religion

What it’s like Dealing with White Jesus in the South
This is part of our Blue Woman in a Red State column One of the first things that people ask you when you first move to Chatanooga is, “What church do you belong to?” Have you found one yet? They assume, you’re a “God-Fearing American,” not like that mackerel-snapping Catholic President

Cast Away: A Story Of Homelessness In The Bay Area
Written By: J.E. Vigil Perhaps I ended up homeless due to my own negligence. Maybe it was my parents or the rise in gentrification or the inflated price of apartments that I couldn’t quite understand. Why was it that a small studio apartment cost nearly $2,000? Frankly, I really didn’t

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What Alcoholics Anonymous Taught Me About God
Alcoholics Anonymous taught me that there is inherent vulnerability in honesty and I’ve only seen my life improve as a result. Being real feels good because I’m confident in what I say is my truth and I think that’s very honorable. I don’t want to be thought of as a

Jesus Never Said Anything About Abortion
Abortion was common during Jesus’s life, and he had nothing to say about it.
Abortion was common when the U.S. Constitution was written, and the founders had nothing to say about it, except for the adoption of British common law, which allowed it up to the sixth month of pregnancy, and abortions after that were considered a misdemeanor, though rarely enforced.

Growing Up Without a God. Diary of a Religious Tourist
By Hannah Harkness I had an unusual situation when it came to religion growing up. Both my maternal and paternal grandparents were in interfaith marriages. I had met kids in elementary school with one Christian parent and one Jewish parent before, but I still to this day haven’t met someone

Win Tickets To Sunday Mass @ Public Works SF!
At MASS, they believe in the sanctity of dance, giving you a reason to come out and cleanse your soul with FRESH electronic beats every week. They consider themselves a group of passionate artists and musicians with one common goal: to overcome SF’s nightlife redundancy. They want to fill the

Full Disclosure: Christianity Ruined My Sex Life
When I tell people who I used to be, they don’t believe me. And not just because I used to be black. It’s because I was withdrawn, lacking in all things self-esteem, clad in Matrix gear (complete with trenchcoat), and emphatically Christian. People who knew me then hardly recognize me

Celebrate Alternative Easter Ideas
Easter always seems like a weird holiday to me. I mean, the rest of the Christian world gets a week off of work for Semana Santa in Latin countries or Paaske in Scandanavian countries. Here in America, we don’t even get one day off of work! But many Americans do