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'Gods, Gays and Guns' (EXCERPT)

Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou | Posted 02.06.2012 | Religion

Read More: Jerry Falwell, God, America, Protestant Reformation, Democracy, Religion in America, Gays, Guns, Religion News
Rev. Osagyefo Uhuru Sekou

In the post-9-11 era, one has been able to interchange the words "Christian," "conservative," "religious," "right," and "Republican" in one sentence without necessarily changing the meaning of the sentence.

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Prayer: It's Not What You Think

Rabbi Adam Jacobs | Posted 02.02.2012 | Religion

Read More: Prayer, God, Talmud, Judaism, Transcendence, Prayer and Meditation, What Is Prayer, Jewish Prayer, Prayer and Judaism, Religion News
Rabbi Adam Jacobs

When a person stands before God to communicate, she is taking stock of her capabilities, current level of spiritual consciousness and willingness to accept reality for what it truly is.

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The Neck And The Site Of The Temple

Kevin Bermeister | Posted 02.02.2012 | Religion

Read More: The City of David, Jerusalem, Egypt, Lubavitcher Rebbe, Temple, Kabbalah, God, Israel, Jewish, Judaism, Religion News
Kevin Bermeister

In the time it takes for the brain's signals to pass through the neck's constricted channel, Jewish mystics identify that the transference of a thought into its physical interpretation occurs.

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Making Deals With God, Superstitions And Karma

Barbara Greenberg | Posted 02.02.2012 | Religion

Read More: Stress, Women, Health, Emotional Wellness, Karma, Mommybloggers, Cancer, God, Mothers, Superstitions, Spirituality, Religion News
Barbara Greenberg

In my efforts to make deals with God and engage in superstitious behavior maybe I'm simply trying to ensure my good karma. I now truly understand this word.

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Maintaining A Relationship With God When Your Life Is Intolerable

Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs | Posted 02.01.2012 | Religion

Read More: Religion, Paralyzing Stroke, End of Life, Right to Die, "Locked in"Syndrome, Tony Nicklinson, Theology, Euthanasia, Help to Die, God, Christianity, Religion News
Rev. Dr. Martha R. Jacobs

God is there to help us get through those challenges, not to inflict them.

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How The Placebo Effect Proves That God Exists

Richard Schiffman | Posted 01.31.2012 | Religion

Read More: Miracles, Religion, Bible, Health, Theology, Meditation, Prayer, Atheists, God, Placebo, Koran, Mysticism, Religion News
Richard Schiffman

We can't find God, because, paradoxically, we are already the God that we are seeking.

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Fear Factor: The Religious Right's Problem With Women

Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 01.31.2012 | Culture

Read More: Israel Ultra-Orthodox Parties, Kabul, Men, Conservative Religious Cultures, Pregnancy, Female Sexuality, God, Saudi Arabia, Burqa, Arab Winter, Arab Spring, Naama Israeli Health Ministry, Women, Cairo, Birth Control Pills, Beit Shemesh Schoolgirl, Viagra, Female Oppression, Afghanistan, Margolese, Haredi, Culture News
Dr. Peggy Drexler

What is it about women that the men of deeply conservative religions find so threatening? What runs so deep that it justifies traumatizing an innocent eight-year-old like Naama Margolese in Beit Shemesh?

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WATCH: God's Answer To Tennis Player?

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 01.31.2012 | Religion

Read More: Tennis Player Shouts to God, Tennis Player, Video, God, Funny Sports Videos, Robert Seguso Curses to God, Robert Seguso, Tennis Player Curses to God, Tennis, Religion News

Thou shall not take the Lord's name in vain. But if thou do, thou better be ready to get an answer. During a doubles tennis match, Olympic athlete...

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God is Brazilian

David Kersh | Posted 01.27.2012 | Culture

Read More: God, Film, Newt Gingrich, Brazil, Culture News
David Kersh

While a Brazilian God would fit in fine and be welcomed in the more tolerant coastal and urban enclaves of the U.S., it will surely be problematic in the more reactionary fundamentalist areas of the country.

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Why God Allows Suffering Now Easier to Explain Than How to Get a Job on LinkedIn

James Napoli | Posted 01.24.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Religion, Philosophy, Linkedin, Social Networking, Economy, Jobs, God, Facebook, Comedy News
James Napoli

Hans Willmore is the lead scientific investigator at Oslo's Neuroconnectivity Institute, where the studies comparing a subject's ability to explain LinkedIn with his or her ability to break down the complexities of an apparently indifferent universe began.

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G-d, Why The Drama?

Chava Tombosky | Posted 01.23.2012 | Religion

Read More: God Drama, Dealing With Death, God, Judaism, God Why the Drama, Death, Religion News
Chava Tombosky

But why this model? G-d couldn't you have substituted death with something else?

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Atheism: A Null Hypothesis On God

Christian Piatt | Posted 01.23.2012 | Religion

Read More: Fundamentalism, Ricky Gervais, Atheism, God, Scientific Method, Metaphysical Society, John Caputo, Science, Belief, Faith, Agnosticism, Thomas Huxley What Is Atheism, Atheism Null Hypothesis, Disproving God, Religion News
Christian Piatt

There is no way to prove or disprove the existence of God. Especially when we can't even nail down what exactly it is we're talking about.

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Which God? The Real Difference Between Evangelical And Liturgical Churches

Ben Griffith | Posted 01.20.2012 | Religion

Read More: Bill Maher, Theology, Liturgical, God, Tim Tebow, Evangelicalism, Catholic Protestant Church, Liturgical Church, Evangelical Church, Evangelical Christianity, Christianity, Evangelical Liturgy, Religion News
Ben Griffith

But what I want the "Bill Maher"s of the world to know is that the evangelicals' God is not the best form of Christianity.

