JWJ #161 19:14-17

^19:14 Now it was the day of Preparation for the Passover; and it was about noon.

JWJ #151 18:12-14

^18:12 So the soldiers, their officer, and the Jewish police arrested Jesus and bound him.

Scientific G-G Scoffs At A Spiritual Worldview

Why is it that, in the eyes of a certain cultured, highly-educated intellectual elite, religion remains the one worldview it is deemed politically correct to mock?

Religious Values

Nechama Tec is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of Connecticut, Stamford. She was born in Lublin, Poland and survived the holocaust as a Jew with the help of Polish rescuers.

“Fundamentalism Is Not Religious”

In a press conference on 30 November during his flight home from Africa, Pope Francis responded to a question from a French journalist about fundamentalism.

The Spiritual Issue Of Terrorism

In a recent report at CBC Andre Mayer offers “ISIS: 5 essential things to know about the jihadi group’s ideology.” (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/isis-1.3336540)

Is Islam Inherently Violent? #1

Is Islam an inherently violent belief system?

“Study: Religious Kids Are Jerks”

I have tried to ignore it, pretended it isn’t out there, attempted not to think about it. But it has popped up too many times in too many places to be ignored.

The Rise of the “Nones”

Gary Laderman, Chair of the Department of Religion at Emory University has offered a thoughtful and thought-provoking reflection on the increasing number of people in the US who identify their religious affiliation as “None”.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gary-laderman/the-rise-of-religious-non_b_2913000.html

Prophets Of Religious Doom May Have Been A Little Off

We have heard the dire predictions so often, they have almost become truth simply by virtue of repetition. Religion in Canada is dying. Churches must close. The end is nigh. “Last one out turn off the lights.”