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  • The Reformation and Wars of Religion0

    This article is part two in a four part series. Read Part 1 Read Part 3 Starting in the 1520s international relations between the rising European states were dominated by conflicts that were primarily or significantly religious in character: wars in central and southern Europe, between Christians and Muslims; and, in central and northwestern Europe,

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  • The Informed Conscience0

    A political dissident is arrested for leading a movement that threatens the stability of a region. He is ambushed and apprehended by his enemies, detained without a public trial, and tortured by soldiers at the command of their political leaders.  No, I’m not describing Khalid Sheikh Mohammed or any other detainee held at the prison

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  • The Great Barrier0

    If Religion be exempt from the authority of the Society at large, still less can it be subject to that of the Legislative Body. The latter are but the creatures and vicegerents of the former. Their jurisdiction is both derivative and limited: it is limited with regard to the co-ordinate departments, more necessarily is it

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  • Jesus Plus Nothing0

    "If a man lies with a man as one lies with a woman, both of them have done what is detestable. They must be put to death; their blood will be on their own heads&” (Leviticus 20:13).* The news took the world by surprise. The Ugandan government was contemplating capital punishment for persistent homosexual activity.

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  • Clean-shaven Christian Identity0

    He is a young man, neatly turned out in tailored slacks, dress shirt, and tie. He subscribes to a religious creed that encourages self-respect, clean living, environmental awareness, and a healthy—if possible, organic—diet. That same creed upholds the equality of women and men, when it comes to positions of leadership in the community. He says

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  • As to War0

    It was gratifying to hear recently that the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals finally ruled that the Pledge of Allegiance is constitutional. Atheist Michael Newdow had tried to cast it as a choice between God and country. And we all know that regardless of how bawdy our civil society may become we are not about

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  • Whiteout0

    Snow falls every year in the Northeast United States. It’s effects range from New England style picture postcard to the sheet ice and downed power lines that often accompany late winter storms closer to Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. Most years snow is a hoped for accompaniment to the holiday season and

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  • The Hidden Danger of Conspiracy Theories0

    Is fluoride in the water a Communist plot? Was World War I a conspiracy of the Illuminati (or the Jews)? Is there a secret government plan to supplant the U.S. dollar with an &”Amero,&” a currency that includes Canada and Mexico? Was the attack on 9/11 a conspiracy by high officials in the U.S. government

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  • Religious Wars and Religious Freedom: A Troubled History0

    Although today Western society generally accepts that freedom of religious belief and expression is an innate human right, that position emerged only after centuries of religious intolerance and persecution, and centuries of interreligious hatred so extreme that it frequently resulted in wars of religion. This article is the first in a four-part series exploring the

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