For the first time ever in a Gallup poll, a majority of Americans are pro-life. As many support the Church’s moderate prolife position–that abortion should be illegal, but with some exceptions–as support the extreme pro-choice and the moderate pro-choice positions combined. (more…)

Testigos de Jehovah (Jehovah’s Witnesses) got under my skin when I was a missionary. One of the things that bugged me most was the infantile delight they took in telling you that they knew what God’s name was.

None of them ever could explain *why* knowing that his real name was “Jehovah” mattered and mostly they seemed surprised that I asked. If I were an uncharitable man, all the evidence would have pointed to them caring about God’s real name only because, “nyah, nyah, I know something you don’t know.” (more…)