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Category Archives: Politics
Al Sharpton and Archbishop Williams
In case you need to see it with your own eyes. I probably should spend a moment figuring out why this surprised me. I’d feel the same way if I saw Sharpton and the Pope. There is more to Sharpton … Continue reading
Where’s religion at the Prop. 8 trial?
Over at Religion Dispatches, there’s an assessment of the current trial and the absence of “religion” by Candace Chellew-Hodge. Nancy Cott, a Harvard University historian, dismissed the notion that marriage should be reserved for procreation. When Cott was cross-examined, “Jesus” … Continue reading
Posted in LGBT, Politics, Religion Blog
Tagged Nancy Cott, Prop. 8, same-sex marriage
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Megachurches and racial division
Martin Luther King once said “11 o’clock Sunday morning is the most segregated hour of the week … And the Sunday school is still the most segregated school.” Here’s a article from Time magainze that looks at how megachurches may … Continue reading
Not just for the Taliban
This news item from the Guardian: Secular campaigners in the Irish Republic defied a strict new blasphemy law which came into force today by publishing a series of anti-religious quotations online and promising to fight the legislation in court. The … Continue reading
Posted in Church and State, Politics, Religion Blog
Tagged blasphemy, Republic of Ireland
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Minarets of Marseille
This in contrast to the recent Swiss ban on building any new minarets: The minaret of the new Grand Mosque of Marseille, whose cornerstone will be laid here in April, will be silent — no muezzin, live or recorded, will … Continue reading
Posted in Church and State, Islam, PHIL 525, Politics, Religion Blog, Religious Pluarlism
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Homeless spend Christmas at Temple
From the NY Times: Newly homeless families will bunk here for two weeks before moving to another house of worship — and then another and another…. In the Oneg Shabbat room at Temple Isaiah in Lafayette, children hooked angels on … Continue reading
Jack Bauer interrogates Santa Claus
I’ve never watched the TV show 24. I’ve only heard about how the show is popular with the “torture is OK if it helps you get crucial information” crowd, amongst others. Here’s a mashup of the lead character grilling Santa.
Did we pray hard enough?
Politics aside, this brings up a problem: the problem of prayer. Does God or the Cosmos or whatever hear our prayers? Are they “answered”? What happens if we make a mistake when we pray?
Posted in Politics, Prayer, Religion Blog
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