Initially, the controversy over President Obama’s proposal that all insurers cover contraception focused on religious liberty. After polls revealed that 98% of sexually active Catholic women have used birth control, though, some who oppose Obamacare tried to shift the argument from religion to money: “If insurers are forced to offer contraception without co-pays,” they warn, “they’ll hike our insurance premiums.” But will that actually happen?
Rapture: It’s not only an influential ’80s song by Blondie that helped introduce rap to the masses. It’s also believed to be the moment when the born-again faithful are taken up to heaven by Jesus, just before the second coming and Judgment Day (in the religious sense, expected by some to occur on May 21, [...]
This week’s roundup also features tips from a couple who manage to throw a wedding for mere $2,500.
This is a season known for making people feel jolly and merry. The festivities, pumped up and twisted as they sometimes can be, can also get folks agitated enough to want to sound off on how they really feel about holiday shopping, annoying holiday ads—and even about volunteers and God.
Compared to traditional private health insurance, it’s a bargain: Family plans start at just $109 a month. But Jews, Muslims, atheists, and cancer patients need not apply.
The popular “prosperity gospel” preached to the adoring masses is being blamed for putting a lot of believers deeply into debt that they’ll likely never pay off. Guess they just aren’t good enough Christians.
Even though God may occasionally punish the self-interested followers of capitalism, the Divine One can still make you rich beyond your wildest dreams. Huh? Throughout the recession, various religious leaders have voiced their opinions about what God does and doesn’t do, and how believers should respond to the crisis at hand. To no surprise, religious [...]
