http://profpam.com/religion Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:37:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/http://creativecommons.org/images/public/somerights20.gifProfPamsReligionBloghttp://feedburner.google.com John Allen, senior correspondent for the National Catholic Reporter, has an illuminating post over at the Daily Beast about the quandary facing the Roman Catholic church over sainthood for Pope John Paul II. There is much to admire about this &#8230; <a href="http://profpam.com/religion/2011/04/29/slowing-down-the-fast-track-for-sainthood/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/Aw4yxfIStcw" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/Aw4yxfIStcw/ http://profpam.com/religion/2011/04/29/slowing-down-the-fast-track-for-sainthood/ It is very sad to see the Graham &#8220;brand&#8221; so pathetic and so tattered. Sad. Very sad. From Christianity Today: Samaritan&#8217;s Purse president Franklin Graham addressed questions about President Obama&#8217;s birthplace and religious beliefs on ABC&#8217;s This Week that aired &#8230; <a href="http://profpam.com/religion/2011/04/28/franklin-graham-and-the-irrational/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/aD2Y_qDxFF8" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/aD2Y_qDxFF8/ http://profpam.com/religion/2011/04/28/franklin-graham-and-the-irrational/ <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/s5g6PypgN2w" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/s5g6PypgN2w/ http://profpam.com/religion/2011/04/20/what-if-moses/ Great discussion on Bloggingheads.tv about American Catholics as swing voters. Visit the links below to access the entire discussion. [Added bonus: You get to listen to a lilting Irish accent.] &#160; &#160;<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/xrAuBGs-hwI" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/xrAuBGs-hwI/ http://profpam.com/religion/2011/03/25/catholics-and-the-next-election/ Christians in predominantly Hindu Nepal demand land to bury their dead: Christians have been protesting since a ban was imposed earlier this year on a traditional burial area next to a revered Hindu temple in Katmandu. The Supreme Court has &#8230; <a href="http://profpam.com/religion/2011/03/25/burial-ground-as-a-human-right/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/mIxgn7X7l0M" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/mIxgn7X7l0M/ http://profpam.com/religion/2011/03/25/burial-ground-as-a-human-right/ A statement from President Obama proclaiming January 16th national Religious Freedom Day. Among other sentiments, President Obama expresses the following: My Administration continues to defend the cause of religious freedom in the United States and around the world. At home, &#8230; <a href="http://profpam.com/religion/2011/01/15/religious-freedom-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/jmyTZ0ZieRo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/jmyTZ0ZieRo/ http://profpam.com/religion/2011/01/15/religious-freedom-day/ Whiplash indeed! A public bus rolls by with an atheist message on its side: “Millions of people are good without God.” Seconds later, a van follows bearing a riposte: “I still love you. — God,” with another line that says, &#8230; <a href="http://profpam.com/religion/2010/12/13/the-battle-of-the-billboards/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/DQ7JG-fxBBM" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/DQ7JG-fxBBM/ http://profpam.com/religion/2010/12/13/the-battle-of-the-billboards/ Add this to the &#8220;learn something new every day&#8221; category: Misotheism doesn&#8217;t accord with binary thinking about religious belief. We are accustomed to view people as either believers, who worship a divinity, or nonbelievers (atheists) or doubters (agnostics), for whom &#8230; <a href="http://profpam.com/religion/2010/12/09/learning-to-hate-god/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/-0i53uQ0Yfo" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/-0i53uQ0Yfo/ http://profpam.com/religion/2010/12/09/learning-to-hate-god/ [Photo: CNS] Below from CNN.Com Vice President Joe Biden joined five Supreme Court justices to attend Sunday&#8217;s annual Red Mass, the Roman Catholic service for the courts that has drawn criticism in recent years. Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate &#8230; <a href="http://profpam.com/religion/2010/10/03/the-red-mass-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/Zh3OgIZCiO4" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/Zh3OgIZCiO4/ http://profpam.com/religion/2010/10/03/the-red-mass-2010/ *Subject:* Fw: Inner Peace _Inner Peace: This is so true_ If you can start the day without caffeine, If you can always be cheerful, ignoring aches and pains, If you can resist complaining and boring people with your troubles, If &#8230; <a href="http://profpam.com/religion/2010/09/26/how-to-find-inner-peace/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~4/TvLqKdSxXnc" height="1" width="1"/> http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ProfPamsReligionBlog/~3/TvLqKdSxXnc/ http://profpam.com/religion/2010/09/26/how-to-find-inner-peace/