Christianity

We’ve always had the “Atheism 101” reasons people leave religion — there’s no evidence for God, miracles don’t really happen, etc. I think most atheists are familiar with those. But why has Christianity lost so many people in the past two decades specifically? I offer ten reasons for the recent glorious…

Televangelist Jim Bakker and his legal team are claiming that his show’s hawking of a false COVID-19 cure is merely an example of him exercising his religious freedom. Therefore any attempt to stop him is a form of Christian persecution. Back in March, Bakker was called out by the state…

A federal judge just ruled that a Nativity scene outside a former Indiana courthouse is unconstitutional. It’s not even a complicated case — this was obviously a promotion of religion — but it’s incredible how local officials didn’t even bother trying to hide what they were doing. All of this…

With most health experts saying a coronavirus vaccine is likely more than a year away, a cardiologist at the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute has begun a scientific study to see if something called “remote intercessory prayer” might initiate God to heal those afflicted with the virus. On Friday, Dr.…

Of all the important things happening in the world of science right now, finding a way to defeat COVID-19 is arguably the most pressing issue. But instead of working on that, Dr. Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy of the Kansas City Heart Rhythm Institute has launched a four-month study to see if praying…

A Christian terrorist wants to become Tennessee’s new attorney general. There’s already someone else in the position. He isn’t resigning. And she’s not even an attorney. But it doesn’t matter because she wants the damn job anyway. Here’s the backstory from my perspective: In 2017, a statue of famed lawyer…

“Then the flaming sheet, with the whirr of a liberated phoenix, would fly up the chimney to join the stars.” Posted by Andrew on 1 May 2020, 9:41 am I’ve been reading a couple of old books of book reviews by Anthony Burgess. Lots of great stuff. He’s a sort of…

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Garden City Community College in Kansas just paid out $87,500 to six plaintiffs as part of a settlement involving the conduct of administrators. There were many complaints made against GCCC President Herbert Swender (who was fired in 2018) and his team, but one in particular says they forced faculty members…

Miley Cyrus has taken on Pink Floyd‘s 1975 classic ‘Wish You Were Here’ for a performance on Saturday Night Live‘s latest ‘At Home’ episode. Read More: All the TV shows and movies suspended due to coronavirus The singer performed from beside a campfire bathed in dramatic red lighting and was…