Are we Doomed to live in Polarization?
JANUARY 3, 2020 BY GEORGE YANCEY When Donald Trump came down that escalator in 2015, I had nothing but contempt for the man. I had heard him a couple of…
It is Time For Us To Decide: What is Christianity Going to Mean?
JANUARY 7, 2020 BY REBECCA BRATTEN WEISS And here we are. Possibly on the brink of yet another unjust, futile, and destructive war. Those who learn from history are not…
Preacher: God Put Trump In Office, But Satan Wants To ‘Take Back Over This Country’
JANUARY 7, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Cult of Trump: Lance Wallnau, a Trump-loving “prophetic” author and speaker, argues that God is responsible for Trump being in office while warning Christians…
New Trump Rule Would Eliminate Global Warming from Infrastructure Planning
JANUARY 7, 2020 BY ED BRAYTON Trump is instituting a new rule that would eliminate any consideration of global warming from all federal planning on infrastructure projects. That would include…
Prof tells student that scripture’s inappropriate in academic papers
JANUARY 6, 2020 BY BARRY DUKE A CHRISTIAN student supportive of LGBT rights was told by a professor at New Jersey’s Rutgers University-New Brunswick that he should avoid quoting Bible…
Ask Richard: My Potential Jewish In-Laws Refuse to Meet My Agnostic Daughter
BY RICHARD WADE JANUARY 6, 2020 Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Dear Richard, I am the mother of a young adult woman (30) who has…
Why I Choose To Work For Atheist Alliance International
JANUARY 6, 2020 BY COURTNEY HEARD Kisembo Benezeri is likely a name you’ve never heard before. But you should. He’s just little, I think about 7 or 8 years old.…
When Skepticism Gets Thrown Out The Window, Disinformation Wins
JANUARY 6, 2020 BY JOE PONZILLO There’s been an understandable uptick as of late regarding concern with disinformation. Given Trump’s mountain of lies that he tells on a daily basis,…
Study: Atheists Are More Likely Than Churchgoers to Own Cats
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 6, 2020 Atheists love pets more than frequent churchgoers. Science proves it. Or something like that. According to a new article in the Journal for the…
Christian Hate-Preacher, Banned from Australia, Says Bushfires Are God’s Revenge
BY BETH STONEBURNER JANUARY 5, 2020 With bushfires raging through Australia as a result of the climate crisis, you knew a pastor somewhere would take the opportunity to come up…
How Evangelicals Failed Me
JANUARY 5, 2020 BY RFR By Amy Marie Ayres — I was a 22-year-old single female living in Southern California. The worst thing you could say about me is that…
Owners of Church Property Want Court to Evict Celebrity Pastor John Gray
BY BETH STONEBURNER JANUARY 5, 2020 Celebrity pastor John Gray has often been in the news for unflattering reasons. The disciple of prosperity gospel preacher Joel Osteen loves to brag…
Trump Tells Evangelicals ‘God Is On Our Side’ While Promising To Put Prayer In Schools
JANUARY 4, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Dreams of Theocracy: Speaking at a campaign event Friday evening President Donald Trump told evangelical supporters “We have God on our side” while promising…
Catholicism scholar: ‘Religion has done more harm than good’
JANUARY 3, 2020 BY RICK SNEDEKER I had never seen the word “disgust” characterized as positive. Now I have, and it’s a powerful hypothesis. Eminent Northwestern University theologian and religious…
Harvard Law Professor: Atheists “Can’t Be Trusted” to Hold Public Office
BY HEMANT MEHTA DECEMBER 31, 2019 I’m not a Harvard law student, much less a Harvard law professor, but Adrian Vermeule is. Which is why it’s all the more disturbing…
Christians: We Can End War In 2020
JANUARY 4, 2020 BY KEITH GILES There are over 2.3 Billion Christians in the world today, according to most polls. In the USA, approximately 65% of Americans identify as Christians,…
Holy War: Conservatives Celebrate After Trump Assassinates Iran’s Soleimani
JANUARY 3, 2020 BY MICHAEL STONE Onward Christian Soldiers: Conservatives celebrate after the Trump-ordered assassination of General Qassem Soleimani, Iran’s top general and the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force,…
War Is Not Inevitable (But It Has Become Far More Likely)
JANUARY 3, 2020 BY HENRY KARLSON The United States has acted wrongly in its assassination of Qassim Soleimani. No one has to believe he was a man of upstanding moral…
Are American Christians too Quick to Embrace War?
JANUARY 3, 2020 BY JAYSON D. BRADLEY Yesterday the United States launched a drone strike against Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani, the head of Iran’s elite Quds Force. This act was…