Former Delano police chief arrested on suspicion of soliciting sex with a minor (www.bakersfield.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13659045...
Despite Christian Nationalism, 80% of Americans say religion is "losing influence" (Livestream) - YouTube (www.youtube.com)
I know my choice. (lemmy.world)
Although both is another option....
Florida's 'Pregnancy Crisis Centers’ Blatantly Mix Church and State - Factkeepers.com (factkeepers.com)
I can't believe these things are still being published (lemmy.world)
There’s this whole Jack Chick knockoff world that has been around for decades despite having the worst arguments.
View Hosts Taken Aback By Trump Selling Bibles: ‘It’s Blasphemous!’ (www.mediaite.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.one/post/12464019...
People say they're leaving religion due to anti-LGBTQ teachings and sexual abuse (www.npr.org)
People in the U.S. are leaving and switching faith traditions in large numbers. The idea of “religious churning” is very common in America, according to a new survey from the Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI)....
Church attendance is dropping all across America. It's long overdue. (www.friendlyatheist.com)
Six Letters to a Pious Man, by Heinzen, Karl. Written over a century before Dawkins wrote The Selfish Gene. (archive.org)
The author is a “48er”, one of the people in Germany who were exiled after the Revolutions of 1848. There’s some really interesting stuff here.
If religion were to finally disappear how do you think it would happen?
'Insane levels of sacrilege': Trump shocks by hawking $60 MAGA Bibles (www.rawstory.com)
A young family member is going on a mission (lemmings.world)
So for the rest of this day, I’ll be getting texts from 17 other people responding to this prayer request....
Anti-abortion activists plan backdoor strategy to US ban - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
A federal abortion ban won’t pass Congress. But activists hope a 19th Century law could be enforced to halt the procedure.
How an Ohio group is bringing God back to public school (www.nbcnews.com)
After a morning lesson on multiplying fractions, about half of the students in a fifth-grade class at Etna Road Elementary School packed up their work and headed to the campus library....
Teacher at Beacon Christian Academy Made AI-Generated Child Porn Using Yearbook Pics: Cops (www.thedailybeast.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/13633704
I think about the people who believe this stuff and feel sad when it doesn't happen for them | Crosspost from midwest.social (midwest.social)
'I will not feed a demon': YouTuber Ruby Franke's child abuse case rooted in religious extremism (apnews.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13451787...
Shout out to anyone else trying to keep the peace as an ex-JW on the passover show tonight. (files.catbox.moe)
Extra bonus points if you were a kid in a ‘book study’ that went through the Revelations book all those times, actually remember the whole religion is based on people from 1914 that “will never die”, and still have to dance this dance to keep the peace with someone that has no fundamental logic skills.
If You Behaved Like God (inv.tux.pizza)
Charlie Kirk echoes thoughtless claim that you can't "be a Christian and vote Democrat" (www.friendlyatheist.com)
Who needs theology when you have Trump?
That's a terrible excuse (lemmy.world)
At first, I thought this was satire. It wasn’t. He’s seriously asserting this as a response to The Problem of Evil.
"I believe in 1 God, 2 Genders, and 100 reasons to own a gun."
Saw that on a bumper sticker today. How do people reconcile the idea that God, or Jesus, would support gun ownership and that being awful to people is okay?
Pastor Arrested for Hiring Hitman to Kill Daughter’s Boyfriend: Cops (www.youtube.com)
And you thought that they were miracles (lemmy.world)
Have you ever read the book "The Passover Plot"? The book presents an interesting theory of how the crucifixion and resurrection could have been done in human terms, not divine intervention. (lemmy.world)
I read this book many, many years ago. I found the proposed theory interesting. I am not saying that I believe it.