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Dinesh D'Souza on Life After Death: The Atheist Delusion

In this provocative essay, Dinesh D'Souza argues that the atheist critique of life after death is actually irrational. He takes on Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and more to say their arguments lack evidence.

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A Pitiful Brightness

Does death bring us darkness? Or does this world, with its dim shadows and bleak moments, bring darkness? What brings us to real light?

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The Scholars and the Goddess

Are the 'ancient' rituals of the Goddess movement 20th-century creations?

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How Gnostic Jesus Became the Christ of Scholars

Images of Jesus as a Gnostic or crypto-Buddhist sage are popular because they reflect the ideological needs of certain audiences

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What Do Mormons Believe?

Answers to your frequently asked questions about the Latter-day Saints

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Should Preachers Like Mike Huckabee Run for Public Office?

A Unitarian minister says Americans have always been wary of electing 'reverend politicians,' and for good reason.

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A Most Seductive Fruit

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The Golden Age of Freethought

How freethinkers broadened the appeal of their secularist message in the late 19th century.

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"Mormon's Aren't Christians" Says Prominent Evangelical Leader

Best-Selling Author and Mormon, Orson Scott Card, Takes On Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr. in a “Faith-Off” at Beliefnet.com

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