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2025-08-02T15:58:02-04:00

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How Do We Find Happiness?

Last updated on: August 2, 2025 at 3:58 pm By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Ask Harvard University. But first, The Guy mentions that British philosopher John Locke (1632-1704) said each person has God-given rights to life, liberty, and property. America’s Declaration of Independence replaced “property” with “the Pursuit of Happiness” as among humans’ “unalienable Rights . . . endowed by their Creator.” On the brink of the Declaration’s 250th anniversary, just how can happiness be pursued? Believe it or not, there’s an academic Journal of Happiness Studies (https://link.springer.com/journal/10902/). A leading... Read more

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2025-07-21T01:07:36-04:00

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How Has Religion’s Evolution Debate Evolved?

Last updated on: July 21, 2025 at 1:07 am By Richard Ostling

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How Has Religion’s Evolution Debate Evolved? THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: This month marks the 100th anniversary of the sensational “Monkey Trial,” a.k.a. the “Trial of the Century,” in Dayton, Tennessee. There, defendant John Scopes was convicted of violating a new state law that barred public schools from teaching evolution – specifically, “any theory that denies the story of the Divine Creation of man as taught in the Bible, and to teach instead that man has descended from a lower order... Read more

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2025-07-04T10:15:39-04:00

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What’s the proper role for religion in U.S. public schools?

Last updated on: July 4, 2025 at 10:15 am By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: In the vigorous discussions since World War Two about religion’s proper place in U.S. public schools, believers have been on both defense and offense. The defensive aspect got significant attention June 27 with the Supreme Court’s Mahmoud v. Taylor decision. www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/24-297/ The Court’s conservative 6-3 majority supported a plea from Muslim, Catholic, and Eastern Orthodox parents concerning a Maryland county’s new public school curriculum for elementary students through grade 5 that covers same-sex marriage and gender-identity... Read more

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2025-06-20T10:04:35-04:00

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Why were the Latter-day Saints persecuted so harshly?

Last updated on: June 20, 2025 at 10:04 am By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: In 19th Century America, Catholic immigrants were subjected to shameful riots, but nothing compares with the persecution against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (“LDS”). Mobs and some government officials, egged on by frontier newspapers, flagrantly violated the Saints’ religious freedom guaranteed in the Bill of Rights. Those odious depredations are among major themes in an important biography of the church’s founder released this week: “Joseph Smith: The Rise and Fall of an American... Read more

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2025-06-06T13:17:05-04:00

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Do the Popes Run a Network of “Spies”?

Last updated on: June 6, 2025 at 1:17 pm By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: There’s ample chatter about how Leo XIV, as the first Pope born and raised in the United States, might be affected by his background. (He is simultaneously a citizen of Peru, where he was a long-term missionary and bishop.) Here are some of The Guy’s thoughts on that, posted at religionunplugged.com: https://religionunplugged.com/news/pope-leo-xiv-is-american-does-that-matter/ Leo’s elevation broke the longstanding rule of thumb that no American, as a citizen of a superpower, could or even should become pope. But... Read more

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2025-05-23T13:39:15-04:00

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Why Do Our Bibles Keep Changing?

Last updated on: May 23, 2025 at 1:39 pm By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: There are two reasons, translations, and texts, both of which have cropped up in the news of religion this year. The venerable King James Version (KJV) appeared without changes over centuries. But today, experts continually reconsider the best available evidence to improve our English Bibles. Publishers periodically issue new updated Bible editions to incorporate their findings in the sacred text itself or footnotes that explain options and issues. Regarding translations, scholars well-versed in ancient languages and... Read more

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2025-05-08T22:49:10-04:00

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Should Churches be Tax-Exempt? Why, or Why Not?

Last updated on: May 8, 2025 at 10:49 pm By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: The perpetually thorny issue of tax exemptions erupted in a dramatic new way last week when President Donald Trump announced that “we are going to be taking away Harvard’s Tax Exempt Status. It’s what they deserve!” The dispute over so penalizing the nation’s oldest and richest college, on top of slashing research grants, poses threats to other schools and tax-exempt organizations that provoke controversy, including religious ones. Harvard University might be only the beginning. On Monday,... Read more

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2025-04-26T11:31:33-04:00

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How Are Popes and Other World Religious Leaders Chosen?

Last updated on: April 26, 2025 at 11:31 am By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Today’s majestic open-air funeral for Pope Francis is now followed by election of the next pope by the College of Cardinals in a process shrouded in secrecy. (Indeed, the Latin root for “conclave” means “locked room.”) Its legendary status was underscored in January when the fictionalized movie thriller “Conclave” was nominated for Best Picture and other Oscars. It’s fair to say Francis and Buddhism’s Dalai Lama have been the world’s two best-known religious leaders. This year,... Read more

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2025-04-13T12:04:36-04:00

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How Might a Newsman Approach Good Friday and Easter?

Last updated on: April 13, 2025 at 12:04 pm By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: A highly readable new book provides the latest example of such a timely seasonal quest. The author, Ross Douthat, is a sophisticated New York Times columnist and former senior editor of The Atlantic magazine. In his intriguing “Believe: Why Everyone Should Be Religious,” Zondervan mostly prods people to consider the value of belief in general rather than Christianity in particular, building the case upon up-to-date scientific knowledge. He figures that “the raw data of existence implies religious... Read more

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2025-03-29T18:11:20-04:00

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Does the Faith Factor Explain “Mainline” Protestant Decline?

Last updated on: March 29, 2025 at 6:11 pm By Richard Ostling

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THE RELIGION GUY’S ANSWER: Let’s say you are looking for a local church to join and perhaps with good religious grounding for your kids. You’d probably be confident if the pastor says “I know God really exists and I have no doubts about it.” In the important new National Survey of Religious Leaders (NSRL) reported last week, that wording was affirmed by 97% of “evangelical” Protestant pastors, 98% of the Black Protestants, and 96% of Catholic priests — but only... Read more

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