Category Archives: Religion

The Idea of Meaning (or Something)

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Writing on Why I’m Catholic, “atheist convert” Jennifer Fulwiler explains why she turned to Rome, starting with concerns such as these: One thing I could never get on the same page with my fellow atheists about was the idea of … Continue reading →

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Loaves and Fishes

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Bradlaugh

[Cross-posted at The Corner] From the November issue of Episcopal Journal, a monthly “produced by and for members of the Episcopal Church in the United States and  abroad.” Front page lead headline, on the Occupy Wall Street protests: Season of … Continue reading →

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Offended (2)

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

I first came across the French Catholic fundamentalist group, “Institut Civitas’ in a story posted here a month or so ago. Here they are again: Paris police have arrested around 20 Christian fundamentalists who burst into a theatre and threw … Continue reading →

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The Pope Presumes (But Means Well, I Think)

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

These comments by the Pope seem to be intended as a friendly gesture towards agnostics, and so that’s how they should be taken. Nevertheless, he presumes a little too much: In addition to the two phenomena of religion and anti-religion, … Continue reading →

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“Are Mormons Christians?”

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Andrew Sullivan looks at the issue of whether Mormons are Christians here. For my part, I don’t much care one way or the other, but I don’t think there can be a great deal of doubt about it. In the … Continue reading →

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If You Don’t Martyr Me, I’ll Kill Ya

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Bradlaugh

At The Corner, our National Review group blog, David French offers a cute thought experiment:  What if present-day Christianity were as addled with terrorist impulses as present-day Islam? It isn’t, of course, but terrorism is not completely alien to Christianity.  … Continue reading →

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Rosa Parks, Sadly Missed

Posted on October 19, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the New York World: On the morning of October 12, Melissa Franchy boarded the B110 bus in Brooklyn and sat down near the front. For a few minutes she was left in silence, although the other passengers gave her … Continue reading →

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Back, Back to the Medieval We Go (If We Ever Left)

Posted on October 17, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Via the Utne Reader: With a doctorate in astrophysics, Frank (not his real name) considers himself a man of science who relies on research and analysis to make sense of the world. Despite the occult overtones, his body’s violent reaction … Continue reading →

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The blind leading the more blind

Posted on October 7, 2011 by David Hume

Michael Totten points to this piece in The New Republic which sheds some light on the cult of personality around the Assad family which has developed amongst the Alawites. Based on the piece Totten declares that the Alawites are definitively … Continue reading →

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Perry & Israel (2)

Posted on September 22, 2011 by Andrew Stuttaford

Here’s Slate’s Will Saletan on Rick Perry’s curious comment that “as a Christian” he had a “clear directive to support Israel”. Whoa. That’s something George W. Bush never did. Bush never said he had a Christian duty to stand with … Continue reading →

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