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In a new documentary, Bill Maher tries his darndest to convince viewers to abandon religion. Is he just preaching to the choir or will it start a valuable conversation?

His “new evangelical” positions on global warming, condoms, et al., separate Warren from the old guard of the religious right—but when it comes to reproductive and gay civil rights, the best-selling reverend assumes the hardest of the hard line.

Friday’s historic debate in Mississippi showcased the McCain campaign’s election strategy: Talk down to Obama and play to the racist element in the Republican Party.

Cizik sizes up McCain; It’s Planned Parenthood, stupid!; Greening evangelicals; AFA voting guide; Prop. 8 updates

While biblical opposition to gay civil rights echoes the opposition to ending slavery, that institution didn’t end with the triumph of the abolitionist biblical view.

Amid new rumors of man and dinosaur coexistence, the Texas Board of Education will be debating the “strengths and weaknesses” of evolution and deciding whether to force religion into science class.

Small Town Spirituality, Big City Hate: For those with ears to hear it, Sarah Palin’s speeches echoed the work of Westbrook Pegler, a mid-century Rush Limbaugh, and then some….

A new survey reveals not only that church attenders and youth have swung back into Obama’s camp, but that he’s perceived as “friendlier” toward religion than McCain.

…as do Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens. Upon viewing Bill Maher’s Religulous the author asks: Why are the so-called New Atheists using the archaic and theologically conservative definition of religion pushed by home-schoolers?

Jackie Mason shticks and all, a new comedy concert documentary, Allah Made Me Funny, reminds us that it’s not all doom and gloom.