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Evidence of Big Bang Discovered!

…hao-Lin Ku announcing the numerical readings of the BICEP telescope at the South Pole that took the Big Bang relevant data. Dr. Linde’s eyes get big, they calmly discuss the data then bust open a bottle of wine. Just stop and watch this thing, I beg you. I’ll wait. See? See where Dr. Linde, reflects on the long-awaited validation of his prediction (which was even longer awaited by Albert Einstein, circa 1916, love that guy)? Hear that amazing thin…

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A Victory for Conservatives in Revised AP History Curriculum

…changes this to: “Antislavery efforts increased in the North, while in the South, although the majority of Southerners owned no slaves, most leaders argued that slavery was a part of the Southern way of life.” In 2014, Manifest Destiny was described as primarily a belief in “white racial superiority,” whereas now the framework adds that the popular commitment to Manifest Destiny also included ​a ​belief in America as the land of “economic opportun…

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I’m Not Here to Fix Evangelicals, But to Show Them Who They Are: An Interview With the Author of ‘White Evangelical Racism’

…f praising Graham to the skies for integrating some of his crusades in the South, you note that he also held segregated crusades even after his first integrated crusade. You also point out that he had no qualms about joining First Baptist – Dallas, the megachurch now headed by staunch Trump loyalist Robert Jeffress, when it was pastored by the segregationist W. A. Criswell. Further, instead of whitewashing Graham’s association with Rev. Dr. Martin…

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A Queer Atheist In the Heart of Mormon Country

…ley University, a publicly funded university in Orem, Utah, about one hour south of Salt Lake City. Audience participants and sponsors from both BYU and UVU helped bring the event into being. During our conversation in the car en route to Orem, I confessed to Alasdair that I wasn’t sure how the event would go. The student body at BYU is 98.5% Mormon, and UVU is 86% Mormon—the highest single-religion percentage at any public university campus in th…

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Trump’s Easter Egg Roll: Inauthentic Christianity in a Bunny Suit

…ter Easter, the Trump White House hosted the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn. Described by the White House as a “timeless tradition dating back to 1878” the event has been held most years since the administration of Rutherford B. Hayes, and has grown to be the largest public event held at the White House. The Trumps’ first Easter Egg Roll in 2017 was poorly planned and thrown together hastily, by a First Lady who was likely still adjustin…

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