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Sic et Non

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more”

Well, here we are. Back in England. In Manchester, specifically — though only through tomorrow morning. We’ll begin four days of filming for Becoming Brigham tomorrow (Monday). Flying from Salt Lake City to Amsterdam and then from Amsterdam to Manchester, my wife and I arrived a day...

Summa Catholic

Beyond the Absence of Belief: The Implications of Atheism

What, if any, are the natural consquences of atheism? This essay will examine some possible effects of non-belief.

A Little Bit of Nothing

Divine Justice And The Resurrection

Belief in divine justice led the faithful to question it if the righteous suffer unjustly in the world; the resurrection gave them an answer.

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ACROSS FAITHS

Sic et Non

A case of twin near-death experiences?

A 54-second teaser for next week’s installment in the Becoming Brigham series has gone up. (For those of you who, like me, graduated from the public schools of California, that’s less than a minute.) Here it is: “Brigham Young: Deeply Loved?” TEASER for Episode 36: If the Saints would...

Biblical Evidence for Catholicism

Does Catholic Intercession of Saints Require Omniscience?

I debate a Lutheran who claims that Catholic invocation & intercession of saints requires them to be omniscient & omnipresent. I explain why this isn't the case, with much Bible.

The Spiritual History Geek

Haint Blue: How a Color Protected Appalachian People

A cobalt bottle found while packing opens a history of haint blue porches, bottle trees and the Gullah Geechee and Appalachian roots of spiritual defense.

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The Critical Historian of Religion As Detective

Killing Amalek: The Torah’s Most Misunderstood Commandment

Out-Crowleying Crowley: The Emptiness of the O9A

Circumcision, Indigeneity and Judeophobic Cultural Hypocrisy

Beyond Meat: How Arabia Turned ‘Bread’ into ‘Flesh’

Does the Talmud Support Pedophilia? Debunking the Viral Lie

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You Might Be Right

Why I Practice in Many Spiritual Traditions, Not Just One

Reflections on My Religious Deconstruction

Narcissism, Apologetics and Evangelism

Creationism, Miracles and the Death of Expertise

Does Hell Exist? "Hell, No!!" What About Heaven?

Could We Drop Some Beliefs if It Required Dropping Others?

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Ancient Roots, Modern Fruits

The One Thing You Have Never Seen: Yourself

What Ancient Sanskrit Wisdom Says About Real Success

If the War Was Destined, Why Did Krishna Try to Stop It?

The Doorway You Keep Avoiding

The Question That Opened the Bhagavad Gita

Why Arjuna? The Question Behind the Bhagavad Gita

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In Search of Yeshua

Yeshua, Spirituality, and Counseling

Do not Give Up and Do not Give Out!

What Buried Bowls Reveal About Ancient Belief in Demons

What Purim Means to Messianic Believers

How to Live a Worry-Free Life with Yeshua

"I'm Standing at the Door, Knocking": Why Yeshua Waits

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Hindu Indigeneity

Hormuz: A Shared Hindu and Zoroastrian Heritage

The Four Comforting Myths Hindus Tell Themselves

The Dhwaja(Flag)Over Ayodhya: A Hindu Civilisational Revival

Conversion Zealots and Interfaith Marriages: A Dharmic Lens

Interfaith Harmony Through a Dharmic Lens: Katrina & Vicky

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They Didn’t Teach Me That...

Revelation's Jesus Isn't the Lamb — He's the Destroyer

How Paul Turned a Dead Messiah Into Christianity's Power

One Jesus, Four Gospels: Why They Disagree on Salvation

Bart Ehrman Decodes the Book of Revelation: What You Missed

Slavery in the Bible: What Scripture Actually Says

How to Read the Bible: 10 Methods for Every Type of Reader

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Sacred Heritage

This Side of Easter: A Journey of Reflection and Renewal

5 Lenten Lessons from the Desert

4 Milestones You Should Know about John Paul II

The True Cross

Are Faith and Science Compatible? Galileo v. Pope St. JP II

The Olympics: Religious History

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Into the Nations

Jacob's Wrestling Match: From Trickster to Prince of God

Hope Amid Wildfires: Finding God's Hope in the Ashes

Paul's Rebuke: Divisions and the Lord’s Supper in Corinth

Δικαιοσύνη, for Heaven's Sake

Fact-Checking Jesus: Can Luke's Gospel Withstand Scrutiny?

Atheists: Foolish Geniuses

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The Religious History Nerd

I Watched the Towers Fall. Here's What You Missed

Barring Mamdani From 9/11 Lets the Enemy Win

Sarvastivada: An Extinct Buddhist Sect That's Still With Us

Is 'Separation of Church and State' Really a Myth?

Is Zen really Daoism?

The President and the Pope: An Unprecedented Rift

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Sacred Kaleidoscope

My Michigan Relics Story - Part 2

The Problem with Faith

Yeats vs. Crowley: Poetry, Magick and Desire

Was James the Just Jesus' True Successor?

