tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27198443385486915762011-11-27T15:20:57.535-08:00A mostly polite young man has a few questions for America's Christians.Paul Tamminahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16095292025471302734noreply@blogger.comBlogger51100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2719844338548691576.post-70304812968009883612009-02-28T04:41:00.000-08:002009-02-28T04:53:05.658-08:00

New York City has a new archbishop, and because it's New York, the rest of us are supposed to care.What gives the rest of us a reason to care is the first four paragraphs, showing how Dolan, when he ruled the diocese of Milwaukee, convinced a priest to recant his view that it would be okay for the Holy Church to ordain a woman.Oh, the irony ... In Matthew 23:9, Jesus asks the disciples not to

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Kudos to Christopher Hitchens for taking a stand against swastikas. And shame on the Christians who beat him.One of the commenters, blinded by his faith, expresses surprise because he had "long thought that the Christians in Lebanon--and the Middle East in general--were on the right side and that they resisted terror in all its forms."Sheesh. That's what I'm talking about. Christians think

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If the matter weren't so serious, it would almost be fun to watch the Catholic Church try to tamp down the old anti-Semitic fires. That pesky old bigotry keeps coming back to haunt the Church, despite the ad campaigns promising "Now: Less Anti-Semitism!"But let's face it: The visible figurehead of a Pope makes it far too easy to blame the Catholic Church alone for anti-Semitism. Only a third of

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This news got Free Republic’s readers up in arms. Commenter #8 was so upset that he insulted the chaplain who made the decision and even the chaplain’s mother, and implied that the chaplain prefers to have sex with other men.The Daily Mail article offers no evidence on the chaplain’s orientation. So we’ll assume that commenter #7 believes that tagging someone as homosexual constitutes an insult.

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Pope Benedict can't keep his message straight. He loves traditionalists, and wants to "heal" the church. But healing means re-admitting Holocaust deniers and dealing with "deeply spiritual" leaders who didn't quite manage to keep every last vow.As usual, American Catholics wring their hands and hope the Pope will navigate through these rocky waters. And they'll find some way to excuse him -- "

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