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

By Michael Schulson

…a clear line between themselves and the Christian world. Still, when you look a bit closer, 34% actually starts to seem low. Pew reports that, of Jewish respondents, “62% say being Jewish is mainly a matter of ancestry and culture, while just 15% say it’s a matter of religion.” In that case, why should two-thirds of respondents deny someone’s Jewishness solely on the basis of a religious conviction? Why, in other words, should they care about the…

Just Like January 6, One of the Most Disturbing Aspects of the Right-Wing Coup Attempt in Germany is Who Was Behind It

By Annika Brockschmidt

…stablish secure IT structures and communication channels, they conducted shooting drills, plotted the overthrow of the democratically elected government, and planned attacks on critical infrastructure like the power grid, in order to create civil-war like scenes. (Coincidentally, the power grid in Moore County, North Carolina had apparently been attacked just days earlier leaving around 40,000 people without power.) That degree of plotting would b…

The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Humans

By Amina Wadud

…As for the other things in the package, let’s see, there was another hajj book. By that I mean, a small guidebook explaining the rituals and offering information about recommended du’a at the various sites. Some of the details here differ from ones I have already reviewed. But then, these are details; the generic are standard. For example, this one contains a lot more prayers. There goes the benefit of memorizing from one book in the first place….

Lo and Behold, the Sacredness of the Internet

By Martyn Smith

…ng the first computer to communicate over the internet. Upon entering the room that was the net’s place of origin, Kleinrock looks into the camera and tells us: “We are now entering a sacred location…a holy place.” Looking at a notebook that casually records the first internet connection on October 29, 1969, Kleinrock makes a comparison to the guy on Columbus’s ship who first spotted land and then made a note in the ship’s log, adding, “that docum…

Busy Days For ‘eBay of Prophecy’

By Bill Berkowitz

…ion would have to give airtime to a pro-abortion voice like Planned Parenthood,” she said. “Rather than present a view that fundamentally opposes the station’s core beliefs, it would likely steer clear of airing controversial topics altogether.” Stephen Adams’ piece titled “Atheists ask Obama to Keep God out of the Military” reported that a group called The Secular Coalition for America, “an organization representing atheists in the military” has…

Six Overlooked Gems from the Future of World Religions Report

By Timothy King

…nd discovered six fascinating tidbits beyond the 900-pound factoid in the room, that Islam will equal or surpass Christianity as the world’s largest religion. Children praying in Malawi, Africa. Photo via Colin Carmichael/Flickr. 1. Don’t Go West Young Man, Go South The percentage of Christians living in sub-Saharan Africa is set to grow from 24% in 2010 to 38% in 2050. For the math-challenged among us, that means two out of every five Christians…

“Paleo” is More Than a Fad Diet: Boyd Eaton’s Plan to Return to Eden

By Michael Schulson

…w days later, I visited Eaton at his home in Buckhead, an upscale neighborhood in Atlanta. Thoughtful and spry at age 77, he approaches everything from economics to sleeping patterns through the Paleo lens. Over coffee, Eaton talked with The Cubit about Jean-Jacques Rousseau, the Left Behind series, and why Paleo dieters should stop eating so much meat. This interview has been edited for clarity and length How did you come to think about nutrition…

Record Number of Stealth Creationism Bills Introduced in 2011

By Lauri Lebo

…ld require “a critical analysis” of the teaching of evolution in public schools. The bill is little different from legislation currently in committee in Tennessee, which says that educators may not be prohibited from “helping students understand, analyze, critique and review in an objective manner the scientific strengths and scientific weaknesses of existing scientific theories covered in the course being taught.” As always, since intelligent des…

Pence’s Religious Freedom Policy Made ‘LGBQ’ Hoosiers Sick—Literally

By Sunnivie Brydum

…Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to gay, lesbian, bisexual and questioning Hoosiers. Although the study, led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health’s Center for LGBT Health Research, stops short of suggesting Indiana’s law directly caused LGBQ people to feel physically or mentally unwell, researchers noted that Indiana was the only state of 21 studied where LGBQ people reported a significant spike in the number of “unhealt…

Why David Brooks Doesn’t Get the Outrage Over AIG

By Louis A. Ruprecht

Shortly before the November election New York Times columnist David Brooks offered an interesting observation on the legacy of Alan Greenspan. I was highly critical of it at the time, though in general Brooks is a moderate and thoughtful Republican who is remarkably innocent of the ideological blinders of the extreme wing of his Party; and, for this very reason he’s an important person with whom those on the Left should be in dialogue. Brooks beg…