Hello, Everyone! My name is Terrance H., a newly installed content contributor at Sifting Reality! Many of you have conversed with me in the comment section over the years, but now I’m going to be writing an occasional oeuvre for the blog itself. Most of the writing will revolve around religion … [Read more...]
If believers in God are so gullible…
March 9, 2013 by 13 Comments
...then why do they hold on so dearly, for the most part, to their convictions? Why aren't they more easily tricked in to jumping around to different religious beliefs. It would seem that if they were so easily convinced of fairy tales, they would be just as easily convinced off of them, … [Read more...]
Forcing your view: Everyone does it
March 8, 2013 by 35 Comments
It's understandable that most people don't want someone else's vision of morality or personal political views forced upon them. If you are vocal on what you believe to be moral or political issues, there's no doubt that you've heard someone tell you that you shouldn't try to force your vision on … [Read more...]
Democrats have bet as to who can propose the most absurd gun control measures
March 7, 2013 by 2 Comments
Or they don't. But it's the only reasonable explanation for what has been coming out of State legislatures by their Democrat law makers. (Firstcoastnews.com) -- A mandatory anger management program before you can buy ammunition? That's what one Florida lawmaker who represents part of Duval County … [Read more...]
Pop Quiz:Who did they vote for, and why?
March 7, 2013 by 3 Comments
I hear that in 2016 registered Republicans vote on the first Tuesday in November, and registered Democrats on the first Wednesday, pass it on. … [Read more...]
Hearing on Global Warming postponed due to snow
March 7, 2013 by 4 Comments
Not that the presence of snow during winter is any indication that man-made global warming is a farce -- there's plenty of science which indicates that. However, the irony is excellent. (Politico) -- The snowquester has claimed yet another casualty: Wednesday's House hearing on global … [Read more...]
No Joke: MD school offers grief counselling to children over Pop Tart gun incident
March 5, 2013 by 14 Comments
In case you haven't heard, a seven year-old Maryland boy was suspended for two days after he chomped his Pop Tart into the rough outline of a gun. *gasp* Well, the madness doesn't stop there. School officials have since contacted parents of children to offer grief counselling if necessary. Two … [Read more...]
Sexual immorality?
March 5, 2013 by 25 Comments
If I had to place my finger on the most contentious issue the secular world takes with Christian ethics is its stance on sexuality. Without a doubt, the Old and New Testaments condemn certain sexual relations in the strongest terms available. Be it adultery, sex out of wedlock, beastiality, or … [Read more...]
Why can’t we have a health care system like England?
March 4, 2013 by 5 Comments
Supporters of single payer health insurance systems i.e., government run health care, and, to some extent, Obamacare, they will point to England as one of the successes of this kind of system. Here is just one more example of how efficient government run health care is: (Newsmax) -- At least 1,165 … [Read more...]
For the Obama Administration, the sky is always falling
March 4, 2013 by 2 Comments
Anyone ever notice that President Barack Obama always makes a case that unless we ask the more wealthy among us to pay a little more, their fair share, disastrous things will happen? Emergency personnel and teachers will be laid off, school lunch programs will be halted, single mothers will become … [Read more...]
Sunday Fun: Book signing
March 3, 2013 by 4 Comments
Yesterday I was able to meet -- if you can call such a brief encounter a meeting -- Stephan Pastis, author of my favorite comic strip, Pearls Before Swine. He was in my area promoting his new children's book, Timmy Failure, and was signing copies at a near by book store. I figured this was likely … [Read more...]
Our Emperor is fiddling
March 1, 2013 by 5 Comments
This comparison is not my own, I read it on another blog. But just as it is reported that Emperor Nero played his fiddle while Rome was burning, our President Obama is playing golf while America burns. Of course our burning is figurative, but the American economy is crumbling. Unemployment is … [Read more...]
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