Religious Freedom
July 7, 2020
Does Religious Freedom Have a Place in the Death Chamber?
Watching a condemned person die by hanging was once a public spectacle. Today, that is not the case—there is no entrance...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
June 24, 2020
Scientology is Fun—The Sequel
That Scientology is fun is one of those things that’s so obvious and normal to those who actually know and practice it that...
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Religious Literacy
June 19, 2020
Ken Chitwood: A Voice for Religious Literacy
As I dug deeper into his website I discovered a 28-minute video clip of a talk he gave several years ago at the Messiah Lutheran...
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Religious Literacy
June 19, 2020
The Role of Religion in a Coronavirus World
Fear breaks down a man’s sense of brotherhood. Make a man afraid, and he takes refuge in superstition.
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Media & Ethics
June 12, 2020
Lights! Camera! Death!—A&E’s Role in Ending the Life of Javier Ambler
Juvenal, the ancient Roman poet, had a phrase for it: “Bread and circuses.” By that he meant keep the rabble distracted...
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Religious Literacy
June 9, 2020
The Creation of Love & Hate
In doing these things He sat in council with Adam. “Lord,” said Adam, “will You not grant us a gift—a miracle that...
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Scientology Religion
May 26, 2020
Happy Birthday, Dianetics!
This month, the world marks the 70th anniversary of the publication of Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, the...
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Scientology Religion
May 25, 2020
Blamers Gonna Blame
Whenever someone claiming to be a former Scientologist writes something disparaging about our church, one telling thing pops...
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Religious Freedom
May 25, 2020
Supreme Court Reviews Scholarships for Religious Schools
The U.S. Supreme Court will shortly decide whether the State of Montana can prevent the use of public funds for any educational...
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Media & Ethics
May 24, 2020
National Enquirer Exposed as Front Group for Alien Invaders!—A Satire
Author’s Note: For years, the National Enquirer has taken shots at Scientology and at other religions, benevolent organizations,...
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Scientology Religion
May 14, 2020
Scientology Is Freedom. Freedom Is Fun.
In just about every society on earth, we humans are handed nothing but limits from the time we are born. The limits of popular...
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Media & Ethics
May 11, 2020
Meghan & Harry Are Fed Up, and So Are We
The couple’s public statement is a shot across the bow at a disturbing trend that has become the new normal over recent...
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Media & Ethics
May 8, 2020
Hell Froze Over and Pigs Can Fly: An Honest Story About Scientology
The article contained no controversy, no sensationalism, no drama, and most of all, no bias. How refreshing to view something...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
May 2, 2020
Twenty Million More
We sat in front of the rabbi that day in 1977, my wife and I, a bit sheepishly explaining how we had run off and gotten married...
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Religious Literacy
May 1, 2020
The Triumph of the Irish-American People Over Religious Bigotry
The fear and suspicion of the sudden influx of foreigners in general and Irish-Catholics in particular spawned a political...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 22, 2020
Bigotry: Nothing Funny About That
If someone were to make a list of the top 10 least funny things, “bigotry” would undoubtedly make the cut. There’s very...
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Religious Freedom
April 10, 2020
Evolution vs. Religion in Ohio Schools
A bill currently pending in the Ohio state legislature has resulted in statements that, if it becomes law, students would...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 9, 2020
Mike Rinder’s Legacy
The simple truth is that Mike Rinder makes his living fomenting bigotry and hate against the group whose standards he failed...
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Scientology Religion
April 3, 2020
How the Whole Earth Catalog Primed Me for Scientology
When I moved from a small town in upstate New York to the San Francisco Bay area at the age of 11, I found myself at the beginning...
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Religious Freedom
April 1, 2020
Contagion of Faith
And now just a few short weeks later, all of us suddenly find ourselves searching for faith elsewhere than where the signs...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
April 1, 2020
The Truth About Mariette Lindstein Is a Lot More Interesting
A violent, unstable and self-confessed liar and kleptomaniac, Lindstein joined the Scientology religious order thirty-some...
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Religious Freedom
March 29, 2020
The Real Deal With Disconnection
A friend of mine who lived among the native Inuits of far Northern Canada told me that if a person in the community, through...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 17, 2020
Religious Stigma Isn’t Created by Your Neighbors
A poll found that 82% of Americans feel that it is very important for Christians to be allowed to practice freely, while only...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
March 15, 2020
Let’s Take Out the Garbage, Like Tony Ortega
The very bottom of the money-making barrel, in my mind, would be selling drugs or people. I don’t know whether Ortega has...
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