Islam, Violence, O’Reilly, and “The View”

For several weeks my friend and fellow Caffeinated Thoughts contributor David Shedlock has been after me to write a piece on the nature of Islam, and with the recent flap between Bill O’Reilly and the ladies of The View being something of a news media sensation, I thought perhaps now would be a good time [...]

Muslim writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to Islamic “totalitarianism”

A group of 12 writers have put their names to a statement in French weekly newspaper Charlie Hebdo warning against Islamic “totalitarianism”. After having overcome fascism, Nazism, and Stalinism, the world now faces a new global totalitarian threat: Islamism. We, writers, journalists, intellectuals, call for resistance to religious totalitarianism and for the promotion of freedom, [...]

Cultural Libertarianism?

In a recent post at The Daily Caller , Kendrick MacDowell wrote that Libertarians are obliged to support same-sex marriage, and argued this on the grounds that “marriage is a government-sanctioned institution and the government has no legitimate interest in the genders of the spouses-to-be.” I can’t say I’m really a Libertarian, and it’s precisely [...]

How Did We Get Here?

Remember the 1960’s, the decade of free love with juicy girls ready to wrap their arms around anyone? It came with a huge drawback though, a counter-culture that flipped the bird towards the old fuddy-duddy establishment. It did not matter is that old establishment stood on moral ground. Anyone not within the counter-culture was deemed [...]

The Pledge of Allegiance

For some twenty years, President Obama sat in his chosen church on Sundays listening to a hate monger who took up the cause of any left-wing extremist black power hate crazy government conspiracy truthing idiots. For all that time, both him and his Jacky-O wanna be wife had front row seats, bathing in the manipulating [...]

It’s all about Them, isn’t it?

Why won’t these Extremist Progressive Democrats listen to their own constituency, their voters, their own good people? Why call or accuse folks who stand up to ask questions or present their views at town hall meetings as a hired mob, a disruptor, or worse yet, a storm trooper? What? A Nazi Storm Trooper? Nonetheless, its [...]

Controversial Defamation Bill passes by a single vote

The Irish Government passed by a single vote the Defamation Bill after the Government nearly suffered a defeat on an amendment which would have deleted the offense of blasphemy from the Bill. The bill introduces a new crime of blasphemous libel which the media industry broadly supports. The new law also enables newspapers to offer [...]

American Capitalism Gone With A Whimper

The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.

Picking Apart The United States

Igor Pararin has been in the news a lot the past two months for his remarks on the breakup of the United States. The recent report in the Wall Street Journal expands on Igor’s previous comments and sets his prediction for 2010 when the USA will finally collapse. In September 1998, he attended a conference [...]

God in Society Debate: Final Statement: Why I’m an Atheist: Leo Pardus

Below is the long awaited final statement from Leo Pardus of de-conversion. When began this debate asking what the practical implication of believing in God are for society. Now we ask why believe or why not believe. Here is Leo’s response: Why do you believe that your position (atheism/theism) best reflects reality? Because it seems [...]

God in Society Debate: Final Statement: Why I’m a Theist: M

Below is the long delayed final statement from “M” of Atheism is Dead. We began this debate asking what the practical implications for belief in God are for society. Now we ask our two contributors why believe or why not believe. Here is M’s response: First, I would like to thank everyone for their patience [...]

Palin’s Pentecostal-Size Problem

It appears that Senator Barack Obama is not the only one with a pastor in the closet. Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska, who will be running with Senator John McCain as the Vice-Presidential candidate from the Republican Party, may not only have a fiery pastor to explain, but her own sermon/speech as well. Palin’s use [...]

Muslim father burns Christian daughter

You’d like to say this could only happen in Saudi Arabia but the massive Muslim immigrations to Europe and the United States will show more and more reports of this kind of activity as Muslims get closer to majorities in certain areas. The child became curious about Jesus Christ after she read Christian material online, [...]

You Still Can’t Write About Muhammad

A Wall Street Journal article about the lack of free speech when it comes to criticizing Islam: After consulting security experts and Islam scholars, Mr. Perry said the company decided “to postpone publication for the safety of the author, employees of Random House, booksellers and anyone else who would be involved in distribution and sale [...]

Obama prepping the world for the Antichrist: Why I refuse to listen to neocon fearmongers

Hal Lindsey’s fearmongering is yet another reason why I refuse to listen to people with no principles that love carrying the water for the neocons. His article today is titled “How Obama prepped the world for the Antichirst“. Give me a break. Obama may relish in the ‘president of the world’ status some of us [...]

God in Society: Does the Flag have any business in Church?

Becky Akers writes: We also enhance rather than counter the state’s supremacy. Our “patriotism” is really nationalism: unquestioning and enthusiastic support of political power. Christians eager to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar’s have the rest of the week to do so. But the things rendered should not include our allegiance. That belongs [...]

The God and Society Debate

In the case that anyone missed the update last Friday, the next installment of the “God and Society” debate put on by Brian LePort is up on the left-hand column (or click here).

God in Society: Round Two

Brian: Welcome to the second round of our ‘God in Society’ debate here at PoliticalInquirer.com. We apologize for the delay between rounds but one of our participants had a crisis that he had to attend to before he was able to resume. Now we can pick up where we left off a few weeks ago. [...]

More on postmodernism and the Death of the West

In today’s column by Vox Day, he argues that the “secular, atheist enlightenment” that the great “High Atheists” want to give us in a post-Christian society is simply a dreamboat. Instead, Day says that a post-Christian society is the simplest, surest way to recreating the pre-Christian barbarianism that existed before 1,000 AD and the Christianization [...]

God in Society: An Atheism-Theism Debate [Round One]

ROUND ONE. RESPONSE ONE. FIVE QUESTIONS Brian: Yesterday, we here at the Political Inquirer began a debate between “M” of the group blog Atheism is Dead and Leo Pardus of the group blog de-conversion. “M” is representing Theism in general, even though he currently is a professing Christian from the Eastern Orthodox tradition. Leo is representing [...]