religion

If you’re a religious non-profit and you don’t file a 990 with the IRS, you’re off the hook. The US government says you are allowed to follow your beliefs and refuse to pay for your female  employees’ birth control devices…

With all the real (and often deadly) persecution of Christians going on in places like Asia and the Middle east right now, it seems almost trivial to complain about a bynch of stupid movies mocking my religion. But, you know,…

The Anti-Christian Age

by Pat Buchanan on December 31, 2012 · 22 comments

For two millennia, the birth of Christ has been seen as the greatest event in world history. The moment Jesus was born in a stable in Bethlehem, God became man, and eternal salvation became possible.
This date has been the…

“A police psychologist and his school-age son become embroiled in the machinations of a mysterious cult religion in this thriller from director John Schlesinger. After his wife is electrocuted in a freak accident, Dr. Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) and his…

HOLY HORRORS FOR HALLOWEEN FILM FERSTIVAL: THE BELIEVERS

by David November 2, 2012

“A police psychologist and his school-age son become embroiled in the machinations of a mysterious cult religion in this thriller from director John Schlesinger. After his wife is electrocuted in a freak accident, Dr. Cal Jamison (Martin Sheen) and his…

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A War on Religion?

by Bruce Hausknecht October 26, 2012

In a world where the government believes that the First Amendment’s religious freedoms don’t apply to churches, religious organizations, non-profit and for-profit businesses, health-care providers, and anyone outside the four walls of a church building, we are all at risk.…

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Religion and Anxiety

by Harold G. Koenig, MD October 3, 2012

Anxiety is an unpleasant emotional (and physiological) state that occurs when a person anticipates a potentially threatening event, or even when there is no threatening event but the temperament of the person is worry-prone (due to heredity or early life…

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Relevant Rock: The Religion of Dylan’s Tempest

by Dan Hart September 25, 2012

Seemingly by sheer force of will, Bob Dylan keeps putting out records. It’s staggering, really – the man is 71 years old. Starting with 1997′s resurgent Time Out of Mind, he has released six studio albums in the last 15…

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Words Matter. Truth Counts.

by Ken Connor August 29, 2012

Words matter.  Truth counts.  Or do they in the postmodern age in which we live?
Recently The Washington Post reported a story about Obama advisor, Zeke Emmanuel, brother of Rahm Emmanuel.  Dr. Emmanuel, a bioethicist and devoted “foodie”, is an…

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I Am [not] An Atheist

by Mary Lane July 17, 2012

Bashing atheists isn’t really my thing, and it’s not what this post will be about.
The thing is, I write a blog for young Catholics (and then I guess for anyone else who wants to read it), and I talk…

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