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The Religious Score Card

Linda Seger | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Homosexuality Religious Right, Bible, Barack Obama Religion, Religious Right, Religion and Politics, Pro-Choice Christians, Politics News

Many conservative Christians make judgments based on two issues -- abortion and homosexuality. They love to quote the Bible -- so what does it say about these issues?

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James Dobson's "Fruitcake" Interpretations

John K. Wilson | Posted 06.24.2008 | Home

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Dobson's attacks on Obama reveal what Dobson truly is: a right-wing nut with delusional interpretations of the Bible who unfortunately wields enormous influence within the Republican Party.

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New Book Asks: Where's God While We Suffer?

Sandy Goodman | Posted 06.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Religion, Jews, Jesus, Bible, Atheism, Faith, Agnostic, Christianity, God, Suffering, Job, Israelites, Ehrman, Prophets, Exodus, Huffpost Books, Living News

Books by three atheists created a firestorm last year. Surprisingly, some of the harshest criticism came from other atheists, scientists and philosoph...

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Rev. Rachel Smith: God Not Guns

Paul Helmke | Posted 05.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gun Violence, Guns and God, Bible, God, Corinthians, Guns, Religion, Religious Right, Nra, Politics News

As an ordained minister, Rev. Smith also founded a project to to encourage congreagations to see gun violence prevention as a ministry in their communities.

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Gays, Hate, Blacks, and the Bible

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 05.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Homophobia, Curse of Ham, Colin Powell, California Supreme Court, Bible, Racism, Christianity, Interracial Marriage, John Boswell, Loving vs. Virginia, Homsexuality, Home News

The California Court has drawn on apt precedence in voting to end a ban on gay marriage. Blacks and gays have both endured centuries of hatred based on perversions of original biblical texts.

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America: #1 in Bibles. #37 in Infant Mortality

Chris Kelly | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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Yes, when it comes to (self-reported) bible reading, we're #1! We could walk around Europe with our heads held high, if we could afford to go. And weren't afraid that terrorists would kill us.

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Indoctrinate Your Children Before It's Too Late

Jenny Block | Posted 04.24.2008 | Living

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I think we should indoctrinate our children from the moment they are born. I think we should teach them that love is plentiful and that there are endless permutations that a family can take.

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Students of Christianity, Yes. Virginity, No.

Rev. Astrid Storm | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics

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I'm no longer a student of virginity. It's not a divine mandate as far as I can tell. But I'm still a student of Christianity.

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Jesus for President, a Review for Atheists -- Part 2: God's Story

Zack Exley | Posted 04.01.2008 | Home

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A Bible-based world view isn't about rolling society back to the year -3000, but it is about re-applying, through community, some of those ancient values to the complexity of the present day.

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Leading "Christians" Have Crucified Jesus The Real Jesus Should Be Resurrected This Easter

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 03.20.2008 | Living

The Christian Holy Week provides an opportune moment for looking at how the names "Christianity" and "Jesus" have been stolen by people who preach and do the opposite of what Jesus taught.

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America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics

Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics

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In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.

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What's Next for Mike Huckabee?

Jim Wallis | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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While Huckabee is a consistent social conservative, he is suspect by the party's economic conservatives who, of course, don't support spending any money on overcoming poverty.

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Must See Video: Huckabee Eats Squirrels, Crazy Baltimore Cop, An Awful Hillary Theme Song, & More!

Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 02.15.2008 | Entertainment

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What do you get when you combine unabashed support for Hillary Clinton, a shameless rip-off of a Jackson 5 song, and some of the worst dance moves in ...

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Textual criticism

Mark Kleiman | Posted 02.05.2008 | Living

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From Sir John Vanbrugh's 1697 comedy, The Provoked Wife: Belinda. Ah! but, you know, we must return good for evil. Lady Brute. That may be a mistak...

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Let There Be Three Branches of Government

Sean Carman | Posted 01.22.2008 | Politics

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No person shall be a representative who shall not have attained the age of twenty five Years, or who shall have ever taken the name of the Lord your God in vain.

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Submission, Politics, and the Media

Caryl Rivers | Posted 01.18.2008 | Politics

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Why does Huckabee get to skate on backing a position with such serious consequences for families? Because women's and children's issues are far down the pecking order in national politics.

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A European View on Obama, Clinton, Giuliani et al

Paul Jenkins | Posted 01.02.2008 | Politics

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After a couple of years of political transition that have seen Europe's own warmongers/Bush poodles and corrupt leaders retiring or getting kicked out of office, there is eager anticipation for the departure of Bush.

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Los Angeles is on fire! Disaster unearths contradictory memories of my Amish-Mennonite background

Steven Denlinger | Posted 10.25.2007 | Living

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My mother called me from Ohio the other night, worried about the fires. She asked me if I was all right. "Sure," I told her. "I'm safe - I live i...

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Your Apocalypse or Mine?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.19.2007 | Living

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Apocalyptic thinking is the ultimate pessimism, in that it totally gives up on human goodness and our ability to solve difficult problems. But global capitalism isn't going to fill the spiritual gap, and until that gap is filled, the apocalypse isn't going away.

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Being Skeptical

Carol Hoenig | Posted 09.20.2007 | Living

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The thinking of one who is certain that the Bible is God's word would ignore the contradictions in the holy book because that allows doubt to come into faith.

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How to Marry a Second Wife

AJ Jacobs | Posted 09.12.2007 | Living

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I spent last year trying to live according to the rules and customs of the Bible. And I decided that if I was really going to commit, maybe I should take a shot at polygamy.

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