolution and Faith
This excellent little program includes Alister McGrath, Alexandra Wright, and Dr. Usama Hassan, along with an interview with fellow blogger Mike Beidler. It’s well worth checking out.
This is Disgusting
Here’s another incident of mandatory religion in the Air Force (HT: Metacatholic). Besides the fact that it is quite improper for the Air Force to provide mandatory religious indoctrination, this program clearly denigrates the faith of many who would disagree with a number of elements of the presentation.
Um, No Thanks, Not like You
Al Qaeda’s #2 has called on Americans to embrace Islam, presumably his version. Um, no thanks. Even melting down, we’re better off. Oh, and by the way, Muslim calls to embrace Islam bring memories of Muslim conquest, not to mention recent terror attacks, just as Christian calls to convert the whole Muslim world bring back…
Headline Bias
While I’m at talking about the auto industry, how about the following headline from MNSBC.com: Republicans to Detroit: Drop dead Biased? Read the article yourself and see if that’s what the Republicans in question were saying.