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Religion Last Updated: May 9th, 2008 - 01:42:23


Religion
The fatal attraction of temporal power
By Gaither Stewart

Religious leaders can�t resist it. They simply love temporal power. Since the pharaohs built their pyramids to commemorate their divinity, religious leaders� attraction to earthly power has seemed irresistible. To be God or his direct representative among men and to exercise temporal power has attracted religious leaders since time immemorial.

Oct 5, 2007, 00:49

Religion
The latest �ex-gay� ruse: Junk science at its worst
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

It was called the Thomas Project. When its principal investigators -- Stanton Jones of Wheaton College and Mark Yarhouse of Pat Robertson University -- published Ex-Gays? A Longitudinal Study of Religiously Mediated Change in Sexual Orientation (InterVarsity Press, 2007), the Christianist Right hailed the study as �scientific proof� sexual orientation can be changed:

Oct 1, 2007, 01:04

Religion
Eternity with Jesus -- at your front door today
By Nick Paccione

Fundamentalist Christians often accuse liberals of corrupting society with unscrupulous morality and progressive views on sexuality. Conservative wars without justification and out-of-control money-grubbing apparently aren�t big concerns. Most laughably, religious conservatives worry endlessly that gays are planning to recruit their children.

Sep 7, 2007, 00:41

Religion
Hellfire and the Puritan premise
By David Heleniak

Beginning in 1740, a religious revival movement led by Jonathan Edwards spread through New England. This movement, the Great Awakening, was, according to Perry Miller (Errand Into the Wilderness, 13th ed.), dismissed by the religious establishment as mere "enthusiasm," an "excitement of overstimulated passions" (p. 154). It was, in fact, reflective of Puritan culture as a whole.

Sep 7, 2007, 00:38

Religion
Jonathan Falwell on the march
By Bill Berkowitz

The Rev. Jonathan Falwell appears to be picking up from where his father, the late Rev. Jerry Falwell, left off.

Aug 7, 2007, 00:25

Religion
Damning and burning books, a theofascist tradition
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

The Dominionist Christian Right has been damning Harry Potter since the first book appeared. Rabid evangelicals have staged literary autos de f� for every new volume.

Aug 6, 2007, 00:33

Religion
Religious Wars: The 2007 Edition
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

The �infallible� pope declared all non-Catholic churches inherently false or, at best, defective if they didn�t accept papal authority. A few days later, Bible-waving fundamentalists screeched, �Lord Jesus, protect us from this abomination,� when Rajan Zed, a Hindu chaplain from Reno, Nevada, offered a serene invocation to open a session of the United States Senate.

Jul 25, 2007, 00:43

Religion
Christian Right�s addiction to porn blamed on technology
By Frank J Ranelli

The Religious Right�s newest adversary of evangelicalism and outward disdain for pornography may have less to do with their distaste for it and more to do with the fact it is maxing out their credit cards.

Jul 9, 2007, 01:06

Religion
Hurting people for �God� and profit: The �ex-gay� scam exposed, yet again
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

The dangerous scam of �ex-gay therapies� has been exposed time and time again. The San Francisco Chronicle did so in a March 2003 article.

Jul 3, 2007, 00:52

Religion
Beware the Dominionist "love bomb"
By Kerry Tomasi

During a recent address to the Good Shepherd Baptists in Terre Haute Indiana, Col. J. Tyler Ryberg had this to say about our "war on terror", and its current focal point, Iraq: " . . . it's an act of love to kill evil people who seek to kill Americans, it's an act of love for our nation". And with regards to those "Islamic jihadists" in Iraq seeking to kill us: "Peace is not an option."

Jun 20, 2007, 01:08

Religion
Just in case you missed these headlines . . .
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

Survey finds evangelicals� addiction to Internet porn on the rise.� That June 7 headline exposed what many of those holier-than-thou evangelical Christians are doing when they�re not beating their Bibles: �A new survey shows that five of ten Christian men in the U.S. -- and two of ten Christian women -- are addicted to pornography. The survey was conducted by ChristiaNet.com, an online Christian Internet community.�

Jun 19, 2007, 01:18

Religion
The goals of the Creation Museum: degut education and science, create a theofascist state
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

Bill Maher drew fire when he said that Christian fundamentalists (and other religious zealots) suffer from a �neurological disorder� that �stops [them] from thinking.� He was right, sort of. Religious fundamentalism may not, strictly speaking, be a neurological disorder. But it certainly is a pathology that prevents rational thinking and leads to the advocacy of ignorance, stupidity and hate.

Jun 11, 2007, 00:39

Religion
What �alliance� is the ADF defending?
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

The Alliance Defense Fund was founded by some of the Christian Right�s most anti-gay patriarchs.

Jun 5, 2007, 01:01

Religion
Genesis to Book of Ham: America�s faith-based Disneyland
By Ben Tanosborn

In the beginning it was the Creative Genius known to us as Walt Disney.

Jun 4, 2007, 00:21

Religion
Sam Brownback: Master of logocide
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

On May 31, The New York Times featured an OpEd, titled �What I Think About Evolution,� by Sam Brownback. The GOP presidential wannabe -- and sycophant of the Christian Right -- was supposedly �clarifying� why he raised his hand during the May 2007 Republican presidential candidates� debate when the moderator asked who does not believe in evolution.

Jun 4, 2007, 00:18

Religion
The New Crusaders: Destroying America for Christ
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

In the hands of fanatics with a radical socio-political agenda, there is no more lethal weapon than religion. History is quite clear about that, and history is again repeating itself as the leaders of the Christian Right muster their well financed organizations to work toward their ultimate socio-political goal: Dominionism.

Apr 16, 2007, 00:18

Religion
Hypocrites, frauds, and George Santayana
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

As George Santayana noted, �Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.� From consummate conmen Jim Bakker and Jimmy Swaggart to exposed hypocrites Paul Crouch, Ted Haggard and Rick Ousley, the pattern is the same: the holier-than-thou preach one thing but do another while deceiving, duping, and emptying the flock�s wallets along the way. When will the sheeple wake up and learn?

Apr 3, 2007, 01:13

Religion
The wrongs of the Christian Right: When hurting people is �righteous�
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

Many of the names and organizations of those who advocate denying gay and lesbian Americans equal civil rights and basic human dignity are well known. Lou Sheldon of the Traditional Values Coalition, James Dobson on Focus on the Family, Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council, Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth, Don Wildmon of the American Family Association: their words and activities give new meaning to the words �bigotry� and �hate.�

Mar 26, 2007, 00:52

Religion
Iran: The religious right�s new bugbear
By Bill Berkowitz

As the launching of the Iraq War marked its fourth anniversary on March 19, it is worth remembering that during the lead up to the invasion a number of conservative evangelicals voiced their support for the war: Richard Land, president of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission for the Southern Baptist Convention, the nation�s largest Protestant denomination, maintained that Bush�s action met criteria for a just war; the National Association of Evangelicals, which represents several dozen denominations encompassing more than 30 million American evangelical Christians, openly supported the war; Mike Evans, who heads the aggressively pro-Israeli Jerusalem Prayer Team, pointed out that war with Iraq could be a �dress rehearsal for Armageddon,� the fulfillment of biblical prophecy.

Mar 23, 2007, 01:08

Religion
The wisdom of youth
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.

�What Are We Doing Wrong?� That was the question posed by Matt Friedeman in the title of his article for the American Family Association�s Agape Press: �A Youth Exodus From Church -- What Are We Doing Wrong? Youth are leaving -- do we need to change something?�

Feb 20, 2007, 00:33


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