Tag Archives: islam

God’s Physical Hand

Years ago, I read a couple of Muslim theologians who argued strenuously that God’s “hand” in the Bible was truly a physical hand. At the time, I found the debate to be ridiculous and absurdly literalist. But I’m reconsidering that opinion. Christianity believes in a God incarnate, and Judaism initially believed in a physical God.

Anti-Islam Propaganda

[via oldadam] Baptist Press and Catholic News Agency are both reporting that the Egyptian government has arrested 155 people for publicly eating food during Ramadan.  The implication is that those crazy Islamic fundamentalists are persecuting secularists again.  The reaction in the Western media is very predictable: Look at what happens when you let these crazy