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Sara Miles’ radical conversion to a radical faith

Sara Miles' conversion to Christianity not only opened her eyes to Christ, but opened the eyes of now fellow Christians
Sara Miles never expected to convert to a religion and worship a God she didn't believe existed.  Strange as it may sound, but that's conversion. Former atheist editor of Mother Jones magazine, Miles found herself mysteriously [...]

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Spiritual Surf: Haiti, a spiritual Rorschach

Voodoo shamanism turns to self-blame; Pat Robertson into the mix; Ditto, Danny Glover and Catholicism

Haiti's voodoo turns against itself and into spiritual self-retribution
Haiti's devastating earthquake has left thousands dead, injured and homeless, causing a psychic after-shock about suffering, poverty, international relations, death, and God. Amidst the pain and chaos, Haitians and the world are seeking to understand [...]

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Celebrating Halloween, every witch way but true

It might be about kinky costumes or eye candy for you. For me, it's a sacred celebration that "tricks" sweet little kids into "treating" all witches as "wicked" stereotypes.
DANNY KENNY — Ah, to be an Irish Pagan at Halloween and witness apparently sane, God fearing people, joyously ridiculing a sacred tradition from an ancient  land of culture.
I refer of course to Ireland, those mythical shores that gave [...]

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Why Prop 8 is a spiritual issue

California's anti-gay measure is a case study in what dictates change: Consciousness. Not politics
BY CYNDI INGLE — Why does mainstream media, and a mass-market audience, get off on public displays of homo-erotic affection — in particular, "girl on girl" action? Madonna slipping Britney some tongue; Ellen marrying her beautiful blonde lover, Portia, and Lindsay Lohan's [...]

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Christmas a pagan holiday? Yule be surprised

Christmas a pagan holiday? Yule be surprised

Bill O'Reilly's Christmas crusade, Toys 'R' Us and twelve pagan ways we celebrate the holidays
GUEST COLUMN: DANNY KENNY — The New Year bodes ill for both Bill O'Reilly and Toys 'R' Us, as one is going half off the air and the other could be going out of business whole-hog.  But at least the latter, [...]

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Spiritual Surf: Michael Vick worse than the Taliban

Spiritual Surf: Michael Vick worse than the Taliban

Dogfighting quarterback: "In My Defense, I've Found God"
Multimillionaire NFL quarterback Michael Vick goes on record for staging dog fights. If you listen to the first three minutes of that clip, it sounds like an apology.
Then, Vick finds God: "In this situation I found Jesus and asked him for forgiveness, and just turned my life over [...]

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Church Parking: When good people do bad things

Church Parking: When good people do bad things

23-year-old Thomas Kyle Nursey parked his Ford F-150 pickup truck inside a Catholic church Tuesday morning, according to news reports. The Floridian decided he wanted to go to church at 3 A.M. and drove his truck straight through the front doors to display his anger at God. Police booked him.

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My Hunting Bible

My Hunting Bible

A camouflaged bible may be hard for deer to see, but this product's path to profitability certainly isn't. The $50 publication is sold by Christian Outdoorsman, a site that caters to Bible-thumping hunters.
A big market, apparently. A survey of licensed hunters and anglers last year commissioned by the U.S. National Wildlife Federation found half of those polled identified [...]

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Spiritual Surf: Sex, abnormal sex, the science of sex, teasing andvirginity and teasing

Spiritual Surf: Sex, abnormal sex, the science of sex, teasing andvirginity and teasing

A Hindu guru's genital oiling scandal; Seduction Labs; Lauren Taylor is the daughter Sarah Palin wishes she had; What is 'acousticophilia'?
Do Hindu religious leaders approve of genital oiling? I never thought to ask, but it's on the mind of the folks at BarryPittard. The author is calling for an investigation into Sathya Sai Baba, a [...]

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Gary Wills and David Frum on prayer in the Bush-house

Gary Wills and David Frum on prayer in the Bush-house

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In a piece in this week's New York Times Magazine headed, "With God On Our Side," the fearless historian Gary Wills illustrates just how deeply religion has permeated the White House, for better of for worse.
Founding father James Madison and Enlightenment-devotee would be taken aback by [...]

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