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Religious Americans in a Secular World

GOOD, in collaboration with Column Five Media, created what they call a “Transparency”, “a graphical exploration of the data that surrounds us”, based on findings of the Pew Research Center. They note: Sociologists have generally concluded that people who are very religiously active tend to be less engaged with the secular world, opting to stay …

February 2, 2012 – 10:37 PM | By Curtis | Posted in Ballots, Pages, Pixels | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

WJMS

The San Francisco Chronicle reports that surveyed Christians recognize their political views don’t match Jesus’. In an article entitled “What Jesus Might Say Is Debated in Survey of Christian Politics”, Nicole Ostrow of Bloomberg News, writes Christians in the U.S. who labeled themselves politically liberal or conservative told researchers Jesus wouldn’t necessarily agree with their …

January 31, 2012 – 3:02 PM | By Curtis | Posted in Ballots, Bills, Pages, Pixels | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Fringes

I’m continuing to read Tony Jones’ The Teaching of the Twelve: Believing and Practicing the Primitive Christianity of the Ancient Didache Community. In a section entitled “A Long History of God Loving”, Jones quotes the entirety of the Shema, “the most important prayer in Judiasm [whose] importance cannot be overstated – the Shema is to …

January 26, 2012 – 10:12 PM | By Curtis | Posted in Pages | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , | Comments (0)

I Wear A Mask That Looks Like Me

Earlier today I linked to an article at the Daily Mail regarding a study on what was termed “correspondance bias.” Turns out there’s some discussion on whether that’s a good use of the term. The second part of the comment sent me to Pete Rollins’ latest book, Insurrection: To Believe is Human, To Doubt, Divine. …

January 18, 2012 – 12:04 PM | By Curtis | Posted in Pages, Pixels | Tagged , , , , , , , | Comments Off