After looking through the news this week, I came across this comment from a casual observer that the media decided to interview. “[Universal Health Care is] about human rights. It’s about morality. And denying people health care ranks right up there with genocide.” This is one of those quotes that you read and start laughing, … Continue reading
I’m currently reading The Foundations of Christian Bioethics by H. Tristram Engelhardt (Eastern Orthodox), and he made an observation about mainline denominations concerning their stances on bioethics. It links in to what I posted earlier. He points out: “The mainline Protestant religions, along with many Roman Catholics, have drunk deeply of the passion of aggiornamento … Continue reading
Tony Jones, former figurehead of the Uppity-Middle-White-Class-Spoiled-Rotten-Brat Association Emergent Village has a recent post about the Episcopal church declaring that all members can be ordained pastors regardless of sexual orientation. What struck me was the last paragraph of his post: But I implore them to look beyond the gay issue. The bigger issue is that they employ … Continue reading
