1. 'He said Satan told him to'
(Religion/General)

...another, before turning on the gardeners. At one stage he threw the sword to the ground and his younger brother grabbed it. Teachers then took him to the principal's office. 'He was very...

2. Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...nd if you say that it isn't, we peaceful Muslims cannot be held responsible for what our less peaceful brothers and sisters do. When they burn your embassies or kidnap and slaughter your journalis...

3. Religious ban upsets community
(Religion/Enforced religion)

... order you get fined a cow or exiled from the area. I have personally experienced this as I had to bury my brother on a Sunday, despite the fact that I am not a member of the Shembe church," said...

4. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda
(Religion/General)

...n to make sense once I saw the movie and I am just appalled. I have learned a lot from Ben Stein, a Jewish brother, who has opened my eyes up a bit. It seemed to me that Ben Stein and his lying crew w...

5. Hatred and Ignorance on the Web
(Religion/General)

...he Doctrine of the Trinity (albeit it is more than that), formulated in AD 3-4 , by Basil of Caesarea, his brother Gregory of Nyssa and Gregory of Nazianzius. To emphasise, the Doctrine of the Trinity...

6. Sentenced to death: Afghan who dared to read about women's rights
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...s the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR) in the Helmand capital, Lashkar Gar. Mr Kambaksh's brother, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, is also a journalist and has written articles for IWPR in whic...

7. Alarmist TV Drama on Autism and Vaccination
(Medicine/General)

...has become a major contributor to ABC’s primetime lineup. He also is an executive producer of “Brother & Sisters” and “Dirty Sexy Money.” Mr. Guggenheim is a lawyer w...

8. Death Sentence for Afghan Student
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...nced as unfair by Mr. Kambakhsh’s family and journalists’ organizations. Mr. Kambakhsh’s brother, Sayed Yaqub Ibrahimi, denied that his sibling had committed blasphemy, and said that...

9. The Moral Instinct
(Religion/General)

... by the psychologist Jonathan Haidt: Julie is traveling in France on summer vacation from college with her brother Mark. One night they decide that it would be interesting and fun if they tried making...

10. Lessons of Atheist Dictatorships
(Religion/Atheism)

...ivated. In Rwanda where 90 percent of the population was Christian, "numerous priests, pastors, nuns, brothers, catechists, and Catholic and Protestant lay leaders supported, participated in, or ...

11. Secret Societies Shape Western Politics
(Religion/General)

...tes: "Pharaoh Thutmosis III, who ruled ancient Egypt from 1500-1447 BCE, organised the first esoteric brotherhood of initiates founded upon principles and methods familiar to those perpetuated by...