They (homosexual activists) are coming to your town - but don’t worry, you can buy a video telling you what to do to prevent them taking over.
(h/t Hemant)
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Maria Ruiz is one of CNN’s top ten heroes this year
El Paso native Maria Ruiz knows firsthand how different life can be a mere 30-minute drive south of her Texas home.
The sight of families living in homes made of wooden pallets pushed Maria Ruiz into action.
“Just by crossing the border, you’re in a Third World country,” Ruiz said.
For 12 years, she’s traveled several times a week to the outskirts of Juarez, Mexico, bringing aid to hundreds of impoverished children and their families.
read more about how Maria is helping people
Maria and her family are building a community kitchen with space to feed 500, an orphanage for 100 residents and a trade school. They work on the complex every weekend, and although there’s more to do, they’re hoping to be open this summer.
You can vote for Maria as CNN’s Hero of the Year.
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by Eliza
On Saturday, November 15th, people gathered in cities & towns all over the United States to protest the passage of Proposition 8 in California, & to advocate for equality of marriage rights for same-sex couples. (Scan down at the site linked to see photos & comments from many cities & towns.)
My 10 yr old son and I attended the rally & march in Seattle, along with 3000-8000 other people (depending on whose estimate you believe). I ran into ~20 people I know, from various arenas of my life: work, my son’s school, my UU church, and an atheist group I belong to. The mayor, the county executive, a state Senator, and our Representative to the U.S. House all spoke at the rally (proving how liberal this area is). It was a stirring demonstration of the right of the people to peaceably assemble, and it was upbeat and positive, yet it feels like it will be years before anything will actually change.
There’s a lot I could say. The observation I’d like to present is this: with ideas being communicated on placards and in chants, people distilled issues down to the features they felt were most important to communicate to others.
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Wow, I just watched this. If I’d seen it yesterday I would have posted it as the Friday Video.
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The American Humanist Association is putting ads on buses in Washington D.C. which say
Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness’ sake.
(h/t Hemant)
In case you don’t recognize it, “be good for goodness’ sake” is a quote from the Christmas song Santa Claus is coming to town.
According to a Fox News article
The humanists’ entry into the marketplace of ideas did not impress AFA president Tim Wildmon.
“It’s a stupid ad,” he said. “How do we define ‘good’ if we don’t believe in God? God in his word, the Bible, tells us what’s good and bad and right and wrong. If we are each ourselves defining what’s good, it’s going to be a crazy world.”
Tim’s comment seems to be based on the belief that the Bible clearly defines goodness. Which hasn’t been my experience.
I like the ad
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I love these statistics, from the CNN article Are you rude?
The article caught my attention because the rudeness discussed in it is what Doable Evangelism’s Ordinary Attempts help people move away from.
One form of rudeness mentioned is taking out anger on people who didn’t cause the problem. I try not to do that but sometimes I get carried away when I’m frustrated.
Posted in General Conversation | 7 Comments »Last year I posted about the Leaving Eden blog. This was the blog of a Wheaton student who had become an atheist while at Wheaton and was anonymously posting about their life. I enjoyed reading LE’s blog because LE is very articulate. Also I could relate to a lot of LE’s experiences of moving away from conservative Christianity towards atheism and how the world looks (and reacts) when that happens to you.
LE stopped posting after graduating but has recently been posting again.
Now a friend of LE’s is writing a book about Wheaton culture and is including a chapter about LE becoming an atheist at Wheaton, using quotes from LE’s blog.
Posted in General Conversation | 5 Comments »Elaine sent me this question for posting on here:
How would it change your world if you knew/discovered one of your core beliefs/values was not true?
Any thoughts?
Posted in General Conversation | 14 Comments »I thought this was interesting (h/t Randy Birkey). The lighter the state color, the higher percentage of self-identified evangelicals voted for McCain.
Click here to see what percentage of voters self-identified as evangelicals in each state and what percentage of those voted for each candidate.
Posted in General Conversation | 8 Comments »I’m surprised that Proposition 8 passed, banning same sex marriage in California. I didn’t think that many people would be that intent on banning same sex marriage. I’m not surprised opponents of the ban are upset.
I understand that Bible-believing Christians are against it but I assume that to pass, a lot of other people must have voted ‘yes’ also. A lot of money was spent by people on both sides of the issue. Maybe the arguments of the pro-ban groups were more persuasive. Maybe their methods were less offensive. Maybe people really do think same sex marriage is going to destroy society. Whatever the reasons evidently a lot of people wanted it banned enough to vote yes.
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