Following hard on the heels of a prominent Texas pastor’s Rick Perry supporting declaration that Mormonism is a cult, James Fallows over at The Atlantic was compelled to issue his own declaration: “To be against Mitt Romney (or Jon Huntsman or Harry Reid or Orrin Hatch) because of his religion is just plain bigotry.” Not [...]
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Anti-Mormonism as Bigotry
October 11th, 2011 · 4 Comments · Philosophy
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No Hotline to God
September 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Daily Devolutions, Philosophy
There are hotlines at 10 Downing Street, but apparently there is no hotline to God, at least while Tony Blair was Prime Minister. In a recent interview with Spiegel, the former PM discusses his recently published memoirs:
SPIEGEL: Mr Blair, you write in your new memoir “A Journey” that religion has always been more important [...]
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