Christian_Salafia Profile
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2012-04-05
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1. Homebrewed Theology
Studying the interaction of culture, politics, news and religion
Tags: Theology, Religion, Politics, Christianity
Latest Blog Posts
- I’m Glad We Kicked God Out Of The Public SquareFor decades, Conservatives have been lamenting that we have “kicked God out of the public square.” Good riddance to bad rubbish, I say. Who needs a God that allows, or even facilitates the death of 20 innocent children over some perceived...
- To Wayne LaPierre And The @NRA – Screw You!Dear Wayne: I caught the end of your “can we please be rewarded with a huge gun industry stimulus package” press conference lecture you just gave the American people. In your infantile tirade you blamed the media, the politicians, video...
- 2012 – The Year In Review From JibJabThese guys are just awesome. ...
- Is Fox News A Breeding Ground For Domestic Terrorism?Multiple studies have already shown that people who primarily, or solely, get their news from Fox News are the most misinformed people in America. With their penchant for tin-foil conspiracies, penchant for vitriolic language with violent imagery, an...
- A Christian Response To #Newtown #BBNLast night, members of the Browncoat Biblioblogger Network held a town hall style discussion on what is a Christian response to Newtown and other tragedies like it. Craig Falvo of Theonerd, Joel Watts of Unsettled Christianity, Chris Tiedeman of Note...
- On Advent In A World Of ViolenceYears ago, in a world wracked with violence and oppression, they waited. Waited for the one who would finally help them break the shackles of this broken world and lead them towards the restoration of God’s kingdom. They visualized that one t...
- Dear @BreitbartNews – If You’re Going To Quote Statistics……you might want to have a clue about the science of statistical analysis. In a recent post on Breitbart titled “The Aussie Lesson: Less Guns, More Crime“, author AWR Hawkins makes the bold claim that: Amid the push for more gun cont...
- God Asks Us “How Long?”How long, O Lord, must I call for help? But you do not listen! “Violence is everywhere!” I cry, but you do not come to save. 3 Must I forever see these evil deeds? Why must I watch all this misery? Wherever I look, I see destruction and violenc...
- Life Is Pretty Darn Good!Well, we’re approaching 90 days as new residents of the state of Florida. This year has been a year of massive change and massive transitions. As I’m sitting here writing this, I’m reflecting over everything we’ve accomplish...
- And They Shall Turn Their Swords Into Ploughshares #NewtonToday, in Newton, CT, a heavily armed man holding a grudge against the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary school put on a mask, walked into the school, and began shooting. Preliminary reports say over a dozen people have been shot and/or killed. The...
- It’s Time To Repeal The 2nd AmendmentIt’s time to face the facts. The 2nd Amendment to the US Constitution has both outlived it’s usefulness and been perverted far beyond its original intent. Based on the English Bill of Rights (1869), as the US Supreme Court has said, the...
- Israel’s Complete Disregard For The CeasefireTwo incidents in recent days demonstrate Israel’s total disregard of the the negotiated ceasefire that brought an end to the November hostilities. First – Israeli Tanks Enter Gaza Strip On Monday Israeli tanks entered the Gaza Strip near...
- Michigan Pro Life Legislators Hate Kids…Once They’re BornThe state where I was born has turned into a national embarrassment.. and I’m not even talking about the super sneaky, under the cover of darkness passage of the Right To Work legislation. I’m talking about their pro-lifers. …or...
- Dishonoring Pearl Harbor And Exploiting 9/11 By @TheIRDDear Mark Tooley and The Institute on Religion and Democracy, We get it. We really do. We understand that you hate anything and everyone who even whispers the word Pacifism. We understand that your Islamophobia and support of the militaristic empire...
- At @Walmart And The @Gap, Low Prices Cost LivesI am just sickened by this story. At a meeting convened in 2011 to boost safety at Bangladesh garment factories, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) made a call: paying suppliers more to help them upgrade their manufacturing facilities was too costly. The...
- Good Move, @Apple. Good Move.It’s good to see Apple taking the lead here. Let’s hope this leads to more manufacturing jobs coming back to the US. Perhaps public pressure does have an impact on the business decisions major corporations make. In an exclusive interv...
- The @WalMart Way – Making You Pay For Their Employee’s Health CareYup, WalMart WelfareMart is at it again. A company that made $15.7 billion in profit in 2011 has decided that you, dear taxpayer, should pay for their employee’s health care and not them. Starting in January, new employees working less than 3...
- Is @TheIRD Playing Pilate With Noncombatant Deaths?If you’ve been following along here, at my friend Craig’s blog Theonerd, or over at The IRD’s Juicy Ecumenism, you’ll have seen the theological and political debates over defining, understanding, and applying pacifism and Chri...
- Are Israel’s Actions In Palestine Now Acts Of War?On the 29th of November, Palestine was upgraded from Observer to Non-Member Observer status by the United Nations in an overwhelming 138-9 vote. Predictably, the United States, Israel, and a handful of others voted ‘no’. Despite claims...
- Texas Should Be Ashamed They Ever Elected @RepLouieGohmertTexas Republican Representative Louie Gohmert is an abject moron. There’s just no other word for it. He’s unfit to wash my car, much less serve in the House of Representatives. Yet there are some equally moronic twits in Texas who suppo...
