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Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.

Children in a Faith-Healing Sect Keep Dying. The State Lets It Happen.


Via: hallux  •  Religion & Ethics  •  7 Comments  •  3 months ago

Pope Leo's Chicago White Sox pitches papal pride, peace, 40,000 'pope hats'

Pope Leo's Chicago White Sox pitches papal pride, peace, 40,000 'pope hats'


Via: john-russell  •  Religion & Ethics  •  5 Comments  •  3 months ago

if God already knows what we are going to do in the future, how can we be said to have free will?

if God already knows what we are going to do in the future, how can we be said to have free will?


By: john-russell  •  Religion & Ethics  •  164 Comments  •  5 months ago

The seed is an excerpt from the book The Philosophy Book , a DK Publishing book that has multiple contributors. 
The Evidence That God Exists

The Evidence That God Exists


Via: john-russell  •  Religion & Ethics  •  184 Comments  •  7 months ago

Responding to the Secretary of War

Responding to the Secretary of War


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  2 Comments  •  9 months ago

Understanding the Power of Revealed Preferences in Gov't Spending Why the claim that "Washington's spending is out-of-control!" is nonsense. Jared Bernstein History Shows How...
Three Cheers for Purgatory

Three Cheers for Purgatory


Via: hallux  •  Religion & Ethics  •  3 Comments  •  last year

Why Do So Many Christians Believe in Trump?

Why Do So Many Christians Believe in Trump?


Via: hallux  •  Religion & Ethics  •  21 Comments  •  last year

On the Death of James Dobson

On the Death of James Dobson


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  3 Comments  •  last year

Many American "Christians" do not follow Christ. They say absurd bullshit like "empathy is sinful". These people did not appear out of nowhere. They have found alliance with MAGA, but they...
Should Ancient Scripture Be Updated to Modern Languages?

Should Ancient Scripture Be Updated to Modern Languages?


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  8 Comments  •  last year

There's a kind of "Christian" called a "clobber-texter". This is someone who has learned some Biblical texts, word-for-word, and uses them to hammer into submission anyone whose ideas differ...
I got an A on my 6th-grade Bible class mid-term

I got an A on my 6th-grade Bible class mid-term


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  last year

"Coincidence" is fun, sometimes. Bible-related, and more specifically, Bible-translation-related articles are flowing across my RSS feed just about every day. That's kinda like throwing...
Trump Didn’t Ruin the Church—He Revealed It

Trump Didn’t Ruin the Church—He Revealed It


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  16 Comments  •  last year

I don't belong to any organized congregation. If I did, I would want it to distance itself - vehemently - from the Golden Calf worshippers. Is there any kind of crime or immorality that...
Innocence, identity, and blood libel (cont’d.)

Innocence, identity, and blood libel (cont’d.)


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  last year

MAGA mentality fascinates me. It's incredible that these people can lie to themselves so constantly and effectively. They seem to know that reality would be insupportable for them, so they...
Innocence, identity, and blood libel (part 2)

Innocence, identity, and blood libel (part 2)


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  last year

Part 1 is here. This brilliantly explains why MAGAs behave as they do. Read carefully. The text is dense.  ... when we, instead, cling to our determination to always think of...
Innocence, identity, and blood libel (part 1)

Innocence, identity, and blood libel (part 1)


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  last year

People feel a need to ascribe evil motives, and even evil deeds, to those they disagree with. Accuse the Jews of killing Christ... and suddenly you're almost holy when you steal all their...
Rachel Held Evans and the Specter of Scopes in Dayton

Rachel Held Evans and the Specter of Scopes in Dayton


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  12 Comments  •  last year

This story - how Bible fundamentalism begat anti-science within the fundamentalist/evangelical movement - is far older than MAGA. Perhaps MAGA is just an echo of earlier American...
Christianity Must Control All Of Culture, Or It Won’t Control Any Of It

Christianity Must Control All Of Culture, Or It Won’t Control Any Of It


Via: hallux  •  Religion & Ethics  •  29 Comments  •  last year

Two AI Debate The Existence Of God

Two AI Debate The Existence Of God


Via: john-russell  •  Religion & Ethics  •  84 Comments  •  last year

With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He's not alone

With a massive ark and museum, he spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial. He's not alone


Via: bob-nelson  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  last year

A wooden ship big enough for all those animals couldn't survive in ocean-scale waves and weather. It would break apart.  But hey!! All that's needed is the intelligence to understand the...
THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE

THE EPHEMERA: AN EMBLEM OF HUMAN LIFE


By: john-russell  •  Religion & Ethics  •  3 Comments  •  2 years ago

Six members of a Kansas cult convicted after forcing kids to work 16 hours a day or face ‘eternal hellfire’

Six members of a Kansas cult convicted after forcing kids to work 16 hours a day or face ‘eternal hellfire’


Via: freefaller  •  Religion & Ethics  •  4 Comments  •  2 years ago

S ix members of a Kansas-based   cult   have been convicted over a   conspiracy   in which they forced children as young as eight to work 16-hour days under the threat of “eternal hellfire.”...
30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education

30 years later, the evangelical purity movement still impacts sex education


Via: hallux  •  Religion & Ethics  •  3 Comments  •  2 years ago

Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity

Bonhoeffer‘s Theory of Stupidity


Via: outis  •  Religion & Ethics  •  14 Comments  •  2 years ago

Dietrich Bonhoeffer died for our sins. We were cowards; he was not. We continue to be cowards, refusing to recognize the evil that intends to destroy everything. Ostriches.
Rural White MAGAs And What 'Woke C.S. Lewis' Got Wrong | Fred Clark

Rural White MAGAs And What 'Woke C.S. Lewis' Got Wrong | Fred Clark


Via: outis  •  Religion & Ethics  •  27 Comments  •  2 years ago

This is a take on MAGA that I have never seen before. Very probably, you haven't either. So please... read the seed and try to understand it before Commenting.
Ibadi - Islam's third major branch

Ibadi - Islam's third major branch


Via: outis  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  2 years ago

I didn't even know that this group existed until I watched a video from the excellent "Real Life Lore" site: Why Yemen is Dying & Oman is Booming . I'd seed that too, but it's over...
Before the Ten Commandments: The 42 Commandments of the Goddess Maat- Glad.is

Before the Ten Commandments: The 42 Commandments of the Goddess Maat- Glad.is


Via: jbb  •  Religion & Ethics  •  5 Comments  •  2 years ago

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