Organized Religion

Four Reasons I Came Back To Church

Christian Piatt | Posted 04.02.2012

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I left the church as a teenager on less than good terms. My youth leader threw a Bible at me for persisting with my questions. Fortunately, I found a new community that represented something different.

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Why I Hate Spirituality, But Love Religion

Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Posted 04.11.2012

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Jefferson Bethke's video, "Why I Hate Religion, but Love Jesus," has been viewed by more than 18 million people. But when he seems to jump from this devastating critique to the dismissal of organized religion altogether he has gone too far.

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Jesus And Religion's Relationship Status -- It's Complicated

Mike Morrell | Posted 03.19.2012

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You've seen it by now, surely you have: By the time I finish writing this post, I'll bet Jeff Bethke's viral YouTube phenomenon "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus" has likely garnered 12 million views.

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Still Seeking 'The Ineffable' in 2012

Elizabeth Boleman-Herring | Posted 03.07.2012

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"Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I will meet you there." -- Rumi "If you want special illumination, look upon the h...

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Why Atheism Will Replace Religion

Nigel Barber | Posted 05.25.2011

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Ultimately, organized religion is on the way out. The only thing that could prevent this from happening would be a sharp decline in global standards of living, which would require some form of ecological collapse.

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Google Convenes in Budapest on Internet Liberty

David Nassar | Posted 05.25.2011

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I don't think there has been such a transformational change in the way human beings organize our social and political relationships since the development of democracy.

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Finding God After Leaving Religion

Steve McSwain | Posted 05.25.2011

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Thirty-four million Americans have given up on organized religion, according to the most recent American Religious Identification Survey. Yet for many of these dropouts, spirituality is still a vital part of their lives.

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The Catholic Church: A Failed Institution?

John Zogby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Job approval of Pope Benedict XVI and American Bishops has reached historic lows. Only 56% of American Catholics approve of the overall job that Pope Benedict XVI doing.

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Our Relationship With The Church: Owning The Shadow And Growing Up

J. Pittman McGehee | Posted 05.25.2011

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A free person would no longer willingly go to a church out of a superstitious fear of punishment or an obligation to legalism.

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Religion Reloaded: A Changing Landscape

Ivan Petrella | Posted 05.25.2011

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We're going to yoga and taking Catholic communion. We're studying Zen meditation and keeping kosher. We're reading up on Sufism and believing in reincarnation. Americans are mixing religions.

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Religious Versus Spiritual?

Norris J. Chumley, Ph.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

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It's a trend today to disdain religion as repressive and affirm spirituality as transformational or liberating. It's high time to revisit the question: what exactly does it mean to be spiritual or religious?

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Only Spirituality Can Solve The Problems Of The World

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.17.2011

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If there is anything that will heal our wounded planet with its immense problems of social injustice, ecological devastation, poverty, and war, it is a deeper understanding and knowledge of our own spirit.

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Why Not Organize Everything?

Norman Horowitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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I object to an "organized" day devoted to anything.

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