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So You're Thinking of Converting From Anglican to Catholic

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 10.29.2009 | Comedy


Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

In converting to Catholicism, you are really just switching over your "files" (ideas/customs/most profound expressions of faith) to your "Mac" (Catholic) "hard drive" (brain/immortal soul).

Do You Rock With Jesus?

Brandon Mendelson | Posted 10.08.2009 | Comedy


Brandon Mendelson

Trooper, Slightly Imperfect, Pablo, The Dirty Italian, and I were forced to go to a “Transfer Orientation” a day after arriving at SUNY Po...

Jon McNaughton Painting Shows Crippled Kids, Soldiers With Jesus; Lefty Journalists, Professors With Satan

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.15.2009 | Media


This is a wild one. Artist Jon McNaughton of Utah has created a painting inspired by a vision he received during the 2008 elections. The painting...

Editing the Bible

Mike Lux | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


Mike Lux

The folks at Conservapedia are re-translating the Bible to make it fit better with conservative ideology. Now there are no suggestions about what's to be done with all those inconvenient references to the poor.

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

Bruce Feiler | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics


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.

Shroud Of Turin Reproduced; Italian Group Says Relic Is Man-Made, Fake

AP | By ARIEL DAVID | Posted 10.06.2009 | World


ROME (AP)-- Scientists have reproduced the Shroud of Turin -- revered as the cloth that covered Jesus in the tomb -- and say the experiment proves the...

Why Prayer Is Such a Political Football -- The Lord's Prayer Got Lost in the Mix

Stephen C. Rose | Posted 10.15.2009 | Politics


Stephen C. Rose

Time to dust off my Union Theological Seminary creds and weigh in on prayer.

Michael Moore Asks: What Would Jesus Do?

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment


Paul Raushenbush

Roman Catholic Priests are the surprising voices of clarity and conviction in Michael Moore's new film Capitalism: A Love Story. They aren't ambivalent -- they characterize capitalism as evil.

Losing Sight of the Real Issues of the Health Care Debate: People

Andy Wilson | Posted 10.02.2009 | Politics


Andy Wilson

The moral of my story is that, contrary to right-wing myth, it's not who's paying for the medical care that affects its quality.

Jesus Didn't Have a Cellphone...

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


Arjuna Ardagh

One of the greatest potholes today to people living in a relaxing condition in their day-to-day life, is the sense of wanting to compare ourselves to historical figures and "spiritual heros" from the past.

Where Have All the Christians Gone?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living


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.

Guess where I'm drinking?

Westword | Westword | Posted 11.09.2009 | Home

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​Late last night, after hitting up a party where the only beverage being poured was vodka (a poison I avoid at all costs), I stopped for ...

Was Jesus a Vegetarian?

Kamran Pasha | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Kamran Pasha

After lengthy research, I have become convinced that Jesus Christ himself was in all likelihood a vegetarian, and that vegetarianism was probably a central tenet of the early Christian community.

The 'One-state Solution' Only Stokes Palestinians Self-Delusion

Rabbi Abraham Cooper | Posted 09.19.2009 | World


Rabbi Abraham Cooper

Until the Palestinians eager to bury the Jewish state finally recognize the legitimate national aspirations of 5.7 million Jews, there may not be peace. But there will always be an Israel.

What if the Right was Right? A Reflection on the "Christian States of America."

Cynthia Boaz | Posted 09.18.2009 | Politics


Cynthia Boaz

I am not saying that Jesus was a Stalinist or even a communist, just that it's very clear from his teachings that he believed that people were happier and healthier when they shared with each other.

Christians, Please Report to the Health Insurance Reform Debate

Rob Warmowski | Posted 08.28.2009 | Politics


Rob Warmowski

What would Jesus think of the pay-or-die private health insurance model the US shamefully supports -- alone among the 39 most industrialized nations on earth?

Sanford Takes Me to Sunday School

Donnie Fowler | Posted 07.30.2009 | Politics


Donnie Fowler

South Carolina's Governor Mark Sanford announced two great epiphanies today: why he should not resign (gosh, we thought he was going to) and why his fellow South Carolina Republicans would not cooperate with him the last few years (no, it's not why you think).

No One Who Was Normal Ever Made History: A Tribute to Michael Jackson

James Arthur Ray | Posted 07.29.2009 | Entertainment


James Arthur Ray

Michael's life, when considered within the broader scope of highly creative people throughout history, was not really that unusual after all.

Lazarus and the Iranians

Jim Wallis | Posted 07.27.2009 | Politics


Jim Wallis

A connection has been made. A connection clearly seen between a young generation here in the United States and a young generation of Iranians who have taken to the streets.

Qawwali Gospel: Where Muslims and Christians Worship As One

Derek Beres | Posted 07.18.2009 | Entertainment


Derek Beres

Faiz Ali Faiz and Craig Adams for Qawwali Gospel wove two seemingly disparate musical styles together to pay homage to the divine. Through them, Allah and Jesus met and danced.

Republican Party Bankrupt; Reorganizes As A Church

Lee Stranahan | Posted 07.07.2009 | Comedy


Lee Stranahan

Republican officials wasted no time in taking advantage of their new found status as a religion and began punishing infidels, giving each other impressive titles and handing out funny hats.

Friday Talking Points [80] -- Parsing Obama's Cairo Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.06.2009 | World


Chris Weigant

This is an interesting and refreshing subtext in Obama's entire speech -- he says things are "facts" and not opinions. Considering the lunacy that passes for "political debate" on American television screens -- where there are always two points of view, and every "fact" is subject to spin from one side or another -- it is a breath of fresh air.

Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment


Mike Ragogna

This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.

Jesus Christ Nominated To Supreme Court; Republicans Oppose Candidacy On Principle (VIDEO)

Posted 06.20.2009 | Comedy


A recent post (about Jesus' nomination to the highest court in the land and his subsequent defaming by the Republicans) on the Daily Kos inspired sati...

Shameful Plight of the Middle East's Christians

Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi | Posted 06.14.2009 | World


Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemi

No community today is so targeted by violent thugs for no reason other than sheer bigotry as are the Christians of Iraq.