On National Coming Out Day, Many Still Can’t Afford the Luxury
Rolling Stone lights the way.
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Scientology: All-American or Aging Hoax?
Given the spotty history of L. Ron Hubbard’s life and the church’s well-documented vindictiveness toward critics, there’s a great deal of criticism to be found on Scientology. But two new books examine the history of the church without sensationalism or facile mockery.
Read More‘Atheizing’ the Dead, Religious Doughnuts, & Tax-Free Witching
The week in religion, poetically.
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Slouching Towards Lake Wobegon; Searching for Meaning in the Google Cloud
Has the shift from sociability to social-networking left Garrison Keillor clinging to his Wobegone Lutherans of yesteryear? What of the glaring problems of those “simpler times?”
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Amway, Religious Right Pyramid Scheme, Returns to the Motherland
“Emerald”-level member uncovered fraud and deception before being kicked out; Charles Colson and “Redemption”; Americans United’s Top Ten Church-State stories; and more.
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