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Pew Survey Highlight: Religious Americans Most Ignorant About Religion
By Dave Thier - AOL News(Sept. 28) -- Americans are among the most religious of people in developed nations. But according to a new survey, many of us don't know much about religion itself. The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life has finished an extensive survey of religion in America, and the results might surprise some: Of all religious groups surveyed, atheists and agnostics scored significantly higher than most of the faithful on religious knowledge, joined by Mormons and Jews. The survey asked a few basic questions about religion: What is Ramadan? Where was Jesus born? Which biblical figure led the Exodus ...
Pope Compares Atheism to Nazism, Draws Fire
By Theunis Bates - AOL NewsLONDON (Sept. 17) -- Pope Benedict XVI has been accused by secularists of making "a terrible libel" during his first papal visit to Britain, after he appeared to associate atheism with the crimes of the Nazi regime during World War II. In a speech to Queen Elizabeth II and members of the Royal Family in Edinburgh, Scotland, the pope noted that the "Nazi tyranny that wished to eradicate God from society and denied our common humanity to many, especially the Jews," had resulted in the Holocaust. He then asked the increasingly non-believing British public to "reflect on the sobering lessons of ...
Pope's Adviser Calls Britain 'Third World Country,' Drops Out of Trip to U.K.
By David Gibson - Politics DailyBenedict XVI's trip to Great Britain this week was already shaping up as a controversial showdown between a tradition-bound pope and a secularized British society, but inflammatory remarks by a German cardinal who was to have accompanied Benedict have upped the tensions even before the trip starts. Cardinal Walter Kasper, a well-known and popular churchman who recently retired as head of the Vatican department in charge of relations with other churches, was quoted by a German magazine saying Britain is a "Third World country" marked by "a new and aggressive atheism." The Vatican immediately ...
Opinion: Christopher Hitchens -- My Prayer for a Worthy Opponent
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 20) -- This Sunday evening, Christopher Hitchens will appear on my radio show on 77 WABC in New York City to discuss his memoir, "Hitch 22." It will not be our first meeting. Hitchens and I have had three fiery, take-no-prisoners debates about God and religion. Millions of people have apparently watched them on YouTube. The first, at Makor, was the one I enjoyed the most. It was hard-hitting but ended friendly. The second, at the 92nd St. Y, was cantankerous and at times almost brutal. The third, in Puebla, Mexico, followed that trend. I was upset at Hitchens after the last two ...
Atheist Christopher Hitchens Has Cancer: Should Believers Pray For Him?
By David Gibson - Politics DailyNews that the pugnacious atheist Christopher Hitchens is battling a life-threatening cancer has led to an outpouring of sympathy from believers who, in better times, have clashed mightily with the author of the best-selling book, "God Is Not Great," as well as many other blasts against religion. But even as Hitchens' foes lament his suffering, they also raise questions about the appropriate response: Should believers pray for an atheist, and one who is an active opponent of belief? What if Hitchens does not want such intercessions, or appreciate them? And what should one pray for? A healing? ...
Christopher Hitchens to Undergo Chemotherapy for Esophageal Cancer
By David Knowles - AOL NewsAuthor, commentator and Vanity Fair columnist Christopher Hitchens announced Wednesday that he will soon undergo treatment for cancer. In a post on Vanity Fair's website, Hitchens wrote the following: I have been advised by my physician that I must undergo a course of chemotherapy on my esophagus. This advice seems persuasive to me. I regret having had to cancel so many engagements at such short notice. Hitchens, 61, was touring the country to promote his new book, "Hitch-22: A Memoir." Known for his hard living and quick wit, Hitchens largely gave up smoking in 2008, The Washington Post ...
God as Tea Partier: Judges Defend the Pledge of Allegiance
By Jeffrey Weiss - Politics DailyIf you asked 1,000 people to list the attributes of the Almighty, how many would include "proponent of limited government"? But that was the top of the list last week for two California federal judges. Michael Newdow is a California atheist who gets his jollies watching federal courts stand on their heads to deny that the concept of God's sovereignty is essentially religious. That may overstate the case a smidge. Newdow is a California atheist. And he's spent more than a decade peppering the federal courts with challenges to the phrases "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance and "In God We ...
Atheists Promise to Care for Pets After Rapture
By David Knowles - AOL News(Feb. 14) – If, as millions of fundamentalist Christians believe, the Rapture is imminent, who will take care of the pets of those who are suddenly spirited away to heaven? Derived from an interpretation of passages of the New Testament (most notably 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17), Rapture prophecy posits that Jesus Christ will return to Earth to gather his disciples for eternal life in God's kingdom, while leaving behind those who have not met a standard of piety to face the rule of Satan. Unfortunately, pets may not be eligible for eternal salvation. eternal-earthbound-pets.com A New ...
Be British, Be French, Be Buddhist, and Lay Off Brit Hume
By Donna Trussell - Politics DailyAs the wife of a theater critic and as a former movie critic myself, I appreciate the fine art of underacting. Sadly, it's more and more rare. ...
Irish Atheists Challenge Nation's Blasphemy Law
By not in system - AOL News(Jan. 2) -- An Irish atheist group has published a series of quotations on religion in an attempt to challenge a blasphemy law that went into effect on New Year's Day. The 25 "blasphemous" quotations include the words of Jesus, Mohammed, Mark Twain, Salman Rushdie and Bjork. Atheist Ireland published the list on its Web site Friday. It says it aims to challenge the law, which makes blasphemy a crime punishable by a $35,800 fine. "Despite these quotes being abusive and insulting in relation to matters held sacred by various religions, we unreservedly support the right of these people to have ...
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