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    • 98 Ratings
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    I'm Not An Alcoholic. Alcoholics Go To Meetings.

    OCTOBER 12, 2009 7:39AM

    By Roger Fallihee


    Topics: so what, okay fine i drink too much, fear of zealots, fear of zealotry, christianity, aa, alcohol

    • 38 Ratings
    • 4696 Views
    • 105 Comments
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    Is Religion Essential to Society?

    JANUARY 19, 2009 9:51PM

    By Rick Lucke


    Topics: belief and religion, environment, family, politics, science, society, god, christianity, secular, atheist, atheism

    • 21 Ratings
    • 1654 Views
    • 98 Comments
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    To Open Salon Catholicism Haters

    APRIL 20, 2011 11:33AM

    By I Love Life


    Topics: intolerance, religion, evil, christianity, st.peter, catholic faith, bigotry, pedophiles, opensalon, catholicism

    • 38 Ratings
    • 5470 Views
    • 98 Comments
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    What the Bible really says about homosexuality

    DECEMBER 19, 2008 1:23PM

    By Real Live Preacher


    Topics: homosexuality, christianity

    • 53 Ratings
    • 1312 Views
    • 97 Comments
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    Pick another God

    OCTOBER 4, 2011 2:33PM

    By Thoth


    Topics: evangelicalism, jesus, christianity, religion

    • 28 Ratings
    • 3360 Views
    • 86 Comments
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    Christianity Without Dogma: A Discussion

    JANUARY 3, 2009 4:47PM

    By mishima666


    Topics: secularism, christianity, religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 4563 Views
    • 80 Comments
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    Why Hard Atheists Shouldn't be Taken Seriously

    SEPTEMBER 24, 2008 3:38PM

    By E Alvers


    Topics: belief and religion, shades of gray, hubris, doubt, evil, good, christianity, politics, religion, atheism, sandra miller

    • Editor's Pick
    • 68 Ratings
    • 8972 Views
    • 79 Comments
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    This Is My Body

    JANUARY 5, 2010 12:13PM

    By Gwendolyn Glover


    Topics: rumi, yoga, body piercing, tattoo, loving your body, st. paul, christianity, sex, the new year, thich nhat hanh, san francisco

    • 19 Ratings
    • 1078 Views
    • 77 Comments
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    Why I May Never Understand Islam

    FEBRUARY 16, 2011 9:04AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: belief/religion, books, economy, environment, family, islam, christianity, judaism, texts

    • Editor's Pick
    • 61 Ratings
    • 3847 Views
    • 73 Comments
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    Permission to Die

    AUGUST 10, 2009 1:05PM

    By Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield


    Topics: hope, death, hospice, dying, permission to die, christianity, religion, compassion, love, god's love, chaplain, calling, duty

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 5980 Views
    • 69 Comments
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    Why I Stopped Believing in God

    JANUARY 2, 2012 5:29PM

    By Lauren J Barnhart


    Topics: faith, god, dinner with a perfect stranger, vanity fair, god is not great, christopher hitchens, christianity, family, books, belief/religion

    • 32 Ratings
    • 13437 Views
    • 65 Comments
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    Why Right-Wing Christians Claim Obama As "The Antichrist."

    FEBRUARY 25, 2011 1:06PM

    By Ron Robinson


    Topics: obama, right-wing christians, antichrist, rachel maddow, glen beck, fox news, ron robinson, christo-fascism, tea party, koch brothers, scapegoat, christianity, jesus, beatitudes, sermon on the mount, timothy mcveigh, scott roeder, fox news, progressives, liberals, scott walker, wisconsin protests, conservatives, republicans, science, open+call, books, belief/religion, news, politics, health

    • Editor's Pick
    • 11 Ratings
    • 5915 Views
    • 63 Comments
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    Does religion make people violent? A criminologist says yes

    JUNE 7, 2010 7:20AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: immigration, germany, berlin, hanover, lower saxony, religion, christianity, islam

    • 29 Ratings
    • 927 Views
    • 60 Comments
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    ONE-SENTENCE SUNDAY: The Poverty of Fundamentalism

    NOVEMBER 7, 2010 7:26AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: the imagination, spirituality, the intellectual life, islam, judaism, christianity, fundamentalism, modernity, literalism, ancient texts, belief/religion

    • Editor's Pick
    • 14 Ratings
    • 5204 Views
    • 59 Comments
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    Centuries of Christian Bias Channeled Through Hume

    JANUARY 5, 2010 4:46PM

    By IslandView


    Topics: open call, buddhism vs. brit, brit hume, buddhism, christianity, tiger woods, buddhists vs. brit

    • Editor's Pick
    • 29 Ratings
    • 10733 Views
    • 58 Comments
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    Florida church to mark 9/11 with Koran burning

    AUGUST 13, 2010 10:36AM

    By Judy Mandelbaum


    Topics: heinrich heine, acts, christianity, islam, book burning, koran, florida, gainesville, dove world outreach center

    • 27 Ratings
    • 562 Views
    • 56 Comments
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    Embracing Religion, Rejecting Religion

    JANUARY 3, 2011 7:03AM

    By Jonathan Wolfman


    Topics: liberalism, progressivism, extremism, fundamentalism, jesus seminar, new testament study, torah study, judaism, islam, christianity, jesus, politics, economy, belief/religion

    • 40 Ratings
    • 1808 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Let Go and Let Godzilla

    MARCH 16, 2011 11:39AM

    By Bellwether Vance


    Topics: beliefs, family, glenn beck, religion, christianity, earthquake, japan

    • 32 Ratings
    • 5857 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    Good Friday Reflection: "I Crucified You"

    APRIL 8, 2009 1:50PM

    By Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield


    Topics: good friday, crucifixion, jesus, christ, christianity, religion, forgiveness, love, sin, salvation, the cross

    • 20 Ratings
    • 1581 Views
    • 55 Comments
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    My Christmas Gift to My OS Friends- -Blessings & Peace

    DECEMBER 22, 2008 9:30PM

    By Rev. Dr. Monte Canfield


    Topics: christmas, love, joy, death, fear, pain, redemption, faith, belief, religion, christianity

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