The vast majority of people visiting this blog feel that God has no need or desire to punish anyone who takes his or her own life; that God is neutral in the matter, and empowers all living beings to make their own choices — about this, and about everything — without fear of negative consequences…

By now I suppose you have heard. A Christian minister in Wichita is insisting that President-Elect Barack Obama is a Muslim. He put a sign in front of his church saying so. Rev. Mark Holick, pastor of Spirit One Christian Church in Wichita, Kansas, placed the following words on the billboard outside his church the…

When you see a train coming, should you say anything about it? When the weather forecast calls for a blizzard to leave 3-feet of snow on the mountain pass, should you warn those in your family preparing to travel? Yesterday I wrote a piece here about the uptick in the violent comments being made in…

Yesterday the high court in Connecticut overturned the ban on gay marriage there. It said that the State’s constitution did not permit the State Government to refuse to grant marriage licenses to gay couples. This is, the high court said, discrimination based on sexual orientation–an action not permitted by law. This leads to a critical…

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