Tag: religion
group name: octogenarian
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August 13, 2006 09:34 AM EDT --
Hello, Ruth. Great to meet you! I most definitely agree that agnostic atheists (AA? Agno-atheists?) need to collectively express ourselves. I detect a lot of frustration in your group . . .
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November 19, 2006 05:21 PM EST --
Of all the hundreds of variations in Biblical content, there is one glaring mistranslation that has had the most profound effect on the most people over the longest period of time. . . .
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August 14, 2006 05:28 PM EDT --
The following is from a column by Robyn Blumner in the St. Petersburg Times yesterday.
"Thanks to President Bush and his plan to Christianize the nation's provision of social . . .
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November 18, 2006 03:54 PM EST --
Well, the whole "under god" in the pledge thing has been debated for quite some time, but it still bubbles up occasionally...recently for me.
As we know, "under god" . . .
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August 20, 2006 03:04 PM EDT --
Among the many reactionary precepts encouraged by our current administration is the banal old Creationism vs. Evolution debate, which, despite its arrant salute to ignorance, amuses me for many reasons. . . .
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February 09, 2007 11:39 PM EST --
This modest little flyer was found in my (Jewish) podiatrist’s office, amidst the copies of Esquire, Rod and Gun, Modern Maturity . . .
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September 24, 2006 11:16 AM EDT --
LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — Muslim clerics and religious scholars are demanding that Pope Benedict be replaced for what they call his "insulting remarks" about Islam.At a meeting in Pakistan, . . .
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September 26, 2006 10:58 AM EDT --
Target, I believe (and correct me if this has changed) gives its pharmacists the right to deny contraception i.e. birth control pills. Note, we are not talking about emergency contraception, Plan B, (although . . .
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October 12, 2006 04:54 AM EDT --
By Chris Hedges, Truthdig. Posted October 10, 2006.
The Christian right sees an nuclear war with Iran as a vision set forth in the Bible. Bush himself may be a believer, too.
Bush ApocalypseThe aircraft . . .
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October 19, 2006 08:30 PM EDT --
The top US general defended the leadership of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, saying it is inspired by God.
"He leads in a way that the good Lord tells him is best for our country," said . . .
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December 01, 2006 04:59 PM EST --
“Minnesota Democrat Keith Ellison, the first Muslim ever elected to Congress, has decided to take the oath of office with his hand on a Quran, the Muslim holy book, rather than the customary . . .
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February 08, 2007 05:02 PM EST --
Once more, that loving Christian god has shown his capricious sense of irony by hurling killer tornados at still another Florida trailer park. (Oops.. make . . .
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September 26, 2006 03:16 PM EDT --
A leading German opera house has been condemned by senior politicians and security officials for its "crazy" decision to cancel a production featuring the severed head of Muhammad because of . . .
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May 08, 2007 05:18 PM EDT --
Have you wondered what would happen if aliens arrived in full view on earth. I've always hoped that they would be benign and willing to help us.
I also hope that they would be godless, whether formerly . . .
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September 29, 2006 09:40 PM EDT --
By Martin Arnold in Paris
Published: September 29 2006 13:03 | Last updated: September 29 2006 13:03
A French philosophy teacher has gone into hiding under police protection after receiving death threats . . .
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December 24, 2007 04:40 PM EST --
PREFACE: As most of you know, I'm rabidly anti-religion. Believing in the unbelievable, taking preposterous notions "on faith", insisting that books written . . .
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September 26, 2006 05:40 AM EDT --
Associated Press
NEW YORK, Sept. 25 - The U.S. government has banned one of Europe's leading Muslim scholars from traveling to the United States after accusing him of aiding a terrorist group, although . . .
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October 13, 2006 10:31 AM EDT --
10/13/2006 @ 12:17 am
Filed by RAW STORY
Conservative media watchdog Accuracy in Media is alleging that the Foley scandal is not the work of a gay Republican, but rather of a Democratic operative posing . . .
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December 10, 2006 07:08 AM EST --
We're Jewish or, sort of Jewish. I guess the most accurate statement would be that I am Jewish, though not observant, and the rest of the family joins me in some identification with the tribe. For . . .
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September 26, 2006 05:51 AM EDT --
From Letters to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris. Author of the national best seller - The End of Faith.
More than 50% of Americans have a "negative" or "highly negative" view . . .
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