Baptists Are Like Cats: Some Stray Thoughts on the Psychology of the “Born Again”

In 1968, I was born again. I’d been Christian my whole life, of course – I was raised in a staunchly Southern Baptist home, and you were Baptist whether you’d been born again yet or not. Not a lot of people know this about me, and given what I have become over the years, most [...]

A Modest Proposal: How to Really Solve the Church/State Mess

In a bit of satire over on the Daedalnexus, Brian Angliss tries desperately to make the case that “Rather than fight[ing] faith-based programs for the poor just because they’re faith-based, we should all be signing up!” Which is all in good fun, and makes a good point. But if you really wanted to have some [...]