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New Series Explores Secrets of the Bible

November 15th, 2013

The History channel no longer hides the fact that it has done away with history programming in favor of programming on religion and conspiracy theories as well as reality television, earning criticism from scientists, scholars, and skeptics. Earlier this year Continue Reading »

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Marvel’s New Female Muslim Superhero

November 12th, 2013

Diversity is not a new concept in the comic book industry. There are characters who are female, non-white, and even LGBT. Characters who represent a combination of these identities are still uncommon, though. This is about to change, however, as Marvel Comics Continue Reading »

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Syria and the End Times

September 17th, 2013

One third of Americans believe the events in Syria portend the End Times, according to a recent poll. The results come as many conservative Christian leaders are pointing to the Syrian war as evidence of Biblical prophecy and apocalyptic fiction writers are do Continue Reading »

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Baby “Messiah” Needs His Name Changed, Says Judge

August 20th, 2013

Can a baby take the title of the Christian savior? Apparently, only Jesus Christ deserves the title of “Messiah”, according to a judge in the U.S. state of Tennessee. Continue Reading »

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Muslim Scholar: Jesus Was a Political “Zealot”

August 8th, 2013

Iranian-American writer and religious scholar Reza Aslan is causing quite a stir with his new book Zealot: the Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth. In it, he argues that Jesus was not the gentle spiritual savior most Christians imagine, but a salt-of-the-earth Continue Reading »

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Ordained Ministers and Alabama’s Public Prayer Problem

July 29th, 2013

What does it take to show public servants that public meetings are not the place to hold prayers, and that doing so violates the United States constitution? It may seem as if every avenue has been exhausted, but the Wisconsin-based Freedom from Religion Founda Continue Reading »

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Universal Life Church Declares Support for Humanist Military Chaplains

July 26th, 2013

A few weeks ago, we discussed the story of Margaret Doughty, the British woman applying for U.S. citizenship who cited conscientious objection to military service on secular grounds. (Doughty was eventually granted exemption on her own terms.) Now humanists ar Continue Reading »

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ULC Defends Conscientious Objection on Secular Grounds

June 19th, 2013

Applicants for U.S. citizenship may object to taking up arms in defense of the United States on religious but not secular grounds, according to the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). Consequently, a woman applying for U.S. citizenship h Continue Reading »

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The Shocking “Truth” About the Gospel of John

June 17th, 2013

Perhaps the most beloved book of the New Testament is the Gospel of John. It is the most frequently used at Christian funerals, it wins out in polls as the favorite book among Christians, and its preamble was used for ages as “the last gospel” in Catholic Continue Reading »

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Is Religious Fundamentalism a “Mental Illness” to Be Cured?

June 3rd, 2013

Religious fundamentalism is a mental illness that will someday be curable by science, a leading University of Oxford neurologist recently argued. Can we 'cure' religious fundamentalism? Continue Reading »

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