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Category Archives: Religious Belief
Religious Freedom Day
A statement from President Obama proclaiming January 16th national Religious Freedom Day. Among other sentiments, President Obama expresses the following: My Administration continues to defend the cause of religious freedom in the United States and around the world. At home, … Continue reading
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The battle of the billboards
Whiplash indeed! A public bus rolls by with an atheist message on its side: “Millions of people are good without God.” Seconds later, a van follows bearing a riposte: “I still love you. — God,” with another line that says, … Continue reading
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Learning to hate God
Add this to the “learn something new every day” category: Misotheism doesn’t accord with binary thinking about religious belief. We are accustomed to view people as either believers, who worship a divinity, or nonbelievers (atheists) or doubters (agnostics), for whom … Continue reading
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Gentlemen! Synchronize your watches!
No. This isn’t a Photoshop mashup. Three world leaders, representing two of the three Abrahamic religions, are checking to see if it’s sunset yet. From HuffPo: Prior to the start of their working dinner with President Barack Obama, President Mahmoud … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Rituals
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Don’t pray for me Argentina
Well, I only stuck with the title because I think Hitchens would see the humor and agree.
Posted in Atheism, Prayer, Religion Blog, Religious Belief
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Church signs
I must say that it requires skill to compose weekly church signs. This one (from the CNN website) had me scratching my head. It’s hard to know where to begin with this one. If man evolved from monkeys, why are … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Science and Technology
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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.
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
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Colbert versus Erhman
The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Bart Ehrman www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News
Posted in Erhman, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Scripture, Theorists
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