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The whole idea of forgiveness is one that seems often misunderstood when it comes to the church. Common statements about it include, “So if someone sins on Saturday, all they have to do is come to church on Sunday and they’ll be forgiven?” or “Does that mean child molestors get to go to heaven and is treated the same as Someone who has never sinned in his or her life?”  Read More »

I am 30 years old, and I am asking myself this question. I know it is not an original one. I know there are many soon to graduate high school students asking this very same question, and panicking. I too, am panicking.  Read More »

“The U.S. declaration of war against terrorism that followed the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, like so many previous trumpet calls, pushed economic and governmental reform agendas to the sidelines.  Read More »

This was part of my blog, "Inalienable Rights?" but made it too long. I decided to make this blog dedicated to "free will," and let the other rest with "liberty." http://progressiveu.org/blog/51144-inalienable-rights

The last statement in that blog was:  Read More »

Perhaps this would be better as a forum, as it is a forum discussion from my online course "Logic and Reason," but I was curious to see what all ProU users might have to say about the subject.

The question posted to the forum:  Read More »

What do you think of when you hear "Big Government?" Less power in the hands of the government, more individual freedom, less taxes, etc.? In actuality the process of creating "Smaller Government," is called devolution. It is the shift of power from the federal to the state government.  Read More »

The "marble-layered cake" analogy regarding America's government is a reflection of how intertwined our three levels of government are. Those three levels of government are national, regional (or state) and local.  Read More »

This is my most recent development regarding my body/ money issues. I have inserted them here and there, and posted a few blogs about them, but they don't seem to really fit with the majority of my blogging "themes." They really don't seem to fit in with "me" either, most of the time, and so they confuse me.  Read More »