>> hey, god. >> bad things always happen to me. >> my question is -- >> hi, god. >> hi god. >> one question for you, if i could ask you --. >> now, today's question is one some of us are afraid to ask. in fact, a few of the people who asked this question even wondered if it would be okay with god that we ask this question, so we're a little nervous but the question is real, so here we go. it's time to ask god. >> god, i need to ask you a question. all the world's religions say you have to have faith. i'm wondering, how do you find faith? how do you know what it is? if you do find it, how do you know you have enough of it? what is faith? >> god, that's our question today, what is faith? our topic is that. i have several guests. mike chawson is a pastor of an emerging church. in your daily life what is something you do that takes some faith? >> day to day it's just having faith in myself, knowing all my faults and my failings takes a lot of faith to just believe in myself. >> just to get up in the morning and do what you have to do to come on the show. >> exactly. >> that's good. another gues

. >> is there a god? is there a god who knows i am sick? is there a god who cares that i am sick? >>> also, one of the world's most admired jewish rabbis, and the project that took him 45 years to complete. >>> welcome. i'm bob abernethy. it's good to have you with us. religious groups held rallies and a 48-hour prayer vigil in front the supreme court this week, as the justices heard oral arguments over arizona's controversial immigration law. at issue in the case is whether the state law infringes on the federal government's authority to establish and enforce immigration policy. but, several faith groups argue the law violates the dignity of immigrants and could result in racial profiling. for more on this, i am joined by kim lawton, managing editor of this program and patricia zapor, a staff writer with catholic news service who's been covering the faith community and immigration. pat, it's nice to have you back here again. >> thank you, it's good to be back. >> the catholic bishops and many other religious leaders want a whole new kind of approach to immigration. what specifica

"in the name of god, most gracious, most merciful, praise be to god, the cherisher and sustainer of the worlds. most gracious, most merciful, master of the day of judgment. thee do we worship and thine aid we seek. show us the straight way, the way of those on whom though has bestowed by grace, those whose portion is not wrath, and who go not astray." amen. thank you very much, dr. aasi, for a very interesting interview. >> thank you dr. simmons. >> now we've got a sense here of islam in the united states, and as i may have mentioned, islam has taken over as the number two faith, so we're going to see more and more of islamic activity. yeah, chris? >> i just wanted to make a couple of comments. that was such a profound interview that it really brought up some points here for me is that by facing mecca, no matter where you all right e, really keeps the focus on what you're about, who you are, identity and relationship- all those questions are answered just from praying five times a day in the same direction that every other muslim in the world will. >> i felt the same way. you know, you

is there a god? is there a god who knows i'm sick? is there a god who cares that i am sick?"for a while, what kerry couldn't understand was why her patients talk to a chaplain so much about their families. >> it took me a long time to realize that is how people are talking about god. again, they might not use the term "god," but that's how they talk about ultimate meaning. they're trying to get at love. they're trying to get at what god is. jim is a great example of that. he was talking about his mother, and he was talking about love. what does the love of god look like? am i going to get to see my mother again? is the love my father showed me or didn't show me, is that what god is like? >> raised catholic, now an episcopalian, kerry egan isn't always successful. one patient actually threw a bedpan at her. but jim burgo's wife, elaine, says that every time hospice chaplain egan visits, jim isn't the only one who benefits. >> she helps me by helping him. if i want to talk, i know she is there, and she's just an excellent listener. we don'ty scs the holy spirit and god. i know

