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Amway, Religious Right Pyramid Scheme, Returns to the Motherland

By Bill Berkowitz

…“Battles Over Creationism in Public Schools”; “Church Politicking Plot”; “Defeat of Jeb Bush Referenda”; “Blocking of ‘Christian’ License Plate”; and “The Christmas Wars.” ++++++++++ RD Tidbits Rick Warren 101: If you were lucky, none of your holiday gatherings, dinners, gift exchanges, meet-ups, e-mail, or twitter posts were sprinkled with talk of Pastor Rick Warren. The Saddleback Church Pastor whose name was for years pretty much confined to th…

Busy Days For ‘eBay of Prophecy’

By Bill Berkowitz

…of many elderly Jews in Israel is: Will Barack Obama’s newly-appointed Chief of Staff, Rahm Emmanuel, continue his efforts to divide Jerusalem and turn Judea and Samaria over to the PLO?” ++++++++++ Busy Days for ‘eBay of Prophecy’ As if the crashing economy with its record number of foreclosures and staggering rise in unemployment, two wars, a series of devastating natural disasters, a crumbling infrastructure, and rumors that a Britney Spears’…

My Womb for His Purposes: The Perils of Unassisted Childbirth in the Quiverfull Movement

By Kathryn Joyce

…ers, the practice has certainly been taken up by the community, where the refrain to surrender oneself to God, to lean not on one’s own understanding but to trust and obey, take on a particularly literal meaning when it comes to the body. This birthing refrain includes many of the core concepts found elsewhere in the movement, which stresses that God will take care of his flock if they put utter and complete faith in Him. Garrison describes her ow…

RDNews: Oct 20, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…o-round for a parental notification initiative in California, having been defeated twice before. “Far from protecting vulnerable teens, Proposition 4 would make it difficult for young women caught in abusive situations to obtain an abortion without notifying their parents, even in cases where the father or stepfather is responsible for the pregnancy,” the New York Times editorial pointed out. The San Francisco Chronicle recently reported that a fi…

RD News Round-Up—Oct.14, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…immediately denounced the court’s ruling, calling it “outrageous” and “shameful.” Perkins said that “This radical redefinition of marriage will have severe consequences for children, families, religious liberties, businesses and every facet of society as we know it.” Perkins added that the “decision puts marriage at risk all across the nation and highlights the need for a Marriage Protection Amendment to the US Constitution.” He called on “both pr…

RD News Round-Up—September 29, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…women who sought abortions in Ireland and were unable to do so. The European Court granted the opportunity for three pro-life organizations to file a brief defending Ireland’s abortion ban. A hearing could occur as early as next year.”…

Republican Scandals Drag Secretive ‘Family’ Into the Big Time

By Randall Balmer, Anthea Butler, Evan Derkacz, Jeff Sharlet, and Diane Winston

…s impossible. Too many of us think it is unreal. But that is a dangerous, defeatist belief. It leads to the conclusion that war in inevitable, that mankind is doomed, that we are gripped by forces that we cannot control. We need not accept that view. Our problems are man-made; therefore, they can be solved by man.” It’s instructive to read that speech with the knowledge of how subsequent presidents have spoken about our political foes and our capa…

RD News Round-Up—September 22, 2008

By Bill Berkowitz

…fessore characterized Regnery as the “lifestyle press for conservatives, preferred printer of presidential hopefuls, and venerable publisher of books for the culture wars.” Since the advent of the Iraq War, Regnery has added defense of the Bush administration, promotion of the war on terror and Islam: [This year] Regnery published two books that fanned fears of Islam and justified the U.S. invasion of Iraq and war on terror using the clash of civi…

The Immorality of Immortality

By Hava Tirosh-Samuelson

…programs about extension of human life cannot be divorced from the deeper reflection about the purpose of human life. Such reflection seems to be missing from the transhumanist literature. One could object and say that human life should not have a purpose, since mere living is itself a blessing that does not require further justification. This point is well taken, but I would suggest that it is precisely because so many people today (especially in…

Creationism v. Integrationism

By Arri Eisen

…how he handled issues that came up that were at odds with his Buddhist beliefs. “I am studying modern science, because I believe it can help me understand my Buddhism better,” Dhondup said. Read that again. I was left momentarily speechless. I tried to imagine anyone I knew, anyone from the West—Christian, Jew, or Muslim—making such an amazing assertion. Just think of the dramatic difference in worldview, tone and perspective, in its approach to l…