You may have grown up hearing the famous warning that there are two things to never discuss over the dinner table: politics and religion. If you grew up in a Christian household, discussing faith was unavoidable, but you may have been raised to steer away from discussing politics, much less getting involved in politics and engaging civically. After all, being a Christian and engaging in politics must be mixing church and state. That is an evil thing—don't you know? Many of us look at...
How would you feel if your next-door neighbor was in a cult? What if your son or daughter came home to inform you they had joined a “community of like-minded people”? In 2004, the theologian Paul Olson interviewed 2,400 randomly selected Nebraskans about how comfortable they would feel if their neighbor joined a cult or a new Christian church. More than 80% of respondents said they’d feel uncomfortable about living next door to a cultist, compared with only 6.1% disapproving of a new Christian...
A mother grapples with how to explain organized religion — and God — to her son with autism.
President Donald Trump said Monday that Jewish voters who continue to vote for the Democratic Party after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) demanded that Israel oust its leader hate Israel, and "hate their religion."
Former President Trump on Tuesday claimed Democrats “hate Israel” and that Jewish voters who back Democrats hate their religion amid tensions between the Biden administration and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Trump, speaking with conservative radio host Sebastian Gorka, was asked why Democrats like Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) “hate” Netanyahu, a reference to
Most universities that were founded in the country’s first several hundred years were devotedly Christian in their orientation. What happened?
To the editor: Religions are human-made institutions and subject to the same blind spots and failures that show up in secular ones. (“In ‘The Exvangelicals,’ Sarah McCammon tells the tale of losing her religion,” Opinion, March 20) They all let you down periodically, as do the people who belong to them. American evangelicalism has a tendency toward rigid categories, so losing one's religion might be the beginning of a more meaningful search for God. To have faith is not the same thing as to have...
A listing of events happening at churches in and around Berks County.
Former President Donald Trump on Monday charged that Jews who vote for Democrats “hate Israel" and hate “their religion,” igniting a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Jewish leaders. Trump, in an interview, had been asked about Democrats' growing criticism of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over his
Trump says Jews who vote for Democrats 'hate Israel' and their religion