, god-ordained, god-destined nation. and there's no question in my mind against speaking as a christian that god works in history. i believe that. i believe that god is a sovereign god of history. but to say that the united states is a new israel, which is a very common idea in 19th 19th century political ideology, and in large measure has been adopted by some on the religious right, and -- who believe that america is a kind of new israel, and called to a particular mission within the world. that's what i want to call into question. because god is doing his work in the world, but i believe that god is doing his work through the church, doing his work through people who follow jesus christ in their lives, and in their everyday lives. >> you've write that america is moving to be more secular. is that necessarily a bad thing? does that mean we're not defending our cultural tradition? >> guest: no. the argue. i make is purely historical, and i'm really calling my fellow christians to recognize the forces of modern history. t

god bless texas. god bless the child. just don't god bless the usa. at least when you are passing through the people's republic of massachusetts. patriotic singer lee greenwood would be rolling over in his grave, but he is very much alive, and pissed off they planned to change it is leer ricks to his song "god bless the usa" to relove the -- we love the us. local parents flipped out too. >> god is a big part of society and we are taking him out and you can see it in more drugs and kids in trouble. it reflects on that. >> i think that church and state should be separated. however, with god being in that song it has to do with the foundation of our government. i don't think it should be removed from the song whatsoever. >> the fallout from the outrage, well, first the school said it was scraping all songs from the assembly because of the, quote, unquote, logistics. but then the superintendent issued a statement saying "political correctness is a consideration in the public sector. there are traditional parts that are sacred and we did not intend to disr

>> heaven is where god is. >> how do we know god exists?od is good, why did he also create bad? >> that is the biggest puzzle. >> at last, the closing prayer. >> so god, we thank you that we might continue to stretch our hearts and minds toward you, never being afraid to ask and always seeking to learn. >> i asked both pastors how they had known they were being called to ministry. >> a sense of being compelled. i cannot not do this. >> you keep coming back to it over and over again. when you try to walk away, it's impossible. >> both pastors say the satisfactions, for them, far exceed the problems. >> we are invited in and given privileged access to people's lives, and that is not always joyous in the happy sense, but it's a great, deep, abiding joy to share in people's lives in that way. >> most clergy would far prefer to do a funeral than a wedding. you feel that the work that you are doing is profoundly important, and you are there to say something that nobody else in the world can say. >> we get a chance to be wise. not that all ministe

manning believes god is coming soon. he says that god uses tim tebow and jeremy lin and himself to spread the word. >> pacquiao's pastor is his spiritual leader. >> these are god's billboards for the world to watch, world to hear, world to see. what is the message? you like what they are doing? fine, what about you? i believe we are in the last days. god is using these world champions to reach out to the lost. >> manning may retire from boxing soon. >> i am okay. i am meditating his words day and night. >> this will help him win his ultimate fight to glorify god. >> the one that stands firm in the end will be saved. when you accept jesus christ as your lord and savior, you have e internal life. >> lucille talusan, cbn news, manila, philippines. >> even sings, that is great. >> people are idolizing us. they are going to listen. >> especially when the culture is looking for upstanding people. >> pacquiao will fight against >> finally families of victims and survivors of the titanic disaster marked the 100th anniversary. th

he said he was god- the man who said he was god, and his white- >> father divine? >> father divine. thank you. thank you. thank you. i'm sorry i couldn't get that right away. father divine, he taught his people that god was a black man. and he was before farad, he was teaching before farad. i think farad- oh, i didn't finish my explanation on- much earlier, you lost patience and the time was running out; i could understand it, i didn't try to finish it. but now, if you don't mind, i'll finish it. >> oh, please. >> yeah. what i was wanting to say about farad is that his idea was really a scheme- a scheme, a plot, a trick- to get us to believe that we were getting a legitimate religion, and to hold us with that until we become more literate and understand reality better, more intellectually curious, and that we would see the ridiculousness- he intentionally made his religion very ridiculousness- that we would see the ridiculousness, and we would say, "oh, this can't be. but why would this man do this?" and the smarter ones would say, "oh, this was a scheme to get us out of that condit

