Discrimination Against Christianity

Tuesday, August 17th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Belief | 1 Comment »

One of the ironies in the area of politics and religion seems to be that those people who strongly profess a faith of some sort feel as though they are being persecuted by the secular minority and the secular minority feels as though they are being persecuted by those who are religious. It's an interesting predicament. Every time I read and article or hear a conversation about abortion or same-sex marriage or the myriad of other ...

Open Minded

Thursday, July 15th, 2010 by Dan Carrington posted in Belief | No Comments »

Have you ever heard someone tell you that you need to be more open minded? The most interesting part about that is that most of those people don't actually realize what they're saying. What does it actually mean to be open minded? In general, to be open minded means that you have a willingness (or openness) to listen to, and perhaps even entertain, thoughts or ideas that may directly conflict with your already established beliefs. But that ...