“Christianity Vs Ideology”: Christian Conservatives Should Be Christians...
Many liberals have long suggested that it’s impossible to be a Christian and a conservative, because the love of the poor preached by Jesus Christ is incompatible with the economic and social policies...
View Article“The Wasted Life Of Fred Phelps”: It’s Hard To Mourn A Monster
And what shall we say now that the monster has died? His estranged sons Mark and Nate told the world just a few days ago that their 84-year-old father, Fred Phelps, was in the care of a hospice and “on...
View Article“A Pilgrimage On Bended Knee”: Chris Christie Apologizes, For Saying...
Current and former Republican governors with their eyes on the 2016 presidential nomination sought casino magnate Sheldon Adelson’s cash at the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting this weekend in —...
View Article“A Crass Political Stunt”: Christians Enraged With Cruz Over Pro-Israel Comments
Christian writers are incensed with Sen. Ted Cruz, and argue that the Texas senator is putting politics before his fellow religious brethren. Cruz was the keynote speaker Wednesday evening at a dinner...
View Article“Christmas Joy Without Piety”: The Most Humble Holy Day
I once told a favorite pastor of mine that I liked him because he wasn’t too pious. As soon as the words were out there, I wondered if I should have just kept my mouth shut — I’m not good at that —...
View Article“Owning The Monstrosities Of Our Past”: Obama Was Right To Compare...
Conservative critics are in hysterics thanks to a few short remarks made by President Barack Obama on the subject of Christian history during Thursday’s National Prayer Breakfast. Addressing...
View ArticleMuslims, Marriage And Bigotry”: Our Capacity To “Otherize” People Of A...
In North Carolina, three young Muslims who were active in charity work were murdered, allegedly by a man who identified as atheist and expressed hostility to Islam and other faiths. Police are...
View Article“Christian Exceptionalism”: Conservatives Want To Rewrite The History Of The...
At the National Prayer Breakfast, President Obama made a statement that you wouldn’t expect to be controversial: violence in the name of religion is a global problem and it’s bad. He referenced the war...
View Article“If You’re Scratching Your Head, You’re Not Alone”: Rubio Is Confused About...
Marco Rubio went on television with the Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody and suggested that Christianity is on the verge of being labeled “hate speech.” If you’re scratching your head,...
View Article“The Continued Tragedy Of Gun-Free Zones”: Clearly, This “Christianity” Stuff...
You knew this argument would emerge the moment the news broke of a terrorist gun massacre in Charleston. Wonkette is all over it: That was fast! It only took a few hours for Fox to toss up an editorial...
View Article“Liberated By Grace”: No Shootings, No Bombings, No Fires Can Destroy This Faith
For those who see religion as primarily an opiate, African American Christianity offers a riposte. For those who see Christianity itself as a faith that encourages quiescence and conservatism, the...
View Article“The Unbearable Nuttiness Of Mike Huckabee”: A Hard-Shell Baptist Ordained...
“Playing the Hitler card” is an infallible sign that a politician has run out of intelligent, substantive and plausible ways to criticize an opponent. This would be amusing (Mel Brooks made Hitler...
View Article“Born Of Same Bigotry As Segregation”: Kim Davis Is Not A Christian Martyr;...
There are going to be some people who celebrate scofflaw County Clerk Kim Davis sitting behind bars. Most of them are her allies. Not even the American Civil Liberties Union lawyers wanted to send poor...
View Article“To The Sinners In Congress”: Pope Francis isn’t A Liberal. He’s Something...
Pope Francis is causing quite the stir these days. On Tuesday he will make his first trip to the United States, where he’ll preach the existential urgency of climate change and the moral imperative of...
View Article“The Religious Fundamentalists Are Losing”: Overall, The World’s Faithful Are...
This past weekend, over 2,500 Mormons showed up en masse outside the Latter-day Saints headquarters in Salt Lake City, Utah, to submit their resignations to the church. They were protesting a new...
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