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White Christian Nationalism May Not Be Religious, But It Is Christian

White Christian Nationalism May Not Be Religious, But It Is Christian


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

After  my recent post  on the terror attack in New Zealand , several Christians reached out to  Religion Dispatches  and directly to me asking why I conflated white terrorism with...
If the Bible condones slavery, how did anti-slavery proponents use the Bible to justify their position? [II]

If the Bible condones slavery, how did anti-slavery proponents use the Bible to justify their position? [II]


Via: cb  •  Religion & Ethics  •  390 Comments  •  7 years ago

[This topic was so interesting and me so busy that I could not reply to all the comments on the topic before the other article was moderater closed.] Disclaimer: This article is an answer from a...
Jesus Was a Socialist

Jesus Was a Socialist


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  0 Comments  •  7 years ago

Thanks in no small part to folks like Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Bernie Sanders, everyone is talking about socialism these days. Unfortunately, many Christians seem to be under the impression...
Phil Robertson: 10 lies the devil is using to 'destroy' America

Phil Robertson: 10 lies the devil is using to 'destroy' America


Via: donald-trump-fan1  •  Religion & Ethics  •  127 Comments  •  7 years ago

“Duck Dynasty” star Phil Robertson has come out with a new book that aims to “blow the lid off the lies that are destroying” America. The conservative Christian reality TV star spoke with The...
100 Bible Verses about Donald Trump

100 Bible Verses about Donald Trump


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  0 Comments  •  7 years ago

But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents,...
Here are Evangelical Christianity’s 10 biggest gaslighting tactics

Here are Evangelical Christianity’s 10 biggest gaslighting tactics


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

Some stuff people tell you messes with your head if you buy into it. Maybe it’s self-contradictory. Maybe it doesn’t line up with what you know about yourself or the world around you. Maybe it...
The Way We Never Were: Calling Out Evangelicals For Hypocrisy Misses the Point

The Way We Never Were: Calling Out Evangelicals For Hypocrisy Misses the Point


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  3 Comments  •  7 years ago

One mai nstay of our current political discourse is the injudicious use of the term “hypocrisy” to call out one’s political opponents. Charges of hypocrisy are ubiquitous across the political...
Reading Genesis From a Different PoV

Reading Genesis From a Different PoV


Via: drhunk  •  Religion & Ethics  •  47 Comments  •  7 years ago

I saw the post of the bible being read from the Christian perspective so wanted to give a reading with a different perspective.  The Vidoes in this series get better as they go on but all the...
A Terrifying Number Of Trump Supporters Believe God Made Him President

A Terrifying Number Of Trump Supporters Believe God Made Him President


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  203 Comments  •  7 years ago

According to a   brand new Fox News poll , 55 percent of white Evangelical Christians – one of Trump’s strongest voting blocs – believe God wanted this president to beat Hillary Clinton in the...
Reading Genesis From a Different POV CH: 4-5

Reading Genesis From a Different POV CH: 4-5


Via: drhunk  •  Religion & Ethics  •  4 Comments  •  7 years ago

Kain, Able, First Sacrifice, First Murder...Bronze age?????
Reading Genesis From a Different PoV Part 5

Reading Genesis From a Different PoV Part 5


Via: drhunk  •  Religion & Ethics  •  1 Comments  •  7 years ago

Time to kill everyone so soon?
Reading Genesis From a Different PoV Part 3

Reading Genesis From a Different PoV Part 3


Via: drhunk  •  Religion & Ethics  •  8 Comments  •  7 years ago

Genesis Part 3 today.  Discussing the fall of Adam and Eve and the rise of Agriculture.
Reading Genesis From a Different PoV Part II

Reading Genesis From a Different PoV Part II


Via: drhunk  •  Religion & Ethics  •  11 Comments  •  7 years ago

Picking up where we left off this video covers Chapter 2 of Genesis.
How Does the Bible Define Faith?

How Does the Bible Define Faith?


