Similarly, I had no idea which church to go to if I wanted to ask someone questions in person: In my community there was everything from Church of Christ to Jehovah's Witnesses to conservative Baptist to liberal Anglican churches, each one claiming to be based on the Bible, yet they all...
For instance, the Church of Satan does not profess the existence of the “Dark Lord." They claim the word “Satan” is taken from the Hebrew root of the word which means "opposer" or "one who questions". Or maybe you have heard of The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (FSM). ...
The name name of the church will at least have to temporarily changed back from “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints”, to “Mormon” out of respect to the current “safe space” requirements of local universities, and fly by night ministries supporting social trends to ease tensions...
When he was revived, he not only renounced his atheism and became a Christian, but he resigned his tenured professorship and became the ordained pastor of a small rural church, where he serves to this day.[Read the Bible Gateway Blog post, Never Give Up Praying]...
I am very anti-religious, opposing anything even like religion, including atheist church. but that’s just me. Others have the right to do atheism their way. I am Not just an Atheist, I am a proud antireligionist. I can sum up what I do not like about religion in one idea; as a...
near-death experiences.’ But it doesn’t mean that any of us have similar experiences. My experience—why was it so Christian, I can only speculate. I quit church when I was 14 or 15 years old. I didn’t have any theological background. Things that went on in my near-death ...
“community cohesion.” His second book, written with Peter McLoughlin, is entitledMuhammed’s Koran(2017). His newest,Manifesto: Free Speech, Real Democracy,Peaceful Disobedience,also written with McLoughlin, came out on October 4, but when I looked for it on Amazon UK it was identified as...
I found a community that has been willing to support me, that has been willing to trust me — a congregation that welcomed me as a minister, and church staff that welcomed me as a colleague. I found — here, with you — a community willing to share with me your joys, your struggles...
I was raised by non-practicing Christians who immigrated to Canada from an anonymous country near the Caribbean. In the beginning, our family would occasionally attend Sunday’s church services. However, my mother later realized that her husband’s inattention and son’s rebellious behaviour during...
That makes it hard on everyone in the LGBT movement -- women and men, of all races. It creates rifts that make our community weaker. And it has a seriously bad impact on our ability to make effective social change. For instance, the LGBT movement has a profoundly i...