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Christians: send your Jewish friends "thank you for Christmas" greeting cards

Katie Halper | Posted 12.26.2008 | Living

Read More: Jesus, Christmas, Christianity, Holiday Greetings, Religion and Spirituality, God, Christian, Mary, Living News
Katie Halper

I would like to give birth to a new holiday tradition. Forget the happy Hanukkah cards. How about thank you notes?

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This Christian Believes Pastor Warren Should Put a Sock In It

Scott Foval | Posted 12.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Questioning, Lesbian, Transgendered, Glbtq, Gay, Zealotry, HIV/AIDS, Religion, Video, Cleric, West Hollywood, Inauguration, Dogma, Hate Speech, Pastor Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Christian, Invocation, Christophobe, Politics News
Scott Foval

Rick Warren, what you are doing by turning to attack your critics as "Christophobes," is manipulating the core message.

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A Wealthy Man

Laurence Leamer | Posted 12.24.2008 | Business

Read More: Friendship, Charity, Wealth, Laurence Leamer, Christmas, Bernard Madoff, Faith, Christian, Jewish, Happiness, Hanakah, Holiday Season Commentary, Business News
Laurence Leamer

This is a Christmas and Hanukah season like no other. Many people have lost money. Millions are out of work, and those who still have jobs fear for their own future. It is a bad time, but also a good time.

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Religious Minorities Under Siege in Iraq (VIDEO)

Jennifer Utz | Posted 12.18.2008 | World

Read More: Iraq War, Religion, Religious Minorities, Sabean Mandaen, Yazidi, Religion and Politics, Iraqi, Iraq, Christian, Refugees, Video, World News
Jennifer Utz

Facing forced conversions, kidnapping for ransom, and murder, religious minorities represent a starkly disproportionate amount of those who've left their homes to find safety elsewhere.

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I Voted (Twice) for Obama, and Apparently I Lost

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 12.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: 14th Amendment, Harvey Milk Hope Speech, Proposition 8, Joe Cutbirth, Lesbian, President Obama, Lawrence King, Matthew Shepard, Obama, Gay, Civil Liberterian, Harvey Milk, Barack Obama, Marriage Equality, Lesbian and Gay, Gay Families, Briggs Initiative, Constitution, Hope, Mayor of Castro Street, Rick Warren, Homophobia, Obama Inauguration, Obama Transition, James Byrd Jr., Rick Warren Obama Invocation, Christian, David Duke, Politics News
Joe Cutbirth

Warren's selection is a thumb in the eye of every lesbian and gay citizen, and an insult to kind and decent Americans who believed that Obama's presidency was the beginning of a new era.

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The Obamagelical Reformation

Cristina Page | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Evangelical, Born-Again, Barack Obama, Abstinence-Only, Contraception, Catholic, Pro-Life, Christian, Pro-Choice, Politics News
Cristina Page

The 2008 election may mark the moment religious voters put reason above rhetoric. The birth of the Obamagelical.

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Prayers of the People for Our New President

Cathleen Falsani | Posted 11.07.2008 | Living

Read More: Buddhist, Spirituality, Aspen Institute, SUFI MUSLIM, Christian, Barack Obama, Meditation, Chanting, 2008 Election, Prayer, BISHOP PHILIP R. COUSIN, POWER of PRAYER, Hindu, Faith, Jewish, President-Elect, Native American, Taoist, Confucian, Obama Grant Park, Living News
Cathleen Falsani

Prayer doesn't necessarily change God, but it has the power to transformour hearts and minds.

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The Myth of the 'Liberal' Media: A Primer for my Fellow Christians

Patrick Kampert | Posted 10.26.2008 | Media

Read More: Msnbc, Evangelical, Religion, Reporter, Palin, Sarah Palin, Republican, Fox News, Journalist, Conservative, Liberal, Christianity, Media, Christian, Faith, Politics, Media News
Patrick Kampert

I have sometimes become uncomfortable with Christian friends who are burning with indignation about some social issue or current event.

