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Religion Last Updated: Jun 2nd, 2008 - 01:18:34


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U.S. soldiers launch campaign to convert Iraqis to Christianity
By Jason Leopold

Some U.S. military personnel appears to have launched an initiative to covert thousands of Iraqi citizens to Christianity by distributing Bibles and other fundamentalist Christian literature translated into Arabic to Muslims.

Jun 2, 2008, 00:17

Religion
The �pro-family� ruse and other Christianist machinations
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

Upwards of 50 million American citizens do not have healthcare coverage. That�s a national disgrace.

May 16, 2008, 00:10

Religion
Lucky Louie and Dour Don: Crazed Christianists on parade
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

The �thinking� of Louis P. Sheldon, founder and chairman of the Traditional Values Coalition, was once again vomited forth in a late April 2008 TVC diatribe titled Earth Day: The Rantings Of Chicken Little Marxists.

May 9, 2008, 00:16

Religion
John Hagee: deviant theology, dangerous foreign policy
By John Taylor

Pastor John Hagee gleefully anticipates the death of hundreds of millions of people in a series of wars preparing the world for the second coming of Christ: �The end of the world is rapidly approaching . . . Rejoice and be exceeding glad.�

May 7, 2008, 00:21

Religion
O'Reilly and Ahmadinejad: We must wipe them off the map
By JC Garrett

On Wednesday, I heard Bill O'Reilly tell actor/activist Matthew Modine that we must kill all the "Islamic fundamentalists" in the world -- wipe them off the face of the Earth -- in order to protect America.

May 2, 2008, 00:18

Religion
US military coordinated Day of Prayer events with Christian right group
By Jason Leopold

At least a half-dozen active-duty military officials have been working closely with a task force headed by the far-right fundamentalist Christians planning religious events at military installations around the country to commemorate today�s National Day of Prayer.

May 1, 2008, 00:22

Religion
Civility, ethics and good business vs. bigotry, discrimination and religious fanaticism
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

Don Wildmon and his �American Family Association� just love to hurt American businesses and the families they support. Their modus operandi is launching campaigns and boycotts against any company that treats its gay and lesbian employees equally or has the audacity to advertise in gay-oriented publications. They don�t give a damn about the families that might be hurt, including families they claim to be representing and �protecting.�

Apr 24, 2008, 00:14

Religion
More on Pope Joey and the Vatican�s rap sheet
By Jerry Mazza

To all of you who thought my article, Pope Joey�s rap sheet, was not fair or, believe it or not complete enough, I went back to the research-and-email well and hauled up these pearls. Let�s start with a picture of Ratzinger as Hitler Youth for all you doubting Thomases.

Apr 18, 2008, 00:20

Religion
Pope Joey�s rap sheet
By Jerry Mazza

Okay, I�m just giving you a heads-up because he�s arriving today. And as a lapsed member of �The One True Faith� (still its slogan), I want you to know the whole story, so you don�t let this little smiling piranha fool you. First of all, his stage name as pope, as you probably know, is Benedict XVI. Would that be after Benedict Arnold?

Apr 15, 2008, 00:22

Religion
Navy chaplain fired from teaching job after report exposed his anti-Islamic views
By Jason Leopold

A top Navy chaplain who wrote a book several years ago attacking Islam, calling the religion �evil,� and urging the United States to launch a �jihad� against the faith, has been fired from a prestigious theological institute after officials at the school recently became aware of the chaplain�s controversial book.

Mar 31, 2008, 00:16

Religion
It�s an election year; the GOP is in trouble; fundies are in a funk -- time for gay bashing
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

While wrapped in their self-righteous robes, leaders of the holier-than-thou Christian Right and their political sycophants are once again cranking up their Call to Hate. Ignorance and fear define their rhetoric. Discrimination and violence seem to be their goals, yet again.

Mar 21, 2008, 00:51

Religion
Navy chaplain who called for attack on Islam finds his credentials under scrutiny
By Jason Leopold

On paper, Lieutenant Commander Brian K. Waite, a United States Navy chaplain, appears to be one of the nation's foremost scholars on a wide range of topics such as traumatology, theology, and Biblical history.

Mar 13, 2008, 01:06

Religion
Some special awards for the truly deranged
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

Leaders of the Christianist Right are make fools of themselves, on multiple fronts. It�s like watching the picture of Dorian Gray expose the rot beneath the smiling face.

Mar 7, 2008, 00:28

Religion
Inspiring fear and hate the Christianist way
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

In their �holy war� to deny gay Americans and their families equal civil rights -- while simultaneously encouraging as much fear, hatred and discrimination as possible -- the Christianist Right methodically combines fallacious stereotypes and inflammatory rhetoric. That�s certainly not news. Doing so has been their modus operandi for decades. (See �America�s New McCarthyism: Homosexual Stereotypes, Myths, and the Politics of Fear,� Popular Culture Review, 16:2, 83-115.)

Feb 20, 2008, 00:42

Religion
Defending Israel to the 'End Times'
By Bill Berkowitz

These are busy days for Christian Zionists. While President Bush recently returned from his trip to the Middle East "optimistic" that a peace agreement between the Israelis and Palestinians could be reached by the end of the year, Pastor John Hagee's Christian United for Israel (CUFI) is setting forth plans to put the kibosh -- if not on the entire peace process -- on any agreement that would sanction the division of Jerusalem. And Dr. Mike Evans has launched a "Save Jerusalem Campaign,� while Joel C. Rosenberg's Joshua Fund is planning a major celebration in Jerusalem in honor of Israel's 60th anniversary.

Feb 1, 2008, 00:53

Religion
Christianist campaigns against equality in the workplace and in schools
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

On 8 January 2007, the theologically-challenged leader of Antioch Bible Church in Redmond, Washington, launched a campaign to have his followers �load up on Microsoft Corp. stock, in an attempt to force the company to �stop financing ungodly ventures.�� The �ungodly ventures� Rev. Ken Hutcherson wants Microsoft to stop are the company�s non-discrimination policies and its support for equal civil rights for all Americans.

Jan 18, 2008, 00:14

Religion
Christian Zionists gain Israel�s inner sanctum
By Bill Berkowitz

After raising more than two hundred million dollars for various projects in Israel, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein and his organization, the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ), which he founded and is president of, has hit pay dirt.

Jan 15, 2008, 00:13

Religion
Religious right meltdown? More fiction than fact
By Bill Berkowitz

Over the past two-plus decades it has become fashionable for the traditional press to periodically pen the Religious Right's obituary. Or, if not an outright death notice, articles will appear that detail real, or perceived, rifts within the Religious Right -- Pat Robertson's endorsement of Rudy Giuliani for example -- plus periodic contentiousness between the Religious Right and other elements of the Republican Party. The traditional media often conclude that the Religious Right's days are numbered.

Dec 21, 2007, 00:08

Religion
Muslim pilgrimage exemplifies believers' equality before God
By Ahmad Al-Akhras, Ph.D.

Muslims from all over the world are taking part in the largest gathering on Earth, the Hajj, or pilgrimage to Mecca. The Hajj is a religious obligation that every Muslim must fulfill, if financially and physically able, at least once in his or her lifetime.

Dec 20, 2007, 00:12

Religion
A call to discriminate from �a warrior for Christ�
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

As a linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys, Hutcherson wanted to �hurt whites�: his race-based payback for growing up in the segregated South. Then he became a �Christian� and took pleasure in killing defenseless animals and mounting their heads on the wall in his office: �when I run into animals, I kill them.�

Nov 28, 2007, 00:36


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