Word: argumentative
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...Christian blogs are full of unseasonably vitriolic postings, full of Scriptural references, theological arguments and appeals to common sense. Evangelicals are attacking other Evangelicals in the media. And the debate within the Evangelical community is giving the rest of America a rare look at the divisions that do exist, usually quietly and below the surface, of the 65 million-strong Evangelical community. It is a reminder that this group, so often labeled the "religious right", is diverse both in theology and methodology. The church is in fact many churches, this bloc is no monolith, and this argument, says Ted Haggard...
...Still, that "family values" argument-that this day can be an opportunity for Christian families to worship together at home-carries little weight with some critics. "The church is supposed to be brothers and sisters in Christ-the primary family. These churches are putting the wants and needs of the physical family first, not that spiritual family," says Ben Witherington, a theologian at Asbury Seminary in Kentucky. "Our society is narcissistic enough. We don't need to encourage more me-focused behavior...
...case yesterday—suggesting that they might be eager to shoot down FAIR’s constitutional claims. And, as the dean of George Mason Law School, Daniel D. Polsby, noted in a phone interview yesterday, Souter “was not particularly interested in the Dellinger [statutory] argument...
Even if the statutory argument offered by Dellinger and the Harvard professors prevails—which it might not—Congress could respond by passing an more stringent version of the Solomon Amendment...
...When the incident began McAlhany was in seat 24C, in the middle of the plane. "[Alpizar] was in the back," McAlhany says, "a few seats from the back bathroom. He sat down." Then, McAlhany says, "I heard an argument with his wife. He was saying 'I have to get off the plane.' She said, 'Calm down...