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Want to Worship? Show Me Your Papers! by Charles Franklin

23 Sep 2020
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WRN Editorial Staff

We have seen government abandon the First Amendment protections of religious liberty to tell people of faith they must toss out their long-held beliefs on the sanctity of marriage, for example, and condone...

Religion’s Role in the Wild West of Immorality and Irresponsibility by Charles Franklin

16 Sep 2020
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Wayne Edward Hanson

Right conduct is a spectrum of action. For many people justice is the most important point on the spectrum. Justice is the society taking action against someone who has transgressed against the rules of society,...

QAnon – a New Religion or the Latest Stupidity?

19 Aug 2020
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Sam Field

QAnon is a conspiracy theory group – some call it an emerging religion – started by a mysterious figure and it is blowing up on social media, even getting traction from elected officials. Katelyn...

Blasphemy a Capital Offense in Some Countries, Expunged in Others

17 Jun 2020
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Sam Field

In 1988 Salmon Rushdie published The Satanic Verses, a book which Muslims thought disparaged Islam. Riots broke out in Muslim countries, and shortly thereafter, Iran’s leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued...

You Don’t Have to be a Supreme Court Justice to See a Thumb on the Scales By Charles Franklin

05 Jun 2020
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WRN Guest

For those rational individuals who thought that the First Amendment kept government out of religious affairs, assured the people’s right to worship as they chose, and guaranteed the right to “peaceably...

In a Cemetery on Memorial Day

27 May 2020
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Sam Field

“Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day. No, no, man was made for immortality.” – Abraham Lincoln I visited a cemetery...

Open Houses of Worship, or Keep Them Closed? The Pros and Cons

22 May 2020
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WRN Editorial Staff

COVID 19 has many side effects, not all of them medical. Many parts of life have been put on hold and only essential services have been allowed to continue to function, albeit usually with social distancing,...

Science and the Soul

01 Apr 2020
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Sam Field

The most brilliant scientists and engineers build a car. It’s beautiful, a piece of art, painted brightly, accented with chrome. An electric motor, the latest in computerized skid control, ABS brakes,...

Coronavirus Opens Opportunities for Homeschooling and Religious Instruction

17 Mar 2020
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Sam Field

Even though the Coronavirus pandemic is creating hardships around the world, opportunity is knocking. A friend who teaches high school is off work, her school closed for six weeks because of the virus....

Law for Peace: Beyond Palestinian and Israeli Land Claims

28 Feb 2020
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Rabbi Michael Shevack

The idea hit me as I was driving, through the border from Germany to France: Germany, a separate state? France, a separate state? So, what is so painful about a Palestinian state contiguous with the state...