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Clever devilish ad freaks out traditionalists
People take their baking seriously in New Zealand: The giant billboards, placed by the Hell Pizza company, have been plastered around Auckland, the country’s largest city. Lloyd Ashton, a spokesman for New Zealand’s Anglican Church, condemned the advertising campaign as … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, beliefs, controversy, Easter, faith, history, just for fun, traditions
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“Post-theistic” doesn’t sound terrible
A phrase like that sounds like it walks the line between belief in higher power and scrapping the idea in favour of humanism, according to this article I found at The United Church Observer: Post-theism has quietly emerged in individual … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, church, community, culture, faith, humanism, traditions
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Jesus Onetouch jailed, human rights advocates thrilled
Onetouch (real name Nana Kofi Yirenkyi) made headlines last year after accusations that he’d slept with his daughter, who was 10 at the time. The congregation of the church he founded, Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministries at Oblogo, Ghana, filled the … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, children, faith, faith-based delusions, sex abuse, superstition, traditions, witchcraft
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Christmas depends on the definition of “religious”
At least in terms of how people want to celebrate it. Statistics from a USA Today/Gallup survey and one by Lifeway uncover what people think about the meaning of Christmas and its traditions. while most call this a holy day … Continue reading
Argentine archbishop did not “defeat” Santa Claus
There are several headlines leading to this story, but I’m looking at the one from Digital Spy because the headline is especially misleading. Organisers of a Christmas cabin in the Argentinian city of Resistencia have cancelled plans for a gift-giving … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, Christmas, faith, I has a stupid, religion, traditions, war on Christmas
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How Christians tell their kids about Santa
Well, not all Christians. Mark Driscoll. I can’t include all because he’s only writing about his own family, but he suggests others explain Santa Claus his way: When it comes to cultural issues like Santa, Christians have three options: (1) … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, beliefs, Christianity, Christmas, faith, mythology, traditions
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If “Their prayers will still be heard by Allah”…
Then clearly it makes no difference at all what direction Muslims have to face for daily prayers. Yes? So why even bother telling Indonesian Muslims that they’ve all been facing “the wrong direction” for years? They haven’t aimed a prayer … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, faith-based delusion, I has a stupid, Islam, prayer, traditions
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I’ve got weddings on the brain
Not mine, in case you thought things had really progressed at warp speed with the Man and me. No, my youngest cousin is getting hitched in town this weekend. There are so many traditions that surround weddings. I’m sure a … Continue reading
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Tagged consumerism, love, marriage, money, traditions, weddings
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“To forbid us anything is to make us have a mind for it.”
Today my Freedom to Read Week quote comes from Michel De Montaigne, a 16th century French philosopher (sometimes labeled a humanist one), whose major work was a series of essays across a range of topics and interests. Critical studies of … Continue reading
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Tagged books, censorship, culture, customs, Freedom to Read Week, philosophy, skepticism, traditions
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Doesn’t everybody know not to drink the holy water?
At least 117 Siberians are in the hospital on account of tainted well water. It’s a pity Forbes doesn’t have a better article about this but: A spokesman for local investigators told The Associated Press on Monday that 117 people, … Continue reading
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Tagged beliefs, faith, faith-based delusions, I has a stupid, religion, Russia, traditions, water
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