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Samhain: Ancient Pagan Roots of Halloween

October 28th, 2013

The modern-day phenomenon of Halloween is famous for trick-or-treating, haunted houses, and monsters, but its origins lie in one of the most important dates of the Celtic year—Samhain. While children run amok in half-scary costumes hoarding sugary offerings Continue Reading »

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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 on Gawker, Layne explains that environmentalism shares many of the characteristics of conventional religion, but it is relevant to more 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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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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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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Universal Life Church Denounces Fox Pundits' Mockery of Wicca

February 22nd, 2013

Imagine turning on the television set to watch the news only to hear a group of pundits unleash a scathing salvo of insults directed at your religion. Recently on the Fox News program Fox & Friends Sunday, Tucker Carlson, founder of The Daily Caller, deliv Continue Reading »

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Living by the Bible for a Year

November 1st, 2012

How would you like to live an entire year following the Bible's instructions on female conduct? Rachel Held Evans of Dayton, Tennessee, did exactly that, then wrote a book about her experience. Although she has faced criticism by the evangelical community for Continue Reading »

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Did Jesus Have a Wife?

September 21st, 2012

"You're a fit dude. You wear sandals. You spend all your time hanging around 12 other guys. People were starting to talk," said T.V. talk show host and comedian Stephen Colbert in a joke about a mysterious papyrus fragment referring to the women in Jesus's lif Continue Reading »

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A "Savage" Attack on Christianity and the Bible

May 9th, 2012

Journalist Dan Savage ruffled more than a few feathers a couple of weeks ago when he made a speech at a high school journalism convention in Seattle about how Christians use the Bible. The gay-rights advocate did fling a few unnecessary invectives, but he also Continue Reading »

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Christians Voice Support for Cornwall's Pagan Curriculum

April 24th, 2012

In Britain, there's no such thing as formal separation of church and state, and schools are required to teach religious education (RE) classes. To avoid religious bias, the country has tried to include a diverse range of faiths in RE syllabi. Recently, the Cor Continue Reading »

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