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Bachmann: "Prayer And Fasting" Will Defeat Health Care Reform

Minnesota Independent | Paul Demko | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: God, Minnesota, Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin, Healthcare Debate, Townhall, Virginia Foxx, Bachmann Prayer and Fasting, Prayer and Fasting, Politics News

On Wednesday Rep. Michele Bachmann was part of a star-studded "teletownhall" meeting to discuss health-care reform. The event, billed "Keeping Faith w...

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Can A Christian Learn from Ramadan?

Yvonne R. Davis | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Ramadan, Islam, Shabbat, News, Prophet Muhammad, World, Ummah Wahida, Evangelical, God, Sicily, Palermo, Ummah, G-D, Palermo Sicily, Fast, Qatar Ambassador to the United Nations, Muslim, Mosque, Allah, Fasting, Mecca, Spirituality, Ambassador Nassir Abdulaziz AI-Nasser, Ramadan Karim, Christianity, Iftar, Christian, Living, Prayers, Abraham Maslow, Living News

As a Christian who worships the Shabbat, I believe Ramadan is a wonderful way for Christians to remember their Muslim brothers and sisters

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Q&A with Robert Wright (Part 2): Is Belief in God Any Weirder Than Belief in Electrons?

Terrence McNally | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Muslim, Zero-Sum, William James, Atheism, Physics, Non-Zero-Sum, Israel, Obama, God, Christian, Winifred Gallagher, Living News

For part 2 of my interview with Robert Wright, author of The Evolution of God, we discuss consciousness, physics, evolution, atheism, Obama and more.

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A Visit With Bill Lobdell, Author of Losing My Religion

Mark Joseph | Posted 09.12.2009 | Media

Read More: Reporting, Religion, William Lobdell, Atheism, Los Angeles Times, Losing My Religion, Religious Leaders, God, Bill Lobdell, Belief, Media News

For years Bill Lobdell covered religion for the LA Times and if his experience is any guide, spending too much time poking around the underbelly of American religion can be lethal to one's faith.

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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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Bullies Delight in Town Hall and Center

Carol Smaldino | Posted 09.12.2009 | Politics

We have witnessed a spate of violent bullying and psychological assault, moods of hostility and derision which have stooped to levels that defy any clear intention to act for the greater good.

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Is 'Spiritual' A Dirty Word?

A Compulsive Overeater | Posted 09.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Recovery, God, Addiction, 12-Steps, Prayer, Overeater, 12 Step Groups, Faith, Overeating, Overeaters Anonymous, Spirituality, Addiction & Recovery, Living News

My last boyfriend hated when I said the word "spiritual." Suffice to say, the relationship didn't last. I used to be like him, I condemned things prio...

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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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Male Circumcision and the HIV/AIDS Myth

Ali A. Rizvi | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

The best way to prevent HIV and other STIs -- whether you're circumcised, uncircumcised, gay, straight, male or female -- is through education and condom use.

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Micky Ward: A Boxer's Comeback Based on Faith

Suzette Standring | Posted 09.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Micky Irish Ward, Micky Ward, Golden Rule, Addiction, Mark Wahlberg, Drugs, Lowell Boxer, God, Movies, Boxer, Dickie Eklund, Christian Bale, Bob Halloran, Arturo Gatti, The Fighter, Boxing, Paramount Movie, Faith, Lowell, Entertainment News

The power of prayer amazes famed boxer Micky Ward. Actor Mark Wahlberg portrays him in The Fighter, a Paramount movie being filmed in Lowell.

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The Episcopalian Gay Revolution

Wayne Besen | Posted 08.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bishop William Love, Episcopalians, Episcopal Church, Anglican Communion, Episcopal Church Split, Southern California, Nigerian Archbishop Peter J. Akinola, God, Gay Rights, Dr. Rowan Williams, Christianity, Christians, Episcopal Church Gay Rights, Archbishop Peter Akinola, Politics News

Is there a significant market for an enlightened, modern Christianity that focuses on loving, rather than loathing one's neighbors?

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Sotomayor and the Fundamentals of Diversity and Affirmative Action

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Supreme Court, Justice Powell, Empathy, Perspective, Quota System, Justice Lewis Powell, Affirmative Action, America, Conservative, Image of God, Brian McLaren, Story of Creation, Justice, Constitution, Affirmative Action Policies, Hispanic, God, Tower of Babel, Confirmation Hearing, David Brooks, Hispanic Woman, Diversity, Race, Racism, Jonathan Sacks, Judge Sonia Sotomayor, Segregation, Regents of the University of California v Bakke, New York Times, Inequality, Creation, Sonia Sotomayor, Politics News

In the story of creation in Genesis we see that the image of God is best reflected not through sameness, but through the breadth that exists within the grand diversity of creation.

