Religion

In this video, Armstrong Williams discusses why he thinks no religion has the right to say that one belief system is better than the other.

The case and the settlement raise large issues that affect many aspects of our society.

There is the obligation of the powerful to protect the powerless and the obligation of the old to protect the young.

There is the need for institutions to put the people they serve ahead of the protection of the power and reputation of the institution, and never to cover up the wrongdoing of the guilty when the institution's moral duty is to protect the innocent.

There is the need for those who profess their great faith to live up to that faith, whether it is members of the clergy who abuse young parishioners, or United States senators who put themselves forward as moral judges of others while they are committing moral sins themselves. Read more...

It’s bad enough that George Bush acts like he has a monopoly on the truth. Now Pope Benedict XVI is acting that way, too.

In his latest papal pronouncement, Benedict asserts that the Roman Catholic Church is the one and only true church — and that all other faiths suffer from serious “defects.”

In other words, to billions of Baptists, Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, Quakers, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Mormons, Buddhists, and other believers, the Pope’s message is: “Suck it up. You’re all losers. You’ll never get to Heaven.”

It’s an assertion first made by the Pope in 2000, when he was still Cardinal Ratzinger, and one that created a serious backlash among leaders of other faiths. After all, it’s hard to be taken seriously as an ecumenical partner when you start out by insisting that God has anointed you, and only you, as the sole path to salvation.  Read more...