there is a movement to take god out. but thileave god in. they're outraged.d that they took it out. leave it in and sing the song or don't sing the song. it's political correctness. they're scared to have an aclu member at their protest for saying, "god." ridiculous. >> dana: the school is like all of their different positions today walking it back is like watching the white house in the last four days the healthcare remark. >> bob: that is being a bully toward the president. >> dana: all right. talk about something else. on the topic of christianity. "newsweek" two years ago had a story, a cover story, provocative to suggest christianity was on the way out. no they have andrew sullivan, a blogger guy, forget the church, follow jesus. his point in this is -- it's an interesting article. there have been some people that misuse christianity for their own personal gain and if you follow christ you will have a good and fulfilling life. you like this article. >> bob: i did a lot. jefferson cut out the bible. only kept in pieces that were the direct sayings of jesu

called dewitt i believe that god is a sovereign god of history that to say the united states is a new israel that is a very common idea of 19th century political ideology and in large measure he's been adopted by some on the religious right to believe that america is a kind of new israel and call in the world because god is doing his work in the world and rather than doing it to the church. >> professor, you write that america is moving to be more secular. is that necessarily a bad thing? does that mean we are not defending our cultural tradition? >> the argument i make is in the book and i am, and my fellow christians and to recognize the forces of modern history that america because more secular and it's not taken out as we hear the 1960's and that is a watershed in the secularization of america some argue the secularization of america as a century long process of the western world. the modern age has been the story of a secular materialistic world in those few religious ideas and valuable institutions are marginalized and we are seeing that sorted western europe but we are going to

and claiming god and god claiming us and then remove from their to the ministry that he gave in terms of living in connecting with people and serving. from there we go to have these instrumental in changing the world to and transforming the way that we look at reality and become nubians. so for me that's all whole moments where the move from his baptism to his death and resurrection. >>> wary going to go on july 1st? >>> the july 1st and going to be becoming the pastor of st. mark's. >>> i found out recently he was coming a largest excited that him would change as you know in july and most of the their and the chaplain but we're excited about the appointments this time around. >>> we look forward to a been there. >>> thanks for joining us and this is been easter and the message is that death does not have the final word got has the final word and jesus our lord go for it can be resurrected.

and god said that those who care about the poor, god will care about them and god will bless them. but there's a fundamental question about the meaning of fairness, does fairness mean everyone makes the same amount of money? or everyone gets the same opportunity to make the same amount of money? i don't believe in wealth redistribution. i believe in wealth creation. to only way to get people out of poverty is to create j-o-b-s. to create jobs, create wealth, not to subsidize people. when you subsidize people, you create dependency, you rob them of dignity. the first is to keep the peace. second is to provide opportunity. when we start getting into all of kinds of other things, i think, we invite greater control and i'm fundamentally about freedom. you know, the first freedom in america is actually the freedom of religion. it's not the second, third, fourth or fifth. >> you have written about this on twitter a great deal when it comes to the obama administration, health care rule as it pertains to contraception. you objected to that initially. they dialed it back. how were you with

he said you are the messiah, the son of the living god. and we're jews for jesus just like peter, james and john are so that's our conviction. >> what did you find, stephen, about jews and their regard for jesus stemming from the famous lecture by rabbi wise in what 1925? >> that's right, i really didn't investigate jews for jesus proper, i investigated jews who don't believe jesus was the messiah. >> that stemmed from this talk by wise. >> and before the 1925 talk by wise, i found between the civil war, essentially, and the 1920s, virtually every major reform, liberal -- reformed liberal rabbi in the united states wrote something on jesus. they agree he was a great rabbi, he was a great jew and the only question was what kind of jew was he. trench reverence for jesus where he was compared to moses and amos and other jewish heroes. >> well, what distinguishes the theology of jews for jesus from christian theology? >> well, not much when it comes to the person of jesus. we would be very conventional in that regard but let me say that while

