Society & Culture

“The analysis of the General Social Survey from Ryan Burge, a political scientist at Eastern Illinois University and a Baptist pastor, found that 23.1 percent of Americans claim no religious affiliation.” - Christian Headlines

“During the anti-Christian fervor of the French Revolution, Notre Dame was turned into a Temple of Reason and rededicated to the atheistic Cult of Reason. Later, when the Committee of Public Safety, which controlled France, decreed worship of a Supreme Being, it was rededicated to the deistic Cult of the Supreme Being.” - TGC

“Every lawmaker will soon have to confront this bill and its biological denialism….We hope and believe that all Americans will show compassion and genuine love for the transgendered persons they know or meet. It is wrong to mock or belittle people for being different. That said, biology is what it is.” - W. Examiner

“A comforting thought for moderate pro-choicers is not supported by the available data.” - National Review

The measure “would prohibit civil servants, teachers, nurses, bus drivers, lawyers and other people who interact with the public from wearing religious symbols while at work. It would apply to Sikh turbans, Christian jewelry and Jewish kippahs, but the focus of the controversy has been over hijabs worn by many Muslim women in Quebec.” - Fox

“Ohio Governor Mike DeWine signed into law Thursday a bill that bans abortions performed after a fetal heartbeat can be detected.” - Jurist

“The statement comes at a time when artificial intelligence (AI) is growing in use with such products as Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa to driverless cars and applications in such fields as business, finance, health care and the military.” - BPNews

“Acton is a headline sponsor of the event this year, and our Journal of Markets & Morality is also sponsoring the conference. The journal has published a number of items focused on Abraham Kuyper and neocalvinist social thought over the years.” - Acton

“Shouwang and Early Rain are two high-profile examples of China’s renewed crackdown on unregistered churches, just one part of the Chinese government’s campaign to ‘sinicize’ religion, which means to reshape religion so that it supports the ideology of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).” - World

“Whenever the word “culture” is used to describe animal behavior, it is always defined down to mean ‘socially transmitted behaviors,’ such as a group of chimpanzees using a stick to dig up termites or Japanese macaques washing sweet potatoes before eating them.” - Christian Post