Content tagged with “religion”

“ 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. ”

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

“This has both a literal and symbolic definition. Literally, a cloister is a covered walk forming the perimeter of a building’s open central square. It’s from the Latin word for ‘enclosure.’ Symbolically, ‘cloisters’ refers to a separated religious life. To be ‘in cloisters’ is to life a monastic…”

“There are dozens of books, chapters, and gospels that were once included in the Hebrew Bible, or that various scholars believe should be included. Some of these books have questionable attribution, or were written by groups that eventually came to be considered heretical. Others are accepted only…”

“ 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. ”

“This is Yiddish for a non-Jew. The plural is ‘goyim.’ It’s disputed as to whether the word is a Semitic slur – a word that Jewish people use to pejoratively refer to non-Jews. Wikipedia has a list of Yiddish phrases where ‘goy’ is meant to refer to something trivial, frustrating, or pointless. The…”

“Lots of churches are named ‘Hagia Sofia,’ it turns out. The phrase is Greek for ‘holy wisdom,’ which can apply to a lot of things. The Hagia Sofia is a mosque in Istanbul. It was originally an orthodox church, then a Roman Catholic church, then a museum, and now (very recently) it’s a mosque. When…”

“ 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. ”

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

“ It’s from the Latin root for ‘to throw away, to destroy.’ ”

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

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

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”

“ 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. ”