Jewish poet Heinrich Heine wrote 190 years ago, “Them that begin by burning books, end by burning men.“

Has it come to this? Do we, as Christians and as a when-it’s-convenient Christian Nation, hate Islam and Muslims so deeply that we could tolerate, even for a moment, the burning of their most prized book?

With the growing anti-Islam fervor that has been ratcheting up as a result of people trying to stop a “Ground Zero Mosque” from being built, I wanted to address the people who are trying to confront those who are making this country more dangerous and who are endangering this country’s national security by writing a recruiting script for right wing fundamentalists or Islamists.

Many illegal immigrants could have a hard time getting power, water, natural-gas or phone service at their homes in Arizona if a political candidate gets his way.

Lately, Glenn Beck has made headlines by condemning the age-old Christian practice of social justice.
I wonder if Beck is familiar with the Old Testament prophet Amos, who has a few things of his own to say about social justice.

While watching a video of Tea Party supporters being interviewed, I was struck by a man who said that sick people should “put their faith in Jesus to heal them.” I instantly thought of a passage from from the Bible (Matthew 25:31-46) where Jesus specially commands his followers to take care of the sick, the poor, and the prisoners. In fact, he seems to think this is the greatest thing they could do.

60 years ago, Bible classes were taught in U.S. public schools as routinely as reading, writing, and arithmetic. By the latter part of the 20th century, however, religious instruction was confined to private institutions. A strong movement is building, however, to bring the Bible back into public education: Three Democratic state senators (in Kentucky) are [...]

Not my usual beat but you have to see what the Conservatives are doing with the Christian Holy Book!

Should a mom be allowed to home school kids and teach creationism without evolution? What if the dad objects? What if she’d sent them to a fundamentalist school? Should the judge object?