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The Search For Proofs For God’s Existence

By Gordon Haber

…figures in the book is William Lane Craig, the fierce debater and evangelical philosopher. You seem to be both attracted to and repelled by him. Why? All sorts of reasons. He reminds me of my grandfather in some ways, for one. For another: in all my training in religious studies, I was repeatedly assured that rational arguments for the basic tenets of Christian doctrine had been done away with by the time of David Hume. In Craig I found a very art…

National Catholic Reporter Endorses Women’s Ordination

By Megan Sweas

…the case of Sr. Carmel McEnroy, and Sr. Louise Lears also comes to mind. Bill Callahan is another case in point, though the excuse used for expelling him from the Jesuits was not as clear as in Roy’s case. And there have been countless others. But I’m left to wonder: Did the persecution of a man make a difference? OK, maybe not, but I’m just wondering. It’s a valid point, NCR’s editor Dennis Coday told me, but it wasn’t about Father Roy. The deci…

What Does the ‘Traditional Family’ Have To Do with Pussy Riot?

By Gillian Kane

…e Pussy Riot trial. As Masha Lipton of The New Yorker noted, during the trial all three Pussy Riot members were found to be suffering from so-called psychological disorders, marked by phrases like: “a proactive approach to life,” “a drive for self-fulfillment,” “stubbornly defending their opinion,” “inflated self-esteem,” “inclination to opposition behavior,” and “propensity for protest reactions.” A few months after the DC trip, both Hilarion and…

Bachmann’s “Dangerous” Summit

By Sarah Posner

…s board, even though the tax returns show that she did. Tax returns are available online for the filing years 2001-2009, and show Bachmann’s service on the board from 2001 through the middle of 2008. Oakes said that the organization is “legally still viable” but is in the process of liquidating its assets. The 2009 tax return shows it donated computer and other equipment to The King’s College. Bachmann served in the Minnesota Senate from 2000 thro…

Pornographic War Gazing: Why We Don’t Look Away

By Daniel Martin Varisco

…s the best news. Whether selling war or natural disaster or a fugitive serial killer, the competitive edge goes to the media outlet that can scoop the most violence, brutality or sheer inhumanity in an event. The most recent news cycle of political protests started out on a hopeful note. As the spirit of frustrated youthful protest spread at tweet speed to dictatorial regimes and elitist monarchies, journalists flocked to North Africa and the mode…

Swiss Priest Sacked for Blessing Lesbian Couple; Mormon Equality Advocate Excommunicated; Pope-Backed Anti-Gay Referendum Fails; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…oreign Affairs, which is responsible for passports, does not. Surrogacy is illegal in Spain but children born to surrogates in other countries can get Spanish passports if the country confirms a couple’s parenthood. Nepal: Government committee recommends marriage equality The Washington Blade reports, “Nepal could become the first Asian country to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples if its government accepts the recommendations of a committ…

Gambian Leaders Portray Anti-Gay Law as Defense of Islam, Ugandan Politicians as ‘Christmas Gift’; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…the Almighty Allah’s benevolence. “We also hereby declare that The Gambia will always be an independent, dignified and Allah worshipping Muslim country where our way of life; our laws will be based on our Islamic values, that is, the strict adherence to our Islamic faith. “This being the case, any agreement, convention or protocol that is at variance with our Islamic faith, economic prosperity and our national security interest will be surely reje…

How Men’s Rights Activists Are Finding Unlikely Allies in New Atheism: #MeToo, the Manosphere, and the “Church of Feminism”

By Caroline Matas

…ntify as atheist, agnostic, or religiously indifferent. My work in rhetorical analysis of these communities has sought to determine what qualities lead men to identify with both groups. What I’ve found is that the communities share a key core value: a brand of “rationality” that defines itself in opposition to broad swaths of the population. Rationality itself is not inherently gendered—it’s a quality over which there’s often a great deal of disag…

The Promise of Immortality in a Tech-Enhanced Heaven

By Lisa Webster

…nscendence. And transhumanism is certainly all about transcending the natural, although it’s not because [transhumanists] believe in a force greater than physical and biological reality. A lot of people in the transhumanist world lean pretty heavily towards evolutionary psychology with its concordant ideas of biological determinism. But in a way, that may be a source of their optimism. If human tendencies are systemic in a fundamental, biological…

Pope’s US Visit Provokes Intense Attention; New Vatican Book on Man-Woman Complementarity & New Int’l Report on Christian Role Models for LGBT Equality; Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…ion of civil partnerships and other changes to the marriage laws. The law will allow religious groups or individuals to opt out if same-sex marriage goes against their beliefs. Christian May, chairman of equal rights campaign group Liberate, said: “We’re not trying to erode marriage in any way, we’re trying to bolster it by offering it to all people who are in love.” Islamic State: Another 10 people reportedly executed on sodomy charges Human righ…