• Politics, Schmolitics - Religion

    Tough Sell For Religious Hucksters

    The unchurched in America are probably not buying what #Beckapalooza was flogging, either – A lot of them are conservative, but hurt by “The Church.” The Barna Group – Millions of Unchurched Adults Are Christians Hurt by Churches But Can Be Healed of the Pain Other interesting insights into the self-identified Christians who have distanced themselves from a conventional church relate to their beliefs. Two-thirds (68%) hold a biblical view of God – that is, He is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the universe and He still rules that universe today. However, only one-third (35%) agree to any extent that…

  • Politics, Schmolitics - Religion - Theocracy Watch

    Irrelevance

    Why @GlennBeck’s campchair revival meeting on the National Mall will probably turn out to be irrelevant, even with the Theocratic Right’s deep pockets. Barna: How Teenagers’ Faith Practices Are Changing The most striking change was the fact that teenagers today seem much less inclined to have spiritual conversations about their faith in Christ with non-believers. The survey question specifically asked if the survey respondent had “explained your religious beliefs to someone else who had different beliefs, in the hope that they might accept Jesus Christ as their savior.” Among born again Christian teenagers, the proportion who said they had explained…

  • Hot Off The Presses

    Linkdump: August 16th – August 29th

    "Dr" Alveda King Trading on the King DNA, niece turned away from family, doesn't recall why she was awarded an honorary doctorate BBC News – Who answered Glenn Beck Crackdown in Bahrain Hints of End to Reforms – NYTimes.com I sometimes book travelers to Bahrain, and they're not great fans of the place. Delivery of Boeing 787 Dreamliner delayed again – USATODAY.com The New Yorker Maps Koch Industries Follow the money that funds the vast right wing conspiracy BBC News – How the internet is changing language Kind of sad reading definitions of Internet Menes in British court.

  • Twitter

    Weekly Tweets 2010-08-29

    RT @godgrrl "full transcript of my '04 interview with Obama about his faith-the most in-depth 2 date http://bit.ly/ciCdZL #POTUS #religion" in reply to godgrrl # RT @gegere "I miss Hawaii so much!" Me too! #fb in reply to gegere # RT @StNickEpiscopal "Distributing fliers for new Saturday evening service in Elk Grove Village. Begins 18SEP at 430pm! http://is.gd/ewT16" in reply to StNickEpiscopal # And by the way, as the tired feet and sweaty face behind @StNickEpiscopal I am taking a break to cool off. # RT @fallingrock "RT @RealNichelle: Vote For Star Trek Theme To Be Final Shuttle Wakeup Music…