The psychology of belief: Do we need God to make sense of life?

Jun 8, 2018 by

from The Big Conversation: What are the psychological roots of faith beliefs?  Can we make our own rules for life or are we subject to a higher level of meaning? Can we dispense with religion as a ‘virus of the mind’, or are even atheists...

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Anglican Unscripted #403 – The EU didn’t fall in a day

Jun 8, 2018 by

Kevin Kallsen and Bishop Gavin Ashenden discuss what Archbishop Justin Welby did or did not say about the EU being the ‘greatest dream of human beings since fall of Roman Empire’. Read also: Gerald Coates says Justin Welby denied saying...

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Baby could become first person born in England or Wales without a legal mother

Jun 8, 2018 by

By Rod Ardehali, Mailonline: A baby could become the first person born in England or Wales who will not legally have a mother if a transgender man wins a historic human rights battle. The youngster is the child of a single parent who was...

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The right to family life includes the right to kill the unborn

Jun 8, 2018 by

by Andrew Tettenborn, The Conservative Woman: The Supreme Court yesterday disclaimed any intention to intervene in the controversy over Northern Ireland’s abortion law, on the basis that the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission which...

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Atheists and Their Beliefs

Jun 8, 2018 by

by K. E. Colombini, First Things: Like Twain, Gandhi, and Einstein, Chesterton is misquoted almost as often as he is quoted accurately. One of my favorites is the statement that once people stop believing in God, they will believe in...

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U.S. Supreme Court may soon take case of Christian florist sued for rejecting gay ‘wedding’

Jun 8, 2018 by

by Calvin Freiburger, LifeSite: The U.S. Supreme Court is expected to soon decide the next step in another high-profile religious liberty case, days after affirming that Colorado discriminated against a Christian small business owner. On...

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No, Islamophobia is not the new anti‑Semitism

Jun 7, 2018 by

by Brendan O’Neill, spiked: It is the definition of historical illiteracy to compare Islamophobia to anti-Semitism. And yet that is what is happening. People who feel put out by the discussion of anti-Semitism in the Labour Party,...

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Its a Mad, Mad, Mad,Mad, Mad World

Jun 7, 2018 by

by David Robertson, theweeflea: There are a number of stories that have come up which show just how far down the rabbit hole to cultural madness we have gone.  I will leave the ones from Australia for another time – but here are a few...

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Why don’t we hear more about the gang ‘grooming’ of girls?

Jun 7, 2018 by

by Julie Bindel, UnHerd: Barely a week goes by without there being more stories about #MeToo and Time’s Up in the news. It’s good news, though, that this sexual violence against women is finally being called out so ceaselessly. But what...

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When diversity means uniformity

Jun 7, 2018 by

by Lionel Shriver, Spectator: I’d been suffering under the misguided illusion that the purpose of mainstream publishers like Penguin Random House was to sell and promote fine writing. A colleague’s forwarded email has set me straight....

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