Satanists Take Aim at School Spanking
There’s a connection between hitting children and cultural identity. Growing up in Austin, Texas, I…
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Satanic Temple Protests Pseudoscientific Therapies for Satanic Abuse and Witchcraft
If you happened to walk past San Francisco’s Parc 55 hotel this past weekend, you…
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Why Have So Many Fallen for the Rune Stone Hoax?
Did a group of Christian Vikings from Sweden and Norway travel by river to Douglas…
Read MoreWhy Dylann Roof Acted on His Racism
It’s all about the apocalypse.
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The ‘Charlie Charlie Challenge’ and Teenage Yearning for Supernatural Encounters
In May, four girls at a Colombian high school experienced a supernatural encounter so profound…
Read MoreWiccan Prayer in Iowa House Highlights Religious Freedom Problem
Can we be inclusive if we exclude the exclusive?
Read MoreIt’s Not “Inappropriate” for Public School Teacher to Tell Class that Obama Isn’t Christian
Last week a story broke about a middle-school teacher in Dublin, Georgia, sharing an “inappropriate…
Read MoreRaelians Push White House for Alien Embassy to Save Humanity
Although it seems like a late April Fool’s prank, a press release from the Raelian…
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My Childhood Hobby Was Satanic, Or So They Told Me
The moral panic around Dungeons and Dragons and other role-playing games—and what it tells us about religion.
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After Early Christian Opposition, Iceland Gets First Pagan Temple in Nearly 1000 Years
This month an Icelandic Pagan organization called the Ásatrúarfélag (roughly translated,* “the fellowship of those who…
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