Archetypes or God? The Spiritual Cost of Jungian Thinking

Café Central: A Quiet Stage for the Crossroads of History

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Marginalia

Inexplicable & Unexplained Pt. VII

Inexplicable & Unexplained Pt. VI

Inexplicable & Unexplained Pt. V

Inexplicable & Unexplained Pt. IV

Inexplicable & Unexplained Pt. III

Inexplicable & Unexplained Pt. II

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History and Religion by faiths

Buddhist

Which Is the True Qian? A Koan About Our Undivided Nature

Zen in the Christian Desert

Jesuit Zen Roshis, a Roster

Keizan Jokin: The Zen Master Ancestor You Don't Know

Sarvastivada: An Extinct Buddhist Sect That's Still With Us

A Zen teacher writes a novel describing the Spiritual life

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Catholic

Beyond the Absence of Belief: The Implications of Atheism

Divine Justice And The Resurrection

Does Catholic Intercession of Saints Require Omniscience?

No Hell? Dialogue on Conditional Immortality

Can Catholic Apologetics Survive a Postmodern World?

Eternal Hell: Biblical? 25 Verses Say So

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Contemplative

"Open" is not Biblical, "eagerly desire spiritual gifts" is

More on Romans 12-16 Intertextuality: Channing Crisler Pt. 2

Be Still and Know That I am God

Does God's Unfailing Love Give A Blanket Approval For Sin?

Why Are So Many People Questioning Their Gender Identity?

Is John 3:16 Easy Believism?

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Evangelical

How an Explosive Book Rewrote the Study of the Gospels

A Pentecostal in “Hellywood”

Origen, Eustathius, and the Witch of Endor

Angelina Grimké's Forgotten Turn to Apocalyptic Faith

John Calvin: Pastor. Theologian. Immigrant Nuisance?

A Renaissance Purge of Ancient Scriptures

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General Christian

Two Arks of the Covenant? The Ancient Case for a Second Ark

“You Got Your Lao Tzu on My Jesus!”

The Fourth Synoptic Gospel

The Trumpets of Revelation Blew and No One Noticed

Why God Allows us to "Miss" Him

Pride Rainbow Jesus and Satan: When Satire Goes Too Far

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Hindu

The One Thing You Have Never Seen: Yourself

Three Days Attempting to Reach Mary Magdalene's Cave

What Ancient Sanskrit Wisdom Says About Real Success

Understanding USCIRF: Religious Freedom in India and Beyond

Hormuz: A Shared Hindu and Zoroastrian Heritage

If the War Was Destined, Why Did Krishna Try to Stop It?

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Jewish

Rosh Hashanah: What I Got Wrong About Sex, Gender, and G-d

This Rosh Hashanah: Can I Find New Meaning?

Killing Amalek: The Torah’s Most Misunderstood Commandment

The Art of Beginning Again

Why The Quran is Truer to G-d's Word Than The New Testament

Out-Crowleying Crowley: The Emptiness of the O9A

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Latter-day Saint

“Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more”

A case of twin near-death experiences?

An action movie and some vacuous theology

Toward a "Post-Materialist Science"?

"The Appeal of Socialism and the Case Against It"

A report from Moroni Day

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More Voices

Why I Practice in Many Spiritual Traditions, Not Just One

Reflections on My Religious Deconstruction

I Watched the Towers Fall. Here's What You Missed

Narcissism, Apologetics and Evangelism

Circumcision, Indigeneity and Judeophobic Cultural Hypocrisy

Creationism, Miracles and the Death of Expertise

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Muslim

25 Years Later: How Much Has Changed for American Muslims?

Should We Believe that Muhammad Split the Moon?

Barring Mamdani From 9/11 Lets the Enemy Win

How old was Aisha (really) when She Married Muhammad?

The Quran: When Uthman Standardized the Text

Beyond Meat: How Arabia Turned ‘Bread’ into ‘Flesh’

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New Visions

Does Hell Exist? "Hell, No!!" What About Heaven?

Could We Drop Some Beliefs if It Required Dropping Others?

Do UAPs/UFOs Undermine Christian Theology?

The Problems with the Flood

Reflections on My Spiritual Reconstruction

The Murderous God and His Army

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Pagan

Haint Blue: How a Color Protected Appalachian People

Something Followed Me Home: The Dead Who Wouldn't Leave

The Witch in the Hollow

When an Owl Calls Your Name: Appalachian Folklore

Talking the Fire Out

Herne the Hunter

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Progressive Christian

Appalachian Tales of Meeting Satan in Disguise

9/11 25 Years Later

The Alternate Path After 9/11

God's Silence and the Anger We're Afraid to Feel

Noah Was Never About the Animals

What the New Testament Says About Obeying Rulers

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