they call themselves the god squad. monsignor hartman and rabbi. >> jesus and god made man.ur sins so that he would open up the way to heaven. >> rabbi gellman for jews? >> for jews, jesus was a trer rifficly important leader, it doesn't help that god to be a person and secondly that he didn't evil in the world, didn't gather exiles and resurrect the dead. >> and for some jews, father hartman, christ is the messiah, because his first followers were all jewish. >> it's true his first followers were jewish. in today's world, they have to make a choice. if they are he' jewish, it means they believe in the bible, the community of judaism, but they believe as mark had indicated that jesus was a prophet, but not anything beyond that. if somebody wants to be a christian, they have to believe that jesus was divine, that he was god and so, those jews who say they have the sympathy for jesus are really saying, in my estimation, that they are admiring his prophesy, his teaching ability, but not actually making an act of faith in his divinity and therefore are not christian. >> for juda

but god says you are a minister of god. when solomon dedicated the temple, he prayed. president chiu: thank you very much. let's hear from our next speaker. can we hear from our next speaker? are there any more speakers to export if folks could please step up. >> excuse me. i would like to speak on an item that i believe is up for proposal about benefit corporations in the city and county of san francisco. the item pertains to the third party -- president chiu: we have already considered this item. there was public comment at a number of commission hearings as well as three meetings here. under our board rules, this is not the appropriate public comment period for legislation we have already voted on. >> i would like to make a comment on the topic, if i could. president chiu: if you would like to speak broadly about the topic but not the legislation, that is fine. >> benefit corporations have been highly valuable. i thank you for your attention on the matter. i would be glad to know that specifics are offered to what is codified and prepared for action. thanks for your

it is the family's love for god's word that gets him excited the most.has big plans to house the green collection in a museum in washington, d.c. george thomas, cbn news, vatican city. >>> thanks, george, later in the broadcast, a performance artist brings the story of jesus to life, how his work will turn your perspective upside down. >> you just met businessman steve green in george's piece. he is best known for his family company called hobby lobby. he and his family have spent a lot of money buying biblical artifacts. their purposes is to share the power of the holy bible. george thomas talked to steve green. >> you made this purchase in november, 2009, what did you buy and how much did you spend? >> first purchase was in november of 2009, the richard roll. he was a gentleman that translated the book of psalms into english 40 years before wycliffe did. we had several opportunities that were presented to dr. scott carol who is the director of our collection. he is an expert, he knows what he is looking at and what the rough value is. we have been buyi

in my opinion, god is fair. and what does god say? is that i want a tie. he didn't say if your crops fail you don't know me anything. so there must be something very fair about proportionality. you make $10 billion to give a billion. you make $10, you get one. why is that complex? some people say well it doesn't hurt the guy who gives a billion mismatch. just put a billion dollars in the pot. it's that kind of think administrated 602 banks in the cayman islands. that's craziness. and we need to just abandon what we need to do and make a fair system where we don't have a bunch of loopholes and ways for people to get out of things. and it's time for us as a nation to sit down together and figure out how to get it done in a truly fair way as they were going to do this for you. that's really not fair and it's really not the american way when we try to pit one group against another in order to gain political power. and these are all things that were talked about in detail by the founders of our nation. which i hope you will get the new book and read it because

the abolitionists -- >> give to stay sar what is caesar's. >> and render to god what is god's. >> roman 13 says god is supposed -- that the government is supposed to -- >> >> schieffer: sally quinn, over the years at dinner parties, at forums like this, this is the first time i can recall that sally couldn't get a word in. >> i think hearing? >> i think you asked, cardinal dolan the right question and i think that is the question, is there too much religion in politics? and michael gerson wrote a piece about it in the washington post several weeks ago, and i think the answer is, yes, there is too much religion in politics, because it is merged into one thing now, and i agree with everyone, that if you are a person of faith, then you derive your morals and your values and your ethics from that faith. you can't separate that out, but what you can do is not use your religion as a way to influence politics and political issues. i think there is just -- what has happened is there is just an enormous amount of hypocrisy, not just on the right but on the left too, where people see that religio

