Jun 28 2013
If you’re ‘true to yourself’, you might end up finding no real self to be true to By Giles Fraser, Friday 21 June 2013 14.30 EDT Earlier this week, Zoe Williams did a sterling job debunking the latest nonsense from the Girl Guides, who have announced that they will no longer “serve God” but …
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Jun 28 2013
Understanding ‘God’s war’ against abortion and Wendy Davis in Texas By Sarah Posner, Friday 28 June 2013 12.06 EDT Texas state senator Wendy Davis has electrified the pro-choice movement. Not just because of her sheer endurance in a nearly 11-hour filibuster, not just because she stood up to condescension and sexism, and not just …
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Jun 24 2013
God’s Dear John Letter To The U.S. By http://www.thegodarticle.com/, 09/13/2011 Dear John and Jane Public, Honestly, don’t fret over it. I get it. Dear God, I get it. You’ve found a new god. Truthfully, I’ve seen this coming for awhile. I tried to deny it. I even tried to change it. (I have to …
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May 31 2013
The prosperity gospel makes a mockery of Christianity By Andrew Brown, May 29, 2013 There is a very good programme on the “prosperity gospel” available on the Radio 4 website right now. Two things need saying about it. The first is that it proves, if anything could, the difficulty of defining religions in terms …
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May 12 2013
An Open Letter to Elie Wiesel By Avner Inbar and Assaf Sharon, May 27, 2010 In a recent public letter to President Obama, Elie Wiesel urged the President not to “pressure” Israel to cease settlement activity in Jerusalem. According to Wiesel: For me, the Jew that I am, Jerusalem is above politics. It is …
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May 10 2013
The dark side of home schooling: creating soldiers for the culture war By Katherine Stewart, Wednesday 8 May 2013 07.00 EDT Several decades ago, political activists on the religious right began to put together an “ideology machine”. Home schooling was a big part of the plan. The idea was to breed and “train up” …
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Apr 30 2013
Behind the use of drones is a complacent belief that murdering Muslims is always justifiable By Yasmin Alibhai Brown, Sunday 28 April 2013 First, read this unconditional acceptance of facts that cannot be denied nor excused. Islamicist terrorism has inflicted atrocities and diffused panic and amorphous, long-term anxiety from east to west, south to …
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