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About PaulVK

Husband, Father of 5, Pastor

The World is Getting More Religious

Posted on December 14, 2014 by PaulVK

Rodney Stark Furthermore, in every nook and cranny left by organized faiths, all manner of unconventional spiritual and mystical practices are booming. There are more occult healers than medical doctors in Russia, 38 percent of the French believe in astrology, … Continue reading →

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Tarrant AB Cop Helps Woman Shoplifting Eggs

Posted on December 14, 2014 by PaulVK

Daily Mail NPR

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New Letter By CS Lewis Describes Joy

Posted on December 12, 2014 by PaulVK

The Guardian

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Why We Trust in Torture and the Advent of the Ironic Tortured Emperor

Posted on December 12, 2014 by PaulVK

A Conversation I Very Much Want to Avoid If last week I said a conversation on racism wasn’t nearly enough. This week I face the fact that a conversation about torture is something I want to avoid. Last week I had … Continue reading →

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Grand Rapids Man Convicted for Child Sexual Molestation

Posted on December 12, 2014 by PaulVK

USA Today

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Senate Torture Report

Posted on December 11, 2014 by PaulVK

Bipartisan Silence Dissenter on the Dish relativizing this with 9/11 Torture Doesn’t work Darkness Visible: views from around the world Evangelicals and Torture: Jesus Creed John McCain Responds to Senate Torture Report More letters to the Dish: “I don’t give … Continue reading →

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Would Religion Survive ET?

Posted on December 11, 2014 by PaulVK

Linker From this range of writing, a broad consensus emerges. Buddhism, as a nontheistic belief system, would be largely unshaken by the discovery of intelligent life on other worlds. Among Christians, the Vatican’s long history of adjusting itself to the … Continue reading →

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Atlantic Best Book 2014 List

Posted on December 11, 2014 by PaulVK

The Atlantic

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Why Neither the Religious Right nor Secular Left Can Address American Religious Pluralism

Posted on December 11, 2014 by PaulVK

Before the Culture War Combatants in civil wars are usually relatives, fighting over something both sides wish to share. George Marsden without addressing it directly attempts to trace back the roots of the present culture war to the time when … Continue reading →

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Posted on December 10, 2014 by PaulVK

How Obama Backed Impunity For War Crimes http://dish.andrewsullivan.com/2014/12/10/why-arent-the-torturers-in-jail/

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