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Skepticism means having the courage to suspend one’s set of beliefs long enough to take another set of beliefs really seriously. That is, real skepticism means disbelieving. So be as skeptical as possible but as open as possible, and remember that if one refuses to investigate religion in this way, then that is known as contempt prior to investigation—and is the death of the life of the mind.

If the fear of a broken society is, at its deepest level, the fear of a broken foundation myth—a loss of the sense of secure identity that once came from simply living on American soil—then no party is to blame for it and no party can fix it.

Yes, Mr. Sprigg, we who are gay or lesbian do, indeed, have to be gay for the rest of our lives.

Changes made to Elder Packer’s language on homosexuality, Proclamation on the Family.

Blessing the tools of the Digital Reformation, or playing with its toys, without acknowledging the spiritual authority of believers as they use them in the world misunderstands the radically participatory, dialogical, and collaborative nature of the culture and inadvertently reinforces a line between “faith” and “life” that believers no longer accept.

What they mean when they call for “biblical law.”

Live stream debate this afternoon at Council for Secular Humanism’s annual conference.

The only religion roundup that doesn’t fear Yoga.

Robert Salaam of The American Muslim and Daniel Pipes join RD’s Hussein Rashid.

Duke Chaplain Abdullah Antepli and RD blogger and Associate Editor Hussein Rashid in dialogue.