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What the Bible actually says about abortion may surprise you
Jul 25, 2022 · Activist Jason Hershey reads from a Bible as he protests in front of the U.S. Supreme Court with the anti-abortion group Bound for Life in 2005 in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee via Getty Images)
What is Wicca? An expert on modern witchcraft explains.
Aug 30, 2021 · Wicca, an alternative minority religion whose adherents, regardless of gender, call themselves witches, began in the U.K. in the 1940s. Wicca and Witchcraft are part of the larger contemporary ...
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Mar 11, 2024 · A boy looks at traditional lanterns ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 7, 2024. Muslims throughout the world are preparing to celebrate Ramadan ...
5 Faith-facts about VP-elect Kamala Harris, a Black Baptist with a ...
Nov 7, 2020 · Her name, Kamala, means “lotus” in Sanskrit, and is another name for the Hindu goddess Lakshmi. She visited India multiple times as a girl and got to know her relatives there. But because her ...
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Aug 31, 2017 · And while differences between Catholics and Protestants once led to wars and persecution, most U.S. Catholics (65 percent) and Protestants (59 percent) now agree they have more in common than not ...
What the Bible says (and doesn’t say) about trans people
Sep 3, 2015 · There are only six verses used when discussing same-sex relationships. With transgender identities, the only verse that could be interpreted in addressing transgender people is Deuteronomy 22:5 ...
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January 26, 2021. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In a new book, “ Love Tenderly: Sacred Stories of Lesbian and Queer Religious,” Catholic vowed sisters share their experiences of identifying as LGBTQ ...
Understanding evangelicalism in America today - Religion News …
August 4, 2021. (The Conversation) — A precipitous decline in the number of Americans identifying as white evangelical was revealed in Public Religion Research Institute’s 2020 Census on ...
Lawsuit against McLean Bible, David Platt dismissed - Religion …
June 27, 2022. (RNS) — A yearlong legal battle over a contested election at a prominent Washington, D.C.-area church appears to be over for now. On Friday, a Fairfax County, Virginia, judge ...