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Some Thoughts on Richard Dawkins' Terrible Tweet 27 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
There are other senses in which the Muslim world, by and large, has not ‘excelled,’ and for that perhaps we should be grateful, not caustic. For you cannot claim the planet and eat it too. Nothing the...
Hell 101: A Back-to-School Reflection on the Persistence of Belief in Eternal Punishment 26 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
Having been taught all their lives that eternal torment is an essential element of Christian belief, my students were, to say the least, surprised at the presence of a universalist strand of thought i...
The Biblical Money Code! 23 Aug 2013 | 09:12 pm
A step by step guide to making money by selling a step by step guide to making money.
50 Years After ‘Dream’ It’s Time For Black Churches To Lead on LGBT 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Here's an idea for black churches: be justice churches.
Do Intelligent People Need Religion? 22 Aug 2013 | 11:00 pm
A new analysis of decades of studies concludes that religious people tend to be less intelligent, while a new book by Eastern Orthodox intellectual David Bentley Hart suggests that “the absolutely con...
Pop Star Ke$ha Punks Westboro Baptist Church 22 Aug 2013 | 12:33 am
God smacks this world.
US Archbishop and Vatican-Appointed "Overseer" Attends Annual Meeting of Women Religious 21 Aug 2013 | 08:00 am
This year's meeting, held in Orlando, Florida, was made up of 825 nuns and only three priests, one of whom was Seattle’s Archbishop J. Peter Sartain—the official charged by the Vatican with overseeing...
Is Stephen Pinker's Controversial Polemic in Defense of Scientism As Bad As They Say? 21 Aug 2013 | 01:43 am
Well, yes and no.
Should CNN Religion Writer Accept Award From Religious Advocacy Org? 20 Aug 2013 | 09:02 pm
The Becket Fund blesses Eric Marrapodi, co-editor of CNN's Belief Blog.
The Religious Right's New Target: Transgender People 20 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
The Bible might not be the most reliable text when it comes to understanding gender variance.