Speaking to a meeting of Hasidic Jewish leaders on Sunday, New York GOP gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino said, “I don’t want [children] to be brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality is an equally valid or successful option” to heterosexuality. Religious organizations and people frequently lead opposition to gay rights in the United States
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God and gays
Today’s post is over on the Cor Deo site. I raise the issue of offering unhelpful assurance to people that may or may not have eternal life. In particular I focus in on one verse that seems to be massively neglected in this matter. To read the article, please click here.
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Unhelpful Assurance?
From overweight 40-year-old men playing Dungeons & Dragons in Mommy’s garage to now, being an official tax bracket, it seems worshiping the sun, moon, stars and tree sap is finally paying off, according to The Telegraph (UK).
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Boys under the hood: Druids finally a religion.
There has been much discussion in Catholic circles about the new English-language translation of the Mass texts, not to mention the process that led to the recent approval by the Vatican of the final version. The changes are to be implemented during Advent 2011. Reaction among Catholics has been mixed.
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For All or For Many
Nicholas Kristof has created a quiz that exposes unflattering passages from all the leading brands of revealed faith — Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. What is the point of his little quiz? [T]he point of this little quiz is that religion is more complicated than it sometimes seems, and that we should be wary of rushing to inflammatory conclusions about any faith, especially based on cherry-picking texts.
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Scriptures Demoted
Episcopal Cafe notes that Fortune (the mag, rather than the really really powerful lady Fortune) lists Presiding Bishop Katharine Jefferts Schori as “a powerful female in the category of religion.” Here is a quote from her from Fortune, by way of the Cafe” “As a church in a rapidly evolving society, we have to be more nimble. .
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Presiding Bishop, Powerful Woman, speaks nimbly and with power.
Sikhi Sidak(www.sikhisidak.com)with support of Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee organised two days camp ( 9th & 10th Oct.2010) in Gurudwara Bangla Sahib premises. Their Volunteers along with the students of NSS Unit of Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College,University of Delhi,Dev Nagar carry message of Sikh Gurus /Sikh Religion by displaying posters & distributing pamphlets or brochure with general information about Sikh Religion and personally interact with foreigners to make them understand Sikh religion.
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Sikhism: Awareness Drive at Gurudwara Bangla Sahib
‘New atheists’ encourage open confrontation; ‘accommodationists’ prefer a subtler, more tactical approach. At a Council for Secular Humanism conference, tension is evident.
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Religious skeptics disagree on how aggressively to challenge the devout
Driving through the city, we might notice the construction projects, the garbage trucks, the landscapers trimming the hedges, the school buses passing by.
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Bluesphere project reveals, through art, our impact on the environment, society
Rabbi Capers Funnye, a first cousin of Michelle Obama and dubbed “Obama's rabbi,” will appear at the College of Charleston to deliver the Milton and Freddie Kronsberg Memorial Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 17 in the Stern Center Ballroom, George and Glebe streets.
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'Obama's rabbi' to speak at college