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Episode 12 This episode is part two of our discussion on Religious Freedom, to wit: Park 51, Cordoba House, a proposed Islamic community center in lower Manhattan. What we might call, if we wanted to generate hits and trolls, “The Mosque at Ground Zero”. Are we all moderate Christians? What’s a radicalized Christianity look like [...]

AM ONLY Guessing here, but I’d bet we’ll not hear about Jason Rodriguez‘ religion (which I’m racistly assuming to be Roman Catholicism). We won’t hear about Catholics being asked to distance themselves from Jason Rodriguez, nor will we hear that the Pope has been called to announce “This isn’t Catholic…” OMG… and he’s “brown”.

RANKIE Schaeffer, noted Orthodox writer, says in order to solve the problem of religious influence in Washington we should tax the religious folks: “First, all religious organizations should to be taxed in exactly the same way as any other businesses or individual; second, full disclosure of candidates’ (and elected members of government, as well as [...]

AD Theology will get me out of bed… direct quote from a local (Buffalo) lady on the radio this AM: “Because we’re Catholic and everyone goes to heaven when they die…” So many things wrong with that sentence I had to stop listening to stupid people on the radio.

Christ is Risen! AW THIS On Religion Dispatches today, looked like a very interesting book: Is God a Delusion? A Reply to Religion’s Cultured Despisers: Back in January of 2007, a colleague gave me a photocopied page from a book and asked me to evaluate it as if it were a student paper. The page [...]

HARLES DARWIN is 200 this year and his great work, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, turns 150. To mark the occasion, BBC Radio 4 has done a totally awesome series called On the Origin of Darwin.

IRST Let’s take a look at some non-mythological history. Constantine was seeking a way to unify his empire. After the wars and division that plagued the collapse of the tetrarchy and his accession to the throne, a unified people was necessary. So he first decreed religious diversity, promising Freedom to everyone. His slow move to [...]

I’ve personalised this post. Because too often bloggers (including me) speak in the abstract about things that are very real. I am a gay man. When someone speaks of “homosexuals as a class” they are either speaking of me, personally, or else they are telling lies. For what is true of Homosexuals as a class [...]

ISHOP ALAN’s recent post on Liberalism, religion, Milton at 400 moves to an interesting discussion of the roots of religious liberalism. In the discussion there is this from the Bp: Liberality about faith comes from believing God is so important, that all lesser beings have a lot of play space, and you can trust him [...]

UNDAY’S Sermon atTrinity Church, Buffalo included this passage, commenting on the opening line of the Gospel of Mark: You may have read or heard that opening line dozens or even scores of times if you have been a regular church-goer, especially in Advent. But I want us to hear that opening sentence with this background. [...]