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Ann Coulter recently appeared on Donny Deutsch’s CNBC show, “The Big Idea,” where she had an interesting (now controversial) conversation about Christianity and Jews (read the transcript here). Let me say first of all that I am not a fan of Ann Coulter. However, the discussion that Coulter had with Deutsch (who is a Jew) is very interesting, important and has unfortunately been misrepresented and misunderstood by a lot of people. Before I offer my thoughts on the incident, you should watch the clip…

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Rep. Keith Ellison, the first Muslim elected to Congress, will use a Quran once owned by Thomas Jefferson during his ceremonial swearing-in today.
According to CNN.com, Ellison spokesman Rick Jauert said the new congressman “wants this to be a special day, and using Thomas Jefferson’s Quran makes it even more special.”
“Jefferson’s Quran dates religious tolerance to [...]

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Perhaps this is just an example of Baader-Meinhof Phenomenon, but ever since I wrote an article about Christianity and government, I have been seeing the topic everywhere. For example, there was just recently an article in the Harding Bison entitled, “Whatever Happened to Christian Pacifism?” It’s a slightly different topic than I dealt with in [...]

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David Plotz over at Slate recently began Blogging the Bible. It poses the question, “What happens when an ignoramus reads the Good Book?” He says in his introduction:
My goal is pretty simple. I want to find out what happens when an ignorant person actually reads the book on which his religion is based. I think [...]

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