Dakota O’Leary

American History: American Christian fundamentalism social issues then and now

By Dakota O'Leary • April 5, 2011

The yen that Christian fundamentalists of the conservative, Reconstructionist and dominionist stripe for basing civil behavior on Biblical law is nothing new.  Neither is

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Party of family values repealing child labor laws in Maine

By Dakota O'Leary • April 5, 2011

Apparently the GOP in Maine believes that working children more hours for low wages will help the ailing economy.  According to a recent New

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Split: "God" vs. liberals–what does this mean for America?

By Dakota O'Leary • April 4, 2011

“We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity.”–Ann Coulter, on talking to liberals and waging war in the Middle

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Creators of "South Park" compose smash hit Broadway musical "The Book of Mormon"

By Dakota O'Leary • March 26, 2011

Fans of "South Park" are already familiar with the hits religion takes on the show, my own personal favorite the episode where Cartman starts

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Should America's churches help change the world? A response to Oliver Thomas at USA Today

By Dakota O'Leary • March 14, 2011

Oliver Thomas over at USA Today wrote an interesting opinion piece entitled "America's churches can help change the world:With humanity's future at risk, religious

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What's going on in Wisconsin? Politics as "unusual" run rampant despite the will of the people

By Dakota O'Leary • March 10, 2011

I've been watching events unfold in Wisconsin over the last few weeks, at first because I was born and raised in Wisconsin, and still have an interest in my home state, and then later, I watched in shock as Republicans pretty much did what they wanted to do despite the fact that 74% of the voters in the state did not want the anti-union collective bargaining cut bill passed [...]

EHarmony: Where "Godly" people LOVE Jesus

By Dakota O'Leary • March 10, 2011

I tried the secular dating sites–Zoosk, SeniorMeet (believe it or not there are a lot of young people on that one), and no success over three months in finding a man who is willing to commit. So I went to EHarmony to see if the Christian guys were any better [...]

God's Country–Chapter 2–The Tunnel People

By Dakota O'Leary • February 15, 2011

Queen slipped into the underground chamber, a grin on her face. “The rumors of my capture have been greatly exaggerated, Travis,” she said with a wink. Travis, smiled, and led her down a darkened cement corridor, into a large pump room filled with people. Men, women and children sat around fire barrels talking, eating, sleeping. Those who saw Queen greeted her with a wave or low hellos. These people were Queen’s family. These were the people who had no government IDs; they couldn’t afford them [...]

People of Faith series: Confucianism

By Dakota O'Leary • February 5, 2011

Confucianism is one of the major religions of China. It might be more correctly considered a moral or ethical philosophy; begun by Kung Fu-tzu or Kung the Master (Confucius). Born around 551 BC, Confucius had rather an uneventful life, up to his early twenties [...]

Why Christians need the world to end–eschatology, Revelation and the end times

By Dakota O'Leary • January 16, 2011

The discussion of dead birds and dead fish (and now dead cows) have had many Christians buzzing that these are signs of the end of the world [...]

Dead birds and fish coincide with GOP taking control of the House: Statement from God?

By Dakota O'Leary • January 11, 2011

I couldn't help but notice that the dead birds and dead fish that are being found all over the world fell out of the

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It's the end of the world and I feel fine

By Dakota O'Leary • January 7, 2011

Well, it's been a busy and interesting week at GodDiscussion, with people freaking out about the birds dropping out of the sky. It's the

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Shamefully, Glenn Beck makes HuffPo's "Religion's 10 Most Influential People of 2010"

By Dakota O'Leary • December 28, 2010

Glenn Beck a religious figure? Most of us recognize him from his show on FOX, and his AM radio show. Says the Huffington Post of their inclusion of him in their "Religions' 10 Most Influential People of 2010:"

Glenn Beck’s Washington rally to “Restore Honor” tapped into the longings of many Americans with the trappings of a religious revival [...]