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Atheist actor and writer Ricky Gervais is working on a new show, “Afterlife,” which features “an atheist who dies and goes to heaven.” If Gervais hopes to bring cultural acceptance of non-belief to mainstream America, he faces an uphill battle. Polls show that many Americans distrust atheists and nearly half say they would not vote…

Beliefnet’s Robert Mims, a longtime Christian author and former Associated Press reporter, is puzzled that Campus Crusade for Christ would change its name to “Cru.” In his column, he muses: It seems having“Jesus” or “Christ” or even “Christian” on the signs of churches or logos of ministries – even long-established ones dedicated to spreading the gospel…

The powerful Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives is planning to hold a vote Wednesday on an amendment calling for Turkey to “return stolen Armenian and other Christian churches to their rightful owners,” reports the Hurriyet Daily News, Turkey’s English-language newspaper — which is celebrating its 50th year of publication. According to…

Valley Park Middle School in Toronto, already under fire for allowing Muslim students to use the cafeteria for Friday prayers, is following Islamic shari’a by having girls on their period sit on their in the back of the room, not partaking in the prayer. “A school should be a safe space for all children,” objects the website Change.org. “Not…

Donna Calvin, Beliefnet’s political gadfly who daily packs her feature “Watchwoman on the Wall” with news items she’s clipped from the Internet, found this YouTube video in which the President says you and I don’t understand the debt ceiling debate going on in Congress. Well, if you’d like to disprove his assertion, we’d like to…

For 13 weeks, the Chinese government has blocked the 1,000 members of Beijing’s Shouwang Church from being able to meet for Sunday services. They are among an estimated 70 million to 150 million Chinese Christians who refuse to worship in the government-controlled Three-Self Patriotic Association, which bars children from attendance and whose government-paid pastors deliver…

Children’s author Diane Hanny says she’s confused about the budget talks and debt-limit debate: What is going on in Washington, DC?  Our leaders can’t seem to agree on anything, except that we have a money problem.  People laughed when Donald Trump said he was running for President of the United States.   However, he is an…

“There it was, plain as day.” writes Southern Baptist leader and bestselling author Albert Mohler, ” Monday’s edition of USA Today included an opinion column by a Muslim woman that argued–quite straightforwardly–that the United States government should force a nondiscrimination policy on gender in all places of worship. Asra Q. Nomani, a former reporter for The Wall…

The creator of one of the most iconic set pieces in game show history has died, according to Ben Silverman, writing on the games blog “Plugged In.” Art Director Ed Flesh, credited with designing the massive wheel used in game show staple ‘Wheel of Fortune’, passed away on July 15 due to congestive heart failure and…

He knew how to manipulate millions to fulfill his mad lust for power. His master plan was to exterminate the Jews, subjugate any race that was not blond and blue-eyed – and to dominate the world. There were at least 18 attempts to assassinate him. The first was in 1939. The last was in 1945…

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