"I think of the change Jesus brought to the world around hope when I think about two tombstones.

One of them marks the resting place of Mel Blanc, the famous voice of countless characters in Looney Tunes cartoons. In accordance with his instructions, his family inscribed as his final epitaph ...

"Emily Jackson. A girl who was easy to miss. He’d seen what happened whenever she entered the cafeteria and sat at a table. Suddenly, the other kids who were already there would remember something else they needed to do and would get up one at a time and leave. Or ...

"It felt a little weird coming to a church. He and his dad had only attended church twice since his mom left them six months ago—once for Easter and then the week after, as if they were about to start a new habit but never quite got enough momentum to ...

It will happen again.

Why?  Because we insist on freedom from religion.  Freedom from God.

What is it?

It's Orlando - the mass killing - the child killed by an alligator.
It's Sandy Hook - more mass killings.
It's your neighbor - beaten up by her husband ...

Look at the candidates we have running for president of the U.S. today.

Do we need either of them?

Do we deserve both of them?

I wrote on this topic about a year and a half ago.  The original is here.

The problem of killing infidels.

45 times the Qur'an says Allah (Allah / God) is oft-forgiving.

How then can one justify killing anyone who is thought to be an infidel?
Who is to say that God won't forgive them?

For instance -

Sura 3:31 Say (O Muhammad to mankind): ...

The rabble with them began to crave other food, and again <they> started wailing and said, “If only we had meat to eat! We remember the fish we ate <before this> at no cost—also the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic. But now we have lost our appetite; we never ...

If you want to be perfect, go, sell your possessions and give to the poor ...

Yes - Jesus did say that.  

And that's what the Giving Pledge folks joining Bill & Melinda Gates and Warren Buffet are doing.

But isn't there more to being ...

Do you fear God?

If you answered that question just now -
I have more questions for you.

What does "fear God" mean?

What does it mean to you?

What does it mean to me?

What does it mean to God?

How would you answer ...

Special effects in movies are awesome, aren't they?

No.  Not really.  OK.  Not at all.

The new Ghost Busters is coming out soon.  
If you're old enough - remember when it came out?
It was so cool.

Well - it's out again.  The original.  For just a few ...