god bless america and god bless dem okayracy. mike he he will hastings, from rolling stone and buzz speed. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> when we come back, govern walker takes the war on women to another level. one of the things they are doing and a law they just passed is what perverts do to women. okay. we will talk about that when we come back. pause record falls record >> we are impac on the young turks. let's talk about scott walker. he signed about 50 laws into effect on thursday and friday basically right before good friday so they can keep it secret and not a lot of people will talk about it. too bad, we actually know what's going on, and we are going to reveal it for you guys here it's a perfect case of the war on women. let me show you some of the bills they passed in that time. he repealed the equal pay act. so if you are a woman in wisconsin, you are going to have a harder time getting equal pay, the healthy youth act which means they are going to emphasize abstinence education in the schools. they say that's

do you feel -- >> he's your god too. >> okay, does god forgive you? >> god forgives all.producer pressed him on whether his victims would be as forgiving as he believes god would be. >> what would you say if you showed up to the afterlife and there were the people you victimized? >> hello, brother. you know? when we go to the kingdom of god, there is no anger. there is no strife. all that will be taken from us. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> the people i have hurt directly, i do beg forgiveness. you know. i've already asked god for his forgiveness. and all i can do is ask you to please forgive me, and if you don't, okay. and you get to live with the power of your own hate. >> fry surprised our crew when he placed his four brutal murders on the same plane as another crime. >> let me ask you a question. is it a greater sin to steal a cracker or to kill someone? god doesn't see it that way. you break one sin, you break all sins. if you are guilty of the least of this, you are guilty of all. so what does it matter what sin you perpetrate? sin is sin. >> you're not the best singer. >> s

it's what god promised.s far as we know, all who have applied are bona fide jews, and while there are advantages, the true motivation is a religious one. >> reporter: amid the social, political, and economic challenges involving ethiopian migration, israel's government has restricted the number it will allow in. in 2010, the government, in a move that it said should absorb all remaining jews in ethiopia, authorized visas for 8,000 new migrants. they'll be allowed in in phases through 2016. most of these worshipers did not make the cut. deliverance to the promised land for these people, whose numbers are estimated in the low thousands, could take years, if it happens at all. for "religion & ethics newsweekly," this is fred de sam lazaro in addis ababa, ethiopia. >>> if you are going to a passover seder this coming thursday, you probably will read from a haggadah, the book of stories and prayers that guides every detail of the seder ritual. a new york illustrator, mark podwal, helped create a new haggadah for

finally we had somebody there, thank god. friendship up here. anyhow, then someone came over to me and says join your company down there in the creek bed, a company. hell, i thought they wiped out, killed. well, when i got down in the creek bed, i saw captain nadal. i saw several of my other buddies. and -- i was very, very happy to see that. and -- >> what did they say to you? >> well, no, they are all busy, too. they have been doing their thing, same -- same as i was. we are all preoccupied. loading up their guns and making sure they have more ammo. and that they are organized and -- staying -- staying focused. are you all not talking at all except do this, do this, do this? are you going -- oh, my god, no -- >> no. >> -- i can't believe we are in this. >> no, we are beyond that point. we are focused and listening for and leadership which we had with captain nadal. thank god someone is telling us what the hell is going on here. what was i involved with here? what the hell is going on? i don't know what's going on. other than we were under atta

god bless this great country and god bless you. of america, thank you, guys. thank you for the victory in wisconsin and maryland and the district of columbia. thank you, guys. [applause] ♪ ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ free" by ki ♪ ♪ [this is our moment] ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> the road house took what -- the road to the white house continues april 24 in more contests. may 8, indiana, north carolina, west virginia hold their primaries. on may 15, nebraska and oregon and arkansas and kentucky on may 22 and texas on may 29. follow the candidates on the road to the white house at c- span.org/campaign 2012. >> this saturday at noon eastern on book-tv, join our live call- in program with a distinguished former navy seal as he talks about his life from professional rodeo rider to becoming the most lethal sniper in u.s. military history. at 10:00 p.

