Tag Archives: comparative religions

Those crazy pagans

Posted on May 9, 2012 by

Jesus and Mo. Ophelia. Lulz.

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More religion, please!

Posted on December 21, 2010 by

On. Giovanna Melandri, a deputy with Italy’s Democratic Party, has recently proposed a law to introduce even more religion into public schools. She has courageously published it on her blog. I’ve commented on it, but my comment has not yet … Continue reading →

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A prophet in the making

Posted on December 1, 2010 by

There is a great article in this week’s New Yorker (subscribers only) about a New Age guru named Benjamin Creme, “the most delicious-sounding religious leader since Pope Nougat V,” according to Stephen Colbert. An eighty-seven-year-old oil painter, he is tracking … Continue reading →

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A Few Thoughts About Jewishness

Posted on July 24, 2009 by

Being Jewish is odd at times. For instance, one can be a BuJew (Buddhist-Jew), but a Jew for Jesus is out. Once there were Muslim Jews, but they were anomalous and eventually absorbed by Islam. The first Christians were all … Continue reading →

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