Content tagged with “religion” under “The Interesting List”

“ A group of nuns invests in various companies then use their status as shareholders to lead activism campaigns against the companies. ”

“ A massive home Mike Tyson lived in during the 90s was turned into a church after being abandoned for almost 20 years. ”

“ The website of the Heaven’s Gate cult who committed mass suicide when the Hale-Bopp comet passed by Earth in 1997 is still online and unchanged. ”

“ One of the greatest competitive shooters in history is an ordained Italian bishop. ”

“ The Jewish community in NYC found a way to consider a large portion of the city their ‘home,’ which allows them to perform work on the Sabbath. ”

“ An examination of why we’re predisposed toward conspiracy theories in general and how this is magnified by religion. ”

“ This is both an examination of how religion and politics merged in the last generation, and a personal story of the author’s widening gap with his own family over issues of faith. ”

“ A Twitter troll hijacks a picture and creates a meme. The women in the picture eventually find the meme, and their response is not what you would expect. ”

“ If you are gay and Mormon, the church will ‘allow’ you to enter into a ‘mixed-orientation marriage,’ where you marry a straight person of the opposite sex. It gets complicated from there. ”

“ The story of the book which started the ‘heavenly tourism’ craze of a decade ago. The boy at the center of it eventually recanted the entire story, and his already-flawed family completely broke apart. ”

“ Infuriating discussion on American televangelists and the phenomenon of how they prey specifically on the poor with promises of financial reward. ”