Shortly after the most recent presidential election, the democrat vice presidential candidate, Tim Walz, was interviewed on Minnesota Public Radio. By his own admission, he was genuinely shocked that his ticket lost. He said, “I thought it was a real flex when the Wall Street Journal pointed out that I…
Recently the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (formerly LDS or Mormon church) had an open house for its new temple in Tallahassee, Florida. Non-members of the LDS were invited to tour the new facility and see first hand the rooms where the various “sacred” rituals are performed for…
Conor Friedersdorf is a staff writer for The Atlantic magazine. He also writes a periodic newsletter called Up for Debate.
As he was preparing for one of his newsletters, he solicited some of his readers’ thoughts on their personal religious journeys – the results of which he published in…
A lot of people think they know what is in the Bible. They like to quote certain verses or state concepts they assume are Biblical in nature. In this two part article we are examining at some common phrases and ideas that most people probably believe are taught in the…
Based on modern American pop culture morality, when it comes to people’s views concerning sex, pretty much anything goes. You can hardly watch anything on TV or at the movies where sex outside of marriage, of any variety, is not completely normalized. The same attitude is prevalent in the news…
We all take a lot of things for granted. That is to say, we believe certain things are true because everyone says it is. Unfortunately, that is also true with the Bible. Many people, even most Christians, have been taught that certain things are said in the Bible, and we…
In the runup to the last presidential election, an ad was posted to X by DemCast founder Nick Knudsen. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit that was created to “amplify & maximize the impact of grassroots digital media, bolstering blue electoral and policy victories at all levels of government, across…
Perhaps the most prominent definition of racism as it is used in the common vernacular is: “discrimination against or antagonism towards other races.” While there are, obviously many exceptions, I don’t think it is wrong to say that the vast majority of Americans believe racism is wrong. This holds true…
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