All Posts Tagged With: "fundamentalist"
Why Immigration Today Has Racial Overtones
I know some of the folks opposed to open immigration – they are friends and relatives – people opposed to open immigration. These are people who are frustrated when anyone suggests their opinions are ‘racist’. They throw up their arms in defiance – accusing ‘those liberals of always playing the race card’. But not so […]
6Apr2014 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Why Immigration Today Has Racial Overtones | Continued
The Crusades of the Religious Fundamentalists
The 21st Century is shaping up much like that of a thousand years past. A few Muslims poked us in the eye and all of our kinfolk came out of the woods to defend our honor – something like that. We do not intend in any way to suggest the the horrid attacks on our […]
2Oct2012 | Ohg Rea Tone | 1 comment | Continued
Sotomayor’s Media Week In Review 5-30-09
Sonia Sotomayor has been nominated by President Obama to the Supreme Court of the United States. The pick was guaranteed to raised the hackles of the declining fundamentalist movement. And sure enough – it did. This youtube video highlights the first week in the media after Sotomayor’s nomination: One has to love the pseudo conservatives […]
30May2009 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Sotomayor’s Media Week In Review 5-30-09 | Continued
Fact, Fiction, Science, and the Story of God
Understanding science and the way that we interact with our world is valuable information, and speculating on the specifics of the stories if the Bible are valuable to a deeper understanding of their significance. We have to admit, however, that there will always be an element that we cannot explain, and that we have a choice every day whether or not we accept that unexplained part as the mystery and power of the story, or shrug it off as a delusion of the minds of men.
9Apr2009 | bryan | Comments Off on Fact, Fiction, Science, and the Story of God | Continued
Divine Intervention and Painful Faith
We once did an internship as a hospital chaplain. We were assigned to an acute rehab unit. Most of the patients were recovering from a stroke or hip surgery or a like condition – they were medically stable but unable to return home. A twelve year old boy was hit by a car and injured […]
19Oct2008 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Divine Intervention and Painful Faith | Continued
Faith and Grief and Jesus
Son, What is the inspiration that compels the contemporary ‘followers of Jesus?’ My simple mind can only assume that if a person acts on love, forgiveness, and kindness – then I can assume that person is a follower of the Jesus that I understand is described in that one Book. (Note here – I do […]
30Aug2007 | Ohg Rea Tone | Comments Off on Faith and Grief and Jesus | Continued