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Making the Holidays Meaningful - Micah, Desmond Tutu, and My Friend Jim

Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D. | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Fear, Bible, Holiday Season, Forgiveness, Desmond Tutu, The Prophet Micah, Amygdala, Family, Christmas, Living News
Ed Gurowitz, Ph.D.

Do the work of forgiveness and don't just say the words. Forgiveness is a journey in which rage, as well as kindness, are frequent friends. Take the time. Be honest. And don't expect your "final answer" so final.

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Christmas Decoded? What New Discoveries in Nazareth Tell Us About Jesus

Bruce Feiler | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Christians, Bethlehem, Nazareth, Jesus, Christ, Bible, Christmas, Israel, Bruce Feiler, First Christmas, Archaeology, Walking the Bible, Living News
Bruce Feiler

The truth is that even if we found a house in Nazareth with the names Mary and Joseph on the mailbox and a birth announcement of a baby Jesus carved into a wall, we'd still never find proof that God sent forth a messiah into the world.

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How A Nice Jewish Boy Learned To Like Christmas ... Because Of Paganism

Jay Michaelson | Posted 12.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Chanukah, Hanukkah, Bible, Christmas Trees, Paganism, Christmas, Santa Claus, Kabbalah, Menorah, Easter Eggs, Menorah-Archaelogy, Asherah, Living News
Jay Michaelson

While I'm still not a fan of endless C-major holiday songs and goyishe blinking lights, I have learned to make my peace with Chrismas - ironically, because of the same "paganism" that I once used to decry.

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Watching Inglourious Basterds In A Room Full of Jews

The Candler Blog | Jonathan Poritsky | Posted 12.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jewish Identity, Holocaust, Bible, Hitler, Inglorious Bastards, Judaism, Revenge Fantasy, Inglorious Basterds, Jewish Culture, Film, Jewish Theological Seminary, Ww2, Cinema, Religion, Wwii, Gore, Lawrence Bender, Quentin Tarantino, Persecution, Entertainment News

Dr. Kalmanofsky, no stranger to Judeo-Chrisitian-pop deconstruction, opened the discussion with some fascinating points about the concept of the reven...

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The Smoke's On Me

Jerry Zezima | Posted 12.16.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Frequent Flier Miles, Smoke, Dominican Republic, Wife, Sumatra, Cigars, Humor, Soccer, Bible, Tv, Manicure, Garage, Connecticut, Brazil, Nicaragua, Comedy Central, Comedy News
Jerry Zezima

I like a good cigar once in a while. And I have had none better than the one I smoked recently. That's because I rolled it myself.

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Nativity Stories From The Donkey's Perspective

The Telegraph | Posted 12.14.2009 | Books

Read More: Jeanette Winterson, Shepherd, Bible, Nativity, Princess Diana, Susie Orbach, Books News

Among the most famous to bring out their own version of the Christmas story is Jeanette Winterson, controversial author of the lesbian classic, "Orang...

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It's Not Just Tiger: Monogamous Marriage Is An Anomaly

Jay Michaelson | Posted 12.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Tiger Woods Affair, Marriage, Prostitution, Polygamy, Bible, Monogamy, Monogamous Marriages, Relationships, Tiger Woods, Talmud, Eliot Spitzer, Same-Sex Marriage, Living News
Jay Michaelson

The modern institution of marriage, so ardently fought-over by activists across the country, is a historical anomaly that has never taken seriously in the past, and is unlikely to work in the future.

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Thanksgiving Code: Five Hidden Symbols Of America's Holiday

Bruce Feiler | Posted 11.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Mayflower, George Washington, Ronald Reagan, Jesus, Bible, Thanksgiving, Pilgrims, Bruce Feiler, Thomas Jefferson, Statue of Liberty, Moses, First Thanksgiving, America's Prophet, Thanksgiving Commentary, William Bradford, Living News
Bruce Feiler

The real story of Thanksgiving reads like a Dan Brown novel. It involves a little-known web of secret societies, biblical imagery, presidential power, and lost books.

