Religion

Overview

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Reference

• Wikipedia
• Media Matters: religion-related media items

Links

Facts & Data

• American Ethnic Geography: maps of United States church membership by county

Religious POV

• Inclusive, Questioning & Explorative
  • beliefnet
  • The Ekklesia Project
• Dogmatic
  • Answers in Genesis: "Upholding the Authority of the Bible from the Very First Verse"
  • Christian Answers: "biblical answers to contemporary questions"
    • Secular Humanism as defined from a Christian perspective
• Philosophical Issues
  • Problem of evil (Wikipedia)

News

• 2006-06-12 Using Children as 'God's Army'

Criticism of Religion

• 2006-05-24 How do you prove Jesus existed? CNN article about an Italian man who is suing the Catholic Church to prove the existence of Jesus (with reader comments)
• Why Religion Must End by Laura Sheahen, Beliefnet. Posted May 16, 2006. (original is much more cluttered)
• The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris: ISBN 0393035158 (hb) ISBN 0393327655 (pb)
• Islam: The Religion of Peace (Believe It Or Else): not sure how rational this site is, but it certainly presents food for thought

Related Articles

• Many religions (notably, most fundamentalist Christian varieties) tend to be pro-life, anti-contraception, and anti-sex-education, and in general have strong opinions about reproductive issues.
• religion vs. science
• prayer in public schools

Related Concepts

• Providentialism is the belief that God is actively directing the affairs of the world, e.g. through the actions of 'chosen people' whom God "provides" for such purposes.
• Blasphemy
• Heresy