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Is Terry Jones the Death Rattle of the White Male Protestant?

By Gary Laderman

…dol” contestants, or breakout stars from “The Real Housewives of…,” or the latest YouTube sensation. The hundreds of articles and blogs lined up on Google News will likely grow in the week ahead, thanks in part to events that have begun to unfold in Dearborn—including Jones almost shooting himself in the foot in the parking lot of a local TV station, and his outraged response to a court order prohibiting his planned protest. It will get ugly, no d…

By the Numbers: Same-Sex Marriage Gaining Acceptance

By The Editors

…mericans supported same-sex marriage than opposed it. White evangelicals have a way to go to catch up with the Christian mainline—as indicated above—not to mention those radical “unaffiliateds.” – The Eds. …

Updated: 5 Lessons Learned from the Apocalypse Fail, Or, It’s Not the End of the World as We Know It, and I Feel So-So

By Gary Laderman

…Christ’s return, facing the same ol’ same ol’: Arnold’s love child, Newt’s latest flame-out, life without Oprah. At the moment, Family Radio offices are closed and Harold Camping, the self-made millionaire-cum-biblical prognosticator who set the media ablaze with his doomsday discourse, is silent. We can read about all those who believed his prediction about the end of the world and took action—long family journeys in the minivan, disappointment a…

Isaac Asimov’s Niece Covers the Rapture

By Lauri Lebo

…amily Radio, which has a total worth of $72 million, received $18 million in contributions just in 2009, according to its latest IRS filing….

Tornado Hits the Heartland: Is God Punishing Us?

By Jay Michaelson

…devil? Or when Sephardic Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Ovadia Yosef blamed Israel’s latest bout of wildfires on secular Israelis not keeping the Sabbath? Or how about the time some Christian fundamentalists said that he 2005 tsunami in Indonesia was punishment for, in the words of one, “worldliness, materialism, hedonism, uncleanness and pleasure-seeking”? Where are these self-proclaimed prophets of Godly vengeance now? Do storms only evince heavenly displ…

Beck’s Road to Jerusalem

By Anthea Butler

…not Lincoln and King, like he did on the National Mall, but Moses. Beck’s latest venture is sure to draw a variety of Christian Zionists, his own supporters, and assorted end-timers, who all may get more of a show than they bargained for. Beck’s statement, “I’ve been asked to stand in Jerusalem” suggests that he may be conflating his role with that of the two witnesses of Revelation 11:3: “And I will give power to my two witnesses, and they will…

The GOP Primary Capsule, Countown Four Days to the Rapture

By Sarah Posner

…, but not too much. Already Iowa voters are turning on Newt Gingrich — the latest viral video is an Iowan, angry about Gingrich’s criticism of Paul Ryan’s Medicare plan (something Gingrich has since spinelessly walked back from). The voter tells Gingrich, “Why don’t you get out before you make a bigger fool of yourself?” That’s obviously never been a consideration for Gingrich. Speaking of not being able to stop himself, Gingrich plans more repent…

Marxism, the Opium of the Professoriate?

By Theo Hobson

…ianity in the face of the new atheism—though he is not a Christian. In his latest book, Why Marx was Right, he is advocating the creed he has always signed up to, Marxism. But he fails to convince that he really believes it. The book is structured around ten conventional objections to Marxism: that it has lost its relevance, that it is violent, that it overvalues economics, that it is impossibly perfectionist, that it neglects identity politics, a…

Will bin Laden’s Death Finally Quell Obama Conspiracy Theories?

By Anthea Butler

…ing short of the n-word, will be suspended as they try to figure out their latest spin on this blockbuster story. My guess is that they will credit the troop effort, and ignore that this was a decision on the part of the commander in chief to make the hard decision to go forward and commit troops to the operation. The crowds singing patriotic songs in front of the White House, Ground Zero and other sites are a spectacle, celebration, and cipher to…

High School Senior Leads Effort to Repeal Louisiana Anti-Evolution Law

By Lauri Lebo

…have never been passed in the first place, one based on intelligent design-promoter Discovery Institute’s sample “Academic Freedom” bills, which paves the way for sneaking creationism into science class. While lawmakers have denied the law has anything to do with inserting creationism into science class, I’ve written about how members of Louisiana school boards interpret the law here. Admittedly, Kopplin and other supporters of the Constitution in…