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The Bible In 90 Days: Can A Book Club Do It?

Detroit Free Press | Niraj Warikoo | Posted 11.18.2009 | Books

Read More: Reading the Bible, The Bible, Reading, Book Clubs, Bible, Reading Groups, Books, Religious Book Club, Book Groups, Books News

Every Wednesday evening at Kirk in the Hills church in Bloomfield Hills, worshipers gather to discuss the world's most popular book: the Bible. And th...

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HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff Discusses The Sarah Palin Coin Controversy On The Joy Behar Show

Huff TV | Posted 11.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Health Care Bill, Taxes, Social Justice, Congress, Bible, Poverty, Irs, Nancy Pelosi, Civil Rights, Roy Sekoff, Mormons, Joy Behar, Joy Behar Show, House, Religion, Politics, Penn Jillette, Senate, Gay Rights, Proposition 8, Prop 8, Stupak Amendment, Health Care Reform, Christianity, Poor, Separation of Church and State, Gay Marriage, Church and State, Media News
Huff TV

HuffPost Editor Roy Sekoff appeared on The Joy Behar Show Wednesday night to talk about religion in politics and the controversy surrounding Sarah Pal...

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Fear and Homophobia: Not Dead Yet! Thanks, Maine!

Mark Morford | Posted 11.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Marriage, Washington State, Bible, Gay Rights, Love, Gay Marriage, Maine, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics News
Mark Morford

Sadness and confusion have come 'round once more, chalked up yet another little victory, this time in the twee state of Maine, where the trees are exceedingly lovely this time of year.

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Was Mary a Template for Today's Feminism?

Petru Popescu | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Christianity, God, Feminism, Mary Mother of Jesus, Bible, Virgin Mary, Mary of Nazareth, Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex, Living News
Petru Popescu

The mother of Jesus became an icon a long time ago, and in many ways her icon is more powerful and haunting inside our psyche than the icon of her famed son.

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Can Arab/Muslim Countries Criticize Israel Under the UN Anti-Blasphemy Resolution?

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 10.30.2009 | World

Read More: Koran, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Palestine, Islam, Israeli Settlements, Bible, Gaza, West Bank, Judaism, Association for World Education, Pakistan, United Nations, Oic, Fgm, Canada, Arabs, Awe, Occupation, Female Genital Mutilation, Egypt, Torah, UN Human Rights Council, Quran, International Humanist and Ethical Union, Blasphemy, Zionism, Israel, Old Testament, Doru Costea, Sharia, Iheu, Avigdor Lieberman, Benjamin Netanyahu, Middle East, World News
Ali A. Rizvi

How do the Arab/Muslim countries of the OIC plan to continue their criticism of the Israeli occupation and settlement expansion without, in a way, violating their own proposed resolution?

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National Association of Evangelicals Provides Moral Model on Immigration Reform

Jim Wallis | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Undocumented Immigrants, Nae, Biblical, Immigration, Immigrants, Evangelicals, Migrants, Leith Anderson, Legislative Debate, Immigrant, Immigration Reform, Biblical Foundations, Bible, National Association of Evangelicals, Politics News
Jim Wallis

Church leaders who have been personally and privately supportive of immigrants and their struggles have now publicly declared that it is morally wrong to keep families apart.

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Susan Hutchison -- Washington State's Sarah Palin?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 10.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Religious Right, Washington State, Susan Hutchison, Bible, Evangelicals, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Valerie Tarico

Next week, "nonpartisan" Susan Hutchison will be vying for the role of County Executive in King County, Washington. Is she a stealth right-winger and closest fundamentalist as some are saying?

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A Time for War, A Time for Peace Prizes

Rabbi Jennifer Krause | Posted 10.10.2009 | World

Read More: General Mcchrystal, Bible, Terrorism, War, President Obama, Nobel Peace Prize, Ecclesiastes, Peace, The Byrds, Us Troops Afghanistan, Afghanistan War, World News
Rabbi Jennifer Krause

The Nobel Committee's puzzling decision to award President Obama with the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize inspired me to return to Ecclesiastes.

