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Gambling with God: Ryan Bell’s Atheist Bet

By Linn Marie Tonstad

…not believing in God. Instead, I have to bet—with my life—on whether God exists or not. If God exists, and I fail to believe in God, I will experience eternal damnation—about the most significant downside imaginable. If I believe in God, and turn out to be right, salvation and eternal bliss are mine. But if my belief turns out to be wrong – God doesn’t exist—what will I have lost? Not much, in comparison to the risks of not believing in a God who…

When Religion Kills: The Narco-Traffickers of the Borderlands

By Luis Leon

…tes that Knights need to understand “how others get close to God.” Credo sixteen extols the virtue of patriotism. Number nineteen advises humility and nobility, while twenty-two announces that no woman should fear a Knight, but, rather, should feel protected by him. Twenty-nine reiterates that every Knight should be “firmly and truthfully in the just cause of God.” Numbers thirty-four through thirty-eight prohibit drugs, kidnapping, and mandate dr…

2023 in Review: Year One Without Roe, GOP Code Red, SCOTUS Gone Wild… and a Ray of Hope

By Annika Brockschmidt

…right to don a bow tie next time FedSoc conclave rolls around. This ethics code exists largely as a marketing tool for reporters willing to buy what the FedSoc Six are selling, but also as cover for the justices’ clear preferences. Its language, which allows justices to participate in “a nonprofit civic, charitable, educational, religious, or social organization,” and even raise money on such an organization’s behalf, appears aimed at Clarence Tho…

Queering Easter: The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Redefine Sainthood

By Susan Henking

…th name choices that are often (as in the tradition of drag queens) quite explicitly sexual (Sister Constant Craving of the Holey Desire, Sister Chastity Boner, and Sister Dinah Might [If You Ask Her Right]), political (Sister Ann R. Key) or quasi-theological (Sister Shelby Redeemed); both their outfits and their renamings nod toward (and parody) that Catholicism that renamed young women Sister Paul, married them to Christ, and bent gender in a va…

How the Catholic Church Changed the Movies

By Patricia Miller

…llywood Censored. The code they designed became the Motion Picture Conduct Code, popularly know as the Hays Code after it was adopted by William Hays, a Presbyterian elder who was hired by the major studios to help clean up the industry’s image after it was rocked by a series of scandals. The code, says Black, “was a fascinating combination of Catholic theology, conservative politics and pop psychology—an amalgam that would control the content of…

Protests Force Torch Detour in San Francisco

By Lygia Navarro

…oud applause with her promise: “The spirit that was in it is going to China!” For some, the day’s events were satisfying. “We wanted to chase them away,” said Thuptan Donyo, leader of a San Jose Tibetan Buddhist center, referring to the Chinese Olympic authorities. “They say this has nothing to do with politics. Go back to China.”…

American Indians Irate over Bin Laden Code Name “Geronimo”

By Johnny P. Flynn

…eeply offensive “s” word which is historically connected to the rape and sexual exploitation of Indian women. During the Vietnam War the US military referred to indigenous-controlled territory as “Indian Country.” Fire bases and military operations were named after Indian leaders or significant events in the longest war in human history, the war against the indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Most famously, the military has long encourag…

Promise Keepers 2.0: Women and Jews Invited

By J. Terry Todd

…r families and nation reject them as apostates). American Christians were exhorted to extend a helping hand. “Let them rule!” The reconciliation of the sexes was a headliner theme. Back in the ’90s, PK had a kind of ladies’ auxiliary, the “Promise Reapers,” who cheered the men on as they arrived for the stadium rallies. But on Friday night Jane Hansen Hoyt, president of Aglow International (the influential evangelical women’s ministry) became the…

What Would Jesus Chew?, Bishops Bet on B-Ball, The Incredibly Shrinking Brain

By Michael J. Altman

…ew study links religious experiences, such as a conversion or “born-again experience,” to atrophy in the hippocampus. In Brooklyn, a recently ordained rabbi converted to Judaism after growing up the daughter of a Lutheran pastor. Elsewhere in Brooklyn, a rabbi has been sentenced to two years of probation for skimming charity funds. Catholic bishops from Miami and Dallas are making a friendly wager on the NBA Finals. Is corrupt football coach Jim T…

Capricology: Tattoos, Blood, Cyber-Dating

By Anthea Butler

…me that people may be treating the Cylons differently depending on what mix of code and law they believe governs their behavior. And of course, those of you who study religion may have a good deal to say about the centrality of free will (i.e. law over code) in different religious traditions. One thing that strikes me week by week is how much the show takes as given our understanding of the digital realm: our ability to think in terms of interfac…