Get those side-eyes ready, America. Not only do creationists not believe in evolution, there's an entire Christian group of science dissidents who not only refuse to believe dinosaurs ever existed.
The group's belief is that the...
Pope Francis has come out and said that we need to end tax exempt statuses of churches and church buildings that don't help the needy. He specifically mentioned religious institutions that are using loopholes to avoid...
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1. Horus (3100 B.C.)
Horus...
I'll admit that I'm a bit baffled by the ritualistic ceremony called "The Purity Ball." Why are young girls having a ritual to get their fathers involved with celebrating their virginity and proclaiming themselves her...
I'm a Southern girl. Born in the South, raised in the South, and have rarely lived anywhere BUT the South. I actually love the South. I'll die in the South. Being a Southern girl, I...
In the days before Indiana Governor Mike Pence was to sign the controversial Religious Freedom Restoration Act into law, several major companies threatened to pull their businesses, and by extension tax money and jobs, out...
Donald Trump, who has said he will mandate we all say Merry Christmas when he is elected President, sent out cards that say Happy Holidays.
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You are what you believe.
At the core of each of us is our belief system. It is around that belief system that a large part of our personal identity...
Fulfilling his campaign promise to make America white again, President Donald Trump signed off on some executive orders that may have prevented his own mother and wife, Melania, from entering the United States. He also showed his...
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Maat was an Egyptian Goddess. From Tour Egypt:
Ma'at, unlike...
For years, the religious right has talked about building a "culture of life" in this country--one in which abortion is a thing of the past. We already know how far they're willing to go. By...
Yes, you read that correctly. A woman in Midtown, New York City was wearing traditional Muslim garb, and someone set her on fire. The unnamed 36-year-old woman had her blouse set on fire.
On Sunday, we remembered...
More often than not, the Bible is used to condemn LGBT people. Using the Bible to further discrimination is not a new concept. Over the years, the Bible has been used to condone segregation, condone...
When it comes to publishing anything, your title (or headline) is everything. Maybe that's what some of these authors were thinking -- "let me grab readers with a really whack title!". Or maybe they were...
I am a southern pastor and an educated professor who lives in rural Arkansas amidst folks who own guns and vote Republican. I hold college degrees, I preach in two churches, and I teach history...
This is a manifesto from someone on the Christian Left. That someone happens to be me. My name is Kyle Neven — and I am Christian.
This is my truth.
I’m sorry if it hurts.
Truth often does.
And from...
We all hear of the uber-crazy stuff that high-profile fundamentalists Christians say. Stupid Christian quotes are?gleefully reported by the liberal media, and rightly so. For those of us who are SANE Christians, it's a reminder...
As a left-leaning evangelical Christian, one of the most disheartening anecdotes of the election was the discovery that a whopping 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Donald Trump. To most of them, Trump's outrageous...
This asshole is at it again. RWNJ Arizona hate-pastor Steven Anderson talked about the death of pop star George Michael.
He thinks George Michael is burning in hell right now for being a "pervert" and a...
As a child growing up in the Bible Belt, there were accepted beliefs among most common sense Christians. For example, we believed that it likely took God more than seven actual days to create everything...
