“Should Both Evolution And Creationism Be Taught In Public Schools?”
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The controversies over teaching religion in public schools are especially acute on the topics of evolution and creationism. Various Christian groups advocate teaching creationism—recently renamed “intelligent design”—in public schools. Advocates want to counter what they regard as the false theory of evolution. Or, to use the phrase they repeat frequently, evolution is “just a theory.” Read more…
Categories: Main, Teaching The Bible In Public Schools Tags: Bible, creation stories, creationism, evolution, Genesis 1:1-2:3, George W. Bush, history, intelligent design, John McCain, myth, politics, religion, Sarah Palin, teaching bible in public schools
“Did God Authorize The King James Bible?”
The King James Version (KJV) of the Bible is also called the “Authorized Version” (AV) (spelled “Authorised Version” using British spelling.) This leads to an important question: Who authorized the King James Bible? Read more…
Categories: Main Tags: Anglican, Authorized Version, AV, King James Version, KJV, politics, Puritan, religion, Tudors
“Does Religion Matter?”
For many years, I subscribed to a newspaper that had a “Religion” section once a week. The Religion section was location on the last page or two of the “Home and Garden” section. Some weeks there was only one page, with one or two articles. Other weeks, there were two pages. The articles themselves tended to be human interest stories about religion. These minor articles followed pages devoted to helpful hints about redecorating your house or tending to your rose bushes. Read more…
Categories: In The News, Main Tags: news media, newspapers, religion, religion in the news, Tony Blair
“Religion, Politics, Persuasion, And Barack Obama”
If you wonder about the connection between religion, politics, and persuasion, read the story published by the Washington post about Barack Obama.
“Obama rumors fly in Flag City USA,” by Eli Saslow, Washington Post, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25447998/
The story is not really about Barack Obama, but about persuasion. How do you believe what you believe? Why do you believe what you believe? How do you decide what is true and what is false when you are confronted with radically different claims about the same person? Read more…
Categories: In The News, Main Tags: Barack Obama, politics, religion, social proof, urban legends
“Do Religion And Politics Belong Together?”
For many of us, there are only two reasons to put both “religion”
and “politics” in the same sentence. Read more…
Categories: Main Tags: Impolite Topics, never discuss religion and politics, persuasion, politics, religion, separation of church and state
