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Could Lab Rats Help Explain Near-Death Experiences in Humans? 21 Aug 2013 | 10:59 pm
Do rodents hold the key to answering questions about what happens when we die? A group of researchers have concluded that increased activity in the brains of dying laboratory rats may explain the caus...
Baby “Messiah” Needs His Name Changed, Says Judge 20 Aug 2013 | 09:47 pm
Can a baby take the title of the Christian savior? Apparently, only Jesus Christ deserves the title of “Messiah”, according to a judge in the U.S. state of Tennessee. This was the message she sent to ...
WWE Wrestler Becomes Ordained as ULC Minister 14 Aug 2013 | 11:09 pm
Just when you thought almost every breed of celebrity had become an ordained minister online in the Universal Life Church, you get thrown a curve ball. In addition to comedians like Conan O’Brien, act...
Muslim Scholar: Jesus Was a Political “Zealot” 9 Aug 2013 | 02:57 am
Iranian-American writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan is causing quite a stir with his new book Zealot: the Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. In it, he argues that Jesus was not the gentle spiri...
Sir Ian McKellen, the Ordained 6 Aug 2013 | 03:22 am
Sir Ian McKellen is no stranger to performing. The Shakespearian actor knows how to bring great drama, and make you hang on every word. He will be putting these skills to good use when he performs the...
Bobby Flay: Iron Chef Now Iron Minister 3 Aug 2013 | 03:19 am
Bobby Flay, the celebrity chef, restaurateur, and television personality has recently garnished his already impressive profile with a new status: ordained minister. While it is unclear what Bobby pla...
Minneapolis Mayor Kicks Off Minnesota’s First Gay Weddings with ULC Ordination 3 Aug 2013 | 01:05 am
ULC Weddings Take Center Stage at Minneapolis City Hall Just a few years ago, it would have been almost unthinkable: holding same-sex weddings inside a city hall in Middle America. But this is precis...
Ordained Ministers and Alabama’s Public Prayer Problem 29 Jul 2013 | 11:11 pm
What does it take to show public servants that public meetings are not the place to hold prayers, and that doing so violates the United States constitution? It may seem as if every avenue has been exh...
Universal Life Church Declares Support for Humanist Military Chaplains 26 Jul 2013 | 11:07 pm
A few weeks ago, we discussed the story of Margaret Doughty, the British woman applying for U.S. citizenship who cited conscientious objection to military service on secular grounds. (Doughty was even...
Texas’s Assault on Abortion and Reproductive Health Services 24 Jul 2013 | 04:19 am
In a continuing effort to make abortion services harder to obtain, legislators in the U.S. state of Texas have filed a bill to ban abortion as early as six weeks after conception. To the chagrin of pr...
