Christ. fundamentalism

Arkansas GOP candidate, endorses death penalty for rebellious children

by News Sources 10.09.2012

The Huffington Post reports: Charlie Fuqua, the Republican candidate for the Arkansas House of Representatives who called for expelling Muslims from the United States in his book, also wrote in support for instituting the death penalty for “rebellious children.” In God’s Law, Fuqua’s 2012 book, the candidate wrote that while parents love their children, a [...]

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‘Jesus wife’ research leads to suspicions that artifact is a fake

by News Sources 09.26.2012

Huffington Post reports: Facing mounting doubts over the legitimacy of a business card-sized Coptic papyrus fragment that appears to quote Jesus Christ discussing his wife, the Harvard professor who acquired the artifact said Wednesday that she stands behind her findings, but is “open to questions about authenticity.” Karen L. King, the Harvard Divinity School professor [...]

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The wife of Jesus: New discovery challenges fundamental Christian belief

by News Sources 09.19.2012

Ariel Sabar interviews Harvard researcher Karen King who talks about the discovery of an ancient papyrus fragment with the phrase, “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife.’” The fragment was a shade smaller than an ATM card, honey-hued and densely inked on both sides with faded black script. The writing, King told me, was in the [...]

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How Christian fundamentalists plan to teach genocide to schoolchildren

by News Sources 06.06.2012

Katherine Stewart writes: The Bible has thousands of passages that may serve as the basis for instruction and inspiration. Not all of them are appropriate in all circumstances. The story of Saul and the Amalekites is a case in point. It’s not a pretty story, and it is often used by people who don’t intend [...]

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NEWS: Fighting for freedom from religion

by Paul Woodward 10.04.2007

Are U.S. troops being force-fed Christianity? By Jane Lampman, Christian Science Monitor, October 4, 2007 At Speicher base in Iraq, US Army Spec. Jeremy Hall got permission from a chaplain in August to post fliers announcing a meeting for atheists and other nonbelievers. When the group gathered, Specialist Hall alleges, his Army major supervisor disrupted [...]

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NEWS: Staying on the straight and narrow — really narrow

by Paul Woodward 10.02.2007

McCain: No Muslim president, U.S. better with Christian one By Helen Kennedy, NY Daily News, September 29, 2007 GOP presidential candidate John McCain says America is better off with a Christian President and he doesn’t want a Muslim in the Oval Office. “I admire the Islam. There’s a lot of good principles in it,” he [...]

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INTERVIEW: James Carroll interviewed by Tom Engelhardt

by Paul Woodward 09.17.2007

American fundamentalisms James Carroll interviewed by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch, September 17, 2007 He’s a man who knows something about the dangers of mixing religious fervor, war, and the crusading spirit, a subject he dealt with eloquently in his book Constantine’s Sword: The Church and the Jews. A former Catholic priest turned antiwar activist in the [...]

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