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POPSChristian Recruiters I couldn't help but picture this "harvest" as the missionaries lop off peoples critical thinking with their dogmatic blades.
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POPSSaudi Arabia bans sale of dogs, cats in capital This reminds me of the old joke, "Why do Baptists disapprove of sex? It could lead to dancing." This is an example of religious governance leading to interference in what should be totally secular areas of life. Of course we in the west pamper and coddle our pets, and often react with revulsion at the notion that there are places in the world where dogs are food animals. It's slightly more understandable in the case of dogs, because Islam considers them unclean, but that doesn't explain the ban on cats as well. The story about the Chinese emperor who cut the sleeve from a priceless robe rather than disturb his sleeping kitten has also been told about Mohammed. The article also fails to explain why the law applies only to men. If they realized that by allowing women to own pets, they have a privelege men don't, the entire fabric of Saudi society could come unraveled.
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POPSThe Golden Rule and the Separation of Church and State by Rev. Michael Helms, pastor of Trinity Baptist Church in Moultrie, Georgia. In Franklin County, Idaho, the Mormon population is 91.5 percent. In Utah County, Utah, it is 88.1 percent. If your job transferred you to one of these counties and you sent your child to a public school, would you object if the teacher began class by reading from the Book of Mormon each day? Well, obviously not if you are Mormon. If you are of any other religion or none at all, chances are good you would object.
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POPSDelayed Obedience Chase Hilgenbrinck left professional soccer to go to Catholic seminary for 6 years to become a priest. These two paragraphs go together--one after another. He is going because God has told him to. Let's don't worry about theological differences, many Baptists need to take this example.
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POPSAnts In Our Pants "Though Dr. Wilson is a fighter when necessary, he is also a conciliator. In his most recent book, “The Creation,” he calls for scientists and religious leaders to make common cause in saving the natural life of the planet. He has addressed major meetings of Mormons and Southern Baptists to ask for their help in protecting biodiversity. Of the differences between science and religion, he says: “Stop quibbling — I’m willing to say ‘Under God’ and to hold my hand to my heart. That’s recognition of how this country evolved, and that we are using strong language to strong purpose, even if we may not agree on how the Earth was created.”
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POPSBaptists on the decline... could it be... ...that people are waking up to the fact that religion is based on superstition and the desire of one group of people to control others? When you can say "god wants you to do this" -- and you believe in god -- it makes it easy.
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POPSSurvey Says: Church is fluid has no sticking power More and more I am seeing the degrading of religious influence in our culture. Churches are becoming less and less relevant in today's fast moving society. There are so many other forces at work on an average family that finding time for church is not high on the list of things to do today. In addition church attendance is not a high priority on most peoples goals and future planning. What say you?
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POPSThis is Why This quote was found on Ed Stetzer's Blog. It is from Rob Zinn, senior pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church in Highland, CA. You may wonder why I have chosen to go to NY to plant a church and leave a youth ministry that by all accounts is growing and the future looks brighter than the past. This is why. We must reach a culture who doesn't know in a way that they will understand. It cannot be the same as the majority of churches in America. It must be different. Not because one is wrong, but because one will not win all.
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POPSHuckabee and Educational Freedom Things that make you go "Hmmm..." "The teacher reminded us that Rome’s liberties were not auctioned off in a day, but were bought slowly, gradually, furtively, little by little;first with a little corn and oil for the exceedingly poor and wretched,later with corn and oil for voters who were not quite so poor, later still with corn and oil for pretty much every man that had a vote to sell— exactly our own history over again." ~ Mark Twain
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POPSTULIP blooming "Mohler said a deepening interest in theology is driving younger Southern Baptists to explore Reformed thinking, and he dismisses the fear of some that the budding Calvinist wing will tilt the SBC back toward its 19th-century anti-missionary movement."
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POPSAre You Washed In The Blood? "A campaign had emerged to promote the idea that the Bible was entirely without error, even in matters of history and science. Some feared that more liberal theological positions were being taught in the convention's seminaries. n August, he visited the White House. In "Our Endangered Values," Carter recalls Smith saying, at the close of their meeting, "We are praying, Mr. President, that you will abandon secular humanism as your religion." HMMMMM . . . where have I heard that before? I thinky maybe here on CM, yes I do. I think I have had that charge leveled on me that I MUST be a secular humanist. God FORBID that I promote peace, I MUST be a pacifist -(even though Jesus was the ultimate pacifist). God FORBID I must be a voice against violence, homophobia, patriarchy, sexism, and racism. I MUST be secular. God wouldn't want those values; the only values God wants are crotch based.
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POPSAiming For A More Moderate Image It's definitely a step in the right direction but will it go like this quote from the article: "Then it becomes about anger and pride. It becomes the negative motivation of trying to say what we are not.: I personally commend former President Carter for trying to promote social justice. I DON'T think it's a "lost cause". I just doubt that some Southern Baptists are going into this with an open mind. But Jimmy Carter is never going to give up and that is what makes him such a special person.
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POPSGod isn't the problem, it's the followers that kill me! Ross Douthat raises a very valid criticism of Christopher Htichens' book God is Not Great. Most people attacking religion in books are going after God. I think this is a waste of time, normally promoted by personal grudges and emotional baggage. As a general rule, scientists should never try to prove a negative statement. On the other hand, if Hitchens hasn't answered Douthat's question, allow me to offer my ten cents in the following response:
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POPSThe religious right in action The US Internal Revenue Service recently investigated an Episcopal Church for jeopardising its tax-exempt staus by criticising the Iraqi-American War, which, according to the IRS, made it a political organisation. I wonder if they investigated this one?
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POPSCurses from California California Baptists are now urged to curse the AU. It's a non-story. Since when has prayer ever been successful? Never. It holds all the power of wishful thinking. Yet not a day passes without hearing this ridiculous directive to the religious to pray for this and that. Oh well...
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