According to recent studies, 21% of atheists believe in God. 10% of them pray. A majority of atheists say that religion is somewhat or very important in their lives. This is slightly more than the larger category of the “nones,” those who say they have
Have you heard of the “life uniform” movement? It involves wearing the same kind of clothes–e.g., blue Levis and a black T-shirt–every day. That’s what Steve Jobs did. An article in Christianity Today tries to turn this particular fashion choice into an act of piety.
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More from Terry Mattingly’s column about the new Protestant-like role of “conscience” in liberal Catholicism: He quotes Blase Cupich, the Archbishop of Chicago, on how he counsels the divorced and remarried, gays, and others in what the Church officially considers to be a sinful lifestyle.
A federal court has blocked President Obama’s attempt to impose amnesty for illegal immigrants by executive order. The Supreme Court is expected to take up the case. So it appears that the immigration controversy will end up being decided not by legislation but by the
So, after the 4th Republican debate, who won, who lost, who’s up, who’s down? Did anyone change your mind? Do you now have a candidate you are glad to support?
On this Veterans Day, let us honor those who served in the military not by pitying them because we think, rightly or wrongly, that they suffer from Post-traumatic Stress Syndrome, but by admiring them for their bravery, their patriotism, and their exploits. And if you
This is the place for your color commentary on tonight’s Republican debate. Use the “comments” to comment on what’s going on. I’ll be doing that, but I don’t want to do it by myself, so join in.
There are three branches of Judaism: Reform, Conservative, and Orthodox. A similar breakdown is evident in other religious traditions: a liberal version, a conservative version, and an arch-conservative version.* Thus, among Lutherans, we have the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (liberal), the Lutheran Church Missouri
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In the rainbow of diversity we have here at the Cranach blog, opinions vary on all sorts of topics. But virtually everyone agrees on one thing: Not liking the Disqus commenting system that we’ve been stuck with. Patheos, who hosts this blog, is considering adopting