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Support Sntjohnny/Athanatos Ministries with your NON-tax-exempt Donation
| June 10, 2013 | Posted by Anthony under abortion, apologetics, Blog, Christianity and Culture, family, General, Liberalism, marriage, morality, Obama, original sin, philosophy, politics, pro-life, taxation |
Every June, we run a donor drive. In getting this year’s ready, I noted that my typical proviso that ACM is not tax-exempt had more significance than in previous years. Over the last few weeks we have been regaled with case after case of conservative, Christian, anti-Obama, anti-Obama agenda organizations that have been targeted by…
I’ve changed my mind: Keep your religious views about abortion out of politics!
| April 1, 2013 | Posted by Anthony under abortion, apologetics, atheism, Blog, Christianity and Culture, family, General, human rights, Liberalism, Obama, philosophy, politics, pro-life, Secular Humanism |
Or… I’ll keep mine out, if you’ll keep yours… or something like that… keep reading… In our country, there is a general feeling that only positions backed by actual fact should drive public policy. ‘Religion’ is perceived to be the realm of personal opinion. Even Christians tend to accept the view that people are allowed…
500 Christians Burned – FAKE IMAGE or STORY or BOTH
| January 6, 2013 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, General |
Since then, the original source and I have done some more research and it seems highly unlikely that this picture is of a recent church burning. Allegedly, the image is of people burned in a gas explosion. I found this page that linked to this page; you will observe that the latter page no longer works. I am sure some more sleuthing would allow me to get that missing information, but the fact that the former page is from a full year before the report I posted, and has the same image, strongly suggests that the two do not go together.
On the usefulness of Rocks
| January 5, 2013 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, General, satire |
The best part of rocks is the fact that it rhymes with socks. I say that because as a child I read a book that had a fox with a problem with rocks in his socks, and it was a favorite story of mine, and the story would have been impossible if rocks sounded like something else, like petra. At any rate, this proves that rocks can also be useful in literature–and satire.
“Anthony Horvath Goes To Heaven” Short Story Added to Dawkins, Flew, and Teresa Collection
| March 23, 2012 | Posted by Anthony under Antony Flew, apologetics, atheism, Blog, Christian Short Stories, Christianity and Culture, copyright infringement, General, literary apologetics, philosophy |
I have now updated the collection with a foreword and two new short stories. Each of the two new stories is called “Anthony Horvath Goes to Heaven.” These two stories also have introductions. You’ll understand the similar titles after you get the series, but suffice it to say that they are written as a response to some criticisms about the fairness in contemplating the eternal fates of others, but not oneself.
Joy held hostage to Evil- on rejoicing in Bin Laden’s Death
| May 5, 2011 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, Christianity and Culture, General, human rights, Love, morality, pro-life |
I posted a blog entry at the Christian Post recently. The reported death of Bin Laden generated crowds of people on the street wrapped in American flags and cheering. A casual look at the reaction to this reaction revealed to me that many people shared my apprehension with such a response. Different reasons for the…
Should Christian Non-profits Consider Giving up their Tax Exempt 501(c)3 Status?
| November 16, 2009 | Posted by Anthony under Blog, Christianity and Culture, General, Holocaust, human rights, morality, politics, taxation, theology |
It is true that this is very rare, but that is only because many churches try to abide by the law on this point. The Government helps by keeping the financial carrot close by; the stick is rarely necessary.
The main question we need to ask is whether or not, and to what degree, should the Christian Church ever adjust its message for anything, let alone the Government.
But surely it will be pointed out that Jesus said “render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” Yes, there is no question that God has appointed the government to handle certain duties (Romans 13) and there is no warrant anywhere for the Church to take those on. Indeed, we Christians are to submit to these authorities. It does not follow, however, that the Church can ever subvert its mission and message, even if the authorities say you must. Moreover, Matthew 22 (the passage alluded to above) explicitly states that people of faith ought to pay taxes if Caesar so requires it.
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