Saudi detained in Malaysia for insulting Prophet tweetSource: BBC News - Japan hit by massive earthquake
Malaysian police have detained a Saudi journalist accused of insulting the Prophet Muhammad in a tweet.
Hamza Kashgari posted a controversial tweet on the prophet's birthday last week that sparked more than 30,000 responses and several death threats.
He was held on arriving a …

Traditionally, Jesus has been depicted as being poor. Having grown up going to Church, I know this is the mental picture that immediately comes to mind when I think of Jesus.
A Question For ConservativesSource: alan.com - by Gabe Berman
Have you read the Bible?
I know you speak of your Christian values, but have you really sat down and taken a glance at the Good Book?

I found something while reading through Reddit this morning, not an article but a link to some really interesting bit of the bible.
So anyway, it turns out that God doesn't hate abortion. Quite contrarily, the Judeo-Christian faith, has been performing biblical style versi …
Ex-Scientology Officer Alledges Kidnapping & Torture14 hours ago - Seeded by
maddad Source: St. Petersburg Times > Local News
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Former Scientology executive Debbie Cook disclosed in court papers today that the church's worldwide leader David Miscavige ordered a staffer to smack her to the floor and another to break her finger in the weeks before she left the church's religious o …

I thought this article did a great job of explaining the misunderstanding some anti-islamic people have about Ayat 2:106 in the Qur'an.
The problem is with the interpretation of "ayatin" [transliteration]. The arab …
Archbishop Recants Apology for Sex Abuse, Says 23 hours ago - Seeded by
Chum Source: AlterNet.org
In 2002, at the height of the outcry over the sexual abuse of minors by Roman Catholic priests, the Archbishop of New York, Edward M. Egan, issued a letter to be read at Mass.
DailyOM - Letting Life UnfoldSource:
Present time can be hard, but life unfolds as it will and the universe will wait as we make our way into the unknown.
Whose Conscience? Source: The New York Times
In the escalating conflict over the new federal requirement that employers include contraception coverage without a co-pay in the insurance plans they make available to their employees, opposition from the Catholic church and its allies is making headway with a powerfully appea …
We Are All Catholics NowSource: FOXNews.com
How long would it take you to change your mind about a core conviction, something you believe in the very fiber of your being? What if it was written into law and you were forced to betray your conviction?
For many Catholics and others, it is a reality happening this very …

Religious ideas seem to live within a cocoon of respect. To question the ideas of religion can result in being labeled a ‘militant atheist’.
Sexual abuse silence deadly for Church: Vatican officialSource: Reuters
Hiding behind a culture of "omerta" -- the Italian word for the Mafia's code of silence -- would be deadly for the Catholic Church, the Vatican's top official for dealing with sexual abuse of minors by clergy said Wednesday.
Monsignor Charles Scicluna made the unusually forthr …
Family Research Council Asks For Prayers Against Girl Scout CookiesSource:
Although the Girl Scouts have repeatedly stated that none of their cookie sales “is given to any other group," that didn't stopped Family Research Council from asking for prayers against Planned Parenthood and private organizations (Girl Scouts) that are supposedly affil …
20 Reasons to Abandon ChristianitySource:
Christianity is misogynistic. Misogyny is fundamental to the basic writings of Christianity. In passage after passage, women are encouraged—no, commanded—to accept an inferior role, and to be ashamed of themselves for the simple fact that they are women.