H.R. 3745, Putting All of a Credit Union’s Eggs in the Collection Basket

There’s a saying that’s popular among credit unions: “not for profit, not for charity, but for service.” Most people know that credit unions are non-profit organizations that return all their proceeds to members, distinguishing them from banks, institutions whose goal …

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Two National Secular Rallies This Spring

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There are two major national secular rallies in North America this spring – one in Washington D.C., and the other in British Columbia, Canada.

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How Can Christians Object To Homosexuality In The Star Wars Universe?

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Leviticus declares that “You shall not lie with mankind, as with womankind”. That’s men and women. It doesn’t say anything about what ewoks or wookies should do.

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Ram Bomjon Shows How Religious Myths Are Made

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Supporters of Ram Bomjon are now claiming that the so-called Buddha Boy has been meditating for six years straight without eating, drinking, or moving, even though photographs and video document his frequent movements and vigorous activities.

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Occupy Magick

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The moderator of the Magicians Alliance on Occupii is among those practitioners who hold to the model of moral dualism. The rejection of the Left is not a refusal to admit liberals, but an admonition for those who intend to apply the esoteric arts for the benefit of the Occupy movement to do so with an ethical framework in place.

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Rick Santorum Suddenly Surging With Cash From Shadowy Sources

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I’d like to know whether any of the millions of dollars of federal government money that has gone to the Iowa Family Policy Center is being used by Chuck Hurley operate the Leaders For Families Super PAC on behalf of Rick Santorum. The Super PAC has been created in such a way, however, that makes it impossible to track that money down.

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God Punishes San Diego for Same-Sex Navy Kiss with… Warm Sunshine

Prominent religious fundamentalists in America… Stephen Bennett Harold Camping Graham Dow John Hagee Yehuda Levin John Piper Pat Robertson … have repeatedly insisted that God uses the weather as an instrument of punishing judgment when gay and lesbian people in …

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Religion Mixed Much More Into Obama Campaign Than Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson Campaigns

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In 2012, Barack Obama’s campaign is once again filled with efforts to make American electoral politics a matter of religion. Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson are almost completely leaving religion out of their presidential campaigns.

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Is Occupy Bigger Than Jesus?

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Judging by global search trends, the Occupy Movement is not bigger than Jesus, but for a time it was bigger than Lady Gaga: But in the news Occupy was definitely bigger than Jesus this summer and fall, at least until …

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Time To Curb The Rampant Spirituality Of Christmas

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When it’s time to pass the collection plate, spirituality suddenly doesn’t mind materialism so much. The spiritual organizations, too, will perish if all they get from their members is a smile and the repetition of a careworn story about a baby born in a barn.

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Pope Ratzinger And The Glitter Of The Christmas Season

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This is the man who presumes to lecture the rest of the world about our need to see past the glitter? Has he looked in the mirror lately?

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Warped Ark Encounter Coming Unpegged In Kentucky

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Ken Ham seems to have forgotten something crucial about the myth of Noah’s Ark. In the ancient allegory, the ark was not a successful symbol of salvation. The ark failed to communicate the promise of salvation. Nobody took it seriously. Noah’s Ark is Christianity’s great legend of a divinely inept public relations campaign.

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Putting the Christ Back In Christmas With Handguns

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For those preachy people who insist that guns are by nature incompatible with the real meaning of Christmas, I have some understanding and sympathy, recognizing that religious texts like the New Testament are open to a great deal of creative reinterpretation to suit the desires of particular religious followers. I do suggest, however, that advocates of non-violence recognize that there is much in Christianity that supports violence and weapons ownership, rather than repudiating. Perhaps the Christmas holiday, which tells a story prefiguring terrible torture, execution and vengeance, isn’t really the best foundation for a message of peace.

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Gingrich Wants To Imprison Judges Who Refuse To Force Religion In Schools

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The ruling made perfect sense to those Americans who are familiar with the First Amendment of the Constitution. Newt Gingrich, however, thinks it’s an outrage that public schools aren’t used to promote Christianity on the public dime. So, he wants Judge Biery hauled off to prison.

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Irregular Times Donation: Humanist Crisis Response Horn of Africa Project

We sell American-made political shirts to keep Irregular Times going because shirts made in other countries are notorious for noxious sweatshop labor conditions, not because we’re xenophobes. We believe strongly that money should flow to parts of the world where …

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Jonathan Turley Deceives About Obama’s Support For UN Religious Tolerance Resolution

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There are real instances of religious discrimination. There’s no need for Jonathan Turley to go making up stories about threats to religious freedom. That’s just what he has done, however, with his dishonest and inaccurate article about United Nations Human Rights resolution 16/18.

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Ricky Perry Would Amend The Constitution To Reiterate Right Of Prayer

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Rick Perry has proposed a constitutional amendment to give public school students the right to pray, but they already have that right. There is no ban on public school prayer by students. The only thing schools and students aren’t allowed to do is to force anyone to pray.

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Promoting The Spiritualism Of Christmas

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Columnist Darlene Vann says she wants a Spiritualist Christmas. How many dead elves does she want to bring back at the seance?

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