Ateism och religion
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This is actually a question I can see both sides of, even though I know which side I come down on. And recently a fan wrote in to express the following:
Is Cherry Picking a Good Thing?
Jesus and the Law of Moses There is much confusion rampant today regarding Christ and the Law of Moses. The expression "law of Moses" is found in the scriptures (Lk. 24: 44).
Jesus and the Law of Moses
When philosophy professor Keith Parsons posted an announcement on his blog, The Secular Outpost , explaining why he had decided to abandon philosophy of religion, he expected only his handful of regular readers to take notice. After a decade teaching philosophy of religion at the University of Houston, during which time he founded the philosophy of religion journal Philo and published over twenty books and articles in the field, Parsons hung up his hat on September 1: I have to confess that I now regard “the case for theism” as a fraud and I can no longer take it seriously enough to present it to a class as a respectable philosophical position—no more than I could present intelligent design as a legitimate biological theory.
A Philosopher of Religion Calls it Quits | (A)theologies
Ny religiös rörelse lockar tusentals unga - Nyheter - Senaste nytt | Expressen - Nyheter Sport Ekonomi Nöje
Från noll till 10 000 medlemmar - på åtta år. Ungdomsorganisationen Ny Generation har precis varit ute på missionsturné i landets skolor. Den kristna föreningen har fler aktiva unga än något politiskt parti och har fått 34 miljoner i statligt bidrag.
Jamaat-e-Islami, one of Pakistan's main Islamist political parties, also said Mr Taseer's assassination was justified.
Clerics salute 'brave' Pakistan killer
Mainstream Pakistan religious organisations applaud killing of Salman Taseer | World news
The assassination of the Punjab governor, Salmaan Taseer, was praised by mainstream religious organisations in the country. Photograph: Governor House/EPA The increasing radicalisation of Pakistani society was today laid bare when mainstream religious organisations applauded the murder of Salmaan Taseer , the governor of Punjab, earlier this week and his killer was showered with rose petals as he appeared in court.Varje december får jag en känsla av högtidlig helighet som är omöjlig att matcha med pynt, jesusbarn, pepparkakor och granar. Det handlar om ett religiöst spår som barndomens söndagsskola plöjde upp i min hjärna. Och varje jul brukar jag läsa evangelierna och de andra historierna i barnversion för min son.
Att brottas med Gud | Kultur
By Steve Doughty UPDATED: 09:25 GMT, 29 June 2009
Britain has 85 sharia courts: The astonishing spread of the Islamic justice behind closed doors
Every year, researchers from the British Social Attitudes survey ask a representative sample of British people whether they regard themselves as belonging to any particular religion and, if so, to which one? When the survey first asked these questions in 1985 , 63% of the respondents answered that they were Christians, compared with 34% who said they had no religion (the rest belonged to non-Christian religions).