Monday Morning Religion and Freethought Digest 9/15

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bible, black mass, church, demons, ebola, ethiopia, exorcist, fantasy, fiction, florida, heaven, lawsuit, nigeria, ohio, oklahoma, pastor, pseudo-science, public schools, rastafarian, religious, satanic, schools, SOCAS, state, stripping, worship

Strip Club Protests Pastor With Topless Dancers Outside Church

Officials are pleading for a pastor and an Ohio strip club owner to stop weekly protesting of each other’s establishments over a years-long feud. [Read more]

‘Pseudoscience Has Nested in Schools’

When Nick Rose worked as a parapsychologist, his job was to investigate why people believed they had been haunted by ghosts or abducted by aliens. [Read more]

Why Your Bible Feels Like Fantasy Fiction

I’m often struck by the exotic world of the Bible; it operates by a completely different set of laws from our own. Debates about its scientific accuracy will rage on, but Bible readers might appreciate the text more if they let it sit on the shelves next to all their favorite fantasy fiction. [Read more]

Zionist Group Publishes Target List of “Anti-Israel” US Professors

The Amcha Initiative, the Zionist organization that has repeatedly intimidated, spied on and harassed students and faculty, appears to be escalating its campaign by publishing what amounts to a target list of “anti-Israel” professors. [Read more]

The True Cost of Heaven

You hear it very often said by the religious, as they enumerate the wealthy prospects of their divine real estate, that no greater reward above paradise may exist. [Read more]

Tulsa Exorcist Facing Increasing ‘Demonic Activity’; Black Mass Sunday

The Satanic Black Mass scheduled for Sunday at the Oklahoma City Civic Center Music Hall has drawn attention to a little-known but rapidly growing ministry in the Catholic Church: exorcism. [Read more]

The Rastafarians’ Flawed African ‘Promised Land’

Many people think of Rastafarians as dreadlocked Jamaicans for whom marijuana is a sacred herb. Partly true, but there’s much more to their beliefs, including the promised land in Ethiopia. [Read more]

The Integration of Church and State

When our founding fathers started drafting and amending our constitution, they included something to make sure that our government would make no laws respecting an establishment of religion, and also allow people to practice whatever religion they wanted. [Read more]

‘Church Mall’ Opens in Florida Offering Places of Worship for Over 50 Different Faiths

In this one-part documentary our microphones travel to the All Saints Church Mall in Fort Myers, Florida to learn how a former shopping centre became a place of worship for over 50 different faiths. [Read more]

Nigeria Bans Religious Gatherings To Stop Ebola Spread; Group Threatens Lawsuit

Health Minister Onyebuchi Chukwu has banned religious gatherings as a way to prevent the spread of Ebola. However, according to a report from This Day Live. [Read more]

The Satanic Temple to Distribute Educational Religious Materials in Florida Public Schools

In response to a recent School Board decision in Orange County, Florida that allows for the dissemination of religious materials in public schools, The Satanic Temple has announced they will follow suit by providing Satanic materials to students during the new school year. [Read more]