Religion

300 Christians Killed in Nigerian Christmas Massacres 1
- Featured, International, Religion
- January 9, 2024
While we were sitting down to Christmas dinner with our loved ones, Islamist militants launched a wave of coordinated attacks against Christian villages in Plateau State in Nigeria’s Middle Belt region. Between the evening of December 23 and Christmas Day morning, the militants killed an estimated 295 Christians across 25 villages in Bokkos and Barkin
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My New Year’s Resolution: Have More Enemies 1
- Culture, Philosophy, Religion
- January 8, 2024
How are your New Year’s resolutions going? I rarely make them, but this year I have. Please do not mistake the title. I did not write “make more enemies,” though to be honest that might not be a bad one for some people. That would be a different essay, however. This is not an essay
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Anthony Fauci, Moral Autonomy, and the New Priests of Science 2
- Featured, Religion, Science
- December 26, 2023
There’s something almost poetic about the man who considers himself the mouthpiece for science openly proclaiming allegiance to his personal moral code over the moral code of the Catholic religion he claims to identify with. I refer to a video recently posted by Laura Powell, in which Anthony Fauci explains his relationship to religion, specifically
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Christmas: ’Tis the Season to Be Pagan?3
- Culture, Religion
- December 15, 2023
The festive season is upon us — a time to decorate the house, gather with family, exchange gifts, and of course, discuss the pagan origins of Christmas. In recent years, suggesting and suspecting that Christmas has a pagan past has almost become a Christmas tradition in its own right. Now, an increasing number of Christians are
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An Unexpected Festival: Some Observations on My Nine-Week Christmas 1
- Culture, Featured, Religion
- December 14, 2023
This year, the Christmas spirit knocked at my door two weeks before Thanksgiving, smiled coyly, and settled in like some stray feline who’s struck gold with a warm hearth and a bowl of Friskies Seafood Sensations. Never before had this spirit arrived so early and so unexpectedly. It started with a review copy of Faith
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Independent Voices Sing in Symphony 0
- Culture, Religion
- December 14, 2023
One of my earliest memories of classical music is accompanying my father and older brother to hear Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony when I was 7. The symphony conveyed pure magic, filling my head with sonorous themes and exquisite harmonies, permeating the whole of my being. Enveloped in an emotional reverie, I was struck by an unbelievable
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