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Perspective

The heathen in our midst

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Some people are quick to ridicule faithful religious adherents. But me? I envy them.

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Muhammad Entering From the Rear: A review of Osama Van Halen

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If punk rock songs are short, loud, offensive, and give a big F.U. to the mainstream, then Michael Muhammad Knight’s new novel, Osama Van Halen (Soft Skull Press) is very punk rock.

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Identity theft of Christians

Perspective

We received a submission from Anthony Morley, a self-professed computer nerd and lover of Christ. He presents an amusing perspective–comparing Christians to “spam infested computers”– that only a computer nerd and lover of Christ could give.

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I’m Perfect, You’re Doomed: a book review

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This is a story about being raised in, and exiting a cult. What’s not to love?

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What does the Bible say about same-sex marriage?

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The religious conservative criticize same-sex marriage, saying it violates the biblical definition of marriage. They are wrong, and here’s why.

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Are we all agnostic?

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I am, you are, the Pope is, and so is Richard Dawkins and His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Big Bird too.

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Surviving the Holocaust: thank you Mussolini and mom

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When people ask me how I survived the Holocaust, my reply is that I owe my life to two persons: To my mother and to Mussolini.

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‘Let my people go’…and get married if they want to

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The message of Passover is one that is welcomed by many who are held in bondage of a different sort.

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Sum by David Eagleman: April’s book of the month

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Usually the answer to the question of afterlife is based on one’s spiritual belief system, or lack thereof. But we don’t need to be limited to religious definitions of “the great beyond” thanks to David Eagleman’s imaginative new book, Sum: Forty Tales From the Afterlives.

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A prayer for you

Creative Nonfiction

This is a perfect moment. It’s a perfect moment because I have been inspired to say a gigantic prayer. I’ve been roused to unleash a divinely greedy, apocalyptically healing prayer for each and every one of you—even those of you who don’t believe in the power of prayer.

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Proof of God!…well, sorta

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When I was eighteen years old, I thought that I’d discovered a proof for the existence of God. The possibility jazzed me in secret for years, and I’ve told few about it out of fear that someone might untangle its logic and ruin it. But by now, there isn’t any going back. The proof has already had its way with me.

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