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North Country Blues: Michael Jackson, Media, Community, and a Small Town Murder

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Murder, Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Pequot Lakes, Dru Sjodin, Garrison Keillor, Community, Memory, Georgianne Nienaber, Alfoso Rodriguez, Media, God, Sexoffender, Minnesota, Congo, Death, Living News

It seemed as though Jackson chose his own path to death while there are so many others who are literally thrown into the Grim Reaper's grip like carrion to the wolves.

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How a Dog Taught me the Dharma

Jay Michaelson | Posted 08.08.2009 | Living

Read More: Anger, God, Ram Dass, Meditation, Kabbalah, Dharma, Buddhism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Living News

Why was I angry at my fellow yogis for what their conditioning caused them to do? And, perhaps even more importantly, why be angry at myself for being frustrated?

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A Letter From the Cosmos Regarding the Death of Michael Jackson

Meg Favreau | Posted 07.30.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Michael Jackson, God, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Mj, Comedy News

Hello Americans! Spiritual center of the universe here. I'm just reaching out across countless galaxies, through burning stars and dark black holes, to tell you to STFU about Michael Jackson.

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Awakening to Evolution

Andrew Z. Cohen | Posted 07.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Spiritual Development, Enlightennext Magazine, Spiritual Awakening, God, Enlightenment, The Big Bang, Evolutionary Enlightenment, Living News

We are truly one with the mind of God--one with the original evolutionary impulse that chose to take that eternal leap from Being to Becoming fourteen billion years ago.

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A Call to Serve and Preserve Creation

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy, History, Leadership, Love Your Neighbor, Global, Slavery, International, Opportunity, Poll, Trade, Sacrifice, Green, Clean Energy, Congress, Emissions, Priorities, God, Poor, Consumption, Legislation, America, Church of England, Slave Trade, Climate Treaty, Christ, Climate Change, Land, Consumers, Polluting Industries, Security, Christian, Creation, Green News

Let's ensure that history does not remember us just as "consumers" of the earth and its resources, but as people who take seriously the God-given mandate to "serve and preserve" the earth.

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Fighting My Own Drug War: An Excerpt From What's Left of Us

Richard Farrell | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Excerpt, Entertainment, Memoirs, Author, Books, Drugs, War on Drugs, Heroin, Aa, Rehab, God, Richard Farrell, Memoir, Living, Narcotics, Cocaine, Living News

Heroin is not a cold-shake like cocaine. The impurities used to cut heroin need to be cooked off in boiling water before you shoot it intravenously.

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Looking for God in All the Wrong Places

Alan Lurie | Posted 07.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Beliefs, God, Reason, Faith, Judaism, Belief-in-God, Living News

I've come to learn that many people have difficulty encountering God in a way that is consistent with the realities of their lives, the workings of their minds, and the revelations of science.

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Newt Gingrich Misuses, Not Just Misquotes, the Declaration of Independence

Paul Abrams | Posted 07.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Declaration of Independence, The Bible, Media Matters, Preamble, Keith Olbermann, Constitution of the United States, Newt Gingrich, Original Intent, God, Creator, Politics News

Media Matters, and then Olbermann, missed Newt's real agenda that is the same as it has always been: to use lies, misstatements and sophistry to mislead the American people.

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Religious Conviction: Effects on the Human Brain

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Errors, Attention, Brain, War, Cingulate, Acc, Forgiveness, God, Anxiety, The Inner Life, Stroop, Living News

When our beliefs are invested in something greater than ourselves, they protect us from anxiety because our attention is not on what is going on inside of us.

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Iraq as a Holy War: Why Praying for Divine Support Is a Bad Idea

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 06.23.2009 | Politics

Read More: Islam, God, War, Crusades, Christianity, Iraq, Rumsfeld, Prayer, Holy Wars, Bush, Politics News

Nothing could be more hazardous as a basis for international affairs than relying on God for guidance. The past eight years offer evidence for that conclusion.

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Dog Souls, Animal Intelligence and Human Hubris

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Mind Brain, Religion, Intelligence, Mind Body, God, Self-Awareness, Soul, Egypt, Animals, Living News

The assumption must be that animals are moral until proven otherwise. Not the other way around.

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Miss California-USA, How Can You Presume to Speak for God?

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 06.15.2009 | Style

Read More: And Miss CA-USA, God, Gay Marriage, Style News

For most of my life I tried to be straight. I was miserable. Now I feel free, empowered, and happy to be who I am.

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Loving Ourselves Unconditionally

John Morton | Posted 06.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Acceptance, Change, John Morton, Empathy, Cooperation, Spirit, Understanding, Unconditional Love, Enthusiasm, Loving, Spiritual Laws, God, Love, Gratitude, Spirituality, Living News

A key is to appreciate with gratitude whatever comes your way. Everything has value. Nothing needs to be different from what it is, including you.

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