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Despising the Holidays: When Christians Led the ‘War on Christmas’

By Ed Simon

In the 1640s, during the years of the English civil wars, a popular broadsheet with the title The World Turned Upside Down became the equivalent of a blockbuster. In the chaos of the era print was cheap and plentiful, and the collapse of the licensing laws insured a degree of free speech hitherto unknown in the British Isles. The World Turned Upside Down would prove so enduring that it has been an English folk ballad for more than 350 years. The…

On Pi Day, Puzzling Over the Most Famous Transcendental Number

By Ilana E. Strauss

…hat would have denoted a single life.” Similarly, the 1998 thriller Pi revolves around Max, a mathematician who tries desperately to find an equation for the universe, a pattern in the seeming randomness. One author even points out that, if you convert the Hebrew letters in one of the names of God to their numerical equivalents and write them around the circumference of a circle, you find yourself looking at 3.1415. “It’s part of popular culture i…

United Methodists Elect 1st Gay Bishop; Canadian Anglicans OK Same-Sex Marriage

By Peter Montgomery

Human Rights Watch released a report calling for an end to cruel, degrading, and useless anal exams that supposedly “test” for homosexuality: Some countries where authorities have used forced anal exams in the past, most notably Lebanon, have taken steps to end the practice. But others, including Egypt and Tunisia, rely on them with great frequency in prosecutions for consensual same-sex conduct. The use of forced anal examinations appears to b…

Was it the Russians or God? Evangelical Leaders Working Out the Kinks with Trump’s Transition Picks

By Chrissy Stroop

…heavyweight Franklin Graham very long to declare that God himself was involved in the outcome: https://twitter.com/Franklin_Graham/status/796748013846822913 Since election day, however, many commentators, activists, and politicians have become increasingly concerned with a more tangible, demonstrable type of interference in the US election—that of Russian hacking. The CIA has now concluded that Russian intervention was designed not just to underm…

Open Letter to Pastor Judah Smith on “Inclusion”: Just for Immigrants, or LGBTQ Too?

By George Mekhail

…stem we are a part of does not take kindly to us pastors thinking for ourselves, no matter how much we declare we are following the Spirit. If we stray from the “traditional orthodoxy” of our day, backlash abounds. Just ask Jesus! I’m not interested in persuading you into full inclusion. I’m not looking for a theological argument or to “call you out” for your theological position either way. In fact, I make no assumptions and have no expectations…

Soy Story: Atrocious ‘Reporting’ on Insular Religious Groups

By Eli Federman and James Moxness

…r-up and handle sexual abuse allegations within his community, without involving outside authorities. In reality, the unedited transcript revealed that the rabbi had advocated for “work[ing] together hand in hand with the authorities.” After the unedited transcript was published exposing the chicanery, NBC removed the segment and apologized for any misunderstandings. Obscure religious groups can be very newsworthy, of course, particularly when the…

LDS Church Launches New Website Calling for Greater Openness and Understanding on LGBT Issues

By Joanna Brooks

…the policy as we understand it today, or are in a longterm committed relationship with someone of the same gender, or are dating someone knew every night. Once that happens, we can begin to consider ourselves to be closer to emulating the true, unconditional love our Savior already has for all of us.” And when that happens, Jayce Cox and others like him will truly be able to come home….

Russian Parliament Hosts U.S. Anti-Gay Activist Paul Cameron

By Chrissy Stroop

Far right religious conservatives have long attempted to export or shore up their values abroad. In recent years, Russia has become a target for such activism, in which both American and Russian participants use each other in curious ways. Americans can use the trip to gain publicity while holding up the “exotic” Other in order to point out what they perceive as Western civilization’s moral failings—creating propaganda for the home audience as we…

Scope Bacon, Twttr Hoaxes & Joel Osteen’s Big Reveal

By Deborah Whitehead

…istians alike.” Real world issues such as Monsanto and GMO foods, flouride in the water, the environment, and Obama’s policies. As for Tribble, he’ll continue to “hope and pray people wake up, get involved, join me, pressure Osteen. I don’t have much hope, though. It’s hard to compete with a guy who tells people, ‘Pray to God, He’ll give you goodies.’” Ain’t that the truth….

The Papal Prayer Machine

By Peter Manseau

In the days following Pope Benedict XVI’s announcement that he would resign last month, the Catholic men’s organization the Knights of Columbus offered a novel way for the faithful to take part in their Church’s transition from one leader to the next. Following the pontiff’s request that all Catholics “continue to pray for me, for the Church, and for the future pope,” the Knights naturally asked for prayers. Breaking new ground, however, they pr…