Category Archives: Religion

The Rapture is Not an Exit Strategy

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When considering your government, do you believe in the primacy of Jefferson, Franklin, and Madison or Falwell, Robertson, and Haggard? That is to say, should the peoples’ handbook for governing, educating and protecting the public be the US Constitution or the Bible?… More>>

JFK to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association on September 12, 1960

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JFK: “I want a Chief Executive whose public acts are responsible to all and obligated to none, who can attend any ceremony, service, or dinner his office may appropriately require of him to fulfill; and whose fulfillment of his Presidential office is not limited or conditioned by any religious oath, ritual, or obligation.”… More>>

The Sokoto Caliphate (1812 – Present)

Entrance to the modern Sultan's palace in Sokoto

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Hmm…a 200 year old Islamic dynasty in Africa with 70 million devotees, that is worth a closer look…More>>

Cradle of Resistance: Algeria’s Kabylia Region

THE CITY AND HARBOR OF ALGIERS, ALGERIA

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Kabylia is a formidable mountainous region just east of Algiers. Its isolated mountains have provided safe haven for the local Berbers for centuries making it a difficult place for foreign occupiers to fully penetrate. Its cave rich landscape provides ideal cover from which to launch a guerrilla insurgency or to hold off an advancing army… More>>

Einstein Letter – A Glimpse Into Views About Religion

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A letter written by Albert Einstein in 1954 is a revealing glimpse into Einstein’s views on religion and adds fuel to the fire in the ongoing debate over his ontological beliefs. — read an excerpt here

Read the Guardian‘s article on the controversy over Einstein’s views on religion.