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How Modern “Truth” Opposes Christianity

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Sat, 16 Mar 2024 15:03:05 +0000

In "Revisiting the Idea of Truth" I discussed how Americans' abandonment of the ancient view of truth has destroyed rationality and common sense and put our country squarely on the path to destruction. That discussion was focused strictly on the secular, intellectual aspect of truth. This essay will focus on the religious aspect. As I [...]

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Islam Examined, Part 2

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 06 Sep 2017 10:33:10 +0000

Part 1 of this essay discussed the analysis of Islam presented by Nonie Darwish in Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic Law. Darwish defines Islam as “less a religion and more a totalitarian system of government by terror,” and she claims that “To be a Muslim is to have a relationship [...]

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Islam Examined, Part 1

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 30 Aug 2017 19:06:15 +0000

If Westerners were to stop looking at Islam through the lens of Political Correctness, they would fear for the future of Western civilization. That is the message of Nonie Darwish’s Cruel and Usual Punishment: The Terrifying Global Implications of Islamic law. Darwish lived the first thirty years of her life as a Muslim in Egypt [...]

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Ted Cruz’s Missed Opportunity

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Wed, 27 Jul 2016 14:27:41 +0000

Senator Ted Cruz is a born-again Christian and the son of an Evangelical pastor who exhorts his congregation to “tithe mightily” and to be “biblically correct.” The senator has ignored the first exhortation and missed a singular opportunity to demonstrate the second. According to his tax records, Ted Cruz ‘s tithe is not the biblical [...]

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Has Salvation Lost Its Meaning?

Vincent Ryan Ruggiero — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 15:39:12 +0000

Salvation has always been the most important concept for Christians. Their core belief, regardless of denomination, is that from the beginning human sinfulness barred us from heaven, but God in his mercy sent his Son to atone for our sins and make possible our salvation. Most Christians still hold that belief and live by it. But [...]

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