A Catholic dilemma: Should IVF embryos be adopted?
Source: Crux As more Americans than ever before turn to in vitro fertilization to create families, a surprising ethical question — what to do with thousands of embryos stuck in […]
Court finds cross memorial constitutional
Source: The Baltimore Sun Federal court in Maryland has ruled that a cross-shaped war memorial in Prince George’s County is constitutional, after an organization argued the structure’s presence on public […]
For Robert Dear, Religion and Rage Before Planned Parenthood Attack
Source: The New York Times CHARLESTON, S.C. — The man she had married professed to be deeply religious. But after more than seven years with Robert L. Dear Jr., Barbara […]
Pope Francis: ‘Christians And Muslims Are Brothers And Sisters’
The pope took his message of peace to the Central African Republic, where thousands have died in clashes that have split the country along religious lines. Source: huffingtonpost.com Pope Francis ventured into one of the world’s most dangerous neighborhoods on Monday to implore Christians and Muslims to end a spiral of […]
How Islam has Influenced Christian understanding of God
Epigraph: Say, ‘O People of the Book! come to a word common between us and you — that we worship none but Allah, and that we associate no partner with […]
The case of ‘The Gospel of Jesus’s Wife’ still isn’t closed
Source: Crux Three years ago, Harvard University professor Karen L. King showed the world a tiny fragment of ancient Egyptian papyrus whose eight partial lines of Coptic script included one […]
“Christians and Muslims are brothers and sisters,” Pope Francis
Epigraph: Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be […]
Vatican: ‘Lovely’ if pope makes Mother Teresa a saint in Holy Year but it’s too early to say
Source: Fox News VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official says it’s too soon to say if Mother Teresa will be made a saint during the 2016 Holy Year of Mercy. […]
A Christian Television Station set on fire in Pakistan
Karachi: November 25, 2015. (PCP) A Pakistani Christian Television Channel named “Gawahi” was set on fire by some masked men destroying studios, computers, Bibles, cable network equipment and furniture on night of November 24, 2015. The Gawahi Television was broadcasting Bible teachings, Hymns, Sermons and Christian youth evangelism attracting […]
Every faith spawns its fables and myths. The trick is to puncture them
theguardian: by Simon Jenkins — A tale of 12th-century monks peddling sanctity for cash holds a lesson for today’s fearful Christians The truth is out and in the headlines. Back in 1184 the monks of Glastonbury fabricated an edifice of myth about their monastery’s past for pecuniary gain. No, Christ […]
After Paris: Christians, don’t forget that we too have killed in God’s name
Source: Religion News Service By David Gushee | Nov 17, 2015 | 51 Comments My pen was quiet for the last two weeks, as I was lecturing in western Europe. My path took me to Paris — just 36 hours before the horrific terror attacks, my wife and I were in that grand […]
There’s Nothing ‘Christian’ About Denying Refuge To The Least Among Us
Source: Huffington Post By Suraj Patel Entrepreneur, Adjunct Professor of Ethics @NYUStern, @WhiteHouse Advance Associate, NYC. Last night, I was discussing the Syrian Refugee debate with my brother on our […]
Meet the Utah lawyer helping thousands of Mormons leave their church
Source: The Guardian For Utah attorney Mark Naugle, helping Mormons leave their church is a cause that hits close to home. Naugle was just 15 when his parents decided to […]
How Ted Cruz is locking up the evangelical vote
Source: Politico DES MOINES — The hearts of many evangelical voters, polls suggest, are with Ben Carson. But increasingly, their leaders’ heads are with Ted Cruz. While the Texas senator […]
Why the question of Christian vs. Muslim refugees has become so incredibly divisive
Source: The Washington Post By Michelle Boorstein, is the Post’s religion reporter, where she reports on the busy marketplace of American religion. Christians make up a tiny percentage of the Syrian refugees […]
If Jesus did not die upon the cross: A study in evidence
This is a small booklet with a very descriptive title, written by an Australian Judge, Ernest Brougham Docker, in 1920. He became a judge of the District Court and chairman […]
A Journey from Christianity to Islam: First Ecumenical Council to Vatican II (325 CE – 1965 CE)
Suggested reading: The Best Collection to Introduce Islam to the Fellow Christians Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Every tragedy has a silver lining. The […]
Video: Arnoud van Doorn: Why I converted to Islam?
Promoted posts: 1984 Rare TV Interview With Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) and A British Convert to Islam: ‘I found Qur’an mother of all philosophies’ Suggested reading: The Best Collection to […]
The swoon hypothesis
Additional suggested reading 65 Reasons to Believe Jesus Did Not Die on the Cross The swoon hypothesis is any of a number of ideas that aim to explain the resurrection of […]
Pope Francis joins Pope John Paul II in evading conflict between Evolution and Original Sin
Epigraph: “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.” Thomas Paine, one of the Founding […]