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Lo and Behold, the Sacredness of the Internet

By Martyn Smith

…ng the everyday experience of the internet—whether social media or the omnipresent smartphone or Pokémon Go. He’s drawn instead to online addicts and people who are convinced they have a high sensitivity to the radio waves that transmit the internet. One everyday scene, however, so fascinated Herzog that it earned a place in Lo and Behold. Behind an image of Tibetan monks staring into their phones with the Chicago skyline behind them Herzog asks “…

The Best-Laid Plans of Mice and Humans

By Amina Wadud

…ill go to Mina, etc. There is still no address for the hotels, but a local phone number. There is also information about processing customs at Jeddah, meeting the tour guide, and information that says “the group” will proceed to Makkah—which means the first will have to wait for the last person, which is the beginning of feeling like you are a group. They even include suggestions to “get to know” your fellow travelers. I still had no idea what wer…

Why David Brooks Doesn’t Get the Outrage Over AIG

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…. So, should an economist facing the bewildering array of current economic problems stick to the numbers or engage in psychological analysis? We could do worse than break down the current cast of characters based on that question and that approach. Greenspan was a number cruncher, Brooks observed, and unfortunately for him, human psychology caught up with him in the “housing bubble.” The current debate over Timothy Geithner is being conducted in s…

Record Number of Stealth Creationism Bills Introduced in 2011

By Lauri Lebo

…t as we all know, there is no such thing as ID research, which has not yet produced one single legitimate peer reviewed paper. But that doesn’t keep its proponents and gullible lawmakers from whining that science is mean to them. As NCSE points out, an example of this supposed persecution was exemplified in Ben Stein’s cynical piece of schlock Expelled. (My review of the movie is here.) In addition to Texas, another anti-evolution bill was also…

Common Ground: Winning the Battle, Losing the Culture War

By Chip Berlet

…cs. I will label the two sides in this debate Progressive Idealists versus Progressive Pragmatists to avoid confusion over terminology. Previous articles and posts on Religion Dispatches and other Web sites chronicle the back and forth in much detail. The Progressive Idealists include folks involved with Talk to Action, Street Prophets, and national groups defending reproductive choice and gay rights. This is the coalition I work within. The Progr…

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

By Michael Schulson

…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 in terms of the past? Well, I’v…

Busy Days For ‘eBay of Prophecy’

By Bill Berkowitz

…ever, as journalist Max Blumenthal recently pointed out, the third largest private donor to Proposition 8 was Howard F. Ahmanson, heir to the Ahmanson banking fortune. Ahmanson is a longtime donor to anti-gay and other religious right causes as well as a follower and major funder of the late Rousas John Rushdoony, who is described by Blumenthal as “a radical evangelical theologian who advocated placing the United States under the control of a Chri…

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

By Sunnivie Brydum

…d, 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 experience disproportionately high rates of depression, suicide, addiction, and homelessness, simply can’t afford to pay….

Six Overlooked Gems from the Future of World Religions Report

By Timothy King

…p attracting a lot more of the “unaffiliated” folks than Pew’s researchers presently project. A critical mass gained in any one of these smaller religious traditions could prove to be another wild card in the future of world religion. *It’s important to note that, unlike many other reports of its kind, The Future of World Religion is based on religious self-identification, not adherence factors such as membership in a worshiping community or the…

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…