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Q&A with Robert Wright (Part 1): There Is Some Larger Purpose At Work in the Universe

Terrence McNally | Posted 09.12.2009 | Living

Read More: History, Religion, Qur'An, Purpose, Bible, The Evolution of God, Agnostic, Human Rights, God, Robert Wright, Evolution, Living News

In his new book, The Evolution of God, Robert Wright follows God's changing moods in ancient scripture, to see what circumstances brought out the best and worst in religions.

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Bible Study in Public Schools: Let's Pray on It

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Public Schools, Religion, New Testament, God, Bible, Old Testament, Biblical Stories, The Bible, Biblical Literalism, Separation of Church and State, Exodus, Church and State, God's Creation, Politics News

Let's agree to teach the bible in all of its bloody, misogynous, murderous, fratricidal glory. Let's teach our impressionable children the following facts about the word of god.

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Sudan's Female Genital Mutilation Countered By Henna-Dyed Hands

NYCity News Service | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Sudan has tried to eradicate female genital mutilation since 1946 to little avail. But now women's health groups have taken the crusade in their own hands--or rather, their own painted hands--in an effort to subvert the practice.

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When Being Jewish is Enough

Tamar Abrams | Posted 08.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Jews, Religion, Germany, Judaism, Bible, Hebrew, Christianity, Yiddish, Newfoundland, Tikkun Olam, Conversion, Mezzuzah, Living News

In the past several weeks, I've opened my front door to well-dressed people -- men and women, Black and white -- whose sole purpose seemed to be to talk to me about Jesus.

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Culture War Flares Up Over American History Curriculum In Texas Classrooms

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 08.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Texas, Culture Wars, Education, Bible, Creationism, American History, CéSar CháVez, Curriculum u.s. History, Christianity, Texas Board of Education, Evolution, Constitution, Thurgood Marshall, Church State Separation, Politics News

The fight over school curriculum in Texas, recently focused on biology, has entered a new arena, with a brewing debate over how much faith belongs in ...

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WATCH: Ex Speechwriter Announces Sarah Palin 3rd Political Party

Lee Stranahan | Posted 08.13.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Wasilla, Lee Stranahan, Third Party, Bible, Sarah Palin Speech, Sarah Palin, Dan Tubagoo, Abstinence Education, Comedy News, Sarah Palin Reaction, Comedy News

Recently, there's been conjecture among conservatives like Tammy Bruce that Palin may be about to form a third party as a conservative alternative to left leaning groups like the Republican Party.

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Harlem Memorializes Michael Jackson at Apollo Theater

Lauri Lyons | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

Read More: Harlem, Michael Jackson, We Are the World, Al Sharpton, Baptize, Dr. 90210, Off the Wall, Mourners, African-Americans, Janet Jackson, Usher, Race, Bleach, Britain, President, Prescriptions, Joe Jackson, England, 125th Street, Tanning Salon, Thriller, Army, B.E. T, Collagen, Transformer, American Idol, Pharmaceuticals, Hallelujah, Bad, Heaven, The Wiz, California, Hate, Guilt, Tunisia, Broadway, Surrealism, Suntan, Los Angeles, The Staples Center, Barack Obama, Sunbathing, Elvis Presley, Las Vegas, Anti-Depressants, Gender, Skin, Dancing, Pharmaceutical Companies, 50, Art, John Lennon, Bible, Motown 25, The Beatles, Genetics, Singing, Paul Mc Cartney, Justin Timberlake, Jackson 5, Rain, Apollo Theater, LaToya Jackson, Australia, Cartoons, Britney Spears, Prescription Drugs, Reality Shows, Jamie Foxx, Black Fedora, Spike Lee, Drugs, King of Pop, Musicals, Jacksons, Tummy Tuck, Child Molestation, Fans, Russia, Americans, Cosmetic Surgery, Performers, Gary, Encino, Mtv, Quincy Jones, Amateur Night, Mardi Gras, Tabloids, Associated Press, Suicide, Trials, Music Videos, Billie Jean, Moonwalk, Hollywood, Tanning Booth, Nose Job, Berry Gordy, Dermatologist, Plastic Surgery, Diana Ross, Impersonators, Beat It, Moscow, Jordan Chandler, Chris Brown, Suntan Lotion, Katherine Jackson, Memorial, Botox, Indiana, Mowtown, Rx, New York, Paris Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, Deborah Rowe, Aeg Live, Martin Bashir, Brooke Sheilds, Lauri Lyons, White-Glove, Judith Hill, Marlon Jackson, Manhattan, Cnn, Jermaine Jackson, Youtube, New Orleans, New York News

The Apollo Theater's memorial tribute to Michael Jackson might as well have been Mardi Gras in Harlem.

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Historic Bible Pages Recovered, Put Online

AP | NARDINE SAAD | Posted 08.06.2009 | World

Read More: Christianity, Religion, Bible Online, Bible Pages Online, Bible, Codex Sinaiticus, Bible Internet, Codex, Oldest Christian Bible Put Online, World's Oldest Christian Bible Digitized, Historical Bible Pages Online, Historic Bible Pages Online, World News

LONDON — The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited _ digitally. The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus ...

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Does the Bible Inspire Hate and Intolerance?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Bart D. Ehrman, Fundamentalism, Bible, Fred Phelps, Fundamentalists, Extremism, Living News

I believe the Bible offers great historical material, but is not and cannot be credited with any Supreme Being as its author.

