No Monopoly On Truth
The fact that some religious people believe they have a monopoly on truth does not mean that some of them, at least, under the pressure of persuasion cannot be changed.
The fact that some religious people believe they have a monopoly on truth does not mean that some of them, at least, under the pressure of persuasion cannot be changed.
The word “Thanksgiving” appears in both the first and second testaments of the Bible, but is not one of the canonical or “appointed” feasts in the first testament, nor does it rise to what may be called a canonical observance in the second.
As to whether America is a Christian nation, one might well ask if any nation is Christian or any church or individual. In actuality, no. In aspiration, perhaps.
I believe that anyone has a right to express his or her personal religious views at anytime, most appropriately when the expression is not obviously aimed at garnering votes.
The American Mass Communications Networks honors religion in the same manner which prompted Jesus to say “. . . this people honoreth Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.” (Mark 7:6). The prophet Isaiah much earlier reported that this same word was the indictment made by God (Isaiah 29:13).
We broke it, so we have a moral obligation to help put Iraq together again. In the rebuilding of Iraq we need to take the role of partners rather than masters.
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