Religious Freedom
July 24, 2019
It was a big event: on its final day, a participant reported, “Close to 900 members of civil society and religious groups...
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Religious Literacy
July 24, 2019
Religious people live longer. There’s plenty of scientific evidence to support that statement, and if you click on the link...
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Religious Literacy
July 11, 2019
Guests of many religions were in attendance. We had Jewish relatives from my side, Catholics from my husband's side, Christians...
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Media & Ethics
July 9, 2019
Occasionally in the course of a day, I hear disparaging things about people I know and love. I’m sure this has happened...
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Religious Literacy
July 8, 2019
And the more I studied religions, the more I saw the common thread. They all believed that you are more than your body and...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
July 4, 2019
Most people are decent: They are constructive, creative, welcoming and social…
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Religious Literacy
July 1, 2019
The theory of evolution postulates that the many different forms of life all descended from a common ancestor, with the many...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
July 1, 2019
My Facebook brothers and sisters have become tribes, or more precisely, granfalloons. A granfalloon, as defined by the coiner...
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Religious Literacy
June 30, 2019
And at the end of the concert, she smiled. Women had shivered, men had wept. Reverend James Cleveland, who had brought her...
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Religious Literacy
June 26, 2019
Are science and spirituality mutually exclusive? Alan Lightman, a physicist who has researched black holes, stellar dynamics...
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Scientology Religion
June 26, 2019
In the end, I gave the “live life one day at a time and just do what makes you happy” thing a try. By the age of 23, I...
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Religious Freedom
June 25, 2019
In the weeks prior to the tragic raid, one such demagogue, the notorious convicted felon Rick Ross of the now defunct Cult...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
June 25, 2019
Help End Religious Intolerance Wherever You Are Some of the moms I know are total superheroes, and I recently felt compelled...
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Religious Literacy
June 22, 2019
Artists bring their own special energy to that endeavor and deserve support and encouragement and validation. Here’s to...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
June 20, 2019
It is undeniably true that there are terrorists in the world and they are well named: they try to bring about terror, chaos,...
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Religious Literacy
June 13, 2019
After I’d been working there for a few days, the CEO called me into his office and said “You know, I really admired the...
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Combating Bigotry & Hate
June 12, 2019
Would you honor these unbelievers for being religious in an otherwise materialistic world and respect their sincerely held...
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Religious Literacy
May 30, 2019
Tolerance of one’s fellow man, including his race, his nationality and his creed, is an essential part of everyday life.
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Religious Freedom
May 29, 2019
Religion is extremely valuable to society, but only when people are free to examine the subject for themselves and draw the...
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Religious Literacy
May 28, 2019
Faith is real. Faith is attainable. Faith can be learned and applied to create a richer life for one and all.
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