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Famous Atheists, Fat Ministers, Papal Tweets, and a Mega-Hoax

By Michael J. Altman

An atheist in Florida claims she is being harassed by an evangelical sheriff. Here’s a periodic table of famous atheists. An atheist billboard ended up being posted on the property of a church in Ohio. American ministers are fat and happy. The Obedient Wives Club is spreading among Muslim women in Asia. It’s becoming harder for female rabbis to find a puplit. On Tuesday, an elaborate hoax claimed that the Southern Baptist Convention was close to…

Christian Zionists, Bibi, Obama, and Armageddon

By Sarah Posner

At Think Progress, Lee Fang highlights how Florida Congressman Dan Webster (of “Taliban Dan” fame) told a local televangelist that if the U.S. were to cut off aid to Israel, “we lose God’s hand and we’re in big time trouble.” Par for the course among Christian Zionists. Genesis 12:3 is their seminal verse, proof-texted to support anything from foreign aid to Israel to maintaining the occupation to bombing Iran. In Genesis, Christian Zionists main…

What’s Huntsman’s Game Plan?

By Joanna Brooks

…a deeply red state, but Huntsman campaign headquarters will be in Orlando, Florida. 2. Moreover, he will not allow his Mormonism to define him. In his ABC interview with George Stephanopoulos, Hunstman vastly improved his previously dodgy answer to the question of his religious affiliation, declaring that he believed in God, that he considered himself a “good Christian,” and that he was “very proud” of his “Mormon heritage.” He also reminded the w…

American Indians Irate over Bin Laden Code Name “Geronimo”

By Johnny P. Flynn

…his country, though after his capture he was imprisoned for some years in Florida before living his later years in exile in Oklahoma where he was ultimately buried. In a twist of fate it has long been rumored that the skull and bones of Geronimo were stolen from his grave in Fort Sill, Oklahoma by the Skull and Bones society at Yale University. Fact is, Geronimo has been part of military lore for more than one hundred years. When he was being hun…

Religious Leaders Demand Apology from West for Anti-Islam Comments

By Sarah Posner

…f religious leaders has sent a letter to freshman Republican Allen West of Florida, calling him to apologize for anti-Islam remarks he made recently on an episode of “The Shalom Show.” On the program, he said that his congressional colleague Keith Ellison, who is one of two Muslim members of Congress, is the “antithesis of the principles on which this country was established.” The signatories to the letter include the Rev. Welton Gaddy, President…

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

By Gary Laderman

…osexual, conservative Christians (WMHCC from here on out) are losing their numbers in American society and could, if some projections hold true, diminish to a small minority in the next 20 years; part of a larger trend that one influential study has labeled the “vanishing Protestant majority.” In a recent analysis by the Public Religion Research Institute based on post-2010 election surveys, the number of white Protestants in America is projected…

Mitt Out-Mans Trump by Rejecting Birther Nonsense

By Joanna Brooks

…ngelicals, and, last Sunday, made his Tea Party rally debut in Boca Raton, Florida. And what better way to grab the Republican spotlight than by casting aspersions on Islam, which, as Trump told the Christian Broadcasting Network, has a “very negative vibe,” and by questioning Barack Obama’s U.S. citizenship. In recent polls, Trump leads the field with 37% of birther Republicans ranking him their top pick. All of which confirms Mitt Romney as the…

Former Employee of Televangelist Joyce Meyer Charged with Murdering Wife and Sons

By Anthea Butler

…e was afraid of him, and Coleman had been having an affair with a woman in Florida. The case is elaborate, in part because of emails Coleman sent, police claim, to make the murders appear to be at the hands of detractors of Joyce Meyer’s ministries. This case is of interest because Meyer’s ministry caters to women primarily, and the “Christian” empowerment of women to take control of their lives. Her books, such as “Confident Women Devotional” an…

Pornographic War Gazing: Why We Don’t Look Away

By Daniel Martin Varisco

…wed Islam to be spread so one day he could burn a copy of the “Koran” in a Florida backwater and help bring about the return of Jesus), hellfire and brimstone no longer cloud most of our secular minds. But Edwards’ metaphorical glittering swords have been transformed into AK-37s and anti-aircraft guns, while ploughshares gather dust. Of all the dictators and presidents-for-life on the brink of popular collapse, Libya’s Qaddafi is probably the most…

Crisis Pregnancy Centers and Obama’s Faith-Based Initiative

By Sarah Posner

Kate Sheppard has a report at Mother Jones about the efforts of Florida Republican Cliff Stearns (who supports ending federal funding of family planning services) to push federal funding for ultrasound equipment for crisis pregnancy centers. Sheppard: Crisis pregnancy centers—often run by religious groups—received $30 million from HHS between 2001 and 2006 for abstinence-only programs and other projects, according to a 2006 House Energy and Comme…