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Harris, Hitchens, Dawkins, Dennett: Evangelical atheists? By: Reza Aslan One cold spring day in London, as I crossed the bustling square at Piccadilly Circus, I looked left instead of right (a typical American tourist) and was nearly run down by a careening double-decker bus with a flash of letters emblazoned along its side: The slogan is now ubiquitous and not only in London.
Guest Voices: Harris, Hitchens, Dawkins, Dennett: Evangelical atheists? - On Faith at washingtonpost
By Peggy Fletcher Stack Salt Lake Tribune (RNS) A teenager says God and Jesus appeared to him in a grove and told him to start a new Christian church. Another person claims the Almighty talks to him through the radio. A French girl gets messages from heaven to lead an army against the British, while a Utah woman thinks she is meant to have Jesus' baby and 12 husbands. Some of these figures were considered prophets and saints, while others were judged insane. The question is: How do you tell which is which?
Drawing The Line Between Religious Inspiration And Insanity
Among the myths about leaders is that they are born and not made. When a leadership vacuum appears, there's stress. Chaos threatens to erupt. It would seem that only a unique person, someone whose chemistry mixes ambition, charisma, and ego, can fill the vacuum.

