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Celebrating Religious Freedom Day By Taking Back the Revolutionary Meaning of ‘Religious Freedom’

By Frederick Clarkson

…as an annual commemoration. Following hearings, it may pass this year, because Democrats have trifecta control of both houses of the legislature and the governorship. Marty’s bill is based on a model written by the BlitzWatch Coalition (full disclosure: RD is a publication of Political Research Associates, which is a member of the coalition). In addition to the In God We Trust debacle, the Prayer Caucus also attempted to defund the Minnesota Histo…

There’s No Business Like the Bible Business: 200 Years of the ABS

By Paul Harvey

…ort the historic aims of the ABS in being an organization central to the cause of making America a Christian nation. While always willing to work with anyone interested in Bible promotion, the ABS, as Fea explains, “has always gravitated towards the particular expression of Christianity that its board and staff believed to be the moral guardians of America’s status as a Christian nation.” A particularly fascinating narrative line of the book is ab…

A President “Anointed By God”: POTUS Shield and Religious Right’s Affair with Trump

By Sunnivie Brydum

…. They’ve already convinced themselves that God uses imperfect people. God used King David, God used all these other people who were flawed. That was a part of their whole pre-election thing. I did a blog post that was “25 Religious Justifications for Supporting Donald Trump.” But there’s even more than that: they believe Trump is Elijah, he’s King David, he’s Cyrus. Finally, I think we need to keep our eyes open. I think smart people should start…

A Comedy Writer Confronts ‘Mind-Shredding Evil’ in Uganda

By Frederick Clarkson

…period in history when the people supposed to be hunting him found it more useful to use the hunt as a smokescreen for lining their pockets in illegal mining operations and ghost soldier salary rackets. He also had the smarts to claim to represent the disenfranchised Acholi tribe, which stalled the intellectuals and academics who should be uniting against him. Sure, the Acholi are disenfranchised. But how can you insult the intelligence of Acholi…

Jeffress’ Statement About Trump’s God-Given Authority is Nonsense

By Rosalind C. Hughes

…uthority to “execute wrath on the wrongdoer.” He predicts that others will use the previous chapter to argue that Christians should never avenge themselves, “but leave it to the wrath of God; for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.’” Jeffress is right in reading Romans 12 as a moral instruction to individuals or communities of Christians, and chapter 13 as dealing with systems of government instead. But then he goes off…

Will the Catholic Church Throw Cold Water on the LARC Revolution?

By Patricia Miller

…dicating that Catholic providers may be gearing up to make an issue of IUD promotion. Even a referral work-around could dampen the effectiveness of a LARC initiative because it interrupts the continuity of care for female patients, requiring them to get an appointment with another provider in another office at another date. This can deter younger and poorer women, who often have difficulty with transportation or getting off from work or school, fr…

The ‘Charlie Charlie Challenge’ and Teenage Yearning for Supernatural Encounters

By Joseph Laycock

…arlie as a demon appears only to make him more appealing. Ellis notes that use of the Ouija board has a structure similar to exorcism, in which an entity is called forth, named, questioned, and then dismissed. The Charlie Charlie challenge eschews some of these elements because the conjured entity is already identified and the game/ritual does not allow for open-ended responses. And yet the ritualistic opening and closing remain. Players emphasize…

Studies Confirm: Your Steak is Possessed by Demons

By Travis Proctor

…he philosopher believed that animal meat is infested with evil demons that use sacrificial meals as a conduit to corrupt the human body. Once inside the body, Porphyry asserts, these demons use the human digestive system to glut their appetites, emitting harmful gasses as they digest the meat. The telltale sign of demonic infection is uncomfortable bloating, flatulence, and belching. For Porphyry, then, burps at the dinner table weren’t just viola…

White Evangelical Leaders Still Too Preoccupied With ‘Order’ to Listen to Black Truth

By Chrissy Stroop

…t the visit and that Episcopal clergy who were present are livid about the use of violence to clear the space. https://twitter.com/DavidBrodyCBN/status/1267653579852185602?s=20 https://twitter.com/Franklin_Graham/status/1267820563679989762?s=20 Of course, more insidious than the direct praise of Trump’s show of Christian nationalist force, which came on the heels of his threat to use the military to restore order in the face of days of demonstrati…

Jihad Chai Latte

By Haroon Moghul

…rganize some kind of lecture or event series which rejects the extremist abuse of Islam and explains how their abuse of Islam is flawed, immoral, and historically and theologically wrong. Misguided. Evil. And then, a columnist in an international newspaper makes a throwaway reference to “jihad” in the sense that extremists have used it, confirms the popular impression of what jihad is and what it means, and all that effort is immediately undone….