http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/judeochristian/ en-us Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:29:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087501/posts In case you didn't notice, there is a concerted war on serious biblical faith in our post-Christian society. And that's why, any day now, you can expect Sarah Palin to be asked a question designed to knock her right out of the race for the vice presidency. It won't be a question about the Bush Doctrine. It won't be a question about her teenage daughter. It won't be a question about Alaska state troopers. It won't even be a question about abortion. None of those questions threaten to deliver a killer blow to her bid to be the first woman... Worldnetdaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087501/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 05:29:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075016/posts There are reasonable criticisms that can be made of Sarah Palin, both as governor and a vice presidential selection. Yet little of what we have seen in the last six days has been either reasonable or critical (in the traditional sense of the word). Instead, much of the left and many in the media simply lashed out at Palin, particularly at her family. And not only the fringiest parts of the political fringe: A writer at the Washington Post attacked Palin for the fact that her seventeen-year-old daughter was going to have a baby. A writer for The Atlantic openly... First Things http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2075016/posts#comment Fri, 5 Sep 2008 00:56:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2067181/posts It's often said that America was founded on "Judeo-Christian" values. American Creation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2067181/posts#comment Sun, 24 Aug 2008 17:13:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064160/posts We are constantly reminded about the destructive consequences of religion -- intolerance, hatred, division, inquisitions, persecutions of "heretics," holy wars. Though far from the whole story, they are, nevertheless, true. There have been many awful consequences of religion. What one almost never hears described are the deleterious consequences of secularism -- the terrible developments that have accompanied the breakdown of traditional religion and belief in God. For every thousand students who learn about the Spanish Inquisition and the Salem Witch Trials, maybe two learn to associate Gulag, Auschwitz, The Cultural Revolution and the Cambodian genocide with secular regimes and ideologies.... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2064160/posts#comment Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:38:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045602/posts The most effective of all morality-based arguments for same-sex marriage, the one that persuades more people than any other argument, is the one that equates opposition to same-sex marriage with the old opposition to interracial marriage. The argument, repeated so often that it sounds incontestable, is this: Just as parts of American society once had immoral laws that forbade whites and blacks from marrying, so, today, society continues to have immoral laws forbidding men from marrying men and women from marrying women. And just as decent people overthrew the former, decent people must overthrow the latter. Thanks in large part... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2045602/posts#comment Tue, 15 Jul 2008 04:22:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035446/posts Ben Stein: Great article on Jews, Christians and Americans ~~~~~~~~~~~ The following was written by Ben Stein and recited by him on CBS Sunday Morning Commentary. My confession: I am a Jew, and every single one of my ancestors was Jewish. And it does not bother me even a little bit when people call those beautiful lit up, bejeweled trees Christmas trees. I don't feel threatened. I don't feel discriminated against. That's what they are: Christmas trees. It doesn't bother me a bit when people say, 'Merry Christmas' to me. I don't think they are slighting me or getting ready... Open letter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2035446/posts#comment Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:44:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024281/posts SAN FRANCISCO — California's highest court considered this week whether doctors' religious beliefs give them the right to withhold medical treatment from lesbians and gay men, a group specifically protected under state anti-discrimination laws. Taking up a case that has pitted the promise of religious liberty against the guarantee of equal access, the state Supreme Court heard oral arguments May 28 in a lawsuit brought by a woman who claims her Christian doctors refused to perform artificial insemination on her because of her sexual orientation. First Amendment Center http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2024281/posts#comment Sun, 1 Jun 2008 05:15:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022460/posts The California Supreme Court's historic declaration that same-sex couples can marry will be tested in November when voters face a measure that would enact a constitutional ban on such marriages – and two new polls indicate that it will be a close one. The court set aside a 2000 ballot measure that barred recognition of same-sex marriages but, the new polls indicate, voters have been moving the other way. A Los Angeles Times poll of registered voters, taken on May 20-21, a few days after the Supreme Court decision, found that 51 percent disapproved of the Supreme Court's decree, while... Sacramento Bee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2022460/posts#comment Wed, 28 May 2008 15:12:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020143/posts I ADMIT