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Study: Older people tend to believe in God more

By On April 23, 2012 · 14 Comments

A new study says that as people age — even in countries with a higher number of atheists — their faith in God increases. The study, from the University of Chicago, also found:

• Atheism is strongest in northwest European countries such as Scandinavia and those of the former Eastern [...]

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Jesus gets a makeover!

By On April 2, 2012 · 4 Comments

At Newsweek.

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Few things fall flatter than satire gone sour

By On February 29, 2012 · 10 Comments

Last week, Larry Doyle, a former writer for “The Simpsons,” wrote an essay titled ”The Jesus-Eating Cult of Rick Santorum” for Huffington Post, which included this:

Unlike Christians, Santorum and his fellow Roman Catholics participate in a barbaric ritual dating back two millennia, a “mass” in which a black-robed cleric casts a [...]

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On enthusiasm among the voters:

By On February 3, 2012 · 6 Comments

Public Religion Research Institute has a new study out that says, in part:

Democratic voters are more than twice as likely as Republican voters to say that the growing gap between the rich and the poor is a critical issue (63% vs. 30%). Approximately half of white Mainline Protestants (48%) and Catholics [...]

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These are not bright burglars, these

By On January 17, 2012 · Leave a Comment

There’s a small rash of church burglaries in West Hartford, which prompted one minister to joke that churches aren’t the best places to go if you’re looking for cash.

That’s not all churches, mind you. But if churches were all wealthy, who would take in the poor church [...]

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Hey. He’s talking about MY people.

By On January 17, 2012 · 7 Comments

Naughty language alert. You’ve been warned.

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2011′s top religion stories you didn’t see

By On December 28, 2011 · 5 Comments

Not sure I agree with Peter Laarman that all of them were actually stories, but what do you think? (I am interested in the notion of nihilism.)

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Religion: Getting it wrong on both sides

By On December 27, 2011 · 2 Comments

Tim Padgett writes about Christopher Hitchens and fundamentalists at Time. He says the famous literary critic, author, and atheist, who died Dec. 15, and fundamentalists represented  by organizations like the egregious Florida Family Association:

prod us on the one hand to assess what isn’t Christian — like demonizing [...]

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Mormons heart Republicans

By On December 14, 2011 · Leave a Comment

A new study out from Hartford’s Trinity College – based on the American Religious Identification Survey (ARIS) — says that members of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (Mormons) are twice as likely to favor the Republican Party as any other religious groups — and those [...]

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