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'In God We Trust' is Source of Controversy Again

The US national motto, “In God We Trust,” is just about everywhere. It is on every piece of US coinage and currency, in many government buildings, and even on license plates in Ohio, Florida, and the Carolinas. Yet it…
Love Thy Neighbor: Racism and the Bible

A few nights ago I was watching a documentary about skinheads in America, and how much they hate other races but themselves. I have always been fascinated with things like this, and I watched this to also keep an idea …
Religious, not Spiritual

By JDK at The Mockingbird Blog The other day, I listened to an NPR Speaking of Faith interview with the late Jaroslav Pelikan entitled The Need for Creeds. For those of you who don’t know of this radio program, its so…
Christ: All or Nothing

One of the most common reasons people give me for not wanting to exclusively embrace the Christian faith is tied to ideas of pluralism. The argument I encounter usually sounds something like this: if there is a God, …
The Blame Game of Fort Hood: Christians Should Stay Out

Do any Google news search for “religion,” “faith,” or “christianity” and you'll find articles written about what occurred at Fort Hood, Texas, last week. It is a tragedy that all of America is trying to understand and …
The Berlin Wall, Still Standing in Spirit

Today marks the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall. On November 9, 1989, the masses living barricaded within the walls surrounding West Berlin tore down the wall, having heard on the news that East Germany…
Environmentalism Becomes a Religion

When Tim Nicholson was dismissed from his executive position because of his “green” views, he took his former employer to court. Now, a UK court has granted him the right to proceed with the lawsuit, ruling that env…
Interfaith Relationships: Would You Convert for Love?

I read an interesting article yesterday which reported that Ivanka Trump, the daughter of the infamous millionaire Donald Trump, got married recently to Jared Kushner, the owner of The New York Observer. That would…
Filling in the Beliefs Box

Creating a Facebook profile for the first time, Eric Heim hadn't expected something so serious. Hunched over his laptop, he had whipped through the social network Web site's questionnaire about his interests, favorite …
Scientology: The Appeal Is Not So Strange

By Jeff Stockett at The Mockingbird Blog This has been a tough week to be a Scientologist. public renunciation by one of its senior members--screenwriter Paul Haggis---, to the interview-gone-wrong viral sensation by …