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Category Archives: Christianity
Op-Ed: “Science and Religion: God Didn’t Make Man; Man Made Gods”
No religion: What was Lennon summoning? For starters, a world without “divine” messengers, like Osama bin Laden, sparking violence. A world where mistakes, like the avoidable loss of life in Hurricane Katrina, would be rectified rather than chalked up to “God’s will.” Where politicians no longer compete to prove who believes more strongly in the irrational and untenable. Where critical thinking is an ideal. In short, a world that makes sense.
Article: “Americans Have Lost Faith In Religious Leaders And Church Attendance, New Book Says”
“The American public has lost confidence in leaders of all sorts,” Chaves says. “But the loss of confidence in religious leaders has been more precipitous…” “Several decades ago there was not a strong correlation between how religiously active you were and whether you voted Republican or Democrat,” Chaves says. “Now, there is. If you’re religiously active, you’re now more likely to vote Republican.”
Video: “Worst Fox News Softball Question of Republican Primary?”
Article: “Sixty days for [Catholic] Priest Who Stole from Collection Plate to Gamble”
A Catholic priest who pleaded guilty to theft after being accused of stealing from his Roselle parish’s collection to fuel a gambling habit was sentenced to 60 days in jail today and ordered to pay $295,000 in restitution.
Talk about white Christian privilege… Jesus Christ! [MSH]
Blog Post: “NAR Doesn’t Want Theocracy, Just The Establishment Of God’s Kingdom On Earth”
The way to achieve dominion is […] to have kingdom-minded people in every one of the Seven Mountains: Religion, Family, Education, Government, Media, Arts & Entertainment, and Business so that they can use their influence to create an environment in which the blessings and prosperity of the Kingdom of God can permeate all areas of society.
Blog Post: “Kill The Afterlife”
The concept of an afterlife is inhumane and immoral. Belief in the continuation of your “soul” or consciousness after death is wishful thinking. Belief in an afterlife devalues the one life that actually exists: this one.
Video: “Barton: God Will Hold You Accountable For How You Vote”
Blog Post: “Rick Perry Knocks Evolution Again: ‘God Is How We Got Here'”
When a woman in South Carolina congratulated him for his remarks Friday, Perry replied “Well, God is how we got here. God may have done it in the blink of the eye or he may have done it over this long period of time, I don’t know. But I know how it got started.”
Blog Post: “Atheists, Muslims More Popular Than Tea Party (Also, Tea Party’s Just a New Name for Racist Christian Right)”
It is even less popular than much maligned groups like “atheists” and “Muslims.” Interestingly, one group that approaches it in unpopularity is the Christian Right… So what do Tea Partiers have in common? They areoverwhelmingly white, but even compared to other white Republicans, they had a low regard for immigrants and blackslong before Barack Obama was president, and they still do.
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