Someone read me the thoughts of someone with whom they are friends with via social media on the same-sex marriage issue now in the news again. Essentially this person said Jesus would be fine with same-sex marriage because Jesus was about love and would want us to love and be happy. OK, that's a … [Read more...]
If Evolution were true then how…
March 29, 2013 by 6 Comments
I don't think Evolution answers as many questions as people believe it does. I am more inclined to think it creates more questions that it ends up answering. In no way do I profess any expertise in the subject, but I've read a few books both for and against as well as the courses I took while in … [Read more...]
Which Christian are you?
March 27, 2013 by 8 Comments
The video below depicts two diametrically opposed visions on evangelism. If you're a professing Christian I'm curious as to which people in the video you most identify with: the "soap box preacher" or the missionaries. Which vision is most effective in spreading the Christian message and why do … [Read more...]
The unasked question in the same sex marriage debate
March 26, 2013 by 14 Comments
But this time 11 year-old Grace Evans asked it. (CNSNews) -- ...Grace Evans, 11, said before the Minnesota House Committee on Civil Law last week. “I know some disagree, but I want to ask you this question: Which parent do I not need – my mom or my dad?” [...] “Even though I’m only 11 years … [Read more...]
Why he’s an Atheist
March 26, 2013 by 3 Comments
Hemant Mehta, author of the blog Friendly Atheist responded to a writing prompt asking for an explanation for why one is an Atheist in 200 words or less. I found his response interesting -- unimpressive, but interesting. I’m an atheist because I appreciate honesty and questioning, something … [Read more...]
Limiting our rights?
March 25, 2013 by 14 Comments
Gun control advocates insist that instituting universal background checks is neither a limit on the Second Amendment or an attempt to inhibit gun ownership. It is touted as "common sense gun safety measures". Yet these same pols insisted as recently as this past November that requiring a photo ID … [Read more...]
Are you a Real Pro-Life Christian?
March 25, 2013 by 46 Comments
Must one be pro-all life in order to be consistently pro-life? It is seen as an inconsistency by some that pro-life advocates are only concerned with fetuses and not with those facing the death penalty. But is this a true inconsistency? Briefly, I understand the pro-life position to be this: It … [Read more...]
6 Days Yes, 5 Days No… or something
March 24, 2013 by 2 Comments
On Sunday March 23 the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) held a rally on the New Haven green in Connecticut in an effort to raise awareness of what they believe will be the ramifications of reducing the current Monday through Saturday delivery of US mail to just five days. Postal … [Read more...]
Swamp Yankees
March 22, 2013 by 1 Comment
The Patch did a piece on the origins of the term "Swamp Yankee". A cousin of mine provided some of the details and history. (East Haven Patch) -- If you’re looking for a definition for the term Swamp Yankee, you can take your pick of several different meanings. If you are new to the area, you … [Read more...]
Open Thread – Guns and abortion
March 21, 2013 by 70 Comments
The national discussion on gun control is predicated on the number of lives lost senselessly. The painfully ironic aspect of all this is the ones clamoring to outlaw guns to save lives are the same ones clamoring to ensure mothers can take lives unencumbered. … [Read more...]
The American moral trajectory
March 20, 2013 by 5 Comments
There isn't much substance I could add to this post from American Creed. Whenever anyone attempts to link the moral decay of America to the nation's resistance to God they are branded a fanatic of one stripe or another, mostly by those who are resisting God and His moral standard. Moral short … [Read more...]
Because Atheism is not a religion…
March 19, 2013 by 57 Comments
Lest it be mistaken that I believe atheism is in fact a religion let me be clear: I don't believe it is. But I do believe a good number of Atheists behave religiously about their atheism. They are usually the ones found on the internet making sure everyone knows what they don't believe. These … [Read more...]
Does God talk to you?
March 13, 2013 by 12 Comments
One of the best books I have ever read regarding the will of God and its application to our lives is Decision Making and the Will of God: A Biblical Alternative to the Traditional View by Gary Friesen. In it he discusses in depth, but accessibly, how all too often Christians go about trying to … [Read more...]
Atheism is dangerous for children
March 12, 2013 by 63 Comments
I don't expect professing Atheists to agree. However there is, to a degree, a sense of abuse -- in the ultimate sense -- in teaching children that God doesn't exist. Mind you, I don't consider it abuse because (which) God's existence is obvious, though I believe it is. It's because … [Read more...]
Two Questions For Atheists…
March 12, 2013 by 9 Comments
I wish to pose two questions to atheists. They are not trick questions and there is no ulterior motive. I am genuinely interested in your responses. First, let me state the obvious. Religion has had a greater affect on humanity than anything else. It has driven kings to conquer and nations to … [Read more...]
How much should you go along to get along, or should you at all?
March 11, 2013 by 16 Comments
There seems to be a common criticism from what seems to be everyone about everyone else with whom they disagree. 'They are too much this, or are too inflexible about that'. Christians are too archaic regarding women in leadership roles within the church and too close-minded about homosexual sexual … [Read more...]
Holy Bible In Public Schools…
March 10, 2013 by 85 Comments
Judeo-Christian values are the foundation of Western society. This immutable fact cannot be intelligently refuted, yet it remains a belabored point nonetheless. It’s an argument had every couple of years, or whenever a politician or special interest group, motivated by piety or not, demand that the … [Read more...]
Hello, Everyone!
March 9, 2013 by 7 Comments
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...]
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