Daily Archives: October 22, 2008

NY Times Graph: The Trendline for Religious Unbelief is UP

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

PZ Myers today posted this interesting graph on religious belief in the United States (from the NY Times):  

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Visit Grandma?: Barack Obama Faces a Classic Existential (and Literary) Dilemma

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

There is an anecdote associated with the philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre that goes something like this: During the occupation of France by the Nazis, a young man encounters Sartre along a road and asks him, “Should I join the resistance movement … Continue reading →

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The Religious Authoritarian Voter: This is the Voter that John McCain is Attempting to Appeal to, and is Counting on, to Win Him States Like Virginia

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

A Virginian religious authoritarian unapologetically and clearly speaks her mind:

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Colin Powell, Outside the Studio, Articulately Reaffirms the Reasons for His Obama Endorsement

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella
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The Empress Has TOO MANY CLOTHES: Does Sarah Palin’s $150,000 Dollar Spending Spree on Clothes Open Her Up to Accusations of Hypocricy and Wrecklessness with Money?

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Sarah Palin spending $150,000 dollars on clothes strikes me as inconsistent with her Christian witness. Jesus, in the Sermon on the Mount (for example) explicitly says don’t spend lavishly on clothing.  Upholding Christian values, but not practicing them, is called … Continue reading →

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“Behold the lillies of the field”: Does Sarah Palin’s $150,000 Dollar Spending Spree on Clothes Hurt McCain’s Campaign—and Her Christian Witness?

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Does Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount apply to contemporary Christians, or not? Here’s Politico today on Sarah Palin’s spending spree on the McCain-Palin campaign credit card: The Republican National Committee has spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice … Continue reading →

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$150,000 Dollars on Clothes?: Has Sarah Palin Just Damaged Her Christian Witness?

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

“Behold the lillies of the field . . .” Does Jesus’s Sermon on the Mount apply to contemporary Christians, or not? Here’s Politico today on Sarah Palin’s spending spree on the McCain-Palin campaign credit card: The Republican National Committee has … Continue reading →

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Laughing All the Way to Neiman Marcus: Is Sarah Palin’s $150,000 Dollar Campaign Financed Spending Spree on Clothes in Accord with a Serious VP Candidate?

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

Sarah Palin’s spending spree on clothes is a gross abuse of the trust of McCain-Palin donors. And it makes her talk about being a serious person and a “Christian” seem ridiculous. Here’s Politico today on Sarah Palin laughing all the way … Continue reading →

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AN EMERGING SCANDAL: Sarah Palin’s $150,000 Expenditure of McCain Campaign Contributions on CLOTHES

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

How does Sarah Palin talk about the plight of middle Americans and call herself a Christian—and then SPEND $150,000 DOLLARS of contributors’ money on CLOTHES? Can we say disconnect? Here’s Politico today on Sarah Palin’s outrageously un-Christian spending of $150,000 … Continue reading →

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$150,000 Dollars in Clothes Purchases?: Your McCain-Palin Campaign Contributions Hard at Work—Dressing Sarah!

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Santi Tafarella

In a time of economic crisis, Christian Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin is spending on new clothes like it’s, eh, the Gilded Age (circa 1929). Whatever happened to “behold the lillies of the fields” in the Sermon on the Mount? … Continue reading →

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