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An Open Letter to Sarah Palin

Valerie Tarico | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, End Times, Bible, Fundamentalist, Former Fundamentalist, Religion and Politics, Qualified for Vice-President, Christian, Sarah Palin, Global Warming, 2008 Presidential Race, Sarah Palin Assemblies of God, Sarah Palin Religion, 2008 Presidential Election, Politics News
Valerie Tarico

This is not about disrespecting your private beliefs, Sarah. But you have a huge conflict of interest here by running for office and you can't have it both ways.

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McCain's Recent Statements About Obama Are Nothing But Racist

Earnest Harris | Posted 10.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Glenn Beck, John McCain, Barack Obama, Sarah Palin, Terrorism, Racist, Terrorist, Christian, African American, Religion, Racism, Election 2008, Muslim, Campaign 2008, Black Man, Home News
Earnest Harris

It's always interesting to me how white guys can tell those of us who have to bear the brunt of racism when it is legitimate for us to call it out. Let's stop calling McCain a hero, what he was, and start calling him what he's become.

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Terrorizing the American Politic

Omid Safi | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Obsession the Movie, Muslim, Christian, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Terrorism, Bill Ayers, Sarah Palin, Politics News
Omid Safi

It has been a nasty campaign. Many of us have already run out of righteous indignation, but what we have seen these last few days might be lowest point, and a portent of things to come.

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Can a good Christian vote Republican?

Jan Phillips | Posted 09.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Original Thinking, Christian, Voting, Politics News
Jan Phillips

I asked my neighbor Marge today if she thought a good Christian could vote Republican. She was just trying to unwind the cord on her electric lawnmowe...

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Don't Let Our Opponents Divide Us with Race

Richard Trumka | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Social Security, John McCain, Workers, Employee Free Choice Act, Middle Class, Pensions, Jobs, Clean Energy, Afl-Cio, Pay Equity, Thailand, Race, Barack Obama, Religion, Patriotism, Labor, Muslim, Union Blogs, Health Care, Unions, Christian, Union, Richard Trumka, Politics News
Richard Trumka

The opponents of working people are trying to divide us by using Obama's race as an issue. Union members must lead the fight against such divisions and, instead, look at the bottom line.

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Another Religious Swing Vote

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Australia, Jim Wallis, Kevin Rudd, Evangelical, Poverty, Christian, Pentacostal, Politics News
Jim Wallis

One of the stories I first heard on my recent visit to Australia was about what helped swing the vote last November to Kevin Rudd, the new Labor prime...

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Why is No One Calling the Anthrax Suspect a Terrorist?

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.07.2008 | Media

Read More: Muslim, Pat Leahy, Terrorism, Tom Daschle, Right-Wing, Terrorist, Anthrax Attacks, White, Bruce Ivins, Media, Pro-Life, Press, Christian, Republican, Catholic, Media News
Cenk Uygur

If you don't believe that they're not calling him a terrorist because he's white, let me ask you this question -- what if his name was Sheik al-Abdullah Muhammad?

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Wrong...Wrong...Wrong: Obama Lets Muslim Advisor Resign

Steve Clemons | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zalmay Khalilzad, Fundamentalism, Fundamentalist Muslim, Zero Sum Game, Secularist, Muslim American, Mustafa Barghouti, Scott Mcclellan, Ehud Ohlmert, George W. Bush, Palestine, Keith Ellison, Robert Malley, Bill Burton, Hamas, Paul Volcker, Jeremiah Wright, Palestinians, Barack Obama, Jewish, Religion, Muslim, Ted Sorensen, Buddhist, Israel, Islamic, William Ayers, Mazen Asbahi, Head Scarves, Christian, Eric Shinseki, Politics News
Steve Clemons

Obama should convince the American public that he's not setting up a zero sum game between Muslims on one side and Christians and Jews on the other.

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Obama, Patriotism, and Enlightenment

Steve Posner | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nationalism, Islam, Afghanistan, Enlightened, Taliban, Spiritual Path, Christian, Enlightenment, America, Self-Realization, Hindu, Patriotism, Barack Obama, Consciousness, Buddhist, Germany, Values, Jewish, Veda, Religion and Politics, Meditation, Israel, Europe, Muslim, Spirituality, Berlin, Politics News
Steve Posner

Why was Obama waxing patriotic during his foreign trip instead of touting a universal spirituality that removes the need to make cultural and political distinctions?

