In an effort to rehabilitate its treatment of Galileo Gallilei—and by extension, its own—the Vatican is planning a laudatory treatment of Galileo to mark the 400th anniversary of his telescope.

Good Heavens: Vatican rehabilitating Galileo
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VATICAN CITY – Galileo Galilei is going from heretic to hero.
The Vatican is recasting the most famous victim of its Inquisition as [...]

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Hand in hand with the lunacy that God uses weather to smite the sinful is the lunacy that by thinking hard enough, the invisible man in the clouds will read your thoughts and do your bidding. So we get what we had here a couple weeks ago, which is Focus on the Family praying for torrential rain of “biblical proportions” during Obama’s acceptance speech on Thursday.

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Jesus-Freaks and God-trolls are an inherent nuisance for those who engage in an ongoing dialogue about the nature of religion, belief, and the role that spirituality takes in giving meaning to our lives.
Yet the admonishments continue that there is only one “God” and we only need cease questioning, cease seeking, cease giving rein to our [...]

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What religion can survive the criticism it would level against another religion?
In order for a religion to “prove” itself—in order for a religion to disprove its competitors—it must undertake a criticism of other religions. Christianity is not intellectually compatible with Judaism, and vice-versa. Thus, to win converts, Christianity must disprove the claims of Judaism, and [...]

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Your God is a False God.
Yes, your God.

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