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Tag: religion

  • Prof Patty
  • December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

‘THEOLOGICAL PORN’: THE MOST EGREGIOUS RELIGIOUS IDEA OF 2021 IS A TIE

BY MARY E. HUNT  DECEMBER 23, 2021 Competition was keen, but the award for the Most Egregious Religious Idea of 2021 resulted in a tie between that of Supreme Court Judge Amy Coney B

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  • Prof Patty
  • December 30, 2021

What Job Can Teach Us About Coping with Mental Health Crises

Job teaches us that helping those in overwhelming pain requires a careful balance between listening and understanding their unique agony while not making them feel too different or isolated. BY&nbs

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  • Kintsugi
  • October 20, 2021October 20, 2021

Who is Eckhart Tolle?

Who Is Eckhart Tolle? He is a German-Canadian spiritual teacher and self-help author best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’

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  • Kintsugi
  • September 22, 2021

A Rabbi’s Guide on Making Amends and Letting Those Grudges Go

Sept. 12, 2021 By David Wolpe There will always be things we cannot fully forgive and people who do not deserve to be restored to good reputation. And forgiving someone does not necessari

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  • Kintsugi
  • March 13, 2021March 13, 2021

What is Buddhism?

Buddhism is a non-theistic religion (no belief in a creator god), also considered a philosophy and a moral discipline, originating in India in the 6th and 5th cen

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  • Kintsugi
  • February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

America’s Changing Religious Identity

Executive Summary The American religious landscape is undergoing a dramatic transformation. White Christians, once the dominant religious group in the U.S., now account for fewer than half of all a

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  • Prof Patty
  • August 8, 2020

Religion and the Founding of the American Republic

The efforts of the Founders of the American nation to define the role of religious faith in public life and the degree to which it could be supported by public officials that was not inconsistent w

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NY Times

  • Talarico Can Win. But He Will Not Turn Texas Blue.
  • Judge Blocks DeSantis’s Declaration of Muslim Group as Terrorist Organization
  • Why Ecuador Invited the U.S. Military to Help With Its Drug Gangs
  • Noem and D.H.S. Inspector General Spar Over Obstruction Claim
  • As New York Energy Costs Surge, Attention Turns to Landmark Climate Law

NPR

  • Colossal Biosciences breeds controversy while trying to revive mammoths
  • Humans' pull toward alcohol may have ancient origins (according to chimp pee)
  • President Trump aimed to cut science funding. Congress has quietly restored much of it
  • Scientists make a pocket-sized AI brain with help from monkey neurons
  • If you change the colors of a concert hall, you may change how patrons hear music

The Progressive

  • Resisting the Data Center Boom
  • How Trump Is Imperiling Federal Housing Subsidies
  • Sufyan Tayeh’s Legacy Lives on in His Students
  • The Right Expands Its Campaign to Censor College Professors
  • Trump, Coca, and Drones in Tumaco, Colombia

FactCheck.org

  • FactChecking Claims in Casey Means’ Surgeon General Confirmation Hearing
  • Assessing Trump’s Claims on Iran’s Nuclear and Missile Capabilities
  • Legality of Latest Iran Attack in Question
  • FactChecking Trump’s State of the Union Address
  • A Pre-SOTU Guide to Trump’s Economic Claims

Snopes.com

  • Did White House say Barron Trump was 'too tall' for military service? Here's the truth
  • Photo shows graves of Iranian girls killed in Minab school attack
  • Did Trump threaten to invade Spain? What we know
  • Investigating claim video shows downed US pilot in Kuwait being confronted by locals
  • Rumor loss of 3 fighter jets in Iran operation cancels out alleged DOGE savings doesn't add up

Tradeoffs

  • Immigration Enforcement’s Twin Threats to Health Care
  • As States and CDC Split on Vaccines, What's Next?
  • A Better Way to Care for Older Adults with Opioid Addiction
  • Mental Illness Left Their Loved Ones on the Streets. California’s Big Fix Hasn’t Helped
  • One State's Sprint for its Share of $50 Billion for Rural Health: Part 2

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