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What's God Trying To Tell Us With Eyjaffjallajokull?

Religion News Service | By Omar Sacirbey | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Omar Sacirbey Religion News Service (RNS) What do homosexuality, health care reform, and British advertising standards all have in common? They're...

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Why Firing the General Was an Act of God

Paul Krassner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paul Krassner

The Rolling Stone correspondent was stuck in Paris. Embedded there, he hung around with talkative drinkers. They revealed stuff while forgetting it was being told to a reporter.

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Hearing the Prophetic Call in the Gulf Oil Disaster

Rev. Chuck Freeman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Chuck Freeman

In the way we conceptualize recovery from addiction, we acknowledge the truth of passages like Jeremiah 8:8-12: the addict has to "hit rock bottom" before he can muster the humility and fortitude to move toward the light.

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Tornadoes, Quakes, and the Myth of Karma

Rob Asghar | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rob Asghar

The hope of playing a harp in heaven or coming back to earth as a Brahman does motivate us to stay on the straight and narrow path. And maybe such coercive images are a good thing. But the old myths need a little overhauling.

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