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The Holocaust and 9/11 Museums: A Tale of Two Controversial Films

By Todd Fine

…es. “The Rise of Al-Qaeda,” on the other hand, begins with a short, context-free definition of “groups known as Islamists,” burns through an array of undefined and inconsistent religious terminology, and ends with the blunt statement that Al-Qaeda seeks a sinister-sounding “rule of Islamic law.” The 9/11 Museum, in both its film and paneled exhibition, assumes wrongly and ahistorically that the motivational and propaganda statements of Al-Qaeda, w…

Celebrate Jesus with Weird Merchandise!

By Gwynne Watkins

…ckage, which is probably why there’s a such clean break between the bunnies-and-eggs version of Easter, and the church-service version. Merchandisers are wise to define Easter by marshmallow chicks and colorful baskets, rather than bring theology into it. But there are always exceptions. One is the Oriental Trading Company. Founded to create cheap plastic toys for carnivals, OTC is now a leading supplier of cheap plastic stuff for church groups an…

New Challenges to Gay Marriage Bans From Within States & Denominations

By Candace Chellew-Hodge

…lergy announced they would defy their denomination’s ban on performing same-sex weddings. “We will refuse to treat people as inferior, second-class citizens of God,” Fado said. The clergy could face revocation of their credentials, as well as a loss of their retirement benefits if charges are brought against any of them. According to the National Organization of Marriage’s blog, this is all just “Lawlessness”: but it’s executed by courts, politic…

Are Messianic Jews Unfairly Shunned by Jews?

By Sarah Posner

…ore challenged from within. Tevi Troy, a former Bush liaison to the Jewish community, argued that the Pew survey “suggests that the real problem the American Jewish community faces is the voluntary departure of Jews from Judaism. As Jonathan Tobin recently wrote in Commentary, the key takeaway from the Pew study is the degree to which American Jews are choosing not to live as Jews. The departure of Jews from Judaism via forced conversion pales bef…

Pop Star Ke$ha Punks Westboro Baptist Church

By Evan Derkacz

…superstars God hates who you are! Your proud and Bible dumb Your consciences are numb In God’s eyes you are dung You think you’re superstars God hates who you are! Bonus! Turns out the WBC has literally dozens of parodies you can listen to on its website, everything from Rogers and Hammerstein to Miley Cyrus. What strikes you about these parodies is how intimate someone at the church must be with all these pop-cultural products to recreate them so…

Bangladesh’s Atheist Blogger Still Wants to Talk

By Austin Dacey

…ers of Bangladesh Islami Chhatra Shibir—or Shibir, the youth wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, the leading Islamist political party in the country—seemed genuinely to enjoy their captive colloquies, seemed to like Asif “as a human being.” It was nothing personal. But as an atheist, he would have to be killed. The worst crime ever Asif’s story first came to me over the BBC World Service when the attack made international news. During his subsequent persecu…

What’s a Faith-Healing Congregation to Do When Measles Hits?

By Rob Shryock

…at cures diseases isn’t just faith, it’s ritual. It’s two-hour visions, two-minute communal prayers, and evocations of God’s word. It’s easy to see why even though EMIC is not directly “anti-vaccine,” an exceptional number of parishioners at EMIC reject vaccination. If the real way to cure yourself is by chanting, praying, and meditating, why bother going through all the unpleasantness of getting a needle stuck in your arm? As EMIC showed, even fa…

Egypt and the Problem of Religion

By Asma Afsaruddin

…credentials they could paper over their ineffective policies and judicial high-handedness and continue to rally the majority of Egyptians to their side. Rhetoric does not substitute for actual accomplishments on the ground. The cynical use of religion to justify calculated political strategies is in fact disturbingly evident on both sides. Al-Sisi and his allies have declared Morsi’s supporters to be “terrorists” guilty of inciting violence agai…

Aliens Are Fattening Us Up For the Rapture

By Mark Hulsether

…for the U.S or Israel attacking Iran, and a pitch for the phone ministry 1-888-RAPTURE. Apparently the UFO issue got onto Lindsey’s radar screen because of reports that United Nations is paying attention to it, as discussed here. Lindsey offers a mass of evidence (quite disturbing if true) claiming sightings by military personnel who witnessed UFOs disarming nuclear weapons. In Lindsey’s interpretation, such disarmament fits a similar script as d…

Students at Conservative Catholic College Speak After Sudden Cancellation of Pro-Gay Speaker

By Rob Shryock

…mic departments at Providence co-sponsored a lecture by John Corvino, a pro-gay-marriage philosopher whose website is called “The Gay Moralist.” Corvino’s lecture, “The Meaning of (Gay) Marriage” was to be given on Thursday, September 26th, and would be followed by a critical response from Providence theology professor Dr. Dana Dillon. What happened next has been widely reported throughout the media. Providence College’s Provost, Dr. Hugh Lena, s…