Religion is all over the press these days. Private worship is all over the news- we can't even blame Santorum because it was long prior in the making- Republicans like to own God (sometimes pretty much to themselves) , and we had one President who manipulated the well meaning anti-abortionists to turning a blind eye to the evils of unjust war. Several Republican candidates made the ostensible 'war on religion' or 'war on catholicism' hallmarks of their petering campaigns. Now we have massive church organizations calling budgetary decisions moral ones and claiming rights of conscience over back door insurance finance regulations pertaining to things they hold their noses at. A recent editorial asks the question- are conscience rights under the First Amendment individual or institutional? Good question. Lets ask the Federal Judiciary before we do the research.
One would think that the contraception disinformation campaign took a page from the CIA disinfo desk. Who doesn't think condoms stop diseases ?
The CIC (www.CICdc.org) is a great place to get a taste of the rightest of winged doctrine when you can take it- from the smartest proponents thereof that exist. There is a guy giving a book talk on "BAD RELIGION"- google it- check their webpage. I can only imagine what makes him the arbiter of what is good and bad religion in a world where Franciscan Friars take the side of 'renegade' so called radical feminist nuns being berated by the Vatican over their belief in universal health care. Today's news also brought the tumble from grace of millionaire prosperity gospel hawker Creflo Dollar (yes, its his real name) because whacking his 15 year old landed him in a domestic violence charge. (We fall down, but we get up.) What are we going to do with all these humans someone must be thinking.
Who is the Saint you pray to when the leadership gets unhinged? Maybe Saint Catherine of Siena-
A good thing is that there are AA meetings in churches- because sometimes their policies and diatribes could drive one to drink.
And how many Billion did Congress just award to "Homeland Security?" For what? or For Whom should I ask. We need that many billions to protect us from the world trying to bury us? What did we possibly do to inspire that?
Sing a new song to the Lord- that should keep your mind off it.
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