Healing rituals and bad spirits on a Philippine island
Siquijor is one of more than 7,000 islands in the Philippines – it has tropical sun, white sand and an azure sea, but it is also famous for witchcraft. How do you go about...
Category: Theology vs. Philosophy
UK Christian group ordered to remove ads claiming God can heal people
BATH, England — Britain’s advertising watchdog is forcing a Christian group to remove claims from its websites and brochures that it can heal people. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) said the Bath division of...
University Defends Crackdown on Religious Groups
Christian student organizations at Vanderbilt University may be forced to go underground or meet in secret after university officials doubled down on a policy that bans student religious groups from requiring their leaders to...
Holy war over health care law? Obama angers Catholic leaders
While President Obama will deliver another speech on the economy Wednesday in Northern Virginia to keep the focus on jobs, Catholic leaders across the country are warning another issue may blow up in his...
Pagan mom challenges Bible giveaway at North Carolina school
WEAVERVILLE, N.C. – A pagan mother’s challenge to the distribution of donated Bibles at a local school has prompted the Buncombe County Board of Education to reevaluate its policies regarding religious texts. Ginger Strivelli,...
Scientists want climate change in young minds
Climate change subscribers say the fight against global warming will require younger soldiers. On Monday, the National Center for Science Education, a nonprofit group that denounces intelligent design and supports an evolution-only curriculum in...
Science’s “most beautiful theories”
(Reuters) – From Darwinian evolution to the idea that personality is largely shaped by chance, the favorite theories of the world’s most eminent thinkers are as eclectic as science itself. Every January, John Brockman,...
Why Gay Parents May Be the Best Parents
Gay marriage, and especially gay parenting, has been in the cross hairs in recent days. On Jan. 6, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum told a New Hampshire audience that children are better off with...
WHO INVENTED THE IDEA THAT MAN MADE GOD?
The idea that we invented God rather than God inventing us is often regarded as a modern one. While it only came to full expression in the last two centuries, its roots actually lie...
Google and Others Embrace Vile Attack on Santorum
When Rick Santorum essentially tied in Iowa, he gave his campaign new life. He also guaranteed America would finally learn just how disgusting, vile and despicable the left is in this country. And how...
