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Are Evangelical Films Destined to Leave Secular Audiences Behind?

By Daniel Silliman

…he whole thing was preposterous. You couldn’t do both. They made the movie cheap and released it to the home market. It only had a limited run in theaters the following year Peter Lalonde said secular critics would “hammer us just because of the message” that Jesus is coming back. It made no sense to “Hollywood up” the movies with big budgets and a wide release. The Lalondes’ approach angered the authors of the books, Jerry Jenkins and Tim LaHaye,…

The Faith that Faith Produced

By Haroon Moghul

…how audacious it was, and yet how quickly I embraced it. That absence of belief felt like a physical absence, like remembering the house you grew up in only to realize you’d been alone all your life, and none of the people you recalled filling up the other rooms even when you couldn’t see them had ever really been there. And now, years later, why tell a story whose very point constitutes Islam’s gravest sin? Only because we need to be honest, as…

Corporations Have Consciences and Contraceptives Are Cheap: Hobby Lobby at the Supreme Court

By Sarah Posner

…an distinguished between “wanting to be a good employer” and “saying your religious beliefs” compel providing a health insurance plan. Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, arguing the government’s position, highlighted that if the Court ruled for Hobby Lobby, it would mark the first time a court granted an exemption that “extinguishe[d] the statutorily guaranteed benefits” of someone else: Hobby Lobby’s employees. As Kagan noted, “Congress has made…

Our Failure To Understand Ferguson: A Cognitive Explanation

By Andrew Aghapour

…e have evolved subconscious mental “inference systems” which silently channel a sensory deluge into steady streams of consciousness. Inference systems aren’t perfect. They can over-fire, like when we impose faces onto objects. More significantly, bad inferences can produce cognitive biases like racial prejudice. Our blame inference system seems to be socially motivated, driven by a desire to defend communal rules against cheaters who might game th…

Trump In Colorado: When the “Facts” Are No Longer Checkable

By Paul Harvey

…are. For Republicans, the ducks are in Colorado Springs specifically, and El Paso County more generally. Following his visit to our rather modestly sized (like his hands) basketball arena, he’ll move on to Denver, where the suburbs are friendly while the city area is hostile. News of Trump’s visit hit just as I got word that the Clinton campaign was pulling its commercials from the state. Polls suggest that Colorado is a fairly safe state for a f…

The Contested Religious Powers of Baseball on Display in Cuba

By Sean O'Neil

…S. sentiment. The manifestation of resentment toward Americans, this is merely on the surface, I believe, and will disappear if the American Government makes any attempt to win the good will of Dominicans . . . I deem it worthy of the Department’s notice that the American national game of baseball is being played and supported with great enthusiasm. The remarkable effect of this outlet for the animal spirits of the young men is that they are leavi…

Mormon Women Knock at the Door, Are Turned Away

By Holly Welker

…ense of identity and a narrative that affirms and relies on that status,” Kelly said. Kelly, who graduated from BYU, served a mission for the church in Spain, married in the temple, and is active in her local congregation, most definitely qualifies as an insider. Women traveled far to be part of the Ordain Women effort. Julia Murphy, who flew in from her home in Heidelberg, Germany, said, “I know it’s a long way. It’s worth it!” Heather Olson…

Blame Series Bonus: Why We Want That Dish For Free, an Uncut Interview with Bertram Malle

By Andrew Aghapour

…stice. The institution probably just prefers to funnel it through one channel, namely customer service, because then they can have stricter rules, what is given, how much is given, under what circumstances, and so on. There are larger social problems than missed flights, like racist policing or the legacy of segregated housing. Major events and systemic problems are very difficult for us to understand and attribute blame to. How could the psycholo…

Paranormal Vodka, Exorcists and a Demonic Doll: Welcome to Paracon, Based on the Work of the Demon-Hunters Who Inspired the ‘Conjuring’ Series

By Eric Harrelson and Joseph P. Laycock

…said of his museum of diabolical objects, “most of the museum’s collection has been used for the diabolical with dire effects … leaving people maimed, insane, or dead. Some of these artifacts are still dangerous.” Yet he was still happy to sell tickets. The Warrens often justified horror movies and other forms of diabolical entertainment by claiming they help people to accept the reality of the devil. At any rate, the Warrens would probably be pr…

Pope Praises ‘Complementarity’ & Resists Gay Ambassador; Irish Religious Leaders Spar Over Marriage; Colombian Atty Gen Cites ‘Bogus’ Study Opposing Adoption; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…by his anti-gay statements, has decided not to make a return appearance. Ireland: Religious leaders spar on marriage equality referendum Religious leaders publicly sparred over marriage and LGBT equality, with a pro-LGBT Church of Ireland bishop criticizing a Baptist pastor who had equated homosexuality with rape. The Irish Times reports that Shaykh Umar Al-Qadri, Imam of the Al-Mustafa Islamic Centre, while stating that Muslims “must believe in e…