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How an 1843 Revelation on Polygamy Poses a Serious Challenge to Modern Mormonism

By Benjamin E. Park

…though the prophet tried to stop the rumors from spreading, an increasing number of prominent figures outraged by the alleged practice were dedicated to root out the truth. Among those trying to expose the practice and its participants were Joseph’s brother, Hyrum, as well as his wife, Emma. Then, in May of 1843, in a radical reversal based on a mixture of theological reasoning and pragmatic cooperation, the two members of Joseph’s close family s…

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

By Sunnivie Brydum

…e hard data pointing to the tangible detrimental health impacts such discrimination induces serve as a sobering reminder that the suggestion that LGBTQ people “just go to another baker” doesn’t begin to solve the problem. Seeing your life, your family, and your very existence vilified, debated, and boiled down to a few overly broad talking points on the national stage has a real cost—and it’s one that many in the LGBTQ community, who already exper…

Busy Days For ‘eBay of Prophecy’

By Bill Berkowitz

…Dec. 25. Otherwise, their catalogs met an unfortunate end.” Focus on the Family would like your family to add another this tradition to the holiday, er Christmas, season. It is quite simple: if you receive a mail-order catalogue from a retailer and that catalogue doesn’t prominently acknowledge “Christmas,” simply toss it. Voilá, “Merry Tossmas.” At focuspetitions.com, supporters can join the “I Stand for Christmas” campaign, or you can access Foc…

Six Overlooked Gems from the Future of World Religions Report

By Timothy King

…) are likely to see gains of 2.6 million during the same time period. Such numbers are miniscule compared to the projected 61.5 million expected to switch into the “unaffiliated” category by 2050, nevertheless the 197% projected growth rate should turn more than a few heads. Something is causing people to be attracted to smaller, lesser known religious traditions. As they grow in size and prominence, “other religion’ could end up attracting a lot…

Common Ground: Winning the Battle, Losing the Culture War

By Chip Berlet

…Democratic Leadership Council who claim the term “progressive” while undermining and defaming its proud traditions. I write for the Progressive magazine. We think the term “progressive” has real meaning, and scoff at attempts by Inside the Beltway players to transform it into a re-branded code for backsliding Democrats. Compromise implies both sides give up something. It is never a good idea to start out a negotiation by giving the other side eve…

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

By Michael Schulson

…r family. I think the optimal level is one that would afford a lifestyle similar to what middle class Americans have now for everybody on earth. At that point, we could live as flagrantly, as profligately, as we might wish—not that I’d recommend that, but we could—because there’d be so relatively few of us compared to the number we have now. I’m trying to imagine what it would be like to be born on that planet: 200 years in the future. Only 100 mi…

Record Number of Stealth Creationism Bills Introduced in 2011

By Lauri Lebo

…ly on such creationist code words as “teaching the controversy,” “academic freedom,” or “critical analysis.” However, in the case of Florida, the bill’s sponsoring lawmaker Rep. Stephen Wise had proposed similar legislation in 2009. The bill died in committee, but not before he spoke publicly about wanting to see intelligent design taught alongside evolution to promote “critical thinking.”…

Why David Brooks Doesn’t Get the Outrage Over AIG

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…misguided, or irrelevant, or unhelpful. Here is one number worth crunching politically. To continue to argue in this fashion as unemployment figures surpass the double-digit mark nationwide is to render your own economic analysis misguided and irrelevant. Where there is rage, there is often a reason. The riots in Paris and Athens and elsewhere could easily be a harbinger of far greater populist unrest right here at home….

The Banality of Bernie

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…ble destruction all had a home. These were homes to massive bureaucracies, micro-managed by men with photographic memories who could describe, on the phone at long distance, where a file was located, and what page in that file needed scanning. There was obsessive record-keeping, coupled with a mastery of spin. (Squillari suggests that Madoff planted several pieces of evidence in his office in order to be arrested on his own timetable and on his ow…

Under Water: Waiting for the Flood (of Awareness) in Louisiana

By Drew Konow

…Thanksgiving dinner at my great-grandparents’ table, communities coming together to help those who don’t look or think or believe as they do, hours of hard labor and simple acts of hospitality extended to those left without homes. I hope these will not be the only stories the media will miss. I hope there will also be stories of renewed awakening and commitment to the liberation of all people; stories of Louisiana finding ways to rebuild that don…