It continues to amaze me how little regard Christians have for the many, detailed NT instructions on church practice, preferring backslidden (often sacerdotal) traditions instead. Pastors tell us to read the Bible, but when I do, I shake my head wondering how modern churches can justify what they do.

The only thing constant about science is its varied conclusions!

Why is it that Jesuits obsess Protestant conspiracy-mongers more than other Catholic sects? It's not as if they're still sneaking about trying to assassinate English monarchs. All Catholic orders are different species of the same false and wicked genus!

BTW, contrary to the news item title, the remark about Protestants was in jest. But at least robots don't [yet] molest women and children.

Unless BP has the gift of prophecy, how could they know what happens two decades hence? Extrapolating a graph beyond the current year is Induction, a formal fallacy. And is it prudent to believe everything self-interested corporations claim? They could be publishing cynical feel-good propaganda to head off political persecution. Or else they are as self-deluded as the Earth worshipers.

If renewable energy really costs less than fossil fuels now, then show the figures. And there would be no need for punitive EPA rules, IRS rebates, etc., if this were the case. Otherwise it's just superstitious, magical thinking, which comes easily in a culture increasingly receptive to the occult and witchcraft.

I have a Vietnamese coworker who told me all the S. Vietnamese really wanted was weapons, not US troops, which was what Nixon realized.

Every dog has its day. But as Lincoln said (perhaps thinking of Ecclesiastes), "This too will pass." The world's not gonna get perfect anytime soon.

Now the Bible is discriminatory, but in the spiritual sphere, not physical: 2 Cor. 6.

You're playing the "Guilt By Association" game. Sure, many poor Southerners were racists, but so were Northern Progressives and urban minorities. The more you try to justify yourself, the worse you look.

I think Family Court civil cases are as much involvement as gov't needs to have.

All the Bible requires is that both parties be believers. Officiating pastors are optional. And most cultures understand that having relatives present from both families is prudent, to hold the couple accountable, like the signing of any contract.

I don't know how a Christian could call another human being "trash."

This matters to "Tiger Moms" on the lookout for marital prospects for their children.