Browsing the archives for the Religious Belief category

Don’t pray for me Argentina

in Atheism, Prayer, Religion Blog, Religious Belief

Well, I only stuck with the title because I think Hitchens would see the humor and agree. Share/Bookmark

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Church signs

in Humor, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Science and Technology

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 there still monkeys? Share/Bookmark

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Where science and religion meet

in Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Science and Technology

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. Share/Bookmark

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Taking World Religions classes to the streets

in Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Religious Celebrations

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 faiths to churches of different faiths, from Hare Krishna to Tao to Pentecostal. On Sunday [...]

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Why do Americans change religions?

in Religion Blog, Religious Belief

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 and Protestants, respectively, became unaffiliated because they thought science disproves religion. By contrast, 55 and [...]

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Colbert versus Erhman

in Erhman, PHIL 525, Religion Blog, Religious Belief, Scripture, Theorists

The Colbert Report Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c Bart Ehrman www.colbertnation.com Colbert Report Full Episodes Political Humor Fox News Share/Bookmark

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Covert courting

in Islam, Politics, Religion Blog, Religious Belief

I had high hopes that President Obama would do more outreach among US Muslims. There are only 24 hours in a day. I get that. But I was hoping that we’d see a more overt form of engagement. Perhaps the political climate both pre- and post-election preclude that kind of “innocent” presidential appearance at a [...]

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South Park censorship

in Comedy, Islam, Protests, Religion Blog, Religious Belief

I have to thank my baby Gators for introducing me to South Park some time ago. I have to confess that I only look at it when it’s involved in some newsworthy event. And, boy, this one sure counts. I did manage to see part one of the Muhammad episode online and was looking forward [...]

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A mystic awaits execution

in Religion Blog, Religious Belief

Shades of the charges against Socrates from Plato’s Apology: The indictment says that Socrates is a doer of evil, who corrupts the youth; and who does not believe in the gods of the state, but has other new divinities of his own. (Apology 24b) The charges against Socrates were bogus. The case in Saudi Arabia [...]

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Assault by baptism

in Conversions, Judaism, Religion Blog, Religious Belief

Poor girl. [a] man who claims he returned to his Catholic roots after divorcing a Jewish woman was granted permission to take his 3-year-old daughter to Catholic church, despite his ex-wife’s wishes.Joseph Reyes, who baptized his 3-year-old daughter without her mother’s permission, faced jail time after a Cook County judge granted his ex a temporary [...]

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