Christianity

PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism and Taoism (MCCBCHST) has called on the Selangor state government to withdraw the unilateral conversion Bill. In a statement, MCCBCHST said that it was disappointi…

Christian rap is having a mini-moment. Don’t laugh! Maybe it seems impossible in this post-Christian era, but the facts are indisputable: From the album chart to the court of law, MCs who love Jesus have been racking up wins and seizing the public’s attentio…

Christian fundamentalists belatedly discovering the contradictions of their belief system is an evergreen genre. In 2018, there was Josh Weed, the gay Mormon who figured out too late that marrying a woman might not have been the best idea. In 2015, there was …

By Ayat Basma QOZHAYA, Lebanon, Aug 6 (Reuters) - The last time Samuel Botros stepped into the Lebanese monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya was in 1978. He was 24, newly married, and the country was in the grip of an all-out war. Like many of his generatio…

Meanwhile, Marx himself continues to inspire fresh research, which now includes Karl Marx: Philosophy and Revolution, by Shlomo Avineri, a political scientist who served as director-general of Israels Foreign Ministry under Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. Unlik…

Every mass shooting seems to brings out conservative Christians eager to outdo their colleagues in the contest of who has the dumbest possible reaction to the atrocity. We’ve already heard Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick blaming video games and a lack of forced Ch…

Whenever there’s a mass shooting, you can count on Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick to say the worst thing imaginable. Last May, after an incident, he blamed abortion and video games and unarmed teachers and too many entrances in schools and a lack of forced Christ…

European rock band Within Temptation says it is cancelling its concert at a Lebanese music festival in solidarity with a local group whose show was pulled from the program under pressure from Christian groups. In a statement posted on Facebook, Within Tempta…

The Facts:Anesthesia is commonly used to put people to "sleep." This article is an interesting examination of why we do it, going deep into awareness, consciousness and fear. Reflect On:Can awareness continually exists without interruption r…

I mentioned yesterday that a number of prominent liberal Christians had created a loose network called “Christians Against Christian Nationalism,” denouncing the right-wing idea that to be truly American meant being a (specific kind of) Christian. The movemen…