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Category Archives: Christianity
NYT: The Words That Killed Medieval Jews
Words don’t kill. Conflicts of interest kill. Hard words simply reflect real conflicts of interests. Life is a struggle for survival. All individuals and groups are engaged in a struggle for scarce resources. What’s good for one group, say Christians, … Continue reading
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Catholics should not try to convert Jews, Vatican says
How are Christians going to get excited about their religion unless they feel a mandate to convert the world? I suspect that Christians who feel a mandate to convert the world are more excited about their religion than Christians who … Continue reading
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Jewish Actor Seth Rogen Takes on Macklemore for ‘Anti-Semitic’ Costume
REPORT: Comedic actor Seth Rogen on Sunday derided rapper Macklemore after the Same Love singer donned a costume during a performance that some criticized as “anti-Semitic.” “@Macklemore, first you trick people into thinking you’re a rapper, now you trick them … Continue reading
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Shutting Down Speech
A friend says: I think it is worth observing with all the goings on about trigger warnings, micro-agressions, hate speech and the like, that the first persons in the 20th Century to claim the right to shut down discussions they … Continue reading
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Rod Dreher: The Fragility of Historical Memory
Rod Dreher writes: A new Pew religious landscape survey is out today, and it shows that 1) overall, America is becoming a less religious country, and 2) the devout are in some ways becoming more devout, and the secularization is … Continue reading
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Ben Carson’s Church Believes the U.S. Government Will Team Up With the Antichrist
Jay Michaelson writes: Ben Carson’s church believes the United States government will bring about the End Times. According to mainstream Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, the Second Coming of Christ will occur after the U.S. government teams up with the Catholic Church—which … Continue reading
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Steve Sailer: Hungarian PM Viktor Orban Accuses George Soros of Stoking Camp of the Saints; Soros Confirms Orban
It’s nice to see Hungary standing up for itself against this horde of Muslim refugees. It seems like Eastern Europeans have a clearer sense of their national interests than does Germany. Steve Sailer writes: From Bloomberg Business: Orban Accuses Soros … Continue reading
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The Dhimmi Church of Sweden
From Gates of Vienna: As reported here last weekend, a controversy has arisen in Sweden over the inability of candidates for the office archbishop in the Swedish Church to affirm that Jesus Christ presented a truer picture of God than … Continue reading
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Is David Brooks Converting To Christianity”
From CJR: Brooks reveals little of his personal life, either in columns, books, or interviews. He threads Christian theology through his recent work, yet won’t say whether he has converted to anything (though he’ll say vaguely that he’s integrating with … Continue reading
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WP: Christians can’t ignore the suffering of Muslims
Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post: …American Christianity, has its own self-examination to conduct. The largest humanitarian disaster of our time — involving 4 million Syrian refugees and 7.6 million internally displaced — has mainly befallen Muslims. The response? … Continue reading
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