BREAKING NEWS: Obama Spends First Morning Watching Football
By Tommaso Boggia - Jan 21st, 2009 at 2:32 pmOk, fine, maybe he didn’t, but he did spend it at the National Cathedral for a prayer service and, to non-theists like me, that’s just as…
Posts Tagged ‘religion’
Non-believers
By Ned Resnikoff - Jan 21st, 2009 at 9:15 amNo, I don’t know that atheists should be regarded as citizens, nor should they be regarded as patriotic. This is one nation under God.
–Vice…
The Legacy of John Neuhaus
By Jesse Singal - Jan 9th, 2009 at 10:33 amThe Rev. Richard John Neuhaus, a very important thinker when it comes to the intellectual architecture of the religious right, died yesterday. Neuhaus had an…
I Hope William Donohue Reads This
By L. Russell Allen - Jan 7th, 2009 at 1:02 pmThe argument for the Catholic Church against other Christian denominations has always been the foundation of the Mother Church through the years. Just ask Louisiana…
Richard Cizik Changes His Mind on Civil Unions and is Promptly Fired
By Jamelle Bouie - Dec 11th, 2008 at 5:51 pmOne of the more interesting developments in conservative evangelicalism is the burgeoning “Creation Care” movement. Organizations like the Evangelical Environmental Network, and to a lesser…
Atheisming
By Ned Resnikoff - Dec 9th, 2008 at 12:45 pmJumping in on all the God talk going on around here as of late, I’d like to throw something out there on the nature of…
Sympathy for Atheists
By L. Russell Allen - Dec 8th, 2008 at 4:11 pmLast Friday, I wrote a post criticizing a pro-atheist sign in a Washington state government building. My criticism was that the sign was more anti-religious…
We’re All Offended
By Jesse Singal - Dec 5th, 2008 at 3:26 pmI don’t often disagree with Russ, but I do in this case. Discussing a rather stridently worded pro-atheism sign placed outside the Washington Legislative Building…
You Don’t Need Religion to be a Jerk
By L. Russell Allen - Dec 5th, 2008 at 2:15 pmEvery December there seems to be a controversy somewhere over a Nativity scene on public property. This year it looks like it’s going to be…
Not a “Good Book” in This Regard
By Jesse Singal - Dec 4th, 2008 at 5:35 pmMatt Duss notes that Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church, appearing on Hannity & Colmes last night, said that stopping evil “is the legitimate role…
Happy Chrismakkuh from President Bush!
By Bradley Portnoy - Dec 3rd, 2008 at 12:23 pmIn what is almost certainly not the last screwup of the Bush Administration, it appears that they’ve sent out invitations to the White House Hanukkah…
Christian Berenstain Bears
By Kay Steiger - Dec 1st, 2008 at 5:12 pmVia Emily , the beloved Berenstain Bears of our youth are promoting wholesome Christian values on the Focus on the Family website. While many might…
Have More Sex, Pastor Says
By Lisha Arino - Nov 25th, 2008 at 4:28 pmFor once, a religious figure isn’t telling its congregation to abstain from sex.
According to The New York Times, the Reverend Ed Young, a pastor…
The Next 24 Hours in Our Dumb News Cycle
By Ned Resnikoff - Nov 24th, 2008 at 1:54 pmSo help me god, if “where Obama goes to pray” replaces “who he’s going to pick for assistant deputy undersecretary of the interior” in media…
Assigning Blame
By Jamelle Bouie - Nov 20th, 2008 at 2:18 pmOn the debate over which faction is to blame for the GOP’s current electoral woes (intensified somewhat by Kathleen Parker’s recent, kind of inflammatory, column),…
