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Female Deacons: Pope Francis Walks It Back, Women Clergy Weigh In

By Kaya Oakes

…t “while many who are leaving may affirm the adding women to the current structure, more will need to be done to make the church relevant in the lives of people.” For her, that includes the inclusion of the voices of the non ordained, LGBTQ people, and the divorced in discussions of the church’s role in society. All of the ordained women agreed that even if Pope Francis’s commission to study the role of women deacons in the church eventually leads…

Does NIH Head Francis Collins Believe in Intelligent Design?

By Eric Reitan

…ives us a reason to adopt this theistic way of seeing the whole, one that doesn’t rise to the level of a proof and isn’t demanded by any purported or actual failures of science.” You might challenge such an argument. You might deny that the theistic way of seeing the world—the world that science describes—has any of the advantages over naturalistic worldviews. But it’s a mistake to treat it as an argument in the same mode as those offered by ID th…

From Elon to Elizabeth: The 7 Seals of the 2022 Apocalypse

By Mary Rambaran-Olm

…boys cried aloud with their salty White tears: “Why doest you woketh ones ruin our imaginary worlds?” Thus, the fifth seal was brokeneth. 6. Sun, Moon, and Stars: Jeremy Clarkson is a racist This year we saw The Sun, a British tabloid that most likely panders to half-sentient marshmallows, publish a racist-sexist diatribe by Jeremy Clarkson whose moon-sized ego is only rivaled by that of Trump’s. Clarkson’s lackluster curriculum vitae includes: j…

The Faith-Based Militia: When is Terrorism ‘Christian’?

By Frederick Clarkson

…catalyze an uprising against the federal government was shocking and made headlines around the world. Their action plan, while preposterous on its face, is not terribly surprising, and is in many respects a logical outgrowth of the eschatology of a wide swath of the Christian Right. But what has been most striking to me is the media’s high-profile use of the term “Christian militia.” This suggests to me that a tectonic shift may be underway in ou…

Are Scientists Ethical?

By Arri Eisen

…oncepts and ideas behind it, even once. Lord, have things changed. And two stories in today’s headlines shine a bright light on these changes, on the new, big science of the 21st century. A nutshell background on what changed in the last 20 years: (1) Money: Congress changed the rules in the late 1980’s to say scientists who made research discoveries funded by the federal government (which at the time accounted for many if not most discoveries in…

Do iPads Cause Religious Experiences?

By Andrew Aghapour

…s than he did on other gizmos and gadgets. This shouldn’t be a surprise—he runs an Apple-news website, and makes a living tracking the product releases, updates, and rumors associated with the brand. “Enhanced visual attention” should be expected in the brains of any other experts, from fashion designers to cell biologists to shepherds shown pictures of sheep among other animals. At most, Calvert’s experiments seem to show a correlation between v…

News Round-Up: State of the Christian Movie

By Gwynne Watkins

…specifically targeting people who listened to the Australian CCM group The Newsboys on Pandora. Here’s the video for the Newsboys’ 2011 song “God’s Not Dead,” which takes place on the day that scientists officially decide God does not exist. (Never mind that science can’t prove the non-existence of anything.) Are you familiar with this urban legend about a Christian student butting heads with an atheist professor? Then you basically know the plot…

Texas Pastor: Christians Claiming “Religious Persecution” Are Actually Just “Selfish”

By Sunnivie Brydum

…dom legislation or presidential executive orders or city ordinances mostly run afoul of the First Amendment because they forget the Golden Rule. Most often, these are attempts to prevent me from having to do something for you that I don’t want to do while still demanding that you be required to do that same thing for me. There’s another simple word for this: Selfishness. Be sure to read the full op-ed at the Dallas Morning News. It’s an important…

Aliens To Arrive in Alabama Today!

By Ben Brazil

…hall try to deny that we come in LOVE. KNOW OF THIS WE COME TO ASSIST YOUR WORLD. WE DO NOT COME TO TAKE OVER. WE DO NOT COME TO DESTRUCT. WE COME TO GIVE YOU HOPE. I learned of the message on Monday, October 11, from a 70-something, self-described ex-hippie named Herb who frequents the East Atlanta coffee shop where I often study. Perhaps noticing the text on Buddhism sitting beside me, he asked, out of the blue, something like, “So do you know a…

Feisal Abdul-Rauf Still not Providing Leadership on Park51

By Hussein Rashid

…Bloomberg have come out in support of Park51. Both have spoken out for the rule of law and that all Americans are deserving of equal protection under the law. Those statements are facts that should not be forgotten, but it is not the same as supporting Park51. Along the same lines, speaking out against Islamophobia does not mean that the critics of Park51 are all Islamophobic, or anti-Muslim. It is possible to recognize the dignity of other beings…