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Monthly Archives: June 2010
Where science and religion meet
This just shared by those lovable geeks @freakonomics: Take a closer look. Scan-ti-bodies? Scanty Bodies. Checkout the Freakonomics folks over on The New York Times.
The Jews of Bahrain
Religious tolerance in Bahrain? Perhaps. For the 36 Jews living there, at least in 2009. In the tense landscape of the Middle East, there is little room left for Jewish Arabs, a tiny minority in this country as well as … Continue reading
Posted in Islam, Judaism, Religion Blog
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Longevity among religious
A news item from CNN.Com in 2009. Father Theodore Heck, believed to be the oldest Benedictine monk in the world, died Wednesday at the age of 108, his abbey in Indiana announced. Born in Iowa in 1901, Heck was less … Continue reading
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Taking World Religions classes to the streets
I’ve had students go on their own to a worship service outside their own tradition, but here’s another spin on the same assignment. Earlier this semester, Soni started a weekly “Souljourn” to explore that religious diversity, bringing students of different … Continue reading
Why do Americans change religions?
On sfgate.com, the findings of a recent study from Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life explaining the fluidity of religious affiliation in America makes sense to me. Some of their findings. Only 23 and 24 percent of former Catholics … Continue reading
Posted in Religion Blog, Religious Belief
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Do transplants transfer moral qualities?
Will getting a transplant from a murderer make you evil? More people willing to refuse transplant from a criminal.
Posted in Evil, Religion Blog, Science
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Quote of the Day
I can’t stand atheists — but it’s not because they don’t believe in God. It’s because they’re crashing bores. Charlotte Allen, author of The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus, from LA Times Op-Ed. P.Z. Meyers responds here.
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Continued rise in suicides among middle aged
Not a great statistic among Boomers.
Posted in Death and Immortality, Suicide
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The Noah’s Ark of New Jersey
A poem by W.S. Merwin, Before the Flood: Why did he promise me that we would build ourselves an ark all by ourselves out in back of the house on New York Avenue in Union City New Jersey to the … Continue reading
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Quote of the Day
There is no position on which people are so immovable as their religious beliefs. There is no more powerful ally one can claim in a debate than Jesus Christ, or God, or Allah, or whatever one calls this supreme being. … Continue reading
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