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Memorial Day 2011, A Biblical Approach
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Brad Hirschfield
Millions of Americans will head to beaches and barbecues this Memorial Day weekend, perhaps even hundreds of millions, while only hundreds of thousands are likely to attend formal Memorial Day observances devoted to remembering the men and women who have given their lives so that the rest of us could live in safety and have…
Oprah Winfrey Show’s Final Episode: End Of A Religion?
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Brad Hirschfield
Wednesday May 25, 2011 the lights will dim in the First Church of Oprah as the Oprah Winfrey Show ends a run began in 1986. Surprised by that formulation? Shocked that I would call the show a kind of church? Well, there is no question that Oprah created a kind of religion over the past…
Did God Create The World?
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Brad Hirschfield
Okay, to be fair, that is a somewhat hyperbolic question, and one which nobody can claim to have proof or even scientific evidence for. Of course, that doesn’t mean it isn’t true. It simply means that the endless debates about that question being answerable through science are really a waste of time. Not a waste…
Is Circumcision Really So Awful?
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Brad Hirschfield
First San Francisco, now Santa Monica — the attempt to make circumcision illegal, including those performed for religious reasons, is spreading. Both cities, one last week and the other just today, have movements to get measures on their respective city’s November ballots which would make circumcision illegal. While these are the two most aggressive attempts…
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