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Kid’s questions about Jesus

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I have a feeling the priest would rather have faced Christopher Hitchens, Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris as opposed to this kid.

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Happy birthday Thomas Jefferson, you blasphemous heretic you

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Imagine if Barack Obama took a copy of the Bible and cut out his favorite passages with scissors, glued them onto paper and said, “there, that’s a better version.”

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Jesus Christ movies: the good, the bad, and the blasphemous

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No other character, historical or mythical, has inspired as many movies as Jesus Christ has. Some are excellent (Ben Hur), some are mediocre (Nativity Story), some are terrible (The Greatest Story Ever Told), and some are just silly (Ultrachrist!).

The editors of Not About Religion have compiled a list of 30 of some of the more notable titles in the Jesus movie genre.

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Jesus in science fiction

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I remember reading Robert Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land years ago as a pre-teen, and noticing the obvious Christian messianic theme that the book conveyed. Then I read Frank Herbert’s Dune, and noticed the same thing. Movies too: Superman, Star Wars, The Matrix, Batman, they are retelling the Gospels through science fiction.

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Prophets in love, part 1: Abrahamic religions

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The first in a 4 part series, here we will examine some of the major prophets of religion, and the romantic relationships that may or may not have shaped the evolution of their respective faith.

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Proposition 8 – The Musical

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If Jesus were walking the earth today, you have to believe that Jack Black nailed how the son of God would react to the whole Prop 8 silliness. “Prop 8 – The Musical” starring Jack Black, John C. Reilly, and many more… by Jack Black

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