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Month: May 2008

A dialog with atheism

May 6, 2008 10 Comments

Think of serious agnosticism and atheism as a stance of faith. Its adherents believe human beings can and must create for themselves lives that are worth living, that we must forge values that work now without the claims of a supernatural source. It believes that though human beings enjoy only a few decades of existence and our species is destined for extinction, yet the adventure of human existence is sufficiently glorious to be lived well.

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Real and eternal life

May 6, 2008 No Comments

When I was just out of college, I was going through a particularly rough time. I was alone in a new town, far away from home and family and friends, and trying to figure out a new job, cope with an eccentric boss, and learn a new way of life. It was a rough transition. I was starting over from scratch, building a new life. It was hard and lonely work.

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Bringing a bell home

May 5, 2008 No Comments

Diana Eck organized the return of bells to a Russian Orthodox monastery bringing together a decidedly diverse collection of people and resources.

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Which comes first?

May 5, 2008 No Comments

Natalie Hanman asks which comes first, gender equality or religious liberty? Can gender equality can become the law of the land in Great Britain if there is an exception for religious institutions?

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Archbishop Rowan on Patriarch Bartholomew

May 5, 2008 No Comments

By turning a position of relative political weakness into a position of influence by staking out a clear moral and spiritual vision, Patriarch Bartholomew I, the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, has become one of the world’s most influential people, says the Archbishop of Canterbury.

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