Dinesh D'Souza agrees with Rand about the crux of Kant's philosophy and its influence - while his evaluation is diametrically opposed to Rand's. D'Souza admires Kant precisely because he strived to limit reason in order to make room for faith. He even points out that Kant used "faith" in a secular sense. (Read more...)
Californians who visit redneck country sometimes are taken aback by buildings without a 13th floor. 13, the number at the Last Supper, was banned by the bible-thumpers as a bad omen. The Christianist are now active against another "immoral" integer.(Read more...)
The Nazareth District Court (yes, in the birthplace of Jesus in the Holy Land, no less) ruled that the doctrine of common-law marriage (a couple living together for a specified number of years are considered legally married, even without any formal ceremony) applies equally to gay couples, so that a long-term gay partn...(Read more...)
One-third of US TV stations affiliated to the ABC network dropped Oscar-winning film Saving Private Ryan for fear of facing indecency fines. Bush's FCC could impose an indecency fine of up to $32,500 on each station that aired the film, which was seen by an estimated 7.7 million viewers on Thursday. Many of the stati...(Read more...)
Fundamentalist Outreach Posted by Barbara Branden on 11/13/2004, 7:07pm
Fundamentalist Outreach By George Neumayr 11/12/2004 It is not true that the Democrats didn't show sympathy toward fundamentalists during the campaign. They did -- just to the wrong ones. Islamic fundamentalists received a great deal of understanding and tolerance from the Democrats. John Kerry made a poi...(Read more...)