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My Memo To Atheists: Why I Choose God

Eliot Daley | Posted 01.20.2012 | Religion

Read More: Nonbelievers, Statement of Faith, Illusion, God, Atheism, Atheists, Beliefs, Belief, Faith, Memo to Atheists, Religion News
Eliot Daley

As I sat in my study at home one day with my head in my hands, God said, "I will take care of you." That voice spoke. My brain registered the exact words.

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Are We The Reason For The Universe's Existence? The Anthropic Principle Reconsidered

Clay Farris Naff | Posted 01.19.2012 | Religion

Read More: Lawrence Krauss, Religion, Anthropic Principle, Descartes, Christian Scriptures, Cosmology, Hawking, Hindu Scriptures, Science, Stephen Hawking, God, Joel Osteen, Creation, Religion and Science, Religion News
Clay Farris Naff

Indeed, the Universe, as science has revealed it, bears little resemblance to the description of Divine creation in various Scriptures.

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Need a Miracle?

Hayley Rose Horzepa | Posted 01.17.2012 | Healthy Living

Read More: What Should I Do With My Life, Google, You Can't Always Get What You Want, Miracles, God, Google Searches, Belief/Religion, The Rolling Stones, Prayer, I Need a Miracle, Spirituality, Spirit, Healthy Living News
Hayley Rose Horzepa

Recently, I found myself on Google doing some "research." I was having a particularly bad night and typed in the following: "I need a miracle." To my surprise, I immediately found several websites that offered to pray for miracles for free!

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How Could God Have Allowed the Holocaust?

Rabbi Alan Lurie | Posted 01.17.2012 | Religion

Read More: Big Bang, Theodicy, Holocaust, Judaism, Free Will, Gottfried-Leibniz, Religion and Science, God, Elie Weisel, Creation, Religion News
Rabbi Alan Lurie

If we agree that humanity must have free will, we must accept the consequences of its decisions.

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God to Tebow: "Busy Selecting a Candidate in Texas, Confused Tom for Tim"

Paul Abrams | Posted 01.15.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Tebow, Patriots, Republican Presidential Nomination, God, Brady, Jesus, Santorum, Lord of the Universe, Comedy News
Paul Abrams

In a message intercepted by the national security agency, God told Tim Tebow that he was so busy deciding who, among those he had told to run, should be the GOP presidential candidate that he just confused "Tom" with "Tim".

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Personal Baggage: The Iowa Caucus UnPacking Checklist

Carol Orsborn | Posted 01.06.2012 | Fifty

Read More: God, Herman Cain, Iowa Caucuses, Psychology, Newt Gingrich, Presidential Election, Forgiveness, Spirituality, Happiness, Fifty News
Carol Orsborn

If the Republican primaries are providing us with one useful take-away, it's this. We are a confused country. We are confused politically. But many of us are also confused personally, philosophically and spiritually.

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WATCH: Why Is God So Depressed?

Posted 01.06.2012 | Comedy

Read More: Video, God Conan, Michele Bachmann, God, Conan, God Dive Bar, Tim Tebow, Michele Bachmann God, God Depressed, Conan O'Brien, Comedy News

It's a sign that the world is in crummy shape when even God has given up and hit the bottle. The Almighty made a rare basic cable appearance on Thu...

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I'm With Stupid: Apparently God Just Likes Tom Brady Better

Todd Hartley | Posted 01.03.2012 | Sports

Read More: Islam, God, Tim Tebow, Proselytizing, Football, Jesus, Christianity, Muslims, Pat Robertson, Denver Broncos, Sports News
Todd Hartley

The Tebow story goes much deeper than what has been happening on the gridiron. He has become a hugely polarizing figure in American society -- not for his lack of passing ability but for his outspoken Christian beliefs.

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Is God in Our Genes?

Margaret Weinberg | Posted 01.03.2012 | Religion

Read More: Religion, Nature vs Nurture, God, God-Gene, Judaism, Spirituality, Religion News
Margaret Weinberg

If being spiritual can make people healthier and bring them together, then it wouldn't matter if God was in our genes or up in the sky, it would be the act of believing itself that was important.

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Children Dying in Congo and Leaders "Launch Cries of Alarm"

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 12.30.2011 | Impact

Read More: Democratic Republic of Congo, Mwami Lukonga, Mwami, Unicef, Civil Rights, United Nations, Who, Cdc, God, Facebook, Congo, Fdlr, Human Rights, Monusco, Fardc, Mark Zuckerberg, Walikale, Social Networking, Faith, Impact News
Georgianne Nienaber

There is nothing we can do to stop the murderous rebels; nothing we can do to force the incompetent and corrupt president to order his army to protect the "enfants sans defense;" nothing we can do to provide life-giving medicine.

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Why Should I Forgive? The Origin Of A New Year's Resolution

Walter E. Jacobson, M.D. | Posted 12.30.2011 | Religion

Read More: God, Forgiveness, Bible, New Years 2012, New Year's Resolutions, Scripture Commentary, New Year's Eve, New Years New Testament, Christianity, Christian Love, New Testament, Religion News
Walter E. Jacobson, M.D.

I've been asked why I'm passionate about teaching forgiveness. It's because all religious, spiritual and metaphysical roads I've traveled have led me here, to this one Truth.

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Tips For A Kinder, Gentler Marriage: Share Your Spiritual Lives

David Briggs | Posted 12.28.2011 | Religion

Read More: Religion Research, Marriage, God, Divorce and Religion, Relationships, Faith and Family, Faith and Relationships, Prayer, Marriage and Religion, Faith and Marriage, Spiritual Practice, Religion News
David Briggs

Marriage is taking a hit lately. The number of new marriages declined 5 percent from 2009 to 2010. But those people questioning whether the institution can still work for them may want to have a little faith.

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