Wow. I really never thought I’d see the day.
But how does this square with the Bible?
From the AP:
VATICAN CITY - Believing that the universe may contain alien life does not contradict a faith in God, the Vatican’s chief astronomer said in an interview published Tuesday.
The Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, the Jesuit director of the [...]

The NYTimes op-ed pages, via CSIS’s Edward Luttwack, promoted a new type of Obama Islam smear: that because Obama was once a Muslim he is going to get killed by Muslims for being an apostate.
I have a response to this at Huffington Post.
Just one part:
First of all, under orthodox Islamic law, the punishment [...]

The first 14 minutes of the program today were devoted to reverend and his latest statements.

And so it goes…

Just a followup on what I shared earlier.

(h/t: TPM)

After yesterday’s performance by the reverend, you knew it had to be coming. And while this isn’t the same as throwing Wright under the bus, it does suggest that Obama understands how far off the reservation his former pastor’s views are.
From TPM comes this from Obama:
The person I saw yesterday was not the person that [...]

He spoke about his pastor problems today:
“I think people will understand that I am not perfect and that there are going to be folks in my past like Rev. Wright that may cause them some concern but that ultimately my 20 years of service and the values that I’ve written about and spoken about and [...]

Looks like he’s suggesting he’ll try to bend the ear of his former parishioner to sway policy decisions. And Obama can’t be too happy about that.
From Politico:
The Rev. Jeremiah Wright said Monday that he will try to change national policy by “coming after” Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) if he is elected president.
The pastor also [...]

Whenever I’m interviewed on Christian or conservative talk radio, the topic nearly always turns to — or starts out with — abortion. Never mind that the book that prompted my appearance is about independent politics; radio hosts and even book reviewers zero in on the one chapter on abortion and gay marriage. The irony is [...]

Perennial candidate and hyper-conservative gadfly Alan Keyes has decided to move on to a party that believes the Constitution suggests America should be a Christian state.
From their website…
The Constitution Party gratefully acknowledges the blessing of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as Creator, Preserver and Ruler of the Universe and of these United States. [...]

MSNBC has the video.

And here’s a clip from somebody who ran the “Compassion” forum where both Hill and Obama were at over the weekend.

One thing’s for sure…Wednesday’s debate is shaping up to be a memorable one.

Greenwald has a breakdown of the stories that made the news…
Here are the number of times, according to NEXIS, that various topics have been mentioned in the media over the past thirty days:
“Yoo and torture” - 102
“Mukasey and 9/11″ — 73
“Yoo and Fourth Amendment” — 16
“Obama and bowling” — 1,043
“Obama and Wright” — More than [...]

The guy who first became famous for picketing the funerals of gay men and women, and then moved on to American soldiers, is in trouble with the law…again.
But this time it might actually hit him where it counts.
From Topeka Capitol-Journal:
A federal judge in Maryland on Thursday ordered liens on the Westboro Baptist Church building [...]

In one of the more interesting twists in this year’s presidential election, the Democratic nominee, whether it be Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton, will be more comfortable discussing his or her personal faith than will Republican nominee John McCain. We know all about Obama’s religion and Clinton’s faith has been well analyzed too. But McCain [...]

This is absolutely fair…
“He would not have been my pastor,” Clinton said. “You don’t choose your family, but you choose what church you want to attend.”
“You know, I spoke out against Don Imus (who was fired from his radio and television shows after making racially insensitive remarks), saying that hate speech was unacceptable in any [...]

These are question that every generation of Americans must answer for themselves. As Americans fought for the principle of religious freedom at the beginning of the American experiment, it falls to Americans of each generation, of every religion, race and creed, to ensure that in their own time their generation remembers and understands that - as regards religion - “divided we stand.”
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“Dr. Wright has preached 207,792 minutes on Sunday for the past 36 years at Trinity United Church of Christ. This does not include weekday worship services, revivals and preaching engagements across America and around the globe, to ecumenical and interfaith communities. It is an indictment on Dr. Wright’s ministerial legacy to present his global [...]