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To Cancel or Not To Cancel My New Yorker Subscription

Garrett Socol | Posted 07.15.2008 | Home

Read More: Seperation of Church and State, Religion, Obama, New Yorker, Christian, Muslim, Home News

Personally, I do not care if my president is Christian, Jewish, Lutheran, follows Confucianism, Hindu, Taoist, Presbyterian, Chinese Universalist or an Atheist......and neither should you.

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Aimed at Children, Nationally Distributed Christian Comic Book Called a "Training Manual" For "The Next Pogrom Against Jews"

Bruce Wilson | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Christian Zionism, James Dobson, Mccain, Hagee, Christian, Jewish, Tyndale House, Anti-Semitic, Lahaye, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

The historically covert anti-Semitism within American Christian Zionist culture is mutating, changing and entering a new phase: the anti-Semitism is becoming overt.

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Mike Huckabee: Minister and Street Thug

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: Il Duce, Kissinger, Street Thug, Christian, Huckabee, War Criminal, Berlusconi, Mike Huckabee, Huckabee Obama, Politics News
Barry Yourgrau

This is what passes for a Christian man of peace today in this charming country we find ourselves in.

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Obama vs. Rev. Wright: The Wrongness of Righteousness

Terry Real | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

Read More: Relational Life Therapy, Divorce, War, Democratic, Obama, Black, Race, Jewish, Spitzer, Barack Obama, Race Relations, Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright, Hilary Clinton, Marriage, Infidelity, Terry Real, Racism, Rev. Wright, Jr., Relational Living, National Press Club, Christian, Politics News
Terry Real

Perhaps Wright felt that Obama did not stand up for him enough and this is payback, or perhaps he feels that his cause is so righteous that devil damn the consequences.

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There ISN'T anything wrong with that

Mariangela Anzalone | Posted 04.22.2008 | Home

Read More: Trinity Church, Islam, Religion, United Trinity Church, Barack Obama, Founding Fathers, Obama, Barack Hussein Obama, Christian, Muslim, Emails, Separation of Church and State, Home News
Mariangela Anzalone

Obama is not Muslim. He's not a terrorist, either. He has said so many, many times. Yet the internet campaign continues. Addressing the matter again this week, he at last said what I wanted to hear.

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China Curtails Catholic Easter Service

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 03.23.2008 | Home

Read More: Easter, John McCain, Tibet, Olympic Torch, Hillary Clinton, President Bush, China, Christian, Chinese, Barack Obama, Olympics, Catholic, Communist, Buddhist, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Those of other faiths are facing the same kind of government "editing" that Tibetan Buddhists do -- including Tibetan Catholics who were ordered not to celebrate Easter yesterday.

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Obama and Clinton Forces: Why Can't We All Just Get Along?

Michael Russnow | Posted 03.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Democratic Convention, Chicago, Media, George W. Bush, Christopher Dodd, Ivy League, Super Delegates, Joe Biden, Democrats, Barack Obama, Jewish, The White House, Rodney King, 2000 Election, Muslim, Dennis Kucinich, Michael Russnow, John Edwards, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Republicans, Christian, Politics News
Michael Russnow

We Democrats are dangerously close to helping the Republicans score a renewal of the White House lease because the two Democratic front runners are so close in their political philosophies.

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Republicans Stunned by Penniless Wisecracking Two-bit Preacher

Paul Jenkins | Posted 12.18.2007 | Politics

Read More: Mormons, Gop, George W. Bush, Hedge-Fund, California, Republican, Mike Huckabee, New Hampshire, Illinois, Bill Clinton, St Barts, John McCain, Florida, Jeri Thompson, Mitt Romney, Conservative, Texas, Clintons, Gay, Libertarian, Democrats, New York, Rudy Giuliani, Wisconsin, Arkansas, South Carolina, Fred Thompson, Iowa, Joe Lieberman, Hillary Clinton, Christian, Gay Marriage, Senate, Primaries, Southern, Wyoming, 2008 Election, Politics News
Paul Jenkins

Mike Huckabee's not-so-improbable rise has stunned the Republican establishment and has his rivals exhibiting completely aberrant behavior.

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