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Hell, in Rob Bell’s Own Words: State of Belief Radio

By The Editors

…and I’ll do an event, and the level of electricity, of excitement, and the number of people who say: “I always had these questions, I always wondered about this, I always knew there was another way to understanding this…” It’s really… It blows me away. Every night, at one of these events, I just… Wow. What an amazing thing to be a part of. [WG]: Tell us, what has been your favorite comment from a reader, or, one or two of your favorite comments. […

Pussy Riot Members Sentenced to 2 Years for Offending Russian Orthodox Church

By The Editors

…all those who, free themselves, speak out in our support. There are a vast number, I know. I know that a huge number of Orthodox people are standing up for us. They are praying for us outside the courtroom, for the members of Pussy Riot who are incarcerated. We’ve seen the little booklets Orthodox people are handing out with prayers for those in prison. This shows that there isn’t a unified social group of Orthodox believers as the prosecution is…

National Review’s Kevin Williamson Comes Out Against Daughters, Misunderstands Science

By Sarah Morice-Brubaker

…problems worthy of their attention. (Mmkay. Noted.) Unfortunately, Williamson also seems to have misunderstood the Trivers-Willard hypothesis. The Trivers-Willard Hypothesis is an if/then statement. If the variance in male fitness is much higher than the variance in female fitness, then then mothers in good condition should invest in male offspring. In other words, you have to assume a situation where any male offspring will someday either “cash…

The End (of Religion) is Near, Scientists Say

By Louis A. Ruprecht

…xtinction” seriously—as we should—as well as the evolutionary theory it seems to presuppose, then a better way to read this data might be to suggest that a number of recognizably religious traditions are undergoing some significant modern mutations, such that the affiliations into which they are turning bear only a partial resemblance to what preceded them. Dinosaurs don’t just go extinct, they became birds—that’s the idea. But dinosaurs as dinosa…

Cruz and the Evangelical Illusion

By Sarah Posner

…“We brought them with no expectations and we were highly pleased with the number who decided Ted is the right man to be of the president of the U.S.” When judging these statements (particularly the words “very diverse,” “significant standing” and “the number”), keep in mind that Barton is known (among evangelicals) for playing fast and loose with facts. Three years ago, the evangelical publisher Thomas Nelson halted publication of one of Barton’s…

Atheists Ignore Islamophobia at their Peril

By Chris Stedman

…zing” Islam and Muslims, but even if that were his aim, several of the claims he put forth about Islam and Muslims were not only false, but were framed in a way that is likely to inflame anti-Muslim sentiment. Another example is Ernest Perce V, the Pennsylvania State Director for American Atheists, notorious for a lawsuit resulting from his depiction of “zombie Muhammad” (the judge, who called Perce “a doofus” and ruled against him, was forced to…

Marriage equality and ‘the end of Catholic Ireland’; Gambian Prez vows to slit gays’ throats; Colombian govt affirms support for marriage and adoption; global LGBT recap

By Peter Montgomery

…nsus, it emerged that 84% of the people of the Irish Republic described themselves as “Roman Catholic”. The number of atheists and agnostics and diverse other faiths was up too, but Roman Catholics remained the majority. However, it is evident, especially in Dublin, that nominal inscription to a religion is one thing, while actual practice is another. Red C’s survey only confirms what is obvious anecdotally: that a substantial number of Irish peop…

Why the Church is Struggling to Hold Onto Millennial Catholics

By Kaya Oakes

…lics—and especially for younger ones whose Boomer and Gen X parents may themselves have drifted from the church, slipped in their catechesis, or willfully ignored some of its teachings on sexual issues (the increasingly smaller number of children born to Catholic families is empirical evidence of that)—their Catholicism may have always been a self-defined identity rather than a strident one. My So-Called Catholic Life Some Catholic millennials, ho…

Catholic Church Bans Gay Film: This Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…a dominant owner of movie theaters? AFP offers some explanation: The large number of Italian cinemas owned by the Church are a legacy of the days when every parish had its own cinema and local priests controlled projections, regularly cutting sections of films they deemed unsuitable for parishioners. Most of these cinemas are now rented out to operators who do not have to be religious but do have to sign a contract which, according to Petrillo, in…

LGBT Editor In Bangladesh Murdered by Islamists—and More, In this Week’s Global LGBT Recap

By Peter Montgomery

…d to support the president’s decision in 2013 to join the Russian-led Customs Union rather than associating with the European Union. Egypt: Eleven people sentenced to jail terms for ‘debauchery’ Solidarity with Egypt LGBT announced on its Facebook page that eleven people were sentenced to terms ranging from three to 12 years for “debauchery.” Mada Masr reported that the 11 individuals sentenced by the Agouza Criminal Court were arrested last Septe…