There have been a few notable articles published about religion, including significant events and effects on our culture. These are articles that make a point or present information that remains relevant.

Several other collections of links follow:

evolution vs creation
other general articles involving religion

The following articles are in the mainstream media.

The Newsweek magazine issue on December 13, 2004 had a cover story discussing alternate theories about the birth of Jesus.

Religion: The Birth of Jesus - From Mary to the manger, how the Gospels mix faith and history to tell the Christmas story and make the case for Christ by Jon Meacham. The Newsweek magazine cover: The Birth of Jesus - Faith and History: How the Story of Christmas Came To Be.

Newsweek provided this online exclusive on December 5, 2004: The Christmas Miracle - Most Americans believe the virgin birth is literally true, a NEWSWEEK poll finds

MSNBC ran a series of articles online about God on the Ballot, starting 10/26/2004.

The Newsweek International Edition of August 30, 2004 ran this article: Search For The Sacred - In Israel, archeology fuels believers' passions and provokes skeptics in a sharp debate without end

In the same Newsweek issue was another, related article: Unearthing the Bible - Sacred relics lie scattered beneath the deserts of the Middle East. In Iraq, our religious history is being obliterated; in Israel, it's a question of faith

MSNBC had this article in 02/25/2004: Scholars find faults in ‘Passion’ - Experts fill in the gaps in Mel Gibson's film gospel

The Newsweek February 25, 2004 issue ran this article: Who Killed Jesus? Mel Gibson's powerful but troubling new movie, 'The Passion of the Christ,' is reviving one of the most explosive questions ever. What history tells us about Jesus' last hours, the world in which he lived, anti-Semitism, Scripture and the nature of faith itself.

MSNBC had this article on 02/20/2004: Scholars debate death on the cross - ‘Passion’ takes traditional view — but is it accurate?

MSNBC had this article on 12/19/2003: Debate over ‘Jesus inscription’ rises again - Geologist says Israelis were wrong to call it a fake

The Newsweek December 8, 2003 issue ran this article: The Bible’s Lost Stories - Fueling faith and igniting debate, a new generation of scholars is altering our beliefs about the role of women in the scriptures

The same Newsweek December 8, 2003 issue ran this article: God’s Woman Trouble - Scholars who explore the role of women in the bible with a political agenda in mind only hurt their cause


Evolution vs Creation:

An Evolutionary Biologist Visits the "Creationism Museum" by PZ Myers (08/11/2009)

"Time and Chance Happeneth to Them All" The Toughest Challenge for Intelligence Design by Lance Olsen (12/26/2005)

American Museum of Natural History Deserts Darwin, The God Gaps by John Walsh, M.D. (12/01/2005)

Another Monkey Trial? by Justin E. H. Smith (11/11/2005)

"Intelligent Design" School Board Voted Out Of Office by Frederick Sweet (11/11/2005)

Televangelist warns of evolution doomsday (Reuters/MSNBC) (11/10/2005)

Kansas, Extinction and "Intelligent Design" by Karl Shepard (05/25/2005)

Why intelligent design isn’t by H. Allen Orr (05/23/2005)

Creationism: God's gift to the ignorant by Richard Dawkins (05/21/2005)

The evolution of a fight to the end by Alex Johnson (05/12/2005)

Creationist Terror in American Classrooms by Frederick Sweet (02/04/2005)

Doubting Darwin in Newsweek (Feb. 2005)

A Monkey's Uncle Speaks Out by Ben Tripp (01/08/2005)

Evolution vs. Creationism by Frederick Sweet (12/01/2004)

15 Answers to Creationist Nonsense by John Rennie (July 2002)


Here are other interesting online articles involving religion.

Judge: Kentucky can’t legislate dependence on God (08/27/2009)

The Resurrection of Intolerance by Walter Brasch (08/14/2009)

The American Taliban Claim Another Victim by Dave Lindorff (06/02/2009)

Thank God I'm an Atheist! by Carl Finamore (12/05/2008)

Ancient Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection by Ethan Bronner (07/06/2008)

The History and Politics of Sainthood by Gary Leupp (11/02/2007)

Atheist Richard Dawkins on 'The God Delusion' by Terrence McNally. (01/18/2007)

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins video clips (posted 11/13/2006)

The Da Vinci Code: God Has Sex, Makes Big Box Office by Dr. Susan Block (05/27/2006)

Put a Disclaimer on the Bible, Not the DaVinci Code by Joe Allen (05/26/2006)

Why the Fundamentalists are Freaking Out Over Da Vinci Code by Harvey Wasserman (05/16/2006)

Is It or Isn’t It? by Laurence M. Vance (04/03/2006)

Kill and Kill Again, The Original Sin by Niranjan Ramakrishnan (12/13/2005)

An Atheist Manifesto by Sam Harris (12/07/2005)

The Argument From Morality by Stefan Molyneux (11/29/2005)

Letting Go Of God by Julia Sweeney audio clip (posted 06/05/2005)

Cardinal Sins by Michael Dickinson (04/19/2005)

The Subversive Commandments by Carl G. Estabrook (03/29/2005)

God Owes Us an Apology by Barbara Ehrenreich (Mar. 2005)

Poet’s Basement: My God's Better Than Your God by Tina Louise (02/12/2005)

The Psychology of Christian Fundamentalism by Walter A. Davis (01/08/2005)

Earthquakes and End Times, Past and Present - Meaning and Meaninglessness in the December 26 Tsunami by Gary Leupp (01/01/2005)

It's Happened to a Lot of Good Christians - Be Careful Not to Get Too Much Education by Dr. Teresa Whitehurst (12/28/2004)

The politics of the Christmas story by James Carroll (12/21/2004)

"Thanks to God We Sent 600 Heathen Souls to Hell" Giving Thanks to Whom? By William Loren Katz (11/25/2004)


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