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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

…hips stated they were not responsible for the planning of the event and directed them to call the local organizers. Youngblood recounts their efforts: We reached out to the Office of Community Affairs in the Governor’s office, the Archdiocese of Boston, the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, the Massachusetts Council of Churches, the Office of the Mayor and the Boston City Council. We spent the entire day doing this and were repeatedly brushed off by e…

The NFL’s Prayer Problem

By Sarah Posner

…ying in the end zone after returning an interception for a touchdown. Tim Tebow has similarly prayed — although, apparently, the two prayers aren’t “similar:” one is Christian, and one is Muslim. The Kansas City Star reports Abdullah is a “devout Muslim” who promised himself that if he scored a touchdown, “I’m going to prostrate before God in the end zone.” Last night, he was penalized for apparently violating Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 (d) of…

Facebook’s “No Religion” Policy Hoax

By Gwynne Watkins

…ething 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 why this particular message? Was it mocked up by an atheist who wants his aunt to stop posting about the rapture? A secular person who wants to make religious people look dumb? A religious person t…

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

…the contraceptive mandate and cannot provide insurance coverage. I’m offended because Catholic hospitals can and have provided such insurance to employees before. But I refuse to accept that Catholic health care providers don’t care about women or the poor, or that they’re only interested in money and actively want to deny access to contraception to all women. This kind of oppositional politics is unworthy of both feminism and faith. Most importan…

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…