Results for: religion
McCain: The Biggest Loser in the Compassion Forum
https://townhall.com/columnists/harryrjacksonjr/2008/04/14/mccain_the_biggest_loser_in_the_compassion_forum
https://townhall.com/columnists/harryrjacksonjr/2008/04/14/mccain_the_biggest_loser_in_the_compassion_forum
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In addition, I wondered whether the forum would be a liberal “love fest” that simply spoke platitudes about religion but had no teeth…
The Underside of Hope
https://townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/2008/04/14/the_underside_of_hope
https://townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/2008/04/14/the_underside_of_hope
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Therefore, people "get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant sentiment … He was retailing an article of left-wing orthodoxy going back centuries: that the working class is distracted by religion and other…
Bill Maher Slanders Pope Benedict XVI
https://townhall.com/columnists/kristenfyfe/2008/04/14/bill_maher_slanders_pope_benedict_xvi
https://townhall.com/columnists/kristenfyfe/2008/04/14/bill_maher_slanders_pope_benedict_xvi
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I have been pounding religion for nine years on this show.” … “The problem is they drill religion into your head when you are very young. … Maher’s anti-Catholic, anti-religion rhetoric is part of his schtick as a comedian. …
CNN's Theology Forum
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/04/14/cnns_theology_forum
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/04/14/cnns_theology_forum
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Obviously, it's refreshing to see religion treated seriously in public life, and so I've hesitated to criticize CNN for its "Compassion … and Huckabee campaigns, I think there is a real danger when political discourse moves into the realm of theology (as opposed to religion … Again, it's nice to see religion treated as something more than an ugly stepchild hidden away in the attic. …
McCain Bets Straight Talk Will Beat 'Bitter'
https://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/2008/04/14/mccain_bets_straight_talk_will_beat_bitter
https://townhall.com/columnists/amandacarpenter/2008/04/14/mccain_bets_straight_talk_will_beat_bitter
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, at a private San Francisco fundraiser, Obama said he believed “bitter” people in places like Pennsylvania “cling to guns and religion … released Monday by the American Research Group shows Obama dropped eight points in Pennsylvania after he made comments about guns and religion…
The Effete Obama?
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/04/14/the_effete_obama
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/04/14/the_effete_obama
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the other day, the most disturbing aspect of this entire scandal is that Obama's comments demonstrate how liberals truly view religion…
Searching for Truth
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2008/04/14/searching_for_truth
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2008/04/14/searching_for_truth
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Religion in American culture and politics returns to the news this week in a big way with the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. … Many academicians and institutions enthusiastically ridicule people of faith, and religion in general. … Religion, at least in the Judeo-Christian model, claims to be truth.…
Atheism Masquerading As Science
https://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2008/04/14/atheism_masquerading_as_science
https://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2008/04/14/atheism_masquerading_as_science
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" of religion. … In other words, the term "religion" means not only "religion" but also "atheism." … Yet if the free exercise clause defines religion in a way that includes atheism, then the no-establishment clause must define religion…
For the Obama Defense: CNN
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/04/12/for_the_obama_defense_cnn
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/04/12/for_the_obama_defense_cnn
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It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant … condescending "it's not surprising" to the "natural response" and from accusing these people of bigotry and "cling[ing] . . . to religion…
Re: Obama's Explanation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/04/12/re__obamas_explanation
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/04/12/re__obamas_explanation
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As you'll recall, he said religion is a "crutch" for the "weak-minded." … Obama has inadvertently revealed how liberals really view religion -- as competition to government (their real savior). … Those who want government to control the people have always resented religion -- or what liberal fascists might refer to as: "the opiate…
A Whiff of Condescension -- and Dislike
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/04/11/a_whiff_of_condescension_--_and_dislike
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/04/11/a_whiff_of_condescension_--_and_dislike
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It's not surprising then they get bitter, they cling to guns or religion or antipathy to people who aren't like them or anti-immigrant … (And what's that about "cling[ing]" to religion, anyway?)…
"The Religious Case for Seperating Church and State"
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/04/11/the_religious_case_for_seperating_church_and_state
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/04/11/the_religious_case_for_seperating_church_and_state
