We’ve reached a momentous milestone: For the first time ever, more than half of Americans have no religious affiliation. Read more
April 5, 2021
For-Profit Faith
April 5, 2021 By James A. Haught
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By James A. Haught Among sleazy occupations, is anything worse than big-money evangelists with their private jets, garish diamonds, piled-up hairdos and $5,000 suits? A new book, to be released April 27, is PreachersNSneakers: Authenticity in an Age of For-Profit Faith and (Wannabe) Celebrities. It exposes TV pastors “who get rich off of preaching about Jesus.” It’s written by Ben Kirby of Texas, a born-again Christian who watched gospel television and noticed that many leaders flaunted outlandishly expensive clothes and… Read more
April 2, 2021
Commonwealth, II.XXXV: “Owners and Custodians”
April 2, 2021 By Adam Lee
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The right to destroy, versus the duty to preserve. Read more
March 31, 2021
“Regardless of Others”
March 31, 2021 By Adam Lee
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Evangelical Christianity has been transmuted into an Ayn Rand gospel which denies that we have any moral obligations to each other. Read more
March 29, 2021
A New Phase of Civilization
March 29, 2021 By James A. Haught
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By James A. Haught Human civilization has staggered and lunged through many phases and sub-phases, some overlapping: Stone Age Bronze Age Iron Age Hunter-gatherers Early agriculture Kings and empires City-states Widespread slavery Early science in Ancient Greece Dark Ages The Age of Faith Renaissance Seafaring and exploration Enlightenment Democracy Colonialism Perpetual warfare Aviation Age Industrial Revolution Electronic Age Population explosion Scientific Age De-colonialism Space travel Human rights Computer Age and Internet Black equality Female equality Gay equality Decline of warfare… Read more
March 26, 2021
Commonwealth, II.XXXIV: Rae’s Finest Hour
March 26, 2021 By Adam Lee
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When Rae met Will Anton for the first time. Read more
March 24, 2021
Book Review: Jesus and John Wayne
March 24, 2021 By Adam Lee
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Donald Trump not only isn’t an aberration, but the most consistent expression of an ethic that white evangelicals have spent decades constructing. Read more
March 22, 2021
Whatever Happened to War?
March 22, 2021 By James A. Haught
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By James A. Haught For millennia, it was considered normal for strong tribes to conquer, pillage and subjugate weaker ones. After Macedonia annexed Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great ended city-states and launched a conquest machine that dominated much of the known world. Soon afterward, the Roman Empire spread via military force as far as the British Isles. After Islam developed, holy warriors spread the faith into Asia and across North Africa, up into France. Then the Golden Horde of Genghis… Read more
March 19, 2021
Commonwealth, II.XXXIII: Equality of Opportunity
March 19, 2021 By Adam Lee
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The question of whether the Pacific Republic will save the world goes to a referendum. Read more
March 17, 2021
Why Won’t Evangelicals Get the COVID Vaccine?
March 17, 2021 By Adam Lee
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White evangelical Christians are more likely to refuse the COVID vaccine than any other group, even if their spite costs them their own lives. Read more
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