Cyclops Baby of the Apocalypse? Another Day in ISIS Fundamentalism
Earlier this month, Vocativ reported on rumors circulating on Twitter and some Islamic websites that…
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The Black and White (and Blood-Red) Roots of ISIS
The latest gruesome video released by ISIS showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, just…
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When Religion Becomes a Trap Rather Than a Safety Net
“My situation isn’t isolated to Mormonism. But to suggest that it doesn’t exist in Mormonism is just bullshit. Abuse of power happens in every religion.”
Read MoreNoah, Cosmos Controversies Not About Biblical Literalism
The Noah controversy has more to do whether or not Aronofsky approached the sacred text with the proper reverential attitude, placing himself under the authority of scriptural truth; Biblicism is the issue, not biblical literalism.
Read MoreIs Stephen Pinker’s Controversial Polemic in Defense of Scientism As Bad As They Say?
Well, yes and no.
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Is there any there there without it?
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Sin is Not a Crime: A Conversation with Patrick Cheng
“For me, as a queer person of color and an Asian American who is also gay, I often feel like I’m never able to bring the two together, I’m always forced to choose. Will I be Asian American today or gay today? In the LGBT community, even where I feel really safe, I rarely hear anything that affirms my cultural background or the racism of notions of beauty in the community.”
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The Real Reason For “Vagina-gate”
The Souther Baptist Convention’s Lifeway Christian Resources refused to stock Rachel Held Evans’ book ostensibly because it contains the word “vagina.” Or is it that a female writer will only be acceptable if she recites SBC rhetoric, fully supports SBC leaders, and knows her place at home and at church?
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Forget Debates and Dialogue about LGBT Justice, the Religious Right isn’t Listening
For those still in denominations like the United Methodists that are not accepting of LGBT people, go to your church and put a note in the offering plate that says you won’t give until things change. Every time we’ve tried that, the pastors have called people in immediately to talk to them and it opened up a dialogue in that church that was serious because they could see that that could spread among other people who are pro-gay. One thing you can do is withhold your money. Why are we supporting our own oppression?
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Not God’s Army: The Front Lines of the Fight Against Proselytizing in the U.S. Military
Our job is to keep separate the spiritual and temporal, church-state, metaphysical and physical where all the nuclear weapons are. We’re doing this in the technologically most lethal organization ever created by humankind—our U.S. military.
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