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Religion
The scam -- and the reality -- of the �Theo-Culture Wars�
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
The �culture wars.� You hear the phrase a lot, and
have for quite some time. This quote is from a 2003 article in The Nation
entitled �Republicans
Relaunch the Antigay Culture Wars�:
Jan 27, 2006, 22:03
Religion
Blustering boycotts: The business of theopolitics
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
Both mainstream
and gay
media widely reported that on January 19 Rev. Ken
Hutcherson, pastor of Antioch Bible Church in the east Seattle suburb of
Redmond, which is also home to Microsoft, was going to call for a national
boycott of the corporate giant on a Focus on the Family (FOF) radio broadcast.
The reason: Microsoft -- along with Boeing and representatives of Corbis,
Hewlett-Packard, Nike, RealNetworks and Vulcan -- had signed a letter
supporting pending legislation
in Washington state that would prohibit discrimination.
Jan 21, 2006, 20:22
Religion
America�s domestic "Evil Empire"
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
The Ku Klux Klan called itself �the invisible empire.�
Reagan called the Soviet Union �the evil empire.� In America today the highly
visible Evil Empire is the phalanx called �the evangelical Christian Right.�
Jan 19, 2006, 00:30
Religion
Religion and child abuse, fundamentalism and politics, Justice Sunday III and Pastor Latham
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
Richard
Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science
at Oxford University and an internationally renowned biologist. His recent BBC
series -- "The God Delusion," "The Root of All Evil,"
"The Virus of Faith" -- made the point about organized religion and
child abuse.
Jan 17, 2006, 00:41
Religion
Bush and the Christian Right: $100 million for discrimination
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
The so-called "Healthy Marriage Initiative"
is the latest scheming, malicious way for the pathological Bush administration
and Christian Right to intentionally disenfranchise, demean,
denigrate and hurt gay and lesbian Americans, their children and their
families.
Jan 6, 2006, 01:05
Religion
The stigmata of "intelligent design"
By
Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
Stigmata: the "spontaneous
manifestation of bloody wounds on a person's hands, feet, forehead and
back -- similar to the wounds of the crucified Jesus. Those who describe
stigmata categorize these experiences as divine or mystical. History tells us
that many ecstatics exhibit on hands, feet, side, or brow the marks of the
Passion of Christ with corresponding and intense sufferings. These are called
visible stigmata. Others only have the sufferings, without any outward marks,
and these phenomena are called invisible stigmata."
Dec 28, 2005, 00:52
Religion
Evangelicals exploit Air Force Academy; military officials interlocked with local activists
By Devlin Buckley
Four Air Force officers -- all graduates of the Air
Force Academy's class of 2004 -- have recently joined
a lawsuit
that accuses leaders at the academy of overtly pressuring cadets to undertake
evangelical religious instruction. The original lawsuit was filed in October by
Mikey Weinstein, a former Air Force officer and graduate of the academy, whose
son experienced religious discrimination while attending the school.
Dec 23, 2005, 00:50
Religion
FEMA finds faith
By Bill Berkowitz
Nearly a month after Hurricane Katrina devastated the
Gulf Coast and New Orleans, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
declared that it would use taxpayer money to reimburse faith-based
organizations for the services they rendered in the aftermath of the hurricane.
Dec 23, 2005, 00:38
Religion
Atheist group making Falwell's dream come true by making 'War on Christmas' fantasy a reality
By Jeff Nall
On December 5, Beyond Belief Media (BBM), the group
responsible for the less than impressive film The God Who Wasn�t There, made
Jerry Falwell�s dreams come true. Under the control of president Brian
Flemming, BBM officially declared 'war on Christmas.' In a press release
Flemming stated that: "Christian conservatives complain nonstop about the
'War on Christmas,' but there really isn�t any such war."
Dec 23, 2005, 00:29
Religion
What the "Left Behind" series really means
By Joe Bageant
This kind of
Christianity is a black thing. It is a blood religion that willingly gives up
sons to America's campaigns in the Holy Land, hoping they will bring on the
much-anticipated war between good and evil in the Middle East that will hasten
the End Times. Bring Jesus back to Earth.
