Religion Dispatches
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…e recounted by speaker after speaker—until they found Jesus, that is. It becomes evident, as the speakers give testimony about their relationship with Jesus, that for many he is not only their savior, but someone they converse with to obtain instructions for most details of their lives. Many call him “daddy.” Bourland introduces special guest from Zimbabwe, Pastor Vicky Mpofu, her “spiritual mother” whom she likens to Moses, a figure “God has anoi…
Read More…our leaders by interceding for them in prayer. Not only will our new president guide us into the critical years ahead, but each elected official will play a key role in determining the welfare and moral direction of our country.” Prayer Suit: The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) (http://www.ffrf.org/), which describes itself as “an educational group working for the separation of state and church,” recently filed suit agains…
Read More…opeka, Kansas last week. By the way, it’s been described by the media as a compound. It’s actually a city block of fenced-in homes in a rather nice residential neighborhood with lovely landscaping. It’s so nice that at first, I figured I was at the wrong place. But then I saw the giant banner on the second-story house which serves as the church, “GodhatesAmerica.com” and the vandalized garage door with painted over, but still visible, penis and sc…
Read More…’s see how the candidates shake out. The Revised American Christian Voting Guide™ A higher score means the greater God will bless the USA. Liberty, better jobs and God’s protection come from higher scores. Helping those with lower scores means more troubles from God’s judgment for disobeying the Holy Bible, as well as unjust laws against God. This chart also reveals what percentage of a true American the person is. Candidate Overall Rating Fears G…
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…xplanation and comment on the sudden about-face in policy. https://twitter.com/samstein/status/890281954574303232 Meanwhile, the U.S. Naval Institute offered a subtle snub, posting its presiding policies on trans sailors, which continues to state that those who meet the military’s physical fitness requirements are welcome to serve, regardless of gender identity: https://twitter.com/NavalInstitute/status/890208254869078017 As with most of Trump’s r…
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…onnected quotes. But to answer the original question about whether the founders founded a Christian nation, Barton says we have to start with the definition of a Christian nation. He asks Stewart what he thinks the phrase means and Stewart starts to say “well I’d assume that that means following the laws… He is interrupted by Barton who says, “no that’s never been the definition…not once have we ever said you have to be a Christian (Stewart migh…
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…hnic chauvinism as well. But I think that’s true of anything that’s about identity and community—any of these things can be turned on their head. I’m Jewish, and there’s something about the attempts to quantify heritage that I find very creepy. There’s a fraught history, here. I imagine that many African Americans have a similar reaction. How does someone overcome that queasiness? People I’ve spoken to were generally upper-middle-class African Ame…
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…y accompany the constitutionally prescribed oath until World War I.) The founders eschewed religious oaths in our founding document because such oaths themselves amount to religious tests, which only serve to exclude the honest and principled: “Unprincipled and dishonest men will not hesitate to subscribe to any thing that may open the way for their advancement, and put them into a situation the better to execute their base and iniquitous designs….
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…for whom I work.” In light of this development, Texas has unequivocally become ground zero for the nationwide assault on trans people being carried out by the Christian Right and the GOP—an assault that’s advancing to disturbing degrees in a number of Republican-controlled states, even if a court in Texas has stayed the investigation into the Does, for now. Apart from that context, I wouldn’t bother writing a column about an incident of online bu…
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