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Noah v. Kitschy Jesus: A Tale of Two Movies

By Jay Michaelson

…rsese/Kazantakis Last Temptation of Christ—and we saw how well that went. One could object that Jesus, being Divine, is a special case. But how different is the milquetoast Jesus from the milquetoast teens meant to ask WWJD?, or commit to virginity at the Purity Ball? This isn’t the Emergent Church; this is unreconstructed pabulum. Darren Aronofsky’s Noah is, in contrast, an exercise is complexity. Its title character is being marketed as your sta…

Want a Slurpee with Your Birth Control?

By Patricia Miller

…shops have been claiming since 2012 that birth control is “ubiquitous and inexpensive” and anyone who wants it can get it without insurance coverage for $10 at Target. And as usual, bishops’ allies on the right jumped right on it. Here’s Sean Hannity back in January on his radio show: Why should Americans be paying the $9 a month for birth control pills that you can get at Wal-Mart? Why should—especially Catholics and people of faith, and Christia…

Churches Can No Longer Hide the Truth: Daniel Dennett on the New Transparency

By Andrew Aghapour

…issue for Muslim children. Are they going to let their children have cell phones and be on the Internet? If they forbid them, that’s going to be very tough, and if they permit them, they’re going to introduce a huge new force into the world of child rearing and education. Religious education is going to have to make some drastic shifts. And it’ll be interesting to see how it works. This is still hinged on belief. This next generation can be Musli…

Lindsey Graham’s Lying “Eye-ranians”

By Haroon Moghul

…rd is a real American, because Bill Gates is American. Those of you using iPhones, by the way, are probably Iranians and should be detained or deported. Because Steve Jobs was part Syrian, and Syria is part Iranian, which means your iPhone auto-correct is lying to you. Come to think of it, how do we know Lindsey Graham is not lying to us? How do we know Lindsey Graham’s not an Iranian? What if he’s the Manchurian—or should I say Mazandaranian!—can…

Dylann Roof Was Wrong: The Race War Isn’t Coming, It’s Here

By Willie James Jennings

…ted by the forgiveness that the families of the victims offered this man. One by one—representatives of several of the families forgave Dylann Roof. They spoke words ancient and living, sharper than any two edged sword. In the name of the God they serve, they forgave this man. As Alana Simmons, granddaughter of the slain Rev. Daniel Lee Simmons was reported to have said, “We are here to combat hate-filled actions with love-filled actions.” I am a…

The Moral Bankruptcy of Silicon Valley Asceticism

By Vlad Chituc

…f asceticism. Surely he can’t imagine that donating his clothes and buying new ones is more sustainable than keeping and washing them himself. Even more, he describes grocery shopping as a “multisensory living nightmare,” and explains that he doesn’t use grocery shopping services because he “cannot in good conscience force a fellow soul through this gauntlet.” If Rhinehart thinks paying others to grocery shop for him is unethical, I wonder how he…

SoulCycle Looks to Sell its Soul

By Michael Schulson

…ludes early class signups) runs for $4,000. New York magazine interviewed one New York City rider who, by the magazine’s estimate, was spending more than $21,000 on SoulCycle each year. A single class, sans early sign-up perks, costs nearly as much as a month-long membership at my local YMCA. Meanwhile, back on SoulCycle’s website, instructors describe their work in frankly spiritual language. Here’s the lightly condensed bio for Noa, a SoulCycle…

Holding Out for a Hero: New ID Book Aims to Save You From Despair of Evolution

By Kriti Sharma

…like an evolutionary process, the computer would get many trials—not just one-and-done—and would also get feedback. Evolution is a historical process, where each step depends on the prior step, not a one-time jackpot against unlucky odds. Why would Axe place the same tired, often-refuted argument as the centerpiece of his book? He clearly isn’t trying to win over biologists. Undeniable is a book for believers—those who are already troubled in some…

Why are Nuns and Monks in the Streets? (Parts I & II)

By José Cabezón

…ng the same rights, privileges, and economic opportunities that the Han Chinese enjoy. They also feel as though their culture is under siege, and not simply because Tibetans are increasingly a minority in their homeland, especially in cities. Tibetans feel as though their culture is devalued and that it is steadily eroding. To take just one example—a symptom of the underlying problem, not its cause: at Tibet University in Lhasa, the only officiall…

A Startling Number Believe You Can Be Jewish Jesus Follower; Why It’s Not As Crazy As It Sounds

By Michael Schulson

…the messiah, at only 34%, was far and away the most damaging prospect for one’s Jewishness. It turns out that 94% of Jews, on the other hand, are happy to keep Sabbath desecrators in the fold, and 68% are fine with the atheists. Better to deny God’s existence altogether, it seems, than to allow Him a single son. (Read “Jewish atheist” Herb Silverman’s Pew response—particularly his joke—for more on this.) And, after centuries of persecution, it doe…