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Not The Bible -- The Ultimate and Eternal Parody

Tony Hendra | Posted 10.09.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Andrew Schlafly, Conservative Bible Project, Christianity, Bible, Comedy News
Tony Hendra

Earlier this week, an enraged righty named Andrew Schlafly, fruit of his Blessed Mother Phyllis' virgin womb, together with some of his fellow pseudo-...

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The Brick Testament: The Bible Retold With Legos (PHOTOS)

Posted 10.08.2009 | Technology

Read More: Illustrated Bible, Bible, Online Bible, Brick Testament, Rev. Brendan Powell Smith, Slideshow, Lego Bible, Reverend Brendan Powell Smith, Bible Told With Legos, Legos, Technology News

*See photos below* The world's largest, most comprehensive illustrated Bible isn't at the Louvre, or the Prado, or the Met: It's on the web, and it's...

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Moses vs. Jesus: Who is America's Prophet?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Bill Clinton, Culture Wars, Bible, Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, Thanksgiving, Jesus, George W. Bush, Liberty Bell, Christian Right, Pilgrims, Statue of Liberty, Moses, Barack Obama, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

The themes of Moses' life -- social mobility, standing up to authority, balancing freedom and law, dreaming of a promised land -- would make any short list of America's defining traits.

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Conservative Bible Project Cuts Out Liberal Passages

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 10.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Conservative Bible, Conservative Bible Version, Conservative Bible Group, Conservative Bible Project, Conservative New Bible, Bible, Bible Too Liberal, The Conservative Bible Project, Politics News

Lo and behold, the Bible has gotten too liberal, according to a group of conservatives. And it needs a little editing. That's the inspiration behind...

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Christians Vote on the Worst Verse in the Bible

Valerie Tarico | Posted 12.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Biblical Literalism, Biblical Inerrancy, Christian Fundamentalism, The Bible, Bible, Living News
Valerie Tarico

It's a pleasure to land in the virtual company of believers who have no problem saying that sexism and homophobia and slavery and genocide are Bad, no matter how well credentialed their endorsers.

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A New Year's Resolution

Larry Gellman | Posted 11.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Commandents, Yom Kippur, Right Wing Media, Nazi, Bible, Hitler, Chofetz Chayim, Judaism, Bloggers, Rosh Hashanah, Propaganda, Temple, Right Wing, Obama, Hebrew-Bible, Barack Obama, Michael Gerson, God, Mind.Body.Soul, Jewish, Torah, New Year's Resolution, Washington Post, Repentence, Confession, Hate Speech, Slander, Adolf Hitler, Loshon Hara, Ira Forman, Living News
Larry Gellman

This Yom Kippur there is reason for concern. The politics of rumor, innuendo, and lies -- sinat chinam -- is on the rise in our community and it hurts us all.

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Where Have All the Christians Gone?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 11.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion and Politics, Religion, Atheistis, God, Jesus, Bible, Living News
Bruce Feiler

In the coming months, America will become a minority Protestant nation for the first time since the Pilgrims. Non-believers now represent the third-highest group of Americans, after Catholics and Baptists.

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Do the Ten Commandments Support Gays in the Military?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 11.15.2009 | Politics

Read More: Don't Ask Don't Tell, Gays in the Military, Bill Clinton, Bible, Harry Truman, Moses, Barack Obama, Ted Kennedy, Ten Commandments, Politics News
Bruce Feiler

The Ten Commandments do not mention homosexuality. But the Five Books of Moses do, in ways that have plagued homosexuals for centuries.

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New International Version Bible To Undergo Revision

AP | ERIC GORSKI | Posted 10.17.2009 | Home

Read More: New International Version, New International Version Bible, Bible, Bible Revision, Home News

The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen ...

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