Via: cb  •  Religion & Ethics  •  226 Comments  •  7 years ago

Faith is defined as belief with strong conviction; firm belief in something for which there may be no tangible proof; complete trust, confidence, reliance, or devotion. Faith is the opposite of...
Past and Future - The Hope of the High Holy Day Season

Past and Future - The Hope of the High Holy Day Season


By: enoch  •  Religion & Ethics  •  13 Comments  •  7 years ago

As with all great religious heritages there is a natural flow to the Jewish calendar. The days from Rosh Ha Shanah (Birthday of the World) to Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) are known as Yomim Ha...
New York reveals its blood lust for baby killing

New York reveals its blood lust for baby killing


Via: donald-trump-fan1  •  Religion & Ethics  •  59 Comments  •  7 years ago

Today, in New York, a perfectly viable baby of nine months, ready to be born at any minute, can be slaughtered by the will of the mother. That is blood lust. It is cruel. It is unwarranted. It is...
Indian Woman Who Entered Forbidden Temple Says Her Family Assaulted and Disowned Her When She Returned Home

Indian Woman Who Entered Forbidden Temple Says Her Family Assaulted and Disowned Her When She Returned Home


Via: johnrussell  •  Religion & Ethics  •  2 Comments  •  7 years ago

Indian Woman Who Entered Forbidden Temple Says Her Family Assaulted and Disowned Her When She Returned Home One of the two women who made history in India earlier this month by becoming...
Six Facts About Abortion to Counter March for Life’s Junk Science

Six Facts About Abortion to Counter March for Life’s Junk Science


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  281 Comments  •  7 years ago

The 46th annual March for Life in Washington, D.C., has adopted “Unique from Day One” as its theme, an apparent declaration of the extreme anti-choice position that life begins at conception. The...
Gods Are Everywhere Because It’s Hard to Bargain With Them

Gods Are Everywhere Because It’s Hard to Bargain With Them


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  173 Comments  •  7 years ago

Why do so many people worship invisible beings, accept the authority of millennia-old texts, or or congregate on weekends in buildings for no apparently practical reason? The  cognitive  and...
Ex-Atheist Dr. Sarah Salviander Destroys Atheism with One Tweet

Ex-Atheist Dr. Sarah Salviander Destroys Atheism with One Tweet


Via: donald-trump-fan1  •  Religion & Ethics  •  81 Comments  •  7 years ago

If you're unfamiliar with Dr. Sarah Salviander, I encourage you to make her acquaintance. She's a Christian apologist, takes the Genesis creation account literally (although she's not a young...
Notorious Mormon Gay Conversion Therapist Now Says He Just Wants to Date Men

Notorious Mormon Gay Conversion Therapist Now Says He Just Wants to Date Men


Via: hal-a-lujah  •  Religion & Ethics  •  22 Comments  •  7 years ago

The more vocally anti-gay you are, the greater the odds you harbor same-sex desires. I don’t know if that’s an internet law, but it should be. The latest example of that hypocrisy is David...
Playing God

Playing God


By: johnrussell  •  Religion & Ethics  •  427 Comments  •  7 years ago

Tragedy struck in Florida as three young children ( six, four, and one years old) died inside a refrigerator that had been left open in a back yard. Contrast this horrible event with the...
Half of US Christians Have No Idea What The Great Commission Is

Half of US Christians Have No Idea What The Great Commission Is


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  0 Comments  •  7 years ago

According to Barna Research, over half of American Christians have never heard of the Great Commission, and over 37% of those polled couldn’t identify the Great Commission out of a list of various...
Christian lawyer wants LGBT excluded from anti-lynching bill.

Christian lawyer wants LGBT excluded from anti-lynching bill.


Via: epistte  •  Religion & Ethics  •  16 Comments  •  7 years ago

For more than a century, there have been a number of unsuccessfully attempts in the US to make lynching a federal crime. Well, success was at last attained last December when the Justice for...
I Can’t Believe It’s 2019 and We’re Still Arguing About the Birth Control Benefit

I Can’t Believe It’s 2019 and We’re Still Arguing About the Birth Control Benefit


Via: don-overton  •  Religion & Ethics  •  67 Comments  •  7 years ago

The Trump administration is attempting to torpedo the birth control benefit under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by issuing regulations that render it utterly toothless. These regulations, which...
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