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Remember the good ole' (and generally very wise) advice of steering clear from the topics of religion and politics at the dinner table … Christians understood the essential qualities of providing "reasonable, logical, and fundamental" arguments outside the realm of religion…
'We Inturrupt This Program'
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/04/11/we_inturrupt_this_program
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulgreenberg/2008/04/11/we_inturrupt_this_program
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Tibet,
though the commissars doing the occupying pretend that Tibet is an
"integral" part of China, and that Tibetan culture/religion … As a spiritual center, Zagorsk had long
since been converted into a roadside museum - a discreet, Disneyesque view
of religion. … It came from the pilgrims who didn't realize that religion was a thing of
the past.…
Something Good This Way Comes
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathleenparker/2008/04/10/something_good_this_way_comes
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathleenparker/2008/04/10/something_good_this_way_comes
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Monday, of all days, Abdullah said he has been distressed the past couple of years by a crisis that "has caused an imbalance in religion…
Unrepentant Minister Fans the Flames
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/04/29/unrepentant_minister_fans_the_flames
https://townhall.com/columnists/donaldlambro/2008/04/29/unrepentant_minister_fans_the_flames
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He defended Louis Farrakhan, saying, "Louis said 20 years ago that Zionism -- not Judaism -- was a gutter religion," and he called…
A Christian Farrakhan
https://townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/2008/04/28/a_christian_farrakhan
https://townhall.com/columnists/richlowry/2008/04/28/a_christian_farrakhan
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For good measure, he dishonestly denied Louis Farrakhan's infamous denunciation of Judaism as a "gutter religion" and called him "one…
Barack Obama, the Weather Underground, and the Spirit of Revolution
https://townhall.com/columnists/sandyrios/2008/04/28/barack_obama,_the_weather_underground,_and_the_spirit_of_revolution
https://townhall.com/columnists/sandyrios/2008/04/28/barack_obama,_the_weather_underground,_and_the_spirit_of_revolution
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some ways more threatening because terms are hidden, intentions blurred and the “opiate of the masses”—at least right now—is not religion…
What Muslims Really Think
https://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2008/04/28/what_muslims_really_think
https://townhall.com/columnists/dineshdsouza/2008/04/28/what_muslims_really_think
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reflected in such principles as the right to vote, to assemble freely, to debate issues, to trade with others, to practice one’s religion…
"Secular" Discrimination Against Religion
https://townhall.com/columnists/zacharygappa/2008/04/27/secular_discrimination_against_religion
https://townhall.com/columnists/zacharygappa/2008/04/27/secular_discrimination_against_religion
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More often than not, this means keeping religion out of the public sphere. … Unfortunately, this freedom of religion is freedom from religion. … Worse yet, Americans have ceased to understand religion altogether.…
Bitter, Clingy Gun Owners of America
https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2008/04/26/bitter,_clingy_gun_owners_of_america
https://townhall.com/columnists/douggiles/2008/04/26/bitter,_clingy_gun_owners_of_america
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the hope of our nation, came out last week and whizzed on millions of Christians and firearm fans calling us bitter Cling-Ons to religion…
Destroying America's Schools
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/04/26/destroying_americas_schools
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/carolplattliebau/2008/04/26/destroying_americas_schools
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(Yes, that's the problem with America's schools -- too much religion!).…
Popular Vote Gives Clinton an Edge
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/04/26/popular_vote_gives_clinton_an_edge
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbarone/2008/04/26/popular_vote_gives_clinton_an_edge
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unrepentant Weather Underground bomber William Ayers and his remark that "bitter" small-town Pennsylvanians "cling to guns and religion…
Obama's New Ideas Turn Out to Be Same Old Same Old
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/2008/04/25/obamas_new_ideas_turn_out_to_be_same_old_same_old
https://townhall.com/columnists/marvinolasky/2008/04/25/obamas_new_ideas_turn_out_to_be_same_old_same_old
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Obama's San Francisco comment about small-town (and small-minded) people clinging to religion out of bitterness does not indicate any…
The New Civil Rights Movement
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2008/04/25/the_new_civil_rights_movement
https://townhall.com/columnists/kathrynlopez/2008/04/25/the_new_civil_rights_movement
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One author went through possibilities for religious charter schools: You can't explicitly endorse a religion there, but you can accommodate … religion with government funds.…
Huck4America Emails Me ...
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/04/25/huck4america_emails_me_
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattlewis/2008/04/25/huck4america_emails_me_
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or "He only attracts a small group of evangelicals who cannot stomach a Mormon in the White House, and who base their vote on religion … or "He only attracts a small group of evangelicals who cannot stomach a Mormon in the White House, and who base their vote on religion…