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Laura Ingraham Hangs Up on Rev. Over Jesus/Abortion Comments

…munity. That did not happen. [Rush transcript may not be verbatim] *** LI: Welcome to our show. RT: Thank you for inviting me. LI: You are a minister so I take it you follow the teachings of Jesus. RT: Yes, that’s true. LI: If Jesus were here today do you think he would counsel a woman to have an abortion? RT: Jesus always showed compassion to women. He acted with respect even to the ones who were accused of sexual impropriety. I’m sure Jesus woul…

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Are Messianic Jews Unfairly Shunned by Jews?

…lar. It’s conservatives, not liberals, though, who have endorsed MJBI, and welcome Messianic Jews as partners, for the same reason conservative Jews embrace evangelicals: “love” for the Jews and Israel, as well as shared beliefs on other political and social issues. Past speakers at MJBI before Bush included Mike Huckabee and Glenn Beck. The Pew survey, notably, also showed shifts in American Jewish attitudes towards Israel, a development that mus…

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Addressing Homophobic Rhetoric, and Not Just the Anti-Gay Initiatives in Africa

…econciliation” and “equip leaders.” The proposed criminalization laws are a manifestation of this homophobia. Even without criminalization laws, LGBT people suffer discrimination and violence, including the verbal violence of religious leaders that Warren continues to promote. In a way, you can understand Ssempa’s bewilderment: why is he cut off, but not Akinola or Kolini? Warren’s belated condemnation of the proposed law is surely welcome, but sh…

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Evangelicals Continue To Speak Over, But Not To Ex-vangelicals

…ue. He never replied. I’d like to state for the record here that I’d still welcome a direct response. I do not, however, expect one. Moore and his ilk have no interest in actually existing exvangelicals who see the systemic misogyny, anti-LGBTQ animus, and racism present in conservative, mostly-white evangelical subculture as a natural outgrowth of evangelical theology itself—or, indeed, of what Warren views as a more serious “orthodox” theology….

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Millennials Invent New Religion: No Hell, No Priests, No Punishment

…nicate them from your religion?” I asked. “No,” they said, “they’re always welcome to come back.” The tales of their “reformers” were not much more forceful. Other than tinkering with one or two doctrines or ideas, the reformers they imagined for the assignment were just as “feel good” about the religion as the original founders. I asked the class after the presentations why they all chose to eschew the idea of hell. “Religion today is so … judgme…

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New Poll: ‘Faithful Catholics’ an Endangered Species

…g gather strayed sheep back to the fold. Reformists say the opposite. They welcome the initiative as a sign that Francis really cares about what ordinary Catholics think, and that Vatican II’s claim that the Church is “the whole people of God” is at last being made good. A closer look at the questionnaire supports the conservative view over the reformist one, for it’s not a survey in any sense that a social scientist would recognize. The 38 questi…

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A Rabbinical View: Bringing Honor to God By Extending Equal Rights to Gays and Lesbians

…e responsibility to debate in public how civil marriage is defined. Let us welcome the voices of the rabbis of Lakewood, NJ in this debate. But our voices as religious leaders cannot be limited to what is best for our own communities. The wisdom we bring from our traditions must be good for all Americans, even those who do not share our faith perspective. We must cry out that the cohesiveness of families across America is under attack. But it does…

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LGBT-Friendly Church is Not “Christian” Enough?

…since we are followers of that Jesus guy, I checked ‘Yes.’ However, after perusing our site, the guy at the LGBT church site questioned our true dedication to the faith. Since we didn’t seem to meet the requirements of the Nicene Creed, we don’t appear to be a “Trinitarian” church. So I was asked to prove that we were a “real” Christian church. I replied: “We’re not creedal in the sense that we recite creeds or require others to recite them or af…

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Teaching Love: Soulforce Takes it to the Quad

…of lawn to read a statement declaring that the Soulforce contingent is not welcome and that anyone who ventures off the sidewalk onto the college’s campus will be arrested for trespassing. “We love you,” one of the riders calls out as Kimbrow gives instructions to a police officer who has followed him to the edge of campus. “I love you too,” Kimbrow replies before he turns and walks away from the strangers at his gate. “This is just what happens s…

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Church of Jedi Takes Advantage of Turmoil

…ture than in traditional religion. You would expect the group’s leaders to welcome the increased attention, but Barney Jones—Hughes’ primary victim—has reportedly stepped down as the Church’s leader. A WalesOnline report is vague about whether he has left the faith entirely or simply wants to avoid the limelight, but the Vader attack has clearly caused him to reconsider his role as a spiritual leader. The impact of the incident on the fledgling fa…

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