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Religion

We Never Even Call It By Its Name (Steven Crowder on Islamic Terrorism)

January 8, 2010

Many have rightly criticized the TSA’s nonsensical response to the attempted terrorist attack over Detroit on Christmas Day while others have outlined a set of proposals that would actually address the problems in the system.  So why hasn’t the government done acted logically?  One of the reasons can be found in Steven Crowder’s latest video.  [...]

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Merry Christmas!!!

December 25, 2009

From all of us here at AOR, we wish you and your family and friends a very Merry Christmas!

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Anglican Priest Goes All George Costanza on Seventh Commandment

December 21, 2009

Those frustrated with the rise of Cafeteria Catholicism can often be heard saying that the our society has transformed the Ten Commandments into the Ten “Suggestions.”  Father Tim Jones, Pastor of the Anglican St. Lawrence Church in York, UK has taken this transformation a step further.  During his recent Christmas sermon, Fr. Jones encouraged his [...]

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Child Suspended for Drawing a Crucifix

December 15, 2009

From my own home state of the People’s Republic of Massachusetts, a child from the town of Taunton, MA was suspended this week because he drew a Crucifix.  A second grader from Taunton drew a Crucifix as part of an assignment to draw something that reminded them of Christmas.  Now, this kid shows more theological [...]

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More Suspicious Climategate Revelations

November 30, 2009

So you want to change the planet’s behavior in regards to CO2 production?  You also want to tell us that man-made global warming will destroy us all one day soon unless we act right now this very instant.  You take your Nobel Prize and wag it in front of us saying that your science is [...]

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Archbishop of Canterbury Echoes Pope on Women in the Priesthood

November 20, 2009

Well, sort of. The Roman Catholic and Anglican churches have not reached an agreement on the issue of whether women can serve in the Priesthood. They agree on the effect the issue has on unity between the Catholic and Anglican churches.
Today’s Times of London has an article portraying Sharia Law supporter and Archbishop [...]

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The Catholic Bishop’s Complicity in Pushing ObamaCare

November 9, 2009

Every time I write a post that is critical of the Catholic Church, a part of me feels uneasy.  After all, I am a committed Catholic who believes in and follows the teachings of the Universal Church, and usually defer to the authority of the Bishops in most matters.  However, after serious consideration and reflection, [...]

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BBC: Where’d All the Global Warming Go?

October 10, 2009

In a bold move, the BBC only yesterday asked, “What happened to global warming?  The globe’s temps have been falling since 1998 and the pius members of the international global warming religious movement cannot believe it.  Their best response in the face of the facts are: while it may be getting cooler, the next few [...]

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The Worship Of Barack Obama

September 29, 2009

Conservatives often joke about the seeming messiah-complex of Barack Obama, and how many of his followers seem to look at him as almost a deity.  Such claims are often bolstered by such events as schoolchildren chanting to him, substituting his name into lyrics originally written about Jesus.  Now, a group of community organizers known as [...]

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Obama Channels God

August 20, 2009

I thought Obama was God, or perhaps his avatar on Earth? 
Oh, I forgot, he merely thinks he’s God!
More evidence of that on Wednesday when news came out about a conference call Obama had with some “progressive” religious leaders (whatever “progressive” implies in that case) in which Our Most Beneficent Leader accused some anti-Obamacare activists of “bearing [...]

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Human Rights Problems in Iraq and Afghanistan

August 17, 2009

No one really expected that when the Taliban collapsed and Saddam ran into his spider hole that Afghanistan and Iraq would instantly turn into Jeffersonian Democracies with full citizenship rights and beer pong being played at a co-ed colleges.  It would take some time, some prodding, some leading by example (that is, unless you’re a [...]

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Abortion Controversy at Mt. Sinai

July 27, 2009

A nurse, Catherina Cenzon-DeCarlo, was forced to assist in a late-term, partial-birth abortion procedure at Mt. Sinai hospital on May 24th, even though she was ethically opposed to the procedure, being a devout Catholic and niece to a Filipino bishop.  Invoking the conscience clause (which protects people like her from participating in things like this), she asked [...]

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Obama as “God”

June 14, 2009

Last week Newsweek’s Evan Thomas went on “Hardball” and told the thrilled Chris Matthews that unlike Reagan who spoke for America, Obama transcends nation and people as a god-like figure:

Well, if you take religion and religious ethics out of our institutions, out of mainstream “hip” society, and attempt to force religion into accepting secular values by viewing religious [...]

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George Tiller Gunned Down

May 31, 2009

Controversial late-term abortionist George Tiller was shot and killed by a lunatic earlier today at a church in Kansas.  Today’s shooting is tragic because it ended a human life and will undermine the  pro-life cause.
In coming weeks, the mainstream media’s long-standing pro-choice bias will resurface.  The media will attempt to lump all pro-lifers together with [...]

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Movie Review — Angels and Demons

May 17, 2009

I’m generally not a big fan of Ron Howard, but occasionally I’ll indulge in one of the remarkably formulaic movies he directs.  Angels and Demons was one of them that I indulged in and generally enjoyed. 
With all the anti-Catholic buzz surrounding The DaVinci Code a few years back, I thought I’d have to see Angels and Demons [...]

