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The Question of Evil: Politicians Weigh In

By Mark Gstohl

…McCain and his audience, comprised of persons who could afford to buy $500 tickets, would frame a discussion about evil in terms of America versus Islam. McCain’s response contains several problematic assumptions. The first assumption is that America is good. Perhaps my experience as a professor at an HBCU, historically black college or university, has forced me to understand how atrocities against humanity have occurred in a so-called Christian n…

Argue-by-Number: A Suggestion for the Church

By Mark D. Jordan

…n our side. Number 1 could be “God made Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve.” Number 2: “God doesn’t discriminate.” Number 3: “Sex is only for procreation.” And so on. We could get clever, of course, and assign separate groups of numbers to arguments pro and con or to thematic clusters. I can even imagine some seminary librarian proposing a sort of Dewey Decimal System to organize the arguments. This would allow long series of arguments to be cited b…

Navy Yard Shooting: Why It’s Not a Religion Story

By Michael Jerryson

…service and Buddhism. Perhaps the most explicit of these stories came from CNN. On a live broadcast the day after the violence, CNN anchors Ashleigh Banfield and Chris Cuomo weighed in on Aaron Alexis’ profile, specifically his religious identity. Ms. Banfield explained, One of the usual things, and I don’t know how this struck you Chris, when I learned he was a practicing Buddhist, when I learned he spent so much time vacationing in Thailand, it…

Compassion Forum or “Confession” Forum?

By Omri Elisha

…ral, altruistic side of politics and nothing more. The questions (posed by CNN moderators as well as a multi-faith menagerie of usual suspects) were seemingly meant to induce self-scrutinizing affirmations from both Democratic candidates; confessions that God is indeed mysterious and awesome, and that being a “person of faith” means feeling compassion for those who suffer (and, in Clinton’s case, switching to compact fluorescent bulbs). Perusing C…

Bullies Flourishing with Christian Support

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…n schools. FotF mouthpiece Candi Cushman was quoted everywhere from ABC to CNN pushing against the legislation because she believes discouraging kids from taunting other kids perceived to be gay or lesbian would “promote homosexuality to kids.” In the past few weeks, the effect of Focus’ push to block anti-bullying laws is being felt by at least three families who have lost children to suicide. Truth Wins Out compiled this list: • Seth Walsh, the…

Osama and Orientalism: Where Islamophobes Meet Al-Qaeda

By Hussein Rashid

…cribing to it. One example is the fact that Muslims have come out in large numbers to condemn violent extremism of every group perpetuating it. Every time someone asks “Why don’t Muslims condemn terrorism?” it is the result of this neo-Orientalist thinking that Muslims are one monolithic hive mind that are driven by one or two verses of the Qur’an. No one is asking for all Christians to apologize after every church shooting. No one is arguing that…

Cue the Kool-Aid: Watching Jonestown Docs in the ‘Fake News’ Era

By Rebecca Moore

…the November 18 anniversary of the tragedy. And a documentary series from CNN is in the preproduction stages. Both Sundance and CNN plan to incorporate dramatizations into their programs. Our understanding of what documentaries should and should not do has changed in the near-century since Robert Flaherty pioneered the genre. There’s no consensus over ethical obligations, however, so documentarians are free to be characters in their films, to re-…

Maybe Romney Could Win the GOP Nomination With a “Danger” Mitt Rebrand

By Joanna Brooks

…arah Palin is out in the parking lot doing doughnuts in her tour bus. Even CNN abandoned covering the announcement a few minutes early. With fantasy candidates and Fox news celebrities turning their heads, Republicans are showing about as much discipline and focus as US Weekly readers. (Maybe less.) And Democrats are beginning to exploit it. Romney has his weaknesses, no doubt. Everything about his self-presentation telegraphs that he really doesn…

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

By Deborah Whitehead

…ianity News” channel that featured screenshots of the website and doctored CNN and Drudge Report headlines appearing to confirm the news played over ominous-sounding music. A “Christianity News Texas” blog post on April 2, written by Tribble, reported on the “Special Announcement.” The combination of these interlocking, seemingly credible sites and the shocking nature of the story itself generated a large amount of attention in just a few days. T…

Speaking with Palestinian-American Republican Who Confronted GOP at Debate

By Haroon Moghul

…To get him to tell his side of the story. “Upon entering,” Hassan told us, CNN let him know he’d have the chance to ask his “very important question in front of the entire world.” With a nervous quiver in his voice, Hassan went for it (video below): How would a Republican administration help bring peace to Palestine and Israel when most candidates barely recognize the existence of Palestine or its people? As a Palestinian-American Republican, I’m…