Displaying posts tagged: religion

Reading the Koran for Ramadan

Ramadan starts today, and as I was looking at information about it for a possible blog post, I saw mentioned that one of the traditions in Islam is the recitation of entire Koran over the course of the 30 days. I haven't read more than a few verses here and there since college in my copy …

Discuss: Science vs. Religion

What, fundamentally, is the difference between a Church Service and a High School Science Class? (Comments have been disabled due to spam.)

A Moment of Silence

Recently the Illinois Legislature amended a law permitting the observation of a moment of silence in the classroom "may observe" to "shall observe". Now, schools are required to have a moment of silence for prayer or personal reflection. Unsurprisingly someone has already filed suit on the basis that this law now violates the First Amendment. Last …

A response to 'I found Jesus'

My brother posted an item entitled "I found Jesus" This is my response. There are so few programs and people that are actually attempting to solve the problems that prisoners face, that people who are more concerned with "is this religious" than "does it work" are, to me, shameful. Too many people think that "Freedom of …