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Tag Archives: conservative Christians
The more radical environmentalists foresee a grim future in twelve years if we don’t take immediate action. Icebergs melting. Seas rising. Violently unpredictable weather. Droughts, floods, plagues, fires, wars, and famines. Fracking-induced earthquakes and poisoned water. Desperate people trying to move to safer spaces.
The more radical fundamentalist Christians also foresee grim times in the not-so-distant future, based on their understanding of Revelations, the last book of the New Testament. Among other things, this book predicts hail and fire mingled…..
For years, the dictators of Iraq and North Korea have been torturing and imprisoning their enemies; living lavish lifestyles as their citizens starve; and fomenting terrorism. Yet in the past month, President Trump has cancelled the United State’s nuclear arms agreement with Iran, while engaging the North Korean leader in denuclearization talks, praising him as an honest man who cares for his people. All while waging a rhetorical and trade war with Canada, Mexico, and European Union leaders.
Why the…..
I have always been a supporter of gay marriage since first becoming aware of the concept in the early 1990s.
At that time, I regularly listened to Dr. James Dobson’s conservative Christian program “Focus on the Family,” and my belief in the rights of gays to marry strengthened.
The Bible condemns those living the “gay lifestyle,” Dr. Dobson and his guests intoned. All people who are gay can become heterosexual, they argued.
But Dr. Dobson never defined what he meant…..
Businessman Donald Trump lost big to Senator Ted Cruz in the Wisconsin Republican primary, in large part due to well-publicized gaffes from The Donald.
First, he criticized the Geneva convention, which, he claimed, makes our soldiers afraid to fight. “We can’t waterboard, but they can chop off heads,” he continued. “I think we’ve got to make some changes.”
To which Senator Cruz and Gov. Kasich waggled their tongues in disapproval. But Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hanity, and other neoconservative hawks have…..
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