While in Africa the past month I heard only two bits of news. The first was that Osama bin Laden had been killed. Good riddance. The second was that Harold Camping and his followers were preparing for the end of the world on May 21.
This concerned me given that I was in a plane for [...]
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Though I have yet to view a single episode of PBS’ five part series “God in America,” I have been catching comments here and there which suggest it is worth watching. My avoidance to date is born of studied tedium — how much Cotton Mather and Ken Burns can one take in a lifetime?
Our correspondent [...]
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We are rapidly approaching a level of national insanity that is shocking. The Reverend Franklin Graham, influential son of famous evangelist Billy Graham, claims that religion is transmitted through gametes (otherwise known as sperm/ova) and contends this makes Obama a blood Muslim.
This is what Graham told CNN’s John King during a nationally televised interview on [...]
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The Jehovah’s Witnesses are a fascinating group and highly successful in growing their membership. For those who don’t know much about them, I recommend Rodney Stark’s and Laurence Iannaccone’s article “Why the Jehovah’s Witnesses Grow So Rapidly: A Theoretical Application.” The article contains a concise history of the Witnesses, and then attempts to explain their [...]
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