IT: I'm no environmentalist. But I like to think I'm something of a conservationist. No doubt for millions of Americans this is a distinction without a difference, as the two words are usually used interchangeably. But they're different things, and the country would be better off if we sharpened the distinctions between both word and concept. At its core, environmentalism is a kind of nature worship. It's a holistic ideology, shot through with religious sentiment. "If you look carefully," author Michael Crichton observed, "you see that environmentalism is in fact a perfect 21st century remapping of traditional Judeo-Christian... The Manchester Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2020143/posts#comment Fri, 23 May 2008 10:57:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019064/posts They say we are tired of culture wars. Tell that to the California Supreme Court, which didn't sound tired at all when it lobbed a big, fat hand grenade into the marriage debate. Ideas have consequences. And the California court endorsed two big, brand-new, very bad ideas. The first idea is that the internationally recognized human right to marry includes same-sex marriage. In U.S. constitutional law, fundamental human rights are those deeply rooted in our traditions. Not even in Massachussetts or in New Jersey could the courts quite stomach the idea that same-sex marriage is deeply rooted in those traditions.... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2019064/posts#comment Wed, 21 May 2008 09:46:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018496/posts Americans seem mesmerized by the word "change." And, by golly, they sure got it last week from the California Supreme Court. It is difficult to imagine a single social change greater than redefining marriage from opposite sex to include members of the same sex. Nothing imaginable -- leftward or rightward -- would constitute as radical a change in the way society is structured as this redefining of marriage for the first time in history: Not another Prohibition, not government taking over all health care, not changing all public education to private schools, not America leaving the United Nations, not rescinding... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2018496/posts#comment Tue, 20 May 2008 04:44:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017111/posts Six points that I feel need to be made about this ruling: 1. This Is Social Liberalism By Judicial Fiat - This ruling came from none other than the Supreme Court of California, just as Massachusets allowed gay marriage by judicial fiat. Four justices (out of seven) should not be allowed to drastically change the entire definition of an institution that has existed for thousands of years of Judeo-Christian civilization and hundreds of years of American jurisprudence. Proponents of gay marriage cannot convince citizens of a single state to allow for same-sex marriage to be for anything but a man... STEVELACKNER.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2017111/posts#comment Fri, 16 May 2008 23:32:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012495/posts Are you a joyful bride-to-be? An eager (or nervous!) groom? Perhaps you have a son or daughter getting married this spring or summer? Perhaps a beloved grandchild? Or maybe a lifelong friend? The peak of wedding season is arriving and many of us have a special acquaintance or family member ready to “tie the knot” in a beautiful marriage ceremony of thrilling romance and holy commitment. So what does any of this have to do with the law? Why am I raising the subject of weddings in my Christian legal column? I’m writing to brides and grooms and those close... Good News Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2012495/posts#comment Wed, 7 May 2008 15:37:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003870/posts Original Free Republic LinkFree Republic:Pope Benedict XVI Pays Historical Visit To The Park Street Synagogue http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003870/posts#comment Sat, 19 Apr 2008 07:32:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003723/posts Pope Benedict XVI paid a 22-minute visit to the Park East Synagogue — the first papal trip to a United States synagogue — on Friday afternoon. He presented the synagogue with a medieval Jewish manuscript from the Vatican library and received three gifts: a seder plate, a Passover haggadah and a box of matzoh. The pope offered warm remarks and was showered with praise and music, but in a brief, three-minute address, he did not address the Holocaust, anti-Semitism or historic tensions between Jews and the Catholic Church. The pope entered the temple As the choir sang “Sh’ma Yisrael,” a... New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2003723/posts#comment Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:55:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/589092/posts On Sunday, December 7, 1941, the USA was drawn into the worldwide war against the left-wing, heterophobic fascism of Hitler's National Socialist German Workers (NAZI) Party. Then, just like now, Jews were targeted by a genocidal movement. In 1941, the USA took a stand against evil. Now, in 2001, we are taking a stand against evil again. On Tuesday, September 11, 2001, the USA was drawn into the worldwide war against terrorism by the attack on the World Trade Center. Israel is fighting that same war by virtue of having endured countless attacks by a number of anti-semitic terrorist groups. ... Toogood Reports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/589092/posts#comment Wed, 12 Dec 2001 17:11:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1992071/posts in English Translation Fortress Press 2001 Editorial Board of the International Q Project Stanley D. Anderson Robert A. Derrenbacker, Jr. Christoph Heil Thomas Hieke Paul Hoffmann Steven R. Johnson John