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Palestinian population boom will result in Jews becoming the minority in Israel

By D. Beeksma • January 6, 2012

Gaza population projections

Some Israeli officials are worried that a growing Palestinian population could undermine the country's identity as a Jewish state. According to the Palestinian Central

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Netanyahu: Israelis shouldn't marry Americans or American Jews–or they'll end up celebrating Christmas and losing their identity

By Dakota O'Leary • December 1, 2011

Israel is showing quite a bit of contempt for Americans and American Jews these days as evidenced by the following videos.  What the repercussions

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This week's poll: Does God speak to people?

By admin • October 31, 2011

The Creation of Adam

Does God directly speak to human beings, whether through inspiration, voices, dreams or other types of messages?  Or was God's final word written in

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Bryan Fischer thinks ABC and "Dancing with the Stars" is preying on the "mentally disturbed" Chaz Bono

By Dakota O'Leary • October 1, 2011

Chaz Bono is Bryan Fischer's latest target as Bono was featured on "Dancing with the Stars" a few weeks ago, calling Bono's recent sex

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PRESS RELEASE: Controversial study suggests it is possible to change sexual orientation

By Dakota O'Leary • September 28, 2011

Can sexual orientation be "healed?"  A new study that is bound to be controversial suggests that it is possible for people to change their

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Memorial Wall Gives Identity to Unborn Fetuses

By D. Beeksma • July 11, 2011

fetus memorial

"See you in heaven" and "I love you, Mommy" are common messages given to names adopted on the Holocaust Memorial Wall. The wall has

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Genderless Baby Storm raises Controversy: What is the Big Deal about a Child's Sex Anyway?

By JohnThomas Didymus • May 28, 2011

Storm Stocker's parents have raised a storm of controversy over the real importance of gender stereotyping of human individuals from birth. Scholars of gender

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The New Generation of Atheists

By Mriana • March 27, 2011

I am not a big fan of pop psychology, but Dave Niose, a humanist, wrote an article in Psychology Today called, What's Different About

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U.S. Hindus unhappy with American pop culture yoga

By D. Beeksma • March 10, 2011

American Yoga

About 16 million Americans practice yoga, spending about $6 billion on lessons. Yoga studios have become almost as commonplace as pizza parlors. About 2

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Gary Cass Announces His Top 'Anti-Christian' Acts in America in 2010

By D. Beeksma • January 4, 2011

Each year, Gary Cass of the Christian Anti-Defamation Commission compiles a list of what he considers to be "anti-Christian" acts reported in the news

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The Bible and The Flag Bleeding Into One

By D. Beeksma • November 28, 2010

The phrase, "I am a Christian" has become synonymous with "I am an American," says religious scholar and author Reza Aslan.  ""The cross and

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Religious News Verses: Christian Nationalism and Christian Gay Hate

By D. Beeksma • October 22, 2010

Two surveys came out in the last couple of days on Christian thinking and/or perceptions about religion. On October 19, Purdue University released its

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'Draw Mohammad Day' Cartoonist Goes Into Hiding

By D. Beeksma • September 16, 2010

The Seattle cartoonist responsible for the "Draw Mohammad Day" has changed her identity and gone into hiding at the urging of the FBI. A

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