The Pilgrim Underground

Before you embrace the hysteria being generated by the National Review article regarding non-citizens voting in US elections, at the ver...

Whether you think churches should be taxed or not is to miss the salient point. This story is heartbreaking. http://af.reuters.com/arti...

To be honest I'm surprised more of this isn't happening... http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/14/us-usa-pennsylvania-grandmot...

I heard this today on the radio... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_la8CUQWyN0 The Christian answer to cultural narcissism- Chris...

Recently I read something and saw myself referred to as a pompous windbag. Well!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=824300630954724 These people are profoundly sick. And why did this link come to me from a profe...

I've been so blind. I should have seen it right off. The lady I'm working for passed through Cleveland Ohio a couple of days ago....

Today I specifically listened to anything related to the Houston Pastors Subpoena story and I found the Christian media to be guilty of all...

http://www.chron.com/news/politics/houston/article/City-subpoenas-pastors-sermons-in-equal-rights-5822403.php http://abc13.com/news/pastor...

When you venture back into the 19 th century you'll find an ever present fear among Protestants... Roman Catholicism. Little did the...

In no way do I mean to advocate moral relativism nor am I arguing that we should empathize with ISIS. But consider...

It must be stated the United States is an empire of violence. George Bush and Barack Obama have killed more people that Al Qaeda ever did. ...

As I said, ISIS is a monstrosity. There's no ambiguity there. That said, be careful. There's a flurry of information out there right...

DELUSION ( dəˈlo͞oZHən/)  noun noun: delusion; plural noun: delusions an idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly mainta...

updated October 2017 Since it's that time of year again I am providing links to pertinent articles for those who haven't read them...

I keep seeing Proverbs 29.2 banners being posted by Christians. When the righteous are in the authority the people rejoice, but when the ...

Rising star Ben Carson suggests there might not be a 2016 election. The country may be in a state of anarchy.

Of course Turkey doesn't want to get involved in Syria. For the first time in a generation Ankara has moved toward peace with the Kurds...

It's sad that so many people in Spain get worked up over a euthanized dog but don't react with the same zeal for the lives of black...

I heard a medical professional bound for West Africa declare that "If we have the ability to help people, then we have the duty to do ...

Now I've gone over all of this before but perhaps we can utilize some other examples from history to make this a bit more poignant. I...

http://www.idahostatesman.com/2014/10/06/3413180/methodist-clergy-escape-sanctions.html You know your domination is in trouble when '...

In recent days not a few 'Christian' leaders have called for a more vigorous military engagement on the part of the United States t...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FmEjDaWqA4 This video came up in some previous discussions. I revisited it recently with my kids. We'...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY7zYYrdkLQ This video is enlightening, exposing yet another facet of this hopelessly corrupt and pointle...

I found this short video to be depressing on many fronts. I realize most of my audience will not agree with all of my concerns but for m...

I've seen numerous videos on the downfall of Detroit. This one is brief and to the point. I enjoyed the guy by the burn barrel. He know...

American arrogance manifests itself in many different ways an on many different fronts. Cultural arrogance can be just as provocative...

There we were standing on the shores of Lake Chautauqua watching the sun sink below the horizon. People were fishing, others were taking...

I saw an email come in today from an old thread on another site. An atheist attacked a bunch of stuff I said quite some time ago. He's ...

I was enjoying a pleasantly cool and overcast late summer afternoon. As I was scraping the side of an old house back in the woods, the news...

Here's a link to a good article by Cal over at Lead Me. Always helpful, he has some good insights. The Need for the Bishop: Leadershi...

Q. Your last post was a non-response. What is the Christian position in response to ISIS? A. There isn't one. At least not a geo-...

Here's a tough lesson to explain to your kids. Mine are now mostly teenagers and while they can certainly grasp more than they could a ...

I've paraphrased the question... Q: Shouldn't we as Christians support and be thankful for NATO's moves against ISIS? ...

After the fall of the USSR in 1991 everyone wondered would NATO fall apart? What reason did it have to continue? There was no more Sovie...

The US Empire appears to be floundering on many fronts. Perhaps the most profound areas are in the realm of economics. There's a g...

As a supplement to the Central Asia discussion here's a link to short documentary on Kyrgyzstan and the growing ethnic tensions at w...

http://www.rfa.org/english/commentaries/energy_watch/plan-07282014110245.html The situation in Central Asia has grown so complicated th...

As the Snowden revelations continue to come out the latest involves the NSA's internal 'Google' clone, an inter-agency search e...

Today Janet Mefferd tried to suggest the chaos in Libya is due to Obama's naïve support for the Arab Spring. There are always the ve...

It's pretty sad that when I want to hear some genuine voices from the Left I have to turn to an outfit like RT. You're sure not goin...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO8CoEWUGuw While PressTV and Russia Today aren't very popular in the West and are viewed as purveyo...

Some readers will find this to be of interest and possibly beneficial to their own understanding. Recently I was asked to comment on ...

NPR has really nosedived over the past few years. Their coverage is growing weak and they're turning ever more toward light entertai...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gqhlRdOxJg This episode of Dispatches is worth watching. It's one of those documentaries where you f...

Christian propaganda masquerading as 'news' has generated an endless stream of misinformation and distortion. Sometimes I wonder if ...

Some time ago I recall radio host Janet Mefferd was quite upset over some pictures that had been released of president Obama with his fe...

http://ericmargolis.com/2014/08/what-if-theres-a-real-war-in-ukraine/ As usual, Margolis exhibits a great deal of wisdom and understandin...

While Putin is hardly a 'good guy' our news is in hyper-spin mode right now. It's madness watching it all unfold. It's surre...

For all (who have reached the Age of Accountability) have sinned and fall short of the glory of God... Romans 3.23 (Semi-Pelagian Standard...

The collapse of Iraq was long foretold and forewarned by those familiar with the salient issues. In some ways these events are very apropos...

It's been obvious for some time that the Right wishes to impeach Barack Obama. If they're able to capture the Senate in November t...

Listening to a recent commentary I was struck by the Christian Right's confusion concerning the role of government with regard to healt...

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27885502 Various governments led by the US are trying desperately to put the internet genie back int...

I apologize for not writing these past couple of months. Life has been a bit overwhelming and not a little grievous. I'm spending...

Continuing in this recent vein it has been brought to my attention that there are some conservatives suggesting that the Obama administratio...

http://patriotslament.blogspot.com/2014/04/good-citizen.html While I hardly share this author's vision or concerns I nevertheless c...

When Christians ask this question, it's very telling. It's an immediate indicator that they've strayed far from what the Bible t...

Since I mentioned Wal-mart in the last post, I dug out the letter I sent them a couple of years ago. Of course if I'm going to 'cro...