And we live in an era of much different ideas about religious freedom and the scope of the term religion. … , whether you know it or not or whether you like to admit it or not, and your religion, your doctrine, the tenets of your religion, … It has become, in fact, for many Baptists and others the severance of religion from public life.…
When it comes to religion and politics, church and state, nothing is sure any more. … This echoes a theme from President Obama, whose speeches always refer to “freedom of worship,” not “freedom of religion.” … Freedom of religion includes the individual right of conscience in conduct outside of church – exactly what secular theocrats are trampling…
declare, as the aforementioned suicide prevention experts do -- that judging suicides is morally wrong means that every great religion … undeniable that countless religious individuals throughout history have refrained from committing suicide solely because their religion…
"I did this not out of spite, but out of a feeling against the prevailing self-righteousness that stems from religion, particularly … As such, restaurants are not allowed to discriminate based on religion, among other things. … Prudhomme said the trouble started in April 2011 when she received the first of several letters from the Freedom From Religion Foundation…
Garcia tells Religion News Service he knew nothing but understands it, given that the same catastrophe befell his native Cuba, where … It attacks the "solemn speechifying," the "overstuffed cast of characters" and the "half-baked material," and given "this religion…
"People understand that the Christians are willing to help anyone in the community, despite religion or caste (class status)," Hardison … The listed religious designation determines what state-mandated religion classes minors are required to take in school. … While there is no official state religion in Syria, the constitution requires that the president be Muslim and stipulates that Islamic…
You'd really think we were some poor little republic, and that if one person lost his religion for one hour, the whole thing would … America is the real religion in this country. -- Norman Mailer
9) The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand…
Bin Laden was the victim of a religion that purported to have the truth but in the end was in great error. … Islam is a religion, in fact, that contains in the pages of its holiest book the salient ideas to fuel violence and jihad against non-Muslims…
BOB FU: Historically, Christianity has always been suspected as a Western force, as a Western religion. … Of course, the most rapid-growing religion in China is Christianity, especially in the past 60 years.…
Muslim-majority countries, whether amputation and stoning should be used as punishments, whether those who convert from Islam to another religion … Not in the name of my religion!" What we've seen instead: Protestors carrying signs saying, "Behead those who insult Islam!" … A solid majority, 54 percent, said they think "mainstream Islam" is a "peaceful religion."…