build god's kingdom in the latter days- the latter day saints. well, what joseph smith did is to sort of supercharge it with high octane fuel, to make it even more amazing. the possibility was the fact that we have unlimited territory, the people are energized to do it, and we've got the frontier, so there's a lot of space to move on, and move on they did- as we said, establishing great communities like nauvoo. and finally, the place. well, the place today, just to run that down for you, the place, of course, is utah. after the death of joseph smith in carthage, most of the mormons, after continued harassment, followed brigham young out to utah- that becomes zion for them- and today, that's the latter day saints. there is 8 million latter day saints; it's a very, very large movement. so we have 8 million folks in the latter day saints movement. the second group is, with 250,000, are the reorganized mormon church, and they still hold to the independence, missouri, is the center, and they have followed the descendants of joseph smith. thereafter, t

god damn it. fire that machine gun, lay down and fire! i thought -- he doesn't know i only have a couple of rounds of 20, 30 rounds of ammo here. he can't see it. i leave a little burst off to please him. i want to use the machine gun as a rifle in a round about sense. i want to see my target and try to pick them off one or two rounds. it doesn't work that way because you can't see them. they are bopping up and down and running around and hiding. they are at your feet and up in the trees. i didn't have enough ammo to do what he wanted. at that instant it was -- pull-scale thing of fire, enemy fire, and -- guys beside telling me to get killed. tony on the radio. has his m-16 down. on the radio. things are all mixed up. she on the radio. and he is calling in supporters and talking to colonel moore. whatever he is doing. radio man is behind. just then, just as i look over here, radio operator gets shot. gets hit. goes back on his back. just like -- you know, ton of rocks. right back. you know, i'm looking. wow. these other guys drop. and --

>> they absolutely did not but word directly created by god. it is confusing evolution because it can mean different names in a different context. if you talk about changes that occur in a group of organisms, small-scale of pollution. everything from to wall lot to great dave norris st. st. bernard, a huge range of variation but they come from the original created dog. we can observe it there is a different type of the evolution or, been ancestors that says all living things share the same common ancestor. that is where i have the dispute. but not with plants are crops antibiotic resistance and bacteria. we can observe that. suggest the story of how phoenix came to me. >>host: dr., you start "unraveling the origins controversy" looking at genesis some people mean millions of years but you think six days? >> that is correct. that is about chapter three i address the meeting of genesis chapter i. we do mean those to be normal solar days. there is a lot of biblical evidence to support even from access recent creation. jesus said from the beginning

, which is in the title, "god bless the usa," and we cannot take god off of the american currency.et over it. >> and now the question of the day: do you think the school is right or wrong to change the word. >> what do you think? what is your response? let us know at e-mail. >> time now is 12 minutes after the hour. the white house offers an olive branch to the muslim brotherhood. why did they get a sit down with the president after being banned by other countries? ♪ ♪ why do you whisper, green grass? ♪ [ all ] shh! ♪ why tell the trees what ain't so? ♪ [ male announcer ] dow solutions use vibration reduction technology to help reduce track noise so trains move quieter througurban areas all over the world. together, the elements of science and the human element can solve anything. [ all ] shh! [ male announcer ] solutionism. the new optimism. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually se arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthr

do you thank god every day that these things happen? >> yes. this is a gift from god to comedians. the likes of which we have never seen. it's a ship of fools that is -- it's just unbelievable. i used to have a theory that i took through almost all the presidencies. and it was that you're either -- it's like the three stooges. you're either a mo, who is in charge, or a larry, who wants to be a mo, or you're curly who is nuts and totally just off the page. this is all curlies. >> it's a little like that, suspect snit >> there is no mo and larry here. >> i was just thinking of your analogy and i was thinking ron paul is sort of a shemp. >> no question. >> that's true. >> physically at least. >> when we were on the daily show, it was the same way. we were so thankful when anything that we perceived of as ridiculous would happen. >> when you watch the news, you must be itching for something to happen where you start laughing your head off. >> there were researchers, that's all they would do is watch for those little tidbits and they would cut them and throw them in there and, you know,