Why the Disappeared Malaysian Airliner Brings Out the Paranormal
…help find the missing airliner by using the power of remote viewing, a form of ESP….
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The Faith that Faith Produced
…rican Muslims were able to separate Islam from its practitioners, giving a new generation—or at least enough of us—a sense of ownership deep enough to support an agenda of reform and renewal. My own struggles with my faith and community weren’t very different; I cared and care about my faith, but in the process of trying to help, I badly wounded myself. Sometimes the way you get hurt points the way forward. Even after I wrote up my essay and sent…
Read MoreUltra-Orthodox Jewish Men “Stand Up” for “Religious Freedom”… On a Plane
…rk. The problem is what happens if the woman/women won’t cooperate. As one news source described a recent outburst: “Hundreds of ultra-orthodox Jewish men delayed takeoff of a transatlantic flight by refusing to sit next to women, and then caused chaos once it was airborne [by standing in the aisles for the entire flight and refusing to occupy their seats].” Obviously a congested plane aisle isn’t the end of the world (although one can imagine it…
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Distant Churches and the Isolated Poor: Lessons from Katrina, Ten Years Later
…at the Superdome and at the airport. He also draws attention to the large number of congregations from New Orleans and elsewhere that rushed in to the city after the storm (ahead of and in spite of opposition from governmental agencies) “to serve as first responders . . . as relief centers and islands of stability and reconstruction for neighborhoods in crisis.” Ten years after Katrina, the poor continue to struggle in New Orleans, and in urban c…
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SoulCycle Looks to Sell its Soul
…sses in the Hamptons (which includes early class signups) runs for $4,000. New York magazine interviewed one New York City rider who, by the magazine’s estimate, was spending more than $21,000 on SoulCycle each year. A single class, sans early sign-up perks, costs nearly as much as a month-long membership at my local YMCA. Meanwhile, back on SoulCycle’s website, instructors describe their work in frankly spiritual language. Here’s the lightly cond…
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The Sex Scandal Following Whole Foods’ Guru
…ergy. Any kind of community can tolerate behaviors it should not, though a number of New Age leaders, including Deepak Chopra, have moved to distance themselves from Gafni since the Times article came out. Still, that ethic of personal authority and cosmic consciousness remains a significant teaching for many New Age leaders, a teaching that seems especially ill-equipped to address transgression. David Ingber, the rabbi who knew Gafni back when he…
Read MoreMore Mixed Signals from Pope Francis; Church of England Wrestles with Rifts; Faith Groups Lobby Pro & Con on Irish Referendum; Global LGBT Recap
…This is because society recognises the importance of the setting in which new human life, new members of society come into existence. “It is of vital importance to society that the definition of marriage is protected, sustained and supported.” India: Couple’s high-profile marriage in defiance of anti-gay law BuzzFeed reported last week on a gay couple that was married in a religious ceremony at the end of January. “A Sanskrit teacher conducted th…
Read MoreTrans Protections in India and Malta; Death-by-Stoning Law in Brunei; Church-State Divides on Marriage
…Europe to make divorce legal, which it did by referendum in 2011. Brunei: New Law Allows Death by Stoning for Homosexuality, Other Offenses Next week a new law goes into effect in Brunei which will allow gay people and others to be stoned to death. The maximum penalty for homosexuality had been a 10-year prison sentence. “Rape, adultery, sodomy, extramarital sexual relations for Muslims, insulting any verses of the Quran and Hadith, blasphemy, de…
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Norwegian Catholic Church May Stop Civil Marriages; Global LGBT Recap
…flights attendants for Air France sought the ability to opt out of working flights on a new route to Tehran; female flight attendants were previously given that option after some objected to the requirement that they wear a head scarf when deplaning in Iran. Malaysia: Top Cop Says LGBT People Cannot Be Police A top law enforcement official said that LGBT people are not permitted to join the police force because “the LGBT culture is not accepted in…
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A Reporter’s Guide to the New Apostolic Reformation
…eformation, cutting edge of the Christian right: Christian nationalism has new momentum — and a new movement that openly longs for “dominion” over secular America, Salon, January 2, 2024 Molly Olmstead, The Radical Evangelicals Who Helped Push Jan. 6 to Wage War on “Demonic Influence”: Mike Johnson has deep ties to groups that encouraged the Capitol raid—out of conviction that they’re in a literal battle between supernatural forces of good and ev…
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