Exclusive: Christian Right Bill Mill, Project Blitz, Hasn’t Gone Away, It’s Just Gotten More Secretive
In the Fall of 2019, the secretive Christian Right state legislative campaign, Project Blitz, became…
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Old Sins Cast Long Shadows: America’s Enduring Fascination with the Ten Commandments
Author Jenna Weissman Joselit answers RD’s 10 Questions
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Satanist Monument Shines Light on Christian Privilege
Will the challenge to build “an homage to the historic/literary Satan” at Oklahoma’s capital actually change anything?
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Atheist Monument: Proof of Unintelligent Design
The right to erect a monument, for any cause, is an opportunity. It’s a chance to lend dignity and consequence to a public space. A monument is also an aesthetic opportunity. It doesn’t have to be beautiful, but a successful monument makes it hard to imagine its setting without it. The American Atheists monument fails on both counts.
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Cut the Ten Commandments Down to Six?
A federal judge thinks that might solve an Establishment Clause problem.
Read MoreVirginia High School Says Students May Post Ten Commandments on Lockers
Meanwhile, folks in nearby community still missing the point.
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The Week in Religion: Haggard Would Identify
as Bisexual, Trademarking
the Virgin, Woman Kills
‘Devil Dog’
If RD were 21 it would identify as Bisexual too.
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Candidate Sharron Angle Accuses Opponent of Idolatry
Nevada Senate candidate says in a radio interview that government social programs violate the Ten Commandments.
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Know-Nothing Christians Irate Over Obama Comments
During a profoundly symbolic trip to Turkey the president assured the Muslim nation that America is not a Christian nation, sparking right wing cries that he’s “thrown Christianity under the bus.” The real problem here is the absence of religious literacy among the critics currently speaking in alleged defense of the Christian faith.
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God Makes an Independent Film
When an inexperienced Pentecostal pastor gets called by God to make a $50 million epic science-fiction film, is he a visionary, a prophet, or just another box office grifter? A new documentary tells the tale.
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