Now, I don’t think I’ve tackled the whole “religion in sports” issue yet, so here are my own personal thoughts on this frequently-discussed topic. I honestly agree with Sonnen: if he exists, I don’t think God cares much about which fighter wins a cage fight. That’s not me being anti-religion or anything, that’s just me…
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Alain de Botton, probably the closest thing Britain has to a celebrity philosopher, has a Big Idea. Religion, he asserts, isn’t “true”, but its lack of truth is the least interesting thing about it. Instead of indulging in the dogmatic anti-theism associated with the likes of Richard Dawkins or the late Christopher Hitchens, why shouldn’t…
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During this election cycle, a lot of candidates have been pandering incessantly to the Religious Right under the assumption that wearing one’s religion on one’s sleeve will mean more votes. Turns out they’re wrong. A survey conducted by LifeWay Research, which is the research arm of the Southern Baptist Convention, found that just 16 percent…
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The reported eight million Filipinos moving in an obvious frenzy at the progress through the streets of Manila of a carved wooden statue of the Black Nazarene offers a clear indication of why 95% of the population view the coming year with hope when, logically, one ought to view it with trepidation. This eternally hopeful…
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A high school test blatantly lauds Islam while slamming Christianity. A seminary in California plans to train Imams and Rabbis along with Christian Pastors. In his book “Slavery, Terrorism and Islam” Peter Hammond notes that the level of governmental control increases in direct proportion to the Islamic population percentage. We are in a culture war…
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This September 11th, a church in Florida is protesting the growing influence of Islam by offending 2 billion people. Specifically, they’re staging a “Burn the Quran” Day. But is this the first day of its kind? In fact, is today’s Qur’an the Qur’an that Muhammad intended his followers to have? Let’s take a look at…
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With just over two months to go until November, curveball social issues have jolted a campaign season that until now has been about job creation and fiscal discipline
Full ArticleUnlike in the time of Thomas Jefferson, when “Creator”, “religion” and “church” represented three distinct ideas, “religion” today is a very loaded term. It is entirely inaccurate, as Bill Maher and other atheists often do, to lump belief in God, organized religion and the evil that adherents of a particular religion engage in, together under…
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