Criticism and judgment
Yes, of course. You can also be a Christian and be critical of the Church and the way the Church has used the Bible over the centuries to reinforce its killing prejudices.
Interfaith Issues Archives
February 23, 2007 2:19 PM
Comments (4)March 11, 2007 8:39 AM
Religion Should Be Learned, Not Required
No!! Religion per se should not be a mandated program of study for anyone at any time.
March 16, 2007 9:41 AM
Dissent is Not Discrimination
In a word, No! That, however, does not mean that some Roman Catholics do not think that discrimination still exists.
April 13, 2007 7:06 AM
God Big Enough to Embrace All
If they cannot there is something wrong with their understanding of their own faith system. God is not a Christian, a Jew or a Muslim!
April 23, 2007 7:05 AM
Destructive Questions Invite Destructive Answers
This question seems designed to elicit hostility under the cover of religion. Anyone who would answer that question with a “yes” would reveal only abysmal ignorance of Islam. Suppose the question were posed: “Do you think Christianity is a violent religion?” Would not Christians think that was an inappropriate invitation to express religious hostility?
May 7, 2007 6:47 AM
Public Service and Private Beliefs
America has not yet escaped all of its prejudices against Mormonism expressed so openly in the 19th century. Most of that prejudice grew out of the controversy over polygamy.
When George Romney, the three times Republican Governor of Michigan, ran for the Republican nomination for President in 1968, he had to seek to blunt prejudice about his religion. It came primarily in the form of questions about the official Mormon policy about black people. He distanced himself from the offending words in the Book of Mormon, but he ultimately lost the nomination to Richard Nixon. His Mormon religion seemed to play little role in that defeat. His comment about having been “brainwashed” over the issue of Viet Nam was thought to be far more the issue than his religion. Perhaps the money and organization possessed by Richard Nixon was the real reason for his defeat.
March 3, 2008 6:06 AM
Church Must Change or Die
I think the penchant to change religious affiliations in the United States has to do first with the fact that we have become a mobile society and, second, with the economic and educational achievements that drive mobility.
Traditional religious forms, whether they are Protestant Evangelical Fundamentalism or
Conservative Catholicism are particularly strong among people who do not stray far from family roots, geographically or emotionally.
