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Monthly Archives: July 2014
The ‘Return’ of the Religious Left?
Writing in Salon, Elizabeth Stoker Bruenig; If the Reason-Rupe and PRRI reports are right, millennials just might be opting out of the partisan approach to politics altogether, which means the partisan leash on religious constituencies might just be fraying. This … Continue reading
Posted in politics, Religion
Tagged Religious Left
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Star Turn
The BBC: A Conservative MP has spoken of his belief in astrology and his desire to incorporate it into medicine. David Tredinnick said he had spent 20 years studying astrology and healthcare and was convinced it could work….Explaining his beliefs … Continue reading
Posted in Science & Faith
Tagged Astrology, David Tredinnick, superstition, UK
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Superstitions Old and New
Raw Story: Televangelist Pat Robertson advised a mother on Monday that she could cure her son’s stomach pains by finding someone to cast out demons that were possibly caused by an ancestor who practiced witchcraft. In an email, a viewer … Continue reading
Posted in Science & Faith
Tagged Demons, environmentalism, Pat Robertson, possession, pseudoscience, Religious Right, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., superstition, Vaccines, Witchcraft
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Balkanization Watch
It’s difficult not to despair sometimes when confronting some of the excesses of the zero tolerance crowd in the nation’s schools: the toddler sent home for pointing in a way that made his fingers look like a gun, and all … Continue reading
Pope vs. Pot
From a week or so back, CNN reports: That’s the message Pope Francis seemed to be sending lawmakers Friday, saying the growing worldwide trend toward legalizing recreational drugs is a very, very bad idea. “Drug addiction is an evil, and … Continue reading
Pressing Some Buttons
The Raw Story: The Vatican has formally recognised the International Association of Exorcists, giving its blessing to a group of 250 priests in 30 countries who claim to save the possessed from Satan. The association’s practice of exorcism is now … Continue reading
Posted in culture, Religion
Tagged Exorcism, Pope Francis, Roman Catholicism, The Devil
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Happy Independence Day!
“Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong.” Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia
Longer Spoon Needed
Reuters: Pope Francis, whose criticisms of unbridled capitalism have prompted some to label him a Marxist, said in an interview published on Sunday that communists had stolen the flag of Christianity. The 77-year-old pontiff gave an interview to Il Messaggero, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ayn Rand, Pope Francis, Religious Left
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