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2016-01-24T06:55:25-07:00

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It must hate fundamentalist religion

Last updated on: January 24, 2016 at 6:55 am By Frank Schaeffer

The deluded religious belief that any people or nation or church is a “chosen” people is the root of almost all our troubles. So is the lunacy of believing in “Truth” revealed through one special prophet to one special peoples and/or tribe, be they Jews, Muslims or American Evangelical Christians, or conservative Roman Catholics who believe in the special primacy of their popes.The earth bursts with life. Far right exclusionary religion bursts with death. If there is a creator of... Read more

2016-01-20T10:25:57-07:00

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The Witch-Hunts, Dishonesty, Victimology and Paranoia at Gordon, Wheaton (and Many other Evangelical Schools) Spells Long-Term Disaster For Christian Education in the USA

Last updated on: January 20, 2016 at 10:25 am By Frank Schaeffer

Evangelical schools are indulging in witch-hunts. They are acting on ideological imperatives and financial incentives—donors often threaten to withhold funds, and parents may refuse to send their children if the schools fail to toe the line— to initiate a new deadly conservative crackdown on faculty, staff and students like nothing since the 1950s. Sources mention how dishonest the schools have been about their motives for removing faculty and silencing dissent. Can evangelical Christian education survive its own version of the Tea... Read more

2016-01-16T12:54:21-07:00

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Here’s the Most Important Document You Can Read on The Religious Right’s Plan to Turn America Into a Theocracy

Last updated on: January 16, 2016 at 12:54 pm By Frank Schaeffer

When Christian Right leaders talk about religious liberty, they often really mean theocratic supremacism of their own religious beliefs inscribed in government. The evangelical Protestant Christian Right and U.S. Roman Catholic bishops are intensifying their campaign to carve out arenas of public life where religious institutions, individuals, and even businesses may evade civil rights and labor laws in the name of religious liberty. This brilliant article by Paul Rosenberg proves this. It is by Paul Resenberg and was first published in... Read more

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Jane Stuart Smith RIP I’ll Always Love You

Last updated on: January 15, 2016 at 3:31 pm By Frank Schaeffer

A few people in life change everything. One woman (not counting my mother) opened more doors for me than any other person in my childhood. She died yesterday. Jane Stuart Smith was there for me from the time I was six. Jane was by her very life a living definition of the belief that motivates me: that the intrinsic value of beauty is real. Here’s the tribute I wrote to a great woman before she died in my memoir... Read more

2016-01-08T08:46:18-07:00

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Just How Dumb Are the GOP’s White Rube Gun Nuts? Here’s How…

Last updated on: January 8, 2016 at 8:46 am By Frank Schaeffer

“Ammon Bundy says God drove him to break into the offices of an agency that works on behalf of pileated woodpeckers, yellow warblers and other avian wonders. Bundy’s not leaving, he says, until land that we own — that is, every American citizen — is taken from us and given to some unnamed private entity. Yes, it’s comical — white privilege mixed with a “Hee Haw” parody. The only thing Bundy and his fellow burglars have accomplished thus far... Read more

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2016-01-06T05:49:06-07:00

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A Book That Speaks to Atheists and Religious Believers Alike

Last updated on: January 6, 2016 at 5:49 am By Frank Schaeffer

Please watch this 2 min video of my take on how atheism and faith can co-exist. Thanks! Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His latest book —WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD: How to give love, create beauty and find peace Available now on Amazon Follow Frank on Twitter www.twitter.com/frank_schaeffer See Frank’s paintings http://www.frankschaefferart.com/ Follow Frank on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16 Contact Frank at http://www.frankschaeffer.com Read more

Why I Am an Athiest Who Believes in god

2015-12-29T07:40:54-07:00

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“My” New Year’s Message is a Guest Message from My Dear Friend: Archbishop Lazar Puhalo of Canada

Last updated on: December 29, 2015 at 7:40 am By Frank Schaeffer

“Can we not hope that religions of every form might be delivered out of the dark abyss of Fundamentalism and Right-wingism, and find some common ground in the education of ourselves and acceptance of even those elements of humanity which differ from us?”… — From: “Frank Schaeffer” Sent: Sunday, 27 December, 2015 11:04am Subject: Re: Your End of Year Message To: Archbishop Lazar Puhalo Would you like me to post it as a guest column? From: Archbishop Lazar Puhalo... Read more

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2015-12-25T05:58:33-07:00

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Are You Alone or Sad on Christmas? If so Come to my FB Page and Talk

Last updated on: December 25, 2015 at 5:58 am By Frank Schaeffer

Christmas is tough for some of us, are you sad, alone, depressed? Are there too many “ghosts” in your Christmas memory bag? Days when we’re officially “supposed” to be happy are the worst when we’re not. I’m here for you if you want to talk to me today, share a story or just not feel alone. Post a message on my FB page and I’ll answer as best I can. Love, Frank PS. I’m so fortunate to have my family…... Read more

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2015-12-21T09:57:19-07:00

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My Christmas greeting about love, urinary catheters, and the meaning of life

Last updated on: December 21, 2015 at 9:57 am By Frank Schaeffer

Please lend me 4 min, and WATCH Frank Schaeffer is a writer. His latest book —WHY I AM AN ATHEIST WHO BELIEVES IN GOD: How to give love, create beauty and find peace Available now on Amazon Follow Frank on Twitter www.twitter.com/frank_schaeffer See Frank’s paintings http://www.frankschaefferart.com/ Follow Frank on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/frank.schaeffer.16 Contact Frank at http://www.frankschaeffer.com Read more

2015-12-09T08:10:04-07:00

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Trump is the GOP/Evangelical Mirror

Last updated on: December 9, 2015 at 8:10 am By Frank Schaeffer

The Trump phenomenon isn’t about him. It is about the 40-year right wing takeover of the GOP I describe in detail in my book CRAZY FOR GOD: How I Grew Up as One of the Elect, Helped Found the Religious Right, and Lived to Take All (or Almost All) of It Back. It is about the Republicans and their evangelical backers on the religious and racist right fomenting a slow motion lynching of President Obama where they tried to kill... Read more

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