Tom Ambrose gets it. He has a great posting over at Thinking Anglicans:
According to the official Vatican newspaper, the washing machine has done more to liberate women than anything else in the 20th century. One has to ask where the Vatican gets the information on which to base this kind of conclusion. This [...]
Archive for March, 2009
The Vatican and Washing Machines
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 13, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Father Jake Stops the World: Howdy Fort Worth!
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Did everyone notice that Father Jake Stops the World is back online? Great! Cllick here for Father Jake Stops the World: Howdy Fort Worth!
Mary E Hunt on the Brazil Excommunications
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
While the family of a 9-year-old incest victim’s abortion is excommunicated, the perpetrator never even made it to the ecclesial radar screen. Let this case signal the end of any credible claim to authority of bishops and the dawn of a new era when local communities determine their own members. I daresay the world will [...]
Israel disagrees with US Presiding Bishop
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
George Conger writes:
Claims that the Israel discriminated against Jerusalem’s Anglican and Lutheran bishops by blocking their attempt to entre Gaza last month are unfounded, the Israeli government has declared.
On March 10, the Israeli Embassy in Washington released a statement chiding US Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori and Lutheran Presiding Bishop Mark Hanson for erroneously concluding [...]
CNN: Excommunicated doctor hailed for abortion on child rape victim
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First, this comment from the Mad Priest at Of Course I Could Be Wrong:
COMMENT: Catholic bishops can be so incredibly stupid. Their complete lack of compassion for this poor, little girl and their victimisation of the brave doctors who saved her life, has now made it 100% certain that the abortion laws in Brazil [...]
Meg’s Attack on Christendom
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recommended: Rod Dreher, the Crunchy Con writes:
In the "Collapse of Evangelicalism" below, a commenter named Meg, who identifies herself as a secular liberal, posted the following lengthy indictment of the Christianity in which she was raised.
The comments are worth skimming as well: Meg’s Attack Upon Christendom – Crunchy Con
A Fair Shake: More on Christian Salt
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 11, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Eleanor Goldberg in Forward: The Jewish Daily:
Have you had a recipe call for Christian salt lately? By next week, you just might.
Joe Godlewski, a retired barber from Cresaptown, Md., was fed up with television chefs constantly beckoning for kosher salt. So, he put his styling skills to use and created the first-ever Blessed [...]
Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland Denounce Attacks
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Voice of America is reporting:
Thousands of people in Northern Ireland have marched against republican dissidents responsible for killing a police officer and two British soldiers in the British-controlled province.
Catholic and Protestant politicians joined forces Wednesday with demonstrators in Belfast and other cities in a show of unity not seen in decades. Even members of [...]
Christianity on Facebook Hacked
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rick C. Hodgin at TG Daily:
Chicago (IL) – The Facebook group, Christians On Facebook, has become the latest target of attack for hackers who are posting pro-Islam messages. At 11:15am CDT today, the group’s name was changed to "La ilaha illallahu Muhammadur Rasulullah", which means "There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the [...]
How Textbooks Distort History And Religion
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Maxime Myer-Smith reviews “The Trouble with Textbooks: ”
The investigation uncovered 500 misrepresentations about Islam, Christianity and Judaism, including disparate treatment of the three religions. For instance, the authors found that the teacher’s overview for World Cultures and Geography: Eastern Hemisphere and Europe (McDougal Littell) suggests that "Judaism is a story of exile" and "Christians [...]
The Pope and the Internet: Will he Twitter?
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ruth Gledhill of the Times tells us, “Pope admits fallibility and pledges to start using Internet.” It is an entertaining posting.
Quoting:
. . . ‘Let us begin with the "mistakes" acknowledged. They are essentially two: the Holy See was not aware that via the "Internet" one could come to know the negationist statements of Williamson which [...]
Students forge ties in wake of schism
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Elaine Bartlett, Correspondent, The Durham News
When the students of the Anglican Episcopal House of Studies at Duke University speak about their community, they often speak of friendship and pain in the same sentence.
At the AEHS, part of Duke Divinity School, future church leaders pray together, take communion together, share classes and meals [...]
Great Comments on the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) from the Atheist Ethicist
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I congratulate Alonzo Fyfe who has written a significant article in his blog, Atheist Ethicist. I highly recommend it:
It appears that the atheist blogsphere is celebrating the results of the 2008 American Religious Identification Survey. It shows that the percentage of people who claim to have no religion has gone up from 14.2 percent [...]
More on the “Buddhist” Bishop Dust Up
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michael Daley writes in Anglican Comment that “Ruth Gledhill [of the Times] asks for a little calm in Michigan.” Daley’s message is important enough to warrants full repetition here:
No doubt many of us have been watching with interest the ongoing problems in the United States of the Americas (Anglican Americans tend to be navel gazers, [...]
Drop in Percentage of Americans Identifying as Christians
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Michelle Boorstein, Washington Post Staff Writer, on the Trinity College Program on Public Values Survey:
The percentage of Americans who call themselves Christians has dropped dramatically over the past two decades, and those who do are increasingly identifying themselves without traditional denomination labels, according to a major study of U.S. religion being released today.
The [...]
Stem cell decision, contrasting religious views
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From an AP Story:
President Barack Obama’s order Monday opening the door for federal taxpayer dollars to fund expanded embryonic stem cell research again brings those often colliding interests to the fore.
Cardinal Justin Rigali, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, called Obama’s move "a sad victory of politics over [...]
Helmet, Dog Collar, Union Jack and Cross: The Rev. Andrew White, Anglican Priest in Iraq
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 9, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The emergence of consensus on abortion
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
From the blog, Secular Right: Reality and Reason:
Remember that Ronald Reagan signed a bill which loosened abortion laws in California in the late 1960s. George H. W. Bush had supported abortion rights until 1980, and his father had close ties to Planned Parenthood. This is not to say that I deny that those who oppose [...]
Crunchy Con on new American Religious Identification Survey
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rod Dreher writes:
Well, look, as someone born Methodist, converted to Catholicism, and now to Orthodoxy, I’m hardly in a position to criticize others for jumping traditions. Conscious of the weakness of my own position, I will say, though, that the major thrust of my own pilgrimages has been looking for a stable tradition in a [...]
Grace From A Convicted Rapist
Posted in Noted with Interest on March 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Watch the videos at BagOfNothing; at least watch the first one. As a commenter wrote:
I’m so glad I took the time to listen to this. Such a powerful story.
Click on BagOfNothing.com » Grace From A Convicted Rapist
