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2013-10-10T18:20:41-04:00

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Hey atheists, ‘Thank God you’re wrong’

Last updated on: October 10, 2013 at 6:20 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

As a reporter, I’m always amazed by how much I learn when I actually pick up the phone and talk to somebody. As opposed to, say, relying on my vast personal knowledge (and Googling ability) and preparing a news report without ever making contact with a real, live human. Speaking of which … The New York Times had a story this week (at least I’m 95 percent sure it’s not supposed to be a column or news analysis) on a creationist organization... Read more

2013-10-10T09:08:47-04:00

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WWROD? Hang out with the GetReligionistas team

Last updated on: October 10, 2013 at 9:08 am By tmatt

Ask any religion-news professional to list the top reporters on the beat in the late 20th Century and Richard Ostling will be right near the top. That’s why, very early in the history of this blog, your GetReligionistas started suggesting that — when facing tough issues about how to cover religion in an accurate and balanced manner — journalists should ask this not-so-simple question: What Would Richard Ostling Do? For newcomers to this terrain, Ostling was the religion-beat pro at... Read more

2013-10-10T10:13:42-04:00

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Lost in translation – AFP and the Seventh-day Adventists

Last updated on: October 10, 2013 at 10:13 am By geoconger

Reports on the exorcism trial currently underway in Paris suburb of Essonne cast an interesting light on the internal workings of the French wire service AFP (Agence France Presse). And these gleanings do not do it credit. A 7 October 2013 story about four people accused of having tortured a woman while they were performing an exorcism, shows gaps between the English and French versions. The four accused exorcists claim to be members of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and were... Read more

Seventh-Day Adventist

Sydney Morning Herald

2013-10-09T12:40:52-04:00

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Got news? Concerning Catholic priests, Mass and padlocks

Last updated on: October 9, 2013 at 12:40 pm By tmatt

Because of my background in church-state studies, for the past third of a century or so I have been interested in the many legal puzzles linked to the work of military chaplains. The bottom line: There is no easy way to provide doctrinally specific care to all of the sailors on a submarine (or a very small, remote base near the front lines). It is possible for one clergy person to show tolerance and sympathy for believers in a number... Read more

2013-10-09T11:01:58-04:00

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Warming the chair? WSJ laments the loss of the pew

Last updated on: October 9, 2013 at 11:01 am By Tamie Ross

It’s five minutes past the hour, and you’re late for services. The cat insisted on one last pass around your leg, and you had to extricate the lint brush from the back of the junk drawer, and in the process you found that key to the shed you’d been looking for forever. But you couldn’t be sure it was the key until you tried it. Anyway … you’re late. You park farther from the building than you’d like, hustle in,... Read more

2013-10-08T18:11:40-04:00

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Mormons softening opposition to homosexuality … or not

Last updated on: October 8, 2013 at 6:11 pm By Bobby Ross Jr.

If you enjoy quality journalism, feel free to skip an Associated Press story out today on Mormons challenging their church’s stance on homosexuality. But if you’re in the mood for a puff piece, wow … AP has produced a doozy! From start to finish, this quasi-news report engages in unfettered cheerleading. Ready? OK!: SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Wendy and Tom Montgomery went door-to-door in their California neighborhood in 2008 campaigning for the passage of an anti-gay marriage proposition. They were among thousands of faithful Mormons... Read more

Family Acceptance Project

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Salt Lake Tribune

2013-10-08T12:11:50-04:00

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Zen Pastor Mariano Rivera and his vague, comforting karma

Last updated on: October 8, 2013 at 12:11 pm By tmatt

Lat’s state the obvious: It’s getting harder and harder for news consumers to figure out when they are reading straight news coverage and when they are reading columns, editorials and analysis pieces. Thus, it is common for veteran GetReligion readers to send me links to articles and, after clicking the URLs, I discover that many of the “news stories” that so angered them are not actually news stories at all. Instead, they are columns or a clearly labeled “analysis” piece... Read more

2013-10-08T10:24:42-04:00

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NYTimes offers tales of two very different Christian colleges

Last updated on: October 8, 2013 at 10:24 am By Mark Kellner

The Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, Louisiana, has had a reputation as one of the toughest places for criminals to do time in this country. If you go in, and the crime is serious enough, you’re not likely to come out. For years, decades even, the prison was a hotbed of violence and strife. While still not a “country club” institution, the temperature and mood at the Louisiana State Penitentiary has changed, and the introduction of classes from a Southern... Read more

Louisiana State Penitentiary

2013-10-07T17:53:05-04:00

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Hey, LA Times, there’s more to HHS fight than Hobby Lobby

Last updated on: October 7, 2013 at 5:53 pm By tmatt

First things first: I have to admit that I almost choked on my diet cherry cola when I read the double-decker headline on this Los Angeles Times news feature about the next round of cultural warfare at the U.S. Supreme Court. Ready? You have been warned: In new term, Supreme Court may steer to right on key social issues The Supreme Court’s conservative bloc has a clear chance to shift the law to the right on abortion, contraception, religion and... Read more

Little Sisters of the Poor

Obamacare

2013-10-07T12:52:57-04:00

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So long, GetReligion

Last updated on: October 7, 2013 at 12:52 pm By mollie

It was about eight years ago exactly when I surprised Terry Mattingly by shouting his name as I encountered him on the street. His visage was familiar to me because I’d grown up reading him in “the Rocky” — the Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colorado. My parents had always encouraged my siblings and me to read the newspapers and I devoured both the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News every day. Front page to last page. I was... Read more

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