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How to Green Your Spiritual Life

Avital Binshtock | Posted 07.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Scripture, Holidays, Islam, Jews, Easter, Church, Atheism, Bible, Green, Temple, Lent, Green Living, Congregation, Hinduism, Religion, Hannukah, Christmas, Muslims, Quran, Christianity, Environmental Evangelist, Prayer, Wicca, Buddhism, Old Testament, Spirituality, Environment, Green News

Most people who consider themselves at least somewhat spiritual, regardless of their religion or set of beliefs, have realized that caring for the earth is imperative to their spirituality.

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Obama in Cairo: The Immutable Sapience of the Good Book(s)

Lionel | Posted 07.06.2009 | Living

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I laugh not at the concept and notion of religion or the Bible. I laugh at how anything is susceptible to misinterpretation and how the easily-swayed inspire the most dreadful of behaviors.

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Cooperation and Conflict: Obama's Cairo Speech

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 07.05.2009 | Politics

In Cairo, President Obama employed a variety of historical, liturgical, and political references to express America's hope for a new beginning with the Islamic world. Here are ten critical lines from the speech.

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Memo to Fareed Zakaria: It's Not Bibi Who's a Messianist but Ahamadinejad Who's Chasing Armageddon

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 06.28.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Bibi Netanyahu, Bible, Israel, Holocaust, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Hitler, Nuclear, Messiah, Amalek, World News

Remember that we Jews have learned the hard way that unthinkable evil can quickly become a reality; that those who call for Israel's destruction have to be taken seriously.

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Echoes of the Bible: Obama's Notre Dame Address

Aaron Zelinsky | Posted 06.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Abortion, Abortion, Obama Notre Dame Protests, Jeremiah, Bible, The Bible, Obama Notre Dame Graduation Speech, Notre Dame, President Obama, Biblical, Obama, Obama Abortion, Obama Notre Dame, King James Bible, Exodus, Barack Obama, Obama Notre Dame Commencement, Luke, Fighting-Irish, Book of Joel, Letters to the Hebrews, Constitution, Preamble, Abortion Debate, Obama Bible, Original Sin, Seven Deadly Sins, Obama Biblical References Notre Dame, Psalms, Galatians, Obama Biblical References, Politics News

It's important to remember your audience, and Obama clearly did at Notre Dame. Here are eight key lines from Obama's address and the biblical passages they reference.

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Palin-Prejean Alliance Predicted in Book of Revelations

Andy Borowitz | Posted 05.14.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Andy Borowitz, The Bible, Bible, Carrie Prejean, Book of Revelations, Sarah Palin, Nostradamus, Davis Logsdon, University of Minnesota, Miss California, Carrie Prejean Sarah Palin, Miss California Sarah Palin, Comedy News

According to Dr. Logsdon, in 1555 Nostradamus predicted the alliance between the two right-wing beauties when he wrote, "The slayer of beasts shall meet the barer of breasts."

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Bibles in Afghanistan: A Tribute to the Power of Belief

Valerie Tarico | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

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Through Christian Embassy, millions of dollars are annually dedicated to insuring that our military leadership is steeped in born-again Christianity. The investment has paid off.

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Soldiers In Afghanistan Given Bibles, Told To "Hunt People For Jesus" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

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A U.S. church raised money to send Bibles, printed in the Pashtu and Dari languages, to American soldiers stationed in Afghanistan, a report on Al Jaz...

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US Soldiers in Afghanistan Told to "Hunt People for Jesus... So We Get Them into the Kingdom" (Video)

Jeremy Scahill | Posted 06.04.2009 | World

Read More: Bible, Military Chaplain, Bagram, Evangelical Christians, Afghanistan, Christianity, Lieutenant-Colonel Gary Hensley, Al Jazeera, Breaking News, Afghanistan War, Evangelicals, William Boykin, Video, World News

Trying to convert Muslims to any other faith is a crime in Afghanistan. The fact that the video footage is being broadcast on Al Jazeera guarantees that it will be seen throughout the Muslim world.

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Wind Power, Supreme Court, Phil Gramm, Willie Nelson, Obama, Tibet, Arizona, Canada, Sxsw, Civil Rights, Military, New Mexico, Racism, Hurricane Katrina, Oklahoma, Constitution, Wikipedia, Energy, T. Boone Pickens, Karl Rove, Bible, California, Crime, War, Mexico, United States, Texas, Anti-Americanism, Darwin, Oil, Florida, Texas Secession, Alberto Gonzales, Unions, Politics News

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

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If the Bible Were Law, Would You Qualify for the Death Penalty?

Valerie Tarico | Posted 05.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Bible, Bible, Death Penalty, Christian Fundamentalism, Politics News

When people put God's name on Bronze Age documents, and then make those documents a golden calf, they get stuck with Bronze Age moral thinking.

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Women's Rights, Rape and Religion

Carol Hoenig | Posted 05.20.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Lds, Religion, Polygamy, Islamic Radicalism, Bible, Afghan Rape Law, Oprah, Afghanistan, Koran, Fundamentalists, Extremism, Women's Rights, World News

For our Afghanistan sisters escaping from a domineering marriage can mean possible death without punishment for the husband since the government recognizes Islamic law as the law of the land.

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