Michael Newdow lost in his attempt to stop the inauguration prayer, but the reasoning the judges gave in ruling against him makes me wish he had won. At least it would have spurred a deeper debate. Basically, the judges said the prayer could proceed because it...
I argue often in this space that religion is often misunderstood to be a tool that humans use to achieve certain ends – perhaps comfort or meaning in trying times, etc. The premise of this false notion is that religion is not objectively true – it does not...
Tsunami relief agencies are being closely monitored in order to make sure they are not trying to proselytize the local Muslim population. I have to wonder what Muslims (an admittedly they are not the only religious group that frowns on evangelism from outsiders...
The creation / evolution war is heating up this week, as battles in Georgia and Pennsylvania over what to teach kids made the headlines. As usual, it is reported by the media to be a fight between religion and science. It is no such thing, but when you have religious...
Read two articles today about the sorry state of religion in America and, unfortunately, I basically agree with both. Stephen Prothero laments the overall religious illiteracy of Americans in the LA Times, while Ron Sider writes a scathing indictment of American...
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