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Pistol Packing Pastors

Zionica — Mon, 13 May 2013 09:45:42 +0000

Have you pastors had enough of the rhetoric from those within our media who preach that owning a gun is detrimental to us as a nation? If so, please get in line, because it starts here with me. I’m big, black, bald, bad, and love to hunt. Our very heritage, sovereignty, and freedom we all…

Who must we blame for Boston?

Zionica — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:00:40 +0000

In FrontPage this morning, j'accuse: Barack Obama promised Tuesday that he would be taking lessons from the Boston Marathon jihad bombing: “When an event like this happens, we want to review every step that was taken, we want to leave no stone unturned, we want to see if there is in fact additional protocols and procedures that could be…

American Atheists Lose Lawsuit Over 9/11 Cross

Zionica — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:30:08 +0000

A federal judge has ruled that the display of an iconic cross-shaped steel beam in the National September 11 Memorial and Museum doesn't violate the constitutional and civil rights of atheists. U.S. District Judge Deborah Batts concluded Thursday that the 17-foot-high cross, which became a spiritual symbol for workers at ground zero, does not amount…

Sea World Indoctrinating Kids With Darwinism, Says Apologist

Zionica — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 11:15:29 +0000

A young earth creationist is accusing Sea World of "evolutionary indoctrination." Ken Ham, founder of Answers in Genesis, says the new dinosaur exhibit at the marine mammal park in Australia pushes Darwinism on children. Ham's family visited Dinosaur Island, the new attraction at Sea World on the Gold Coast, Australia, which opened in June and…

Wisconsin County Defies Atheist Group Over Prayer at Government Meetings

Zionica — Sat, 09 Feb 2013 11:30:44 +0000

Another county has decided to challenge the meddling of the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF), the secular busybodies who under the guise of “First Amendment watchdogs” make a living out of intruding into the affairs of communities, schools, churches, businesses — just about any group whose individual members exercise their constitutionally guaranteed freedom of religious…

Children, Choosing Their Religion

Zionica — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:15:54 +0000

The fastest-growing religious affiliation in the United States is no religion at all. That has meant an increase in parents raising their children outside of the community provided by a church or synagogue. For Katherine Ozment, writing for Boston magazine, it also meant soul searching because, as she writes: As ambivalent as I am about organized religion,…

Building Congregations Around Art Galleries and Cafes as Spirituality Wanes

Zionica — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 11:00:16 +0000

The mural painted on the side of a building in the Deep Ellum warehouse district here is intentionally vague, simply showing a faceless man in a suit holding an umbrella over the words “Life in Deep Ellum.” Inside there are the trappings of a revitalization project, including an art gallery, a yoga studio and a…

The Most Secular State in the Union

Zionica — Fri, 30 Nov 2012 15:43:01 +0000

Folks in the Green Mountain State like their economy syrupy sweet. The rural, thickly forested New England state produces 39 percent of the United States’ maple syrup. The state’s 626,000 residents are less sweet on religion: Vermont ranks as the nation’s most secular state, according to a 2012 Gallup poll. Just 23 percent of Vermonters…

Brazil prosecutors want God off of money

Zionica — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:18:32 +0000

A prosecutor is trying to get God off of Brazilian bank notes. Public prosecutor Jefferson Dias argues that the country is a secular state and that the phrase "God be praised" disregards the rights of non-Christians, and on Tuesday he asked a federal court to order the phrase removed. "The fact that most Brazilians are…