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  • Criticism of Daniel Dennets view of Freedom, Determinism, and the Human Mind

    As one critic put it; to capture our humanity Dennett must account for more freedom than that of a chemically switched cell, a photographically responsive flower, or a clever rat. Even more freedom than possessed by smart dogs or chimps is involved in moral freedom—in ethical praising and blaming. Dennett’s evolutionary psychology is not enough to account for moral freedom.

  • Once upon a time ...

    From our 20 Years of Blessing Event: The "back story" of how All Saints Pasadena came to the decision to start blessing same-sex unions in 1992. And no, George Regas did NOT just wake up one morning and say, "Mary, I think I'll bless some gay people today!" Here's hoping this little bit of history will be an encouragement to those still working to make all the sacraments available to all the

  • BREAKING NEWS: Susan G Komen proves "It's never too late to do the right thing."

    The Susan G. Komen Foundation announced this morning the reversal of their decision to end funding breast cancer screening through Planned Parenthood ... demonstrating that the power of public outrage can actually overcome the anti-abortion zealot driven politicization of women's health issues.From the statement issued by the Komen Foundation:We want to apologize to the American public for recent

  • North Carolina County Debates Religion in Schools Policy

    Controversy (index.php?option=com_content task=view id=4813 Itemid=134) surrounding Bible distribution in North Carolina's Buncombe County public schools turned into a debate...

  • What "The Artist" Can Teach Your Church

    "The Artist" tells the tale of a silent movie star who refuses to change when talkies become all the rage. How many churches today are doomed to fail because they won't change?

  • Church-State Separation: The Line's Easy to See

    The line between responsible Christian citizenship and political partisanship isn't hard to define. People of faith need to bring their beliefs to bear on all matters of public life without violating church-state separation.

  • British Churches Work Together to Help Homeless

    A Baptist church in Great Britain is partnering with other churches to open their doors to provide the homeless a place to sleep instead of spending the night outside in the freezing winter.

  • Spirit vs Letter of the Law: Thoughts on the 9th Circuit Ruling Against Release of Prop 8 Tapes

    Count me as one of those disappointed by the ruling today that the video recordings of the Prop 8 trial will not be released.The ruling ... available in its entirety here ... was summarized in the L.A. Time piece: “The trial judge on several occasions unequivocally promised that the recording of the trial would be used only in chambers and not publicly broadcast,” the panel said.I totally "get"

  • President Obama @ The National Prayer Breakfast Today

    "Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Jane Addams, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, Abraham Heschel -- the majority of great reformers in American history did their work not just because it was sound policy, or they had done good analysis, or understood how to exercise good politics, but because their faith and their values dictated it, and called for bold action -- sometimes in the face of