Dec 19, 2005, 01:15
Religion
"Mr. Heterosexual" and other pathologies
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
From a December 8, "Family News in Focus" story: Massachusetts Pastor
has Contest for Mr. Straight.
Dec 19, 2005, 01:11
Religion
Christmas is a secular holiday, whose fault is that?
By Eavan Callaghan
This is the time of year for Santa Claus, evergreen
trees, flying reindeer and flying sleds. This is also the time of year for
Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. What do Santa, evergreen
trees, flying reindeer and flying sleds have to do with the birth of Jesus?
These things have about as much business being part of Christmas as an
evergreen tree has being in the Holy Land.
Dec 14, 2005, 01:12
Religion
Evangelical politics and the Gospel According to George
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
America likes to believe it believes that all citizens
are equal, but that's as delusional as Young Earth Creationists' belief that T.
rex was a passenger on Noah's ark. The Bush administration owes its existence
to the evangelical Christian Right. Their common ideology and tactics derive
from the worst that politicized religion has to offer.
Dec 9, 2005, 00:51
Religion
The iron fist of Jesus
By Jason Miller
How much damage will men like George Bush, James
Dobson, Pat Robertson, Sam Brownback, Ralph Reed, and Rick Santorum inflict before reason prevails and they are unmasked as the twisted, malevolent
charlatans that they are?
Dec 9, 2005, 00:30
Religion
When the "light" in "Enlightenment" goes out
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
"The Age of Enlightenment refers to the 18th
century in European philosophy, and is often thought of as part of a larger
period which includes the Age of Reason. The term also more specifically refers to a
historical intellectual movement, 'The Enlightenment.' This movement advocated
rationality as a means to establish an authoritative system of ethics, aesthetics, and knowledge."
[italics mine]
Nov 30, 2005, 01:27
Religion
Through a glass, darkly
By Ernest Partridge
The Gallup
organization reports that 35 percent of Americans believe the Bible to be the "inerrant
word of God," while another 48 percent believe it to be the "inspired"
word of God, but nonetheless "inerrant" if certain parts are
interpreted symbolically rather than literally. Similarly, The
Barna Group reports that 61 percent of Americans believe that "the
Bible is totally accurate in all of its teachings." (More statements of
Biblical "inerrancy" here,
here and here).
Nov 23, 2005, 21:14
Religion
�Obsessed with ambition and unburdened by conscience�
By
Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
George
W. Bush�s Veterans� Day speech in Tobyhanna, Pennsylvania was little more than
damage control or, as the Bard put it, �a tale told by an idiot, full of sound
and fury, signifying nothing.�
Nov 18, 2005, 20:17
Religion
Dover and Pat Robertson, Topeka and the Wizards of ID
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
Although it should have no direct effect on the
decision in the federal court case, the decision of the voters in Dover, Pa.,
may well signal Intelligent Design�s devolution back to the pleasant poetry of
Genesis from whence it came:
Nov 11, 2005, 20:34
Religion
Liberal Christian organization puts theocrats on notice
By Jeff Nall
In a move to save the integrity of the Christian faith
and combat the extremist agenda of the religious right, a group of Jacksonville
Floridians have formed the Christian Alliance for Progress (CAP). The group
proclaims unequivocal support for economic justice, gay and lesbian rights,
environmental stewardship, reproductive rights and universal health care.
Nov 3, 2005, 14:23
Religion
Theofascists and America�s shadow government, the Council for National Policy
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
Michael Marcavage, the director of the
evangelical Christian organization Repent America, was the
subject of Philadelphia City Paper�s February 3, 2005, cover story.
What he said during the interview defined theofascism: �Homosexuals are to be
put to death. The wages of sin is death. But I want to make it clear that I�m
not advocating the independent killing of homosexuals . . . I�m saying that the
Government�s duty is to uphold God�s law.�
Oct 22, 2005, 21:05
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