November 2006

Often we hear people express gratitude almost as an obligation, with the not-so-subtle implication that if we did not give God the glory for the goodness in our lives, it might be taken away.

Jedi Knights are the fourth largest religious group in Britain as listed in the 2001 census. No kidding.

Most people accept it as an article of faith that democracy is the be-all and end-all of government, the goal to which all nations should aspire. But I submit that this notion is somewhat akin to a religious belief.

Logical attempts to describe what happened before the Big Bang or what kind of cause was needed to set it in motion are as futile as trying to describe infinity with the ‘hotel’ paradox.

The biggest factor in raising healthy children to adulthood is to make sure your kids know they can trust you. That no matter what they do, or what trouble they get in, you love them and you will be there for them.

Ted Haggard is the newest inductee into the gay-bashing-evangelical-sex-scandal hall of shame: