Progress Without The Reasoned Freedom To Think

Whatever Else The Religious Right May Be, It Is A Bonanza For Its Opponents... Reports Of The Great Terror That Is Upon Us Are Raising Millions Of Dollars In Fund Appeals By Planned Parenthood, The American Civil Liberties Union, The National Organization For Women, Norman Lear's People For The American Way, And Others Who Claim To Believe That The Religious Right Is The Greatest Peril To American Democracy Since Joe Mccarthy.

I Do Believe That Those Who Compare The Religious Right To The Nazis Have Fallen Victim To Polemical Heat Prostration.

If A Church Offers No Truth That Is Not Available In The General Culture - In, For Instance, The Editorials Of The New York Times Or, For That Matter, Of National Review - There Is Not Much Reason To Pay It Attention.

Respect For The Dignity Of Others Includes Treating Them As Rational Creatures Capable Of Being Persuadad By Rational Argument, Even In The Face Of Frequent Evidence To The Contrary.

Every Day Of The Year Is A Good Day To Think More Deeply About Good Friday, For Good Friday Is The Drama Of The Love By Which Our Every Day Is Sustained.