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Religion Reporting as Therapy? Praying for Help with Budget Crisis…

By Michael J. Altman

…energy that will improve performance on the field and fill the stands. The Freedom From Religion Foundation is trying to keep churches empty, however, through their Chicago bus advertisements encouraging the Windy City’s faithful to sleep in on Sunday mornings. She wasn’t driving a bus, but a dispute over a traffic ticket involving a veiled woman in France has intensified controversy over French anti-veil legislation. Regardless of whether or not…

Prosperity Gospel and Foreclosure

By Sarah Posner

…nother later-fallen prosperity preacher, Eddie Long. It was the TBN “Praise-A-Thon,” and Munsey was playing a prominent role in trying to rake in the bucks for network, which, along with its founders Paul and Jan Crouch, has been embroiled in its own controversies. Here’s an excerpt: Munsey, a middle-aged man (an “empty suit,” as described to me later by someone disenchanted with the movement) with a flop of a hairpiece that looks like straw, is i…

History Channel’s The Bible Keeps Conservatives (Mostly) Happy and Jesus White

By Paul Harvey

…you TV cheeseheads back here in two weeks, to see how our favorite biblical characters survive this well-intentioned but off-target 10-hour saga….

Atheist Islamophobia… Again

By Kate Blanchard

…behind lives that were deeply shaped by religious conviction, ritual, and community will likely feel they need, at least for some time, a period of “recovery from religion” in order to figure out their new identities. Depending on their families, careers, or other relationships, the break-up may be quite painful, emotionally and even materially. Religion that is hateful and judgmental is thus likely to breed atheists who respond measure for measu…

The Social Cost of Atheism

By Lauri Lebo

…the highest fear of social stigma. States such as California, Washington, New York, and New England states reported the least. (Unfortunately, the article is not available online.) I can’t say I’m really all that surprised at the results. If anyone needs anecdotal confirmation, remember NFL linebacker Pat Tillman, who walked away from his successful football career to join the Army after Sept. 11 and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan? Re…

Santa Claus Will Take You To Hell

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…rowd is so beyond the pale I can’t help but believe they are simply an over-the-top parody group of hate groups. Even their Web site at godhatesfags.com looks like a deft parody of hate sites. In fact, compare WBC’s Santa attack to a similar piece over at Landover Baptist, an openly stated religious parody site. If WBC’s goal is to turn America against gays and lesbians, Iraq veterans and now Santa, they have been woefully incompetent. However, th…

Debate Heats Up Over “Francis Effect”

By Patricia Miller

…ancis effect” from the pope’s first year. According to Daniel Burke at CNN.com in a lengthy, mostly anecdotal piece, “there’s more way than one to measure the pontiff’s influence” than, say, actual metrics like the number of people going to mass or returning to the church. According to Burke, you just have to “ask around” Boston to find folks who know someone who’s thinking about returning to the church or who feels less horrible about the church…

Today We Pray for Women for Whom Pregnancy is Not Good News …

By Kiera Feldman

…ood. The National Director of “40 Days for Life” David Bereit told LifeSiteNews.com, “Planned Parenthood has stooped to a new low by exploiting pastors and churches to ‘celebrate’ the slaughter of babies made in God’s image and likeness.” The inclusion of spirituality in the pro-choice movement, the Liberty Counsel proclaimed, was “comparable to the religious leaders in Germany who supported Adolf Hitler.” Of course spirituality already exists in…

Anti-Gay Celebration in Uganda; Weddings in England; ‘Francis Effect’ at the Vatican

By Peter Montgomery

…an anti-gay given that the organization does not ban the hiring of divorced-and-remarried people. Uganda: Religious Organizations Lead National Celebration of Anti-Gay Law The Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU) organized a five-hour celebration of the country’s brutal new anti-gay law, which includes sentences of life imprisonment for homosexuality. President Yoweri Museveni, the guest of honor, depicted the battled against homosexuality as…

Facebook’s “No Religion” Policy Hoax

By Gwynne Watkins

…it was just somebody who wanted to see if they could get away with it. Similar hoaxes in the past have had non-religious themes: Facebook is banning photos of military amputees, Facebook is banning marijuana-related posts, Facebook is banning swearing. But there’s no shortage of internet hoaxes targeting religious people, either. Because we’re all sheep who believe anything we’re told. Baaaa. …