Religion Dispatches
…o all elements of evolutionary theory, but would simply like to raise some questions about it. He said that in the 21 years he has been a teacher, he has been using the Tesla coil on students, even though manufacturer instructions warn that it is not to be used on human skin. He said he has never had one complaint until now. Freshwater said that there is no way to tell whether the photo presented by the Dennis family that shows the mark of a cross…
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…rable 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 civilizations language of Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington: Mark Steyn’s America Alone: The End of the World as We Know It, an…
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…based on the police report it obtained via a Freedom of Information Act request, that: Josh Duggar was investigated for multiple sex offenses — including forcible fondling — against five minors. Some of the alleged offenses investigated were felonies. Jim Bob and Michelle Duggar were interview [sic] by the Springdale Police department on Dec. 12, 2006. The report says that James told police he was alerted in March, 2002 by a female minor that Jos…
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…does so by simplifying evangelicalism, casting what makes it ostensibly unique into the murky waters of belief. Evangelicals do, of course, have particular beliefs, and these are well captured in the research definition, albeit in condensed form. Nevertheless, I don’t think any contemporary scholar of religion would reduce religious identification to stated, or even non-stated, beliefs. Religion is a far more complicated affair, encompassing a con…
Read More… Stephen Colbert barely clings to his persona in criticizing Supreme Court Justice Scalia’s arguments in favor of the cross in the Buono v. Salazar case. Watch the clip: The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c The Word – Symbol-Minded www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Michael Moore Go here if you have any problem watching the video above….
Read More…e it will end? To learn more about the demonstrators’ concerns, see http://www.defendneworleanspublichousing.org *** More on the story yesterday out of New Orleans, where people protesting the demolition of public housing were blocked from entering a city council hearing, then assaulted by police with pepper spray and stun guns. Though some speakers who did get into the hearing opposed the plan, the council passed it unanimously. The version of th…
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…have an impact on the ability of senior couples to serve missions. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOFI5J-W7Wc Science of morality… immoral In 1966, 25-year-old Charles Whitman went on a killing spree at the University of Texas. In a suicide note left behind, Whitman asked that an autopsy be conducted on his body as he was convinced that something biological accounted for his actions. The autopsy found a tumor on his brain that was suspected of pr…
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…re victory, claiming that their side had won the War on Christmas: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hgUaXo9URCM Whatever the recent skirmishes, this kind of controversy is not new. American disagreements about the celebration of Christmas reach back to the nation’s colonial beginnings—where ironically, it was a Christian group, Puritans, that offered the discouraging words. When the Church of England broke away from Roman Catholicism in the 1500s,…
Read More…d Teilhard was no exception. Several of Teilhard’s main ideas have been adequately critiqued throughout the years, such as his inclination towards uncritical acceptance of technological progress and his focus on the future as giving purpose to the present. Nevertheless, Teilhard’s cosmic vision for humanity and liturgy has remained largely intact. After all, are not we part of a vast and growing cosmos? Should not our theology recognize that? The…
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…udiate Farrakhan. Mallory’s Instagram post with Farrakhan from 2017 has frequently been singled out to show how closely entwined the two seem to be: https://www.instagram.com/p/BT9wDcUBShs/ In response, Sarsour and Mallory have repudiated Farrakhan’s antisemitic statements, and Sarsour, in particular, has written an apology to the Jewish community. But since they haven’t repudiated Farrakhan as a figure, accusations of antisemitism remain. The rea…
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