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Sarah Palin’s Choice of Life

April 17, 2009

Sarah Palin spoke last night at a pro-life fundraiser in Indiana.  While there, she gave a very real, human accounting of the thoughts that went through her mind when she found out that she was pregnant with her fifth child Trig, who also suffers from Down Syndrome. In it, Palin admits to briefly contemplating an [...]

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Holy Week: Easter Sunday

April 12, 2009

This is the day the Lord has made;  let us rejoice and be glad, Alleluia!
With the ritual and ceremony of the great liturgy of the Triduum now concluded with the fanfare of the Easter Vigil, Holy Week draws to a close with Easter Sunday.  As a Liturgy, the Mass of Easter Sunday is fairly similar [...]

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Holy Week: The Easter Vigil

April 11, 2009

This is the night when Jesus Christ broke the chains of death and rose triumphant from the grave.
The final part of the great Triduum liturgy, the culmination of Holy Week, and the most solemn Mass of the Church Year is the great Easter Vigil.  One of the most ancient rites of the Church, the Easter [...]

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Holy Week: Good Friday

April 10, 2009

Behold the wood of the Cross, on which is hung our salvation.  O come, let us adore.
The Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion and Death is the second part of the Great Liturgy of the Triduum, the heart of the Holiest week of the Church year.  Good Friday is the only day on which no celebration [...]

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Holy Week: Holy Thursday

April 9, 2009

Let us ever glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, for He is our salvation, our life and our resurrection;
through him we are saved and made free.
While Palm Sunday set the stage, Holy Thursday begins the Easter Triduum, the three days that make up the heart of Holy Week.  While each night in [...]

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Holy Week: Palm Sunday

April 8, 2009

Hosanna to the Son of David.  Blessed is He who comes in the Name of the Lord, O King of Israel.
Hosanna in the Highest.
As the Entrance Song above illustrates, Palm Sunday (also known as Passion Sunday or Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion) is the prologue to the great celebration of the Paschal Mystery known [...]

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Holy Week: An Introduction

April 8, 2009

As I mentioned yesterday, I am a bit burnt out from politics, and have decided to focus this week on the more important things in life.  A big part of that for me is my Catholic faith, and this week above all is a good time to reflect on that faith.  Holy Week has always [...]

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Politics in the Grand Scheme of Things

April 7, 2009

I struggled this morning searching the various news feeds and blogs that I follow to find a topic that interested me enough to write a post on, without success.  Most of the stories boil down to the latest Obama Gaffe (there are many), to Obama’s latest effort to make our country less safe, to his [...]

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A Dark Room in Binghamton

April 4, 2009

Jiverly Wong (Voong) killed 13 people in Binghamton, New York, yesterday.  He lost his job.  He saw no direction in his life and made the conscious calculation to end the lives of others, barricading doors and wearing body armor while he shot up the Binghamton Immigration Center.  “Coward” hardly describes Wong, but it is a place to start.  [...]

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Community Service Bill Marginalizes Organized Religion

March 26, 2009

The House of Representatives passed the Generations Invigorating Volunteerism and Education Act (GIVE), creating a mandate for community service among high school and college students.  The bill spends $6 billion on beefing up government-paid and sponsored national service programs, and paves the way for future mandatory service by establishing a commission to explore the feasibility [...]

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Connecticut Liberals Push For State Control of the Catholic Church

March 9, 2009

Connecticut State Senators Andrew McDonald and Michael Lawlor (Democrats) have proposed legislation that would strip Catholic clergy of control over their budgets and place it in the hands of the laity.  The Church has denounced the move and the Catholic League has called for the two libs to be expelled from the Senate.  People routinely [...]

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Standing Firmly Crooked on Freedom of Religion

March 2, 2009

A football coach from East Brunswick High School in New Jersey, Marcus Borden, was reprimanded for being involved in a student-led prayer a few years ago.  The incident took place during a team dinner before a game in 2005.  A cheerleader present at this dinner didn’t like how the coach was nodding his head during the student-led prayer.  She [...]

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Strengthen Culture Through Hollywood? It’s Worth A Shot

February 23, 2009

The reason we care about politics is because we want our country and our world to be as strong, secure, free, prosperous, fair, decent, and good as it can possibly be. Obviously, one component of furthering that ideal is electing people who share our worldview to positions of authority. It isn’t the only [...]

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Sweden. Now There’s A Nation of Cowards

February 22, 2009

Despite what’s been flying out of Eric Holder’s mouth, the United States is not a nation of cowards.  If you want to see a nation of cowards, look no further than Sweden.  Last week, the Scandinavian Socialist Paradise decreed that their country’s upcoming Davis Cup match with Israel will have to be played in an [...]

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The Quran Challenge

February 19, 2009

Here’s one from the Funny Because It’s So Politically Incorrect And So True Department.   The following, the Qur’an Challenge, is the first Steven Crowder video I saw tonight.  Undiplomatic does not even begin to describe the clip, but it is hilarious and there is a lot of truth in there.

His other videos are just as [...]

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