Search for "%EA%B4%91%EC%96%91%EC%98%A4%ED%94%BC%E9%95%B7%20cv050.com%E2%96%BD%EA%B4%91%EC%96%91%EC%98%A4%ED%94%BC%20%EA%B4%91%EC%96%91%EC%98%A4%ED%94%BC%20%EA%B4%91%EC%96%91%EC%98%A4%ED%94%BC%20%EA%B4%91%EC%96%91OP%E2%98%8F%EA%B4%91%EC%96%91%EC%97%85%EC%86%8C"

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

By Paul Harvey

…rofundity to match the hopes of church leaders who want the miniseries to become the next cultural sensation. But I do think the series certainly will appeal to the TV cheeseheads out there, those who soak up entertainingly unsuccessful filmed epics. And so, the epic of the Bible remains the greatest story never sold, at least on film, but watching the repeated attempts is both historically edifying and emotionally irresistible. Next Sunday’s sh…

No Room for Non-Theists at Boston Interfaith Service

By Becky Garrison

…und established to help the Corcorans. Also, at the time of this writing, WeAreAtheism.com, the Boston Atheists, the Humanist Community at Harvard, and the Secular Coalition for Massachusetts have raised $26,856 to assist victims. But though Epstein has considerable experience organizing memorial vigils—and has addressed over 45,000 people in attendance at these events during his decade of service as a humanist chaplain—he was not invited or incl…

The NFL’s Prayer Problem

By Sarah Posner

…om/G2j7plEawE — NBA RETWEET (@RTNBA) September 30, 2014 UPDATE: This is revealing: a 2012 slideshow from Bleacher Report, “Tim Tebow and the 10 Most Religious Players in NFL History,” cites only Christian players, even though Abdullah had played in the league since 2008 and was known to observe the Ramadan fast even while playing football. “I’m putting nothing before God, nothing before my religion,” Abdullah told the AP in 2010, when he was playi…

Facebook’s “No Religion” Policy Hoax

By Gwynne Watkins

…spreading religious beliefs” will have their account shut down and be subject to “investigation.” Because what better business model could there be for Facebook than Stalinist Russia? Whenever something like this pops up, I can’t help but think about the person who started it. Somebody made that fake Facebook notice, and put enough energy into it to make it look semi-legit—though, as per usual with internet hoaxes, they didn’t spell-check it. So…

International ‘Pro-Family’ Summit Calls for New Anti-Gay Laws: Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…working in small groups with facilitators.” Last year the Pilling Report recommended the church adopt a more conciliatory approach to same-sex marriages, but the House of Bishops refused to back formal blessings, and forbade gay clergy from marrying. Ireland: Bishop Questions Catholic Group’s Donation to LGBT Center The Independent reported last week that Bishop of Galway Martin Drennan sent a letter to the Society of St Vincent de Paul “demandin…

Godly Game or Godless Satire? Countering Biblical Ignorance with Heretical Humor

By Betsy Shirley

…eligion] and that’s what it was,” he said. A Game for Good Christians has become a favorite at the monthly Seattle Atheist game night,but Juillerat doubted it would be a hit with the churchgoing crowd. “If people were truly devout and pious Christians, I suspect they couldn’t even be coaxed into picking up the game,” he said. We can either engage [instances of abuse, rape, and domestic violence in the Bible] and figure out ways to acknowledge the…

The Catholic-Evangelical (Non-)Coalition

By Patricia Miller

…s.” But these numbers shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone who has bothered to looked at Catholic opinion polling for the past 30 years. The fact is, on most hot-button, sex-related issues, Catholic opinion has long been about the same as public opinion, and mainstream Protestant opinion, as a whole and significantly more liberal than Evangelical opinion. The turning point for Catholic opinion catching up and in some cases surpassing Protestant…

Secular As Kids, Religious As Adults?

By Sarah Posner

…raised with religion to change their religion as adults, in this case, to become religious. “Do kids raised without religion actively seek it out and convert all that often,” as has been popularized in television, he asks? “As it turns out, yes.” Matthews admits the data he uses is imperfect, but that it “does suggest that religion has a somewhat easier time transmitting across generations than irreligion does.” This struck me as a bit off the mar…

Catholic Healthcare Is Not the Enemy

By Frances Kissling

…ncing the world that isn’t based on opposition. Come, let us reason together and let us start with no demons. *The St. John Health System has since released a memo clarifying its policies and positions. Read the follow up here….

LDS Church Asserts Trademark of “Mormon”

By Holly Welker

…e LDS establishment. Finally, officially registered trademarks can and do become so genericised that the original holder loses the right to control use of the name, as has happened to brands from aspirin to zippers. While you can never predict exactly how lawsuits will go, the church’s position seems as ill-conceived as Tom Phillips’s fraud case against Thomas S. Monson, and about a dozen times more mean-spirited. You’d think they’d be happy that…