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Responding to Hitchens on Chanukah
By
Michael Lerner
In the typical fashion that have made Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins into heroes among those who hate (sometimes for good reasons, sometimes not) the religions of the world, we get below Hitchens’ distortions endorsed by Dawkins. The approach is typical: a religious view is mis-described and distorted, then ridiculed–all made possible by quoting out…
Advent, Apocalypse Now?
By
Diana Butler Bass
“There will be signs in the sun, the moon, and the stars, and on the earth distress among nations caused by the roaring of the sea and the waves,” proclaims Jesus in the Gospel of Luke. He continued: People will faint from fear and foreboding of what is coming upon the world, for the powers…
Psalm 109:8–A Prayer for Obama or Ourselves?
By
Diana Butler Bass
During the last few days, Psalm 109:8, a Bible verse in the form of a “prayer for Obama,” has topped the Google trends chart: “May his days be few; may another take his office.” Evidently, a bumper sticker emblazoned with this verse has popped up in various parts of the country. It is a sort…
Obama’s Council on Faith Based Partnerships – Missing in Action When We Need It Most
By
Paul Raushenbush
Obama’s Council on Faith Based Partnerships has fallen off the map – and we need them back. Nothing exemplifies the sad lack of contribution of this much hailed diverse group of religious leaders than the current impasse on Health Care with the Stupak Abortion amendment. Even before President Obama took office he was assembling a…
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