Tag: religion
All the articles with the tag "religion".
Unrest in Turkey
It has been interesting to watch the ongoing strife and turmoil that has been shaking Turkey. We were there for two weeks in March & April and had a chance to speak with a number of people in differen…
Heretics
During my chores today I finally caught up with This American Life podcasts. I just finished listening to episode 304: Heretics . I come from a bit of a charismatic background, so the story had a big …
Pentecostals in Latin America
The CS Monitor has a great 3 part series on the explosive growth of the Pentecostal movement in Latin America . The first two parts, dealing mostly with Guatemala and Brazil are posted and have been q…
Focus on what Family?
I'm just going to rip the text of this WP story : Focus on the Family founder James C. Dobson and other conservative Christian leaders are calling for the National Association of Evangelicals to silen…
Hot for the apocalypse
Kurt Andersen has written a great piece over at NY Magazine. Titled “ The End of the World As They Know It ”, it dives into culture and attitudes obsessed with apocalypse. Five years after Islamic apo…
Whoops
Interesting.. recent research suggests that the rhythm method might kill more embryos than other methods of contraception. Eggs released outside of the "fertile week" are obviously less likely to come…
Does irony translate?
This whole cartoon thing is rediculous . Michael Standaert has the right idea : Why does the Danish Prime Minister even need to be involved in this situation or apologize for this? What I don't unders…
Dia de los Muertos
(All photos for this entry are posted here ) (The following is information I've picked up from various sources, so feel free to set me straight) Dia de los Muertos is one of the more famous and widely…
Roman Catholic Church & the literal Bible
This Times article is interesting - Catholic Church no longer swears by truth of the Bible . They haven't gone crazy and renounced the virgin birth or anything like that, but they have said that "We s…
Pope'ed
My sister in law opened up yesterday's paper and said "Someone Pope'ed all over the paper". I laughed and am going to hell . A whitey like me doesn't have much ceremony in life, so it is good to live …