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Creationism 3.0: Meet Intelligent Design’s Huckster

…f the book he almost acts like one.  All of which is to say that a laundry list of errors doesn’t get to the meat of Darwin’s Doubt. Meyer is the finest kind of huckster: he doesn’t tell lies, he merely rearranges truths. Darwin’s Doubt is a toxic blend of hasty conclusions, cracked arguments, and terminological confusions. It’s also, for those who are keeping count, a New York Times bestseller. More plausible than the arguments of 6,000-year-old-…

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Who Are The ‘Religious Progressives’— and Why Use Such an Odious Term?

…y and religiously, and how these definitions intersect. If you look at the list of attendees at the PFBC, you see many of the same players that are discussed in Silk’s article. However, the list of the PFBC is far larger in terms of representation of different faiths. It seems as though the debates we had in micro are being writ large, and religious progressives, regardless of how you define the term, are simply falling into the structures created…

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McCarthy, Born Again and Retooled for Our Time

…crats (who all admire Fidel Castro, he maintains) are affiliated with socialist organizations that “quite literally comprise a Socialist Red Army within the very contours of the House of Representatives.” To hear Noebel speak, the menace hasn’t abated since his days with the Christian Crusade, which was founded by the disgraced evangelist Billy James Hargis, and was trailed by the FBI, which considered it an extremist group. When I met Summit’s ex…

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If By “American” and “Religious” You Mean “Republican” and “Conservative Christian,” Then Yes…

…subpoenas as examples of anti-faith atrocity during the Obama administration, each carefully selected for partisan utility, and each highly disputable even among people of faith. “Sadly, these are not isolated instances of government attacking religious practitioners,” he laments. “The list goes on and on.” With primary examples like these, one suspects that Connelly’s list is actually pretty short, and carefully limited to matters of concern for…

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The Jersey Shores of Tripoli: MTV and Arab Revolution

…5 foot-longs, and our tremendous fiscal discipline. Friedman likely made a list of 50 things that could possibly explain the Arab revolutions and was too uncritical of his own consciousness to realize his own bias. He then pulled as many of these reasons as he could fit into his regular column. But Friedman shortchanged China (he sort of got that), and missed both Turkey and MTV’s Jersey Shore. China In the last 10 years, as we’ve been bogged down…

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Turning Point Efforts to Export Drag Queen Attacks and ‘Take Back Universities’ Marred by Fringe Associations and Farcical Missteps

…accounts, it has posted clips from Rikki Doolan, a Christian musician who lists “journalist” as his occupation on his Twitter bio (which also tags TPUK). Doolan, who calls himself a pastor in one video, and accuses the “woke” of trying to “re-gender” God, is associated with Spirit Embassy, an international megachurch based in London. Doolan, like many associated with the various Turning Point entities, is a Trump supporter. He and the “prophet” o…

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Bishops, It Is Nobody’s Fault But Your Own

…y these issues are “non-negotiable”—and they haven’t included peace in the list. However, read what John Carr, Director of the USCCB Department of Peace, Justice, and Development had to say about the Catholic Church and peace: Peacemaking is not an optional commitment, as the bishops state. It’s a requirement of our faith. Peacemaking is not simply nuclear disarmament. It’s putting an end to violence in its many forms. Not an optional commitment….

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Is Religion to Blame for Violence? Karen Armstrong’s Flawed Case

…stiest mass murderers claim religious inspiration. Defenders: That’s a simplistic way to look at an incredibly complex history that has everything to do with the coming of modernity and an abortive nationalism to much of the Middle East, and little to do with Islam or with a serious reading of the Qur’an. The problem with those who carried out the actions on 9/11 is precisely how little they knew of Islam, not how much. NA: For every Mother Teresa…

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TED-Evangelism Harkens Back to a Forgotten 19th-Century Tradition

…ndees had to apply for spots. The chosen few get to schmooze, network, and listen to upwards of 60 original TED lectures, videos of which will then be posted online. The least popular can expect thousands of viewers. The most popular could hit upwards of 30 million. These aren’t exactly Justin Bieber numbers, but for 18 minute-long lectures about science, management, creativity, design, and technology, they’re extraordinary. The TED brand has beco…

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Now That ‘Serial’ is Over: 2014’s Best Podcasts about Religion

…be digital confessionals, virtual booths for expressing fears and desires. Listening to a podcast is itself an intimate experience, not unlike being third party to a personal conversation. The Runners Up in this category are both known for using humor to explore otherwise difficult experiences. RISK! by Kevin Allison asks people to “tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public,” and it has quickly become the podcast of recor…

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