S. Kloppenborg Milton C. Moreland James M. Robinson Preface The Sayings Gospel Q is an archaic collection of sayings ascribed to Jesus, even older than the Gospels in the New Testament. In fact, it is the oldest Gospel of Christianity. Yet it is not in the New Testament itself. Rather, it was known to, and used by, the Evangelists of the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, and then lost from... The International Q Project http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1992071/posts#comment Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:57:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1985984/posts Poll: Do you think Islam is a serious threat to our Judeo-Christian heritage? Truth For Muslims http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1985984/posts#comment Sat, 15 Mar 2008 03:42:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977950/posts The best-known invocation in Christianity has its roots firmly in Jewish tradition. And, some believe the very public liturgy was meant as a protest against fixed, statutory, public prayer. Maybe McGuinty has a point Lord, what a fuss over a prayer. "So plainly simple, natural, and spontaneous," the Catholic Encyclopedia lauds the Lord's Prayer, yet, at a mere 57 words (in the original Greek), such a magnet for controversy in Ontario. The prayer's fall from public grace began in 1988, when the Ontario Court of Appeal, citing the province's multicultural nature, struck down a regulation that required public schools to... The Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977950/posts#comment Thu, 28 Feb 2008 23:58:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970609/posts America is the greatest expression of the spirit of Freedom and Liberty found in Judeo-Christian theology that the world has ever seen. But we are not there yet, we are on the road to a true expression of the Kingdom of God on earth, and America, although clearly a leader of nations, is just one of the many Nations that have a Manifest Divine Destiny. God is into Nations, and He has a plan for nations, just as He has a plan for individuals. I recommend you peruse the COA Library in the links above, and download some of the... Sonny Craig's Church of America http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1970609/posts#comment Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:28:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955996/posts Will Conservatism survive 2008? By George Shadroui Conservatism is a big enough tent to include many differing views on specific issues, but there are overriding principles that bind conservatism as a political force. If we are to believe the most recent polls, on Saturday voters in South Carolina, arguably the most conservative state in the nation, will be tusseling over John McCain or Mike Huckabee as the presumptive nominee of the Republican Party. There's only one problem: neither man is all that conservative say leading conservatives of our day. Fred Thompson, a formidable man with a strong conservative record, has... Intellectual Conservative http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1955996/posts#comment Fri, 18 Jan 2008 23:35:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943914/posts Usually, when people say they’re not religious, they’re looking to pick a fight or at least start an argument. That’s probably because people who identify themselves as atheists or agnostics are often as dogmatic as Cotton Mather and have merely made a religion of their own non-belief. In my case, however, religion simply plays no role in my life. Or perhaps I should say institutionalized religion, seeing as how I very much subscribe to the Judeo-Christian value system. It’s the reason that I’m so grateful that two sets of Russian Jewish grandparents had the guts to pack up their kids... ExileStreet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1943914/posts#comment Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:37:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1942864/posts When HaShem (God) dictated the Torah to Moses, that Written Law, or Torah She'bi-khetav, made God's laws known to His people.  This Truth, in all its glorious revelation, was to provide the Jewish people with instructions for daily living, how to celebrate their holidays, and the ways in which they should worship their Creator.  The Torah is also unambiguous on the behaviors that should be avoided and gives clear directions for atonement for sins committed.  Although the Written Law was considered complete, traditional Jewish teaching is that Moses also received a second set of laws called Torah She'bi-al peh: the... Catholic Exchange http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/1942864/posts#comment Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:21:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941061/posts Last week, New York Times columnist Roger Cohen wrote a column titled "Secular Europe's Merits," in which he explained why he prefers the secularism of Europe to the religiosity of America. To his credit (other New York Times columnists do not generally agree to debate anything they write -- Paul Krugman, for example, has refused to discuss his new book on liberalism with me), Cohen agreed to come on my show, and proved to be a charming guest. A distinguished foreign correspondent for Reuters and the International Herald Tribune, Cohen nevertheless betrayed what I believe is endemic to those who... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1941061/posts#comment Tue, 18 Dec 2007 05:41:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940099/posts A lifetime ban on public criticism of homosexuality was upheld against a Catholic activist in Canada by his province's superior court. WorldNetDaily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1940099/posts#comment Sun, 16 Dec 2007 01:07:21 GMT