It doesn't take a trained eye to realize that something strange is going on with Christianity in America. All sorts of foreign agendas seem to have found their way into the minds and hearts of America's bible believers while a new generation of skeptics and atheists ask more and more questions about the Church. How can a Christian be pro-life and pro death penalty? Why do Christians live in mansions while the poor suffer in our cities and all over the world? In the face of such controversy, it must be asked whether there is any of Jesus left in the Church, or if American Christianity is a church of pure hegemony. …
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Connecticut recently became the third state in the union to provide homosexual couples the right to marry. While this is a positive step, America still has a way to go in order to live up to its reputation as a "free-country". In terms of having freedom from religion, have we evolved? …
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The Army Times reported Wednesday, Oct. 1 that the 3rd Infantry Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team was deployed in Seattle after spending 15 months on the battlefields in Iraq.
They are considered an "on-call federal response force," according to the report. They are designed to respond with crowd control tactics and are under the direct command of U.S. Army North with President Bush as their commander-in-chief. …
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One way to argue against something is to create a straw man. A straw man switches what the actual topic is with something else. The most common arguments against American patriotism uses the straw man to replace regular American patriotism with hyper-patriotism, often known as nationalism. …
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I don't know about you, but I've been feeling quite anxious lately. When I turn on the television, listen to the radio or read the newspaper I'm offered many reasons to worry about my country, my family and my friends who are about to graduate. I think the majority of this anxiety is actually frustration over my feeling of powerlessness to do anything about the turmoil we're experiencing as a nation. …
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Freedom poses the inconvenience of personal responsibility, but the alternative robs human beings of their autonomy. That is, their right to act morally.
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2008 Woodie Awards
