The science is in: God is the answer
Epigraph: It is only in the remembrance of God that the hearts can find comfort. (Al Quran 13:28/29) Source: Macleans By Brian Bethune and Genna Buck Research shows kids raised […]
If technology makes humans into gods, old questions return
theguardian: by Giles Fraser — Yuval Noah Harari’s new book Homo Deus imagines a world in which life is painless, purposeless and long Lee Majors as Colonel Steve Austin in the 1970s TV series The Six Million Dollar Man: ‘Over 40 years later the projected technology has been transformed. Nevertheless, […]
Q&A with Khalifatul Maseeh | Will the people who haven’t heard about Islam / Ahmadiyyat be punished by God?
Source: youtube.com/TrueIslam Question: Will the people who haven’t heard about Islam / Ahmadiyyat be punished by God? Answered By Hazrat Mirza Tahir Ahmad (ra), fourth Caliph of Hazrath Mirz Ghulam ahmad Qadiani (pbuh) who is the Promised Messiah of all Religions / Maseeh-e-Maood wa Mahdi-e-Maood of Muslims Hazrath Mirza ghulam Ahmad Qadiani (as) A video […]
Is God Transgender?
NYTimes.com 2016/08/11 By MARK SAMETHAUG. 12, 2016 In the 1970s a cousin of mine, Paula Grossman, became one of the first people in America to undergo sex-reassignment surgery. As Paul Monroe Grossman, Cousin Paula had been a beloved music teacher in New Jersey. She was fired after her surgery, and she […]
The world is getting more religious, because the poor go for God
By Giles Fraser, South London priest. Guardian columnist and Editorial Board. Visiting Professor at the LSE. Guardian: The so-called “masters of suspicion”, Nietzsche, Marx and Freud, all thought that religion would […]
9 Times Bono Was Spot On About What It’s Like To Search For God
Huff Post: Before Bono became the world-famous humanitarian and frontman of the Irish rock band U2, he was Paul David Hewson from Dublin. The son of a Roman Catholic dad and a Protestant mother, Bono grew up during a time of sectarian conflict and witnessed the human cost of militant […]
Is God Dead? No, but belief has declined slightly
Source: Pew Research Center Fifty years ago this month, Time magazine published one of its most famous and controversial covers. Splashed in bold red print across a black background was […]
God Is Not Dead — but Our Ability to Be Aware of God Might Be
Source: Times By Sohaib Sultan is the Imam and Muslim Life Coordinator in the Office of Religious Life at Princeton University. For a Muslim, asking “Is God Dead?” begs […]
National Geographics Video: How People Around The World Answer The Question: ‘Who Is God?’
National Geographic Channel went to 22 countries around the world to find out who people think God is. THE STORY OF GOD WITH MORGAN FREEMAN PREMIERES SUNDAY APRIL 3 at […]
When Your Friends Don’t Believe in God
Huff Post: by Kevin Wright – (Kevin Wright currently serves as the Minister of Education at The Riverside Church in the City of New York). A lot of my friends don’t believe in God. I don’t mean “acquaintances” or Facebook friends, but my actual — call you up on a […]
Asking what God would want really does seem to curb prejudice
Economist: A GOOD way to start an argument at a dinner party is to assert that religion divides people and inspires them to evil. There is plenty to support this contention: anti-Muslim pogroms by Hindus in India; the bombings and murders carried out by anti-abortion Christians in America; the long […]
Charlie Hebdo anniversary cover disrespects all faiths, Vatican newspaper says
theguardian — Osservatore Romano says cartoon shows sad paradox of world that is increasingly careful to be politically correct yet does not respect believers’ faith The anniversary edition of the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo at a printing house near Paris. Photograph: Martin Bureau/AFP/Getty Images The Vatican’s newspaper on Tuesday […]
Christian college moves to fire professor who said Muslims worship same god
theguardian: by Ryan Felton — Larycia Hawkins, a tenured associate professor at Wheaton College, made headlines after wearing headscarf following San Bernardino shooting Wheaton College has taken steps to fire Larycia Hawkins. Photograph: Stacey Wescott/AP A Christian college in suburban Chicago has launched termination proceedings against a tenured professor who […]
Mulims and Christians do they worship the same God?
Prof Larycia Hawkins, was fired for saying that Muslims and Christians worship the same God. Kelly James Clark 29/12/2015 Suppose there is a God who a long, long time ago spoke to Abraham, promising to bless the world through his descendants. Suppose his descendants told their friends who told their […]
In Praise of Longing: Reclaiming Spiritual Passion
Huff Post: by Mirabai Starr — At night on my bed I longed for my only love.I sought him, but did not find him.I must rise and go about the city,the narrow streets and squares, till I findmy only love.I sought him everywherebut I could not find him.(From The Song […]
When we give up a faith, we grieve for the community we leave behind
theguardian: by Brandon G Withrow — Stepping away from a faith isn’t just a belief sea change. It’s also a large loss – of culture, and sometimes family You’ve likely heard the numbers by now. Approximately 23% of Americansare religiously unaffiliated (atheist, agnostic and “nothing in particular”). This demographic is expected […]
What? God Doesn’t Give Us More Than We Can Handle?
Huff Post: by Patrick Vaughn “I learned a long time ago not to use that phrase in an attempt to comfort someone else…But one thing I am confident of, we are not meant to struggle alone…(God means) for us to lean on those who love us to get us through […]
What? God Doesn't Give Us More Than We Can Handle?
Huff Post: by Patrick Vaughn “I learned a long time ago not to use that phrase in an attempt to comfort someone else…But one thing I am confident of, we are not meant to struggle alone…(God means) for us to lean on those who love us to get us through […]
Teaching Religion to Children May Not Be Easy, but It Is Necessary
Huff Post: by Dan Arel — The search for the truth is not easy and can mean being critical of many beliefs. I encourage others to be critical of all religion, but I believe criticism should be based on statements of fact, not biased misinformation, much like the information I […]
There Was a Big Bang for Birds: A sweeping new study tells a long genetic tale
Time: If there’s a factory where birds are built, the workers were clearly smoking something the day they designed the hummingbird. And the ostrich. And the toucan. Imagine, too, the pitch meeting for the parrot, (“Let’s make this one talk!”), or the peacock (“So we got this crate of feathers…”). Of […]