Wayne Slater posed a counter-intuitive question to our Texas Faith panelists this week. Since many people consider the death penalty immoral, Wayne asked, does that mean Texans who favor the death penalty are immoral? There's an interesting discussion going about...
President Obama faces the most important decision of his presidency as he determines what to do about Afghanistan. He's getting plenty of military and political advice, but our Texas Faith panel offers some moral advice. Read and comment here about...
Here's what we're discussing this week on Texas Faith: Talk show host Glenn Beck landed on the cover of Time Magazine this week, after a powerful start as a Fox News host. Beck is most famous these days for his...
A year ago this week, the nation walked straight into a frightening economic collapse. Lehman Brothers fell, and soon thereafter Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was meeting with bank executives around the clock to stave off further damage. Amidst all this...
This week, panelists consider a question raised by the life of the late Sen. Edward Kennedy, a man who was involved in the moral horror of a woman's death at Chappaquiddick, but who went on to lead a life of...
Sorry, I didn't realize that we're still keeping these Texas Faith entries over on the Religion blog for the time being. Please take the discussion over what people misunderstand about religion (this week's topic) over there. I apologize for the...
The Mavs won, but Dirk's still got problems. So does Manny Ramirez. Read what our Texas Faith panelists have to say about why we as humans elevate sports stars and then get our hopes dashed once they fall....
Pope Benedict's heading to the Mideast next month, hoping to ease tensions between Muslims and Jews. We have an interesting discussion about that on this week's Texas Faith discussion. I particularly urge you read posts by Mohamed Elibiary, a Muslim,...
Many good angles to pursue in this week's Texas Faith question, which Wayne Slater presented for discussion. Wayne asks this question of Texas Faith panelists: Are we our brother's keeper, even if our brother is a "loser?" He, of course,...
Does fasting for religious reasons have any value? Now that Lent has begun for Christians, our Texas Faith panelists take up the question....
Texas Faith is back after a holiday hiatus. The debate this week is about Bush's religiosity and how it affected his presidency. You can chime in here at this Texas Faith link. Bush, religion...surely our readers have some opinion about...
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