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June 2, 2023
Utah School District Bans the Bible for “Vulgarity” and “Violence”
The book was banned after a complaint that highlighted how easy it is to get books banned in schools now, thanks to Utah law.
January 14, 2021
The Capitol Riot Revealed the Darkest Nightmares of White Evangelical America
How 150 years of apocalyptic agitation culminated in an insurrection
February 27, 2018
Scott Pruitt vs. The Pope
The EPA administrator has become the de facto spokesperson for a fringe version of Christian environmentalism.
September 20, 2017
Aronofsky’s Mother! is a Mess of Biblical Proportions
A spoiler-filled analysis of this fall’s most controversial movie.
December 30, 2015
Biblical scholars are arguing about whether Eve was created from Adam’s penis bone.
March 27, 2014
The Big New 'Noah' Movie Is Closer to the Bible Than its Christian Critics Will Admit
March 25, 2014
The Hobby Lobby President Is Also Building a Bible Museum for Over $70 Million
January 21, 2014
A Newly Deciphered Babylonian Tablet Details Blueprints for "Noah's Ark"
November 27, 2013
Scientists Try to Reconcile Adam and Eve Story, Whiff. Again.
March 5, 2012
How the Ghost of Jerry Falwell Conquered the Republican Party
June 15, 2011
Michelle Bachmann's Worldview
November 17, 2009
God Squad Tries, Fails to Get Arrested at Holder's Front Door
January 22, 2007
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