American Mirror

Why Isn't Ugly Christian An Oxymoron?

Why do so many women on the Christians right seem angry and unhappy? Is it because they are? Is it because angry Christians have embraced the rhetoric of division, hate, and ethnic and moral superiority instead of the love for humanity The Christ showed? Shouldn't a professed love for Jesus Christ and the tenets of Christianity be a balm for anger, hate, ugliness,and unhappiness? Inside the church, we witness professed Christian heads bowed in saintly reverence to God and Jesus Christ. And we see eyes and hands raised to the heavens for the same reasons. Inside the church they seem... Read more →

Native American Women, Indian Children, And The Corrupt Soul of A Christian Nation.

If God is real and Jesus is the Son Of God, then neither The Christ nor His Father can be pleased with what this Christian nation has done to Native American Women and their children. We should not ignore for a moment that European Christians in their invasion, plunder, and conquer of Indian Land also invaded, plundered, raped, and conquered Indian women and Indian Children. But what this "Christian" nation did after the European invasion is equally appalling and represents the worse kind of human rights violations. America's anti-christian behavior towards Native Americans and the devastating results it has reeked... Read more →

God, Jesus, Easter Sunday, and The Religion Of Human Sacrifice.

Can I be a good Christian if I don't embrace the belief that Jesus Christ was sent to Earth in human form by His Father, The Creator We Call God, to suffer and die for the sins of man? To be sure, I am a Christian. But I know that this is not an easy question for most Christians. For some Christians it isn't even a safe question. Many, perhaps most, traditional, conservative, fundamentalist, and other stereotypical Christians would say unequivocally that I am not a good Christian if I don't believe Jesus Christ was the final sacrifice for the... Read more →

The Human Male Is The Best Argument Against Intelligent Design.

I am inclined to believe in a God of Creation but first must admit that the human male is the best argument against Intelligent Design. Nothing about the behavior, psychology, and sensibilities of men in Eve's Garden can lead any rational thinking man or woman to assume that the creation of the male of our species was an intelligent decision--especially if male domination and the violence that accompanied it was a predictable outcome by an Omnipotent God. We can be on one side or the other. Either the belief Christians have that our Creator God is a God of Love... Read more →

Suppose Heaven Is A Black Hole

Every soul requires comfort now and then. But not every soul knows the torment of the Uncomforted Soul. Still, the uncertainty of any significant purpose of our individual human life and the possibility of the eternal existence of our immortal soul commands the attention of all of us at one time or another. Consider Henry, child of God. "I have experienced my share of happiness and disappointment in my life. I have wished for more of the former and less of the latter. On balance I have done okay. I get into trouble only when I choose to compare the... Read more →