Christianity and the Death Penalty
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | September 22nd at 12:16 AM |
“Whoever sheds human blood, by humans shall their blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made mankind.”— Gen. 9:6 (NIV) I am no theologian, but tonight I kept running into people who claim I cannot be a Christian and support the death penalty. Many of them referred to the Catholic Church, which takes a very firm stand in favor of life, | Read More »
When Smart People Write Dumb Things
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | August 30th at 04:45 AM |
Whether you agree with Bill Keller of the New York Times or not, the man is not dumb. Whether you agree with Kathleen Parker or not, she is not dumb. Same with Ryan Lizza at the New Yorker. Yes, they may be center-left (or depending on who you talk to, center-right for Parker) and yes, Lizza is arguably more than center-left as is Keller. But | Read More »
God and Oslo
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | July 23rd at 11:19 AM |
Yesterday, I filled in for Neal Boortz on his syndicated show and was live on air as the news was breaking from the horror in Oslo, Norway. With Al Jazeera, international news networks, and domestic networks all raising the link to an Islamic radical Norway was deporting, I put on twitter that the odds were it wasn’t an angry Lutheran doing the bombing and shooting | Read More »
Time Magazine’s Bobby Ghosh Is Ignorant About Christianity
By: Erick Erickson (Diary) | April 4th at 04:55 PM |
“This all gives the lie to one of the center-left’s statements of faith as embraced by even George W. Bush: The Religion of Peace is not a religion of peace.” I have no idea what religion Bobby Ghosh is. He is from India, so my assumption is, if anything, Hindu, but I have no idea really. It doesn’t matter other than some may be quick, | Read More »