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Response to Reader Comments and Criticsm

Sam Harris / Truthdig Jan 27, 2006 While "An Atheist Manifesto" received considerable support from readers of Truthdig, a variety of criticisms surfaced in the reader commentary I summarize and respond. Dig deeper ( 8 Min. Read )

In Iraq, It Keeps Getting Worse and Worse

Staff / Truthdig Jan 23, 2006 The rebuilding of Iraq was hobbled and mismanaged from the get-go, according to an official history of the program leaked to the New York Times | story The Kurds, in exchange for a quasi-autonomous secular state of their own, will allow Shiite theocracy to dominate the rest of the country Hardly the neocon fantasy of a secular, united and American-friendly Iraqlatimescom/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-alliance22jan22,0,6427404story?coll=la-home-world" title="story">storyMeanwhile, a mass exodus of Iraq's professional, educated class is resulting in a brain drain, just when the country needs its thinkers mostwashingtonpostcom/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/22/AR2006012201112html" title="story">storyAlso, an influential cleric who has led uprisings against the US says that his militia would defend Iran if it was attacked | story. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Black Jesus Film Will Make Waves

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2006 The world's "first black Jesus movie" will premier at Sundance this Sunday. "Son of Man," directed by Mark Dornford-May, portrays Christ as a modern African revolutionary and "aims to shatter the Western image of a placid savior with fair hair and blue eyes." | story See Truthdig's "Jesus: The Man, The Myth" by the Rev. Madison Shockley for background on the historical Jesus and representations of "the Christ." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Pat Robertson and Theodicy ad Absurdum

Larry Gross / Truthdig Jan 7, 2006 No sooner had Ariel Sharon been rushed to the hospital with a "significant stroke" than the Rev. Pat Robertson informed the viewers of his cable TV 700 Club that this was God's punishment for Sharon's decision to unilaterally withdraw from Gaza. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Iraqi Muslim Scholars Were Paid to Aid U.S. Propaganda

Staff / Truthdig Jan 2, 2006 The same Pentagon contractor that paid Iraqi newspapers to print pro-U.S. stories written by American soldiers masquerading as indepenent journalists has also been "compensating Sunni religious scholars in Iraq in return for assistance with its propaganda work," according to the New York Times. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Iran’s Victory in Iraq

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 21, 2005 For the Bush White House, the good news from Iraq just never stops. But the joy that President Bush has expressed over the country's latest election, though more restrained than his infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech, will similarly come back to haunt him. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

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An Atheist Manifesto

Sam Harris / Truthdig Dec 7, 2005 Sam Harris argues against irrational faith and its adherents.For Sam Harris it's simple: Atheism is not a philosophy or a view of the world; it's simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Dig deeper ( 17 Min. Read )

Tonto’s Revenge

Robert Scheer / Truthdig Dec 7, 2005 The outrageous rip-off of Native American tribes by a top Republican lobbyist is leading inexorably to a reckoning for the allegedly morally superior religious and political right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

How Bush Created a Theocracy in Iraq

Juan Cole / Truthdig Dec 2, 2005 Retracing the steps of Shiite religious leaders and parties who have come to dominate the post-invasion process. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

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Righteous Opportunism

Larry Gross / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 Speaking of religion, the current controversies over same-sex marriage are mostly derived from the hostility of religious institutions to the inclusion of lesbian and gay people in the "sacred institution" of marriage. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

Inventing Sin: Religion and Homosexuality

Larry Gross / Truthdig Dec 1, 2005 No matter their own scandals, religious institutions through history have a consistent scapegoat: homosexuals. Larry Gross digs into why churches condemn gays to damnation. Religious institutions throughout history have a consistent scapegoat: homosexuals. Gross writes on why gays have been condemned to damnation. Dig deeper ( 21 Min. Read )