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“To Heaven and Back”: Three Powerful Near-Death Experiences

December 5th, 2013

What does it feel like to die? This was the question explored in Anderson Cooper Special Report: To Heaven and Back, which aired recently on CNN and featured the personal testimony of three individuals who died.

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Uniting Traditions with the “Menorah Tree”

November 18th, 2013

You have probably heard people say that the benefit of having divorced parents is that you get twice as many Christmas presents. It might also be said that the benefit of having both Jewish and Christian parents.

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A ULC Minister Asserts Environmentalism as Religion

October 16th, 2013

Can environmentalism be a religion? Of course it can, according to a Universal Life Church minister, Ken Layne. On his blog, he explains that environmentalism shares many of the characteristics of conventional religion.

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Evangelist Billy Graham Blasts “Trendy Religion”

October 10th, 2013

Do religious trends pander to self-centered desires? Evangelist Billy Graham suggests they do in his new book, The Reason for My Hope: Salvation, which is due for release on 15 October. In it, he criticizes churches for compromising the integrity of Biblical d

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Does Belief in God Give Life Greater Purpose?

September 23rd, 2013

A new study from the University of Pennsylvania suggests that people who strongly believe in God are more likely to reject the notion that life has no purpose than people who believe less strongly in God.

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Does the Pope Really Care if You Believe in God?

September 16th, 2013

Recently on the ULC Monastery blog we discussed Pope Francis I’s unprecedented statement that atheists can enter heaven, too. Now the leader of the world’s largest Christian denomination has qualified this statement by suggesting that following one’s con

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Religious People Are Less Intelligent than Atheists, Study Suggests

September 5th, 2013

Religious people are less intelligent than atheists, if you can believe the findings of a recent study on the relationship between religion and intelligence.

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Traditional Fur Hats Violate Animal Rights, Rabbi Says

August 30th, 2013

Chasidim, or Hasidic Jews, should stop wearing traditional fur hats because it constitutes animal cruelty, a rabbi recently declared at an animal rights conference.

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Women May Soon Become Ordained Bishops in English Church

July 12th, 2013

If the majority of decision-makers have their way, women may soon be allowed to become ordained bishops in the Church of England (CoE). The church’s ecclesiastical governing body is the General Synod.

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Pope Makes Bold Statement about Atheism and Redemption

May 24th, 2013

“If you do not believe Jesus Christ died for your sins, you will go to hell.” Christians and non-Christians alike are familiar with these unwavering words, which form the cornerstone of most Christian theology. The belief has not gone unchallenged, though,

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