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A recent analysis by Ryan Burge on his Substack Graphs About Religion reveals that only one in four mainline Protestant and Catholic priests believe that Adam and Eve actually existed. Mainline Protestant refers to the more liberal branch of Protestantism. Burge ran an analysis of what types of things pastors and priests believe in, such…

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Archaeologists believe they may have discovered the actual site of Jesus’s first miracle, as described in John 2. In John’s account, Jesus and his disciples are attending a wedding at Cana when the wedding feast runs out of wine. Jesus’s mother, Mary, asks him to intervene, to which Jesus responds, “mine hour is not yet…

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A decade-long study by NYU and Johns Hopkins found that most clergy who took a single dose of psilocybin—a psychedelic compound—reported it as one of the most profound spiritual experiences of their lives, with lasting effects on their faith and ministry. Preachers have been known to use drug-related references loosely to show the depths of…

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In a headline that sounds more like satire than serious news, the online prediction platform Polymarket has placed 4% odds on Jesus’s return in 2025. Yes, you read that correctly. While many Christians await the Second Coming with faith and reverence, some in the world of speculative betting are now wagering on whether it could…

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Archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) have revealed the discovery of 1,500-year-old graves containing African figurines made from rare black wood. “The figurines show that a Christian community lived in the south of the country about 1,500 years ago, possibly with some of its members coming from Africa,” archaeologists concluded from the unique find.…

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