Christianity Denial: Israeli Comedian Strikes Back at the Vatican
An Israeli late show host’s skit denying the virgin birth caused a furor among evangelicals and the Vatican. He had his reasons.
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Evangelical Sexperiment
An evangelical minister makes news by urging his congregation to have more sex. Which is theologically bizarre, socially backward, and vaguely pandering.
Read MoreCarter, Gore, and the New Baptist Covenant
Baptists in America may never be the same.
Read MoreI Don’t Want a “Plutonic” Relationship
Plutonic, Platonic, whatever you want to call it, it’s not enough for gay people to be told they can be gay as long as they don’t have love in their lives.
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Why Is Obama Reaching Out to Ravening Wolves?
If Obama keeps his eye on the conservative fiscal prizes, like cutting Social Security for example, he’ll be on the express train to the dustbin of history.
Read MoreQueer [Theory]-Bashing by Georgia Republicans; The New Know-Nothingism Creeps
CNN’s sloppy reporting reignited a controversy seized on by conservative lawmakers who prey on the knee-jerk associations the public has with the word “Queer”
Read MoreMormon Milk Author to Gay and Lesbian Kids: “God Does Love You”
After winning an Oscar for Milk Sean Penn called shame on Prop. 8 supporters and Dustin Lance Black spoke candidly of his Mormon upbringing.
Read MoreHang a Crucifix and Call it Catholic
Catholic educators in Boston put a cross in every classroom, just in case anyone’s wondering who’s running the show.
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RD10Q: Believing in the Bible, Not God
In an interview with Bruce Ledewitz on his forthcoming Hallowed Secularism, the law professor tells RD that the so-called New Atheists want to lead secularists, many of whom know very little about religion, into opposition to religion. But for secularism to be healthy, he says, it must learn from the wisdom of the religious traditions.
Read MoreNot An Honor Killing
Many are quick to blame Islam or Pakistani culture for the brutal murder of the wife of a TV executive but there is no evidence at all of a connection.
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