Though founded by a pacifist, Christianity has justified some of the most brutal slaughters in human history, but we may be able to recapture its peaceful essence.
The rhetoric of Michele Bachmann, Sarah Palin and Rick Perry about the “real America” is not imagined: They and those who oppose them live in different Americas.
Rick Perry, Michele Bachmann and Sarah Palin have all flirted with Christian Right Dominionism, but there's lots of misinformation about just what that means.
Rev. Howard Bess, Consortium News. August 10, 2011.
Two key GOP candidates have stressed their commitment to fundamentalist Christianity, but these ancient traditions don't mesh with precepts of modern society.
South Dakota hit a triple, attacking reproductive rights, privacy rights and religious freedom with a law aimed at the state's one remaining abortion clinic.
Rev. Howard Bess, Consortium News. September 27, 2010.
Many Christian leaders have decided that their religion should be dominant in the world. Where did they get that idea? Certainly not the teachings of Jesus.
Daniel C. Maguire, Consortium News. August 22, 2010.
Many of the world's religions -- including Christianity -- supported same-sex unions, a reality obscured by modern-day shrill, conservative commentary.
Simon S. Maloy, Media Matters for America. January 9, 2010.
At Fox News, religion is easy: Christianity is right and good and must be defended from its relentless persecutors, and other faiths are dangerous, inadequate, or a joke.
Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. January 7, 2010.
The comfort of religion doesn't eradicate grief. And many people would much rather believe in no afterlife at all than an afterlife determined by a sadistic god.
"He is said to be a Buddhist," Hume said on Fox News Sunday. "I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith."
