Christianity
No-religion most successful "faith" in UK
“Give me the child and I will give you the man,” the Jesuits boast. Indoctrinate a child in a faith and he, or she, will carry that faith for life.…
Thoughts on Canada’s new immigration laws in regards to the niqab and the Lowes ad controversy on All American Muslim
As a Canadian liberal blogger, I was contacted by a project representative from My Fellow American back in October, the month during which in Ontario, my province of residence, we…
Should Rick Perry’s YouTube ad be banned as hate speech?
The question, broached by Amber MacArthur in Thursday’s The Globe and Mail, comes with its own set of issues that perhaps merits a bit of precision. As MacArthur points out:…
Australian tennis champion Margaret Court slams marriage equality
Legendary Australian tennis champion and Pentecostal, Reverend Margaret Court, has once again displayed her flagrant brand of homophobia, this time in her condemnation of the marriage equality movement in Australia.…
Chris Hedges and Christianity
Echoing the thesis from his book, Death of the Liberal Class, a work that excoriated traditional liberal institutions for their failure to hold true to their values, instead essentially selling…
Hijacking Penn State
As if the tragedy at Penn State wasn't bad enough in and of itself, people with unrelated axes to grind are now using it to get attention. 1. A spokesman…
The Occupy Movement and Christianity’s Core Message
Gene Robinson, the ninth bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of New Hampshire and a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, addresses the relationship between the Occupy Movement and…
Australian equality movement gains steam with support from Christian rugby star David Pocock
Support for marriage equality in Australia continues to gain momentum since the lower house of the state of Tasmania became the first in the country to formally support same-sex marriage…
Occupy the Church, Occupy Together
Christians. Church. God. Jesus. Occupy. What do these words mean to you? For many, the connotations are negative. Personal experiences with judgemental, rigid, frozen people who identify themselves as Christians…
At least read the bloody book
We in Christendom have a history of "Christians" using religion to justify violence of all kinds, from war to burning people at the stake. Indeed, exploiting one of history's gentlest…
The schizoid nature of the Western world: Overcoming the root paradox of Western civilization – and our own minds
The Western world is still trapped in a paradox and a self-contradiction of our own making: we are schizoid with regards to the body, the material world and to our…
Where do Observant Jews and Conservative Christians get their Morals, Theologically Speaking?
Theologically speaking, where do Jews and Conservative Christians get their values?
At least 100 priests reported involved in same-sex blackmail scheme
The hypocrisy of the Catholic church never ceases to end or to amaze. The Italian weekly, Panorama, reported Friday that police have arrested two gay men in connection with blackmailing…
Christian outrage shutters contemporary art exhibit in Manilla
A contemporary art exhibit at the Cultural Centre of the Philippines has been shut down amid accusations that the work is "blasphemous".
Ghana minister orders arrest of all gays and lesbians in Western Region
Paul Evans Aidoo, Minister for the Western Region of Ghana, has reportedly tasked Ghana’s Bureau of National Investigations and security forces to immediately round up and arrest all gays and…
Muslim writer speaks in favor of equal protection for all
In an article published in Al Arabiya, Melody Moezzi, an Iranian-American Muslim writer and attorney from Chicago has come out in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rights, stating:The…
Chinese actress under boycott and banned from awards
Thrice married, born-again evangelical Chinese actress Lü Liping is facing international boycotts and has been banned from the 2011 Golden Horse Awards, considered the Oscars of Chinese cinema, after posting…
New Zealand Māori women’s group reject politicians’ endorsement of Destiny Church
The Māori women’s group, Te Wharepora Hou, in New Zealand has condemned the attendance of four Māori male politicians at a Destiny Church conference last weekend, and claim that the…
A fool’s logic, protecting children from sexual indoctrination through sexual indoctrination
I think most people in Canada, and by most people I mean a good eighty percent, would agree that the mixing of religion and politics is a bad thing, or…