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Is America a Christian Nation?
And Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” – Mark 12:17 Just before…
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Houses of Worship: Saint Peter’s Basilica
The Roman Catholic Church is the largest and oldest Christian denomination in the world, with some 221,700 parishes, 467,000 clergy, and 1.3 billion members. The home…
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Faith-Based Answers to Substance Abuse and Addiction
Rehabilitation from the tyranny of drugs has a spiritual as well as a physical component, and many faiths, instead of turning their backs on the problem,…
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Houses of Worship: A Dream of Faith, Thailand’s White Temple—Wat Rong Khun
Thailand is home to the second largest population of Buddhists in the world, with some 64 millions Buddhists and 41,000 temples. Buddhism came to Thailand as…
Ethics
Sudan Sentences a Woman To Be Stoned to Death Based on Islamic Law
On June 26 in Sudan, Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab was convicted and sentenced to execution by stoning on a charge of adultery, a violation of Islamic law.…
Judaism
The Gifts of Judaism
Judaism’s great gift to the world, according to essayist John Evans, was the idea of a single, omnipotent, omniscient and righteous God, with whom one could…
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Religion: The Lifeline of Humanity
Salvation, redemption, absolution, deliverance. Any religion focuses one way or another, through one path or another, on the liberation of the individual, and—since so much of…
Islam
The Gifts of Islam
1.5 to 2 billion of the world’s people identify as Muslim. That means that nearly 1 out of 4 people in the world believe in the…
Buddhism
Muslim World League’s Historic Multifaith Forum in Saudi Arabia
The Muslim World League held the Forum on Common Values Among Religious Followers, a multifaith event with leaders from around the world in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.…
Issues
Does Religious Freedom Include the Right to Have An Abortion?
Then the LORD God formed the man from the dust of the ground. He breathed the breath of life into the man’s nostrils, and the man…
Issues
White Supremacists, Antisemites, & Other Extremist Groups Have Found Another Weapon: Subtlety
A swastika. A crossed-out Star of David inside a circle. An image of Black people or Muslims or Asian-Americans captioned “Go back where you came from.”…
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What is the Freewinds and Why do Scientologists Celebrate its Maiden Voyage on June 6?
According to the Church of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard stipulated that the highest levels of advancement in Scientology should be “delivered in a distraction-free environment, off…