The Church of England recently released survey data which purports to show that 4 out of 5 people believe in the power of prayer. Except, the survey shows nothing of the sort. Instead, it exposes the CoE as blatant liars for Jesus.
Read MoreCardinal Napier seemed to be wanting to point out something like this – that paedophiles need to be identified, and treated, rather than being treated as criminals. Because they are not yet criminals.
Read MoreGiving up on some of the comfortable fictions that come bundled with religion – like the idea of an afterlife – does not mean that we have to give up on commemorating the lives of those we’ve lost, or that we’re inconsistent in wishing that something like an afterlife did exist.
Read MoreThanks to columns and arguments like Dowden’s that it becomes ever clearer that the debate should ideally not be around whether the next Pope should be African or other, but rather around how long the Papacy – and Catholicism in this form – can survive at all.
Read MoreDid you perhaps think that right-wing talk show hosts couldn’t say anything more absurd than you’ve already heard? Not even the homeschooled ones? Well, you’d be wrong.
Read MoreCan a neat distinction be made between the niqab and the hijab, allowing for us to tolerate one and not the other? Or if this is inconsistent, do we permit both or ban both?
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