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Truth has been stranger and sadder than fiction lately in the religion news world, so here’s a quick Fun Friday to set a lighter mood: Speaking at the Britain Science Festival, Dr. Guy Consolmagno, 57, one of 12 astronomers working at the Vatican’s observatory and the curator of the Pope’s meteorite collection, said, “Any entity — no matter how many…

President Obama has talked about his Christian faith, once again. He explained at a New Mexico town hall-style discussion on the economy yesterday that he’s Christian “by choice” — wording presumably meant to reassure anyone who thinks he’s a “born Muslim” because of his atheist/estranged/deceased father’s African Muslim roots. Obama’s response, to a question about abortion rights (so…

The reason “atheists” are trending high right now on Twitter, Google and other search engines: A Pew study of religious literacy has found that atheists, followed by Jews and Momons, know more than Protestants and Catholics, based on a quiz given to more than 3,000 Americans earlier this year. You can take the test yourself…

I haven’t blogged yet about Eddie Long, the black church pastor who has preached against homosexuality and is now accused — falsely, he insists — of coercing men into sexual relationships. After sifting through dozens of stories about this emerging scandal, I don’t even know where to begin — so, here’s the gist, from the latest Religion…
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