Earlier this year the Vatican issued a statement acknowledging that Darwin's theory of evolution was compatible with Christian theology.  Now the Vatican's chief astronomer has postulated that extraterrestrial life is p...

Is the belief in (or fear of, depending on your point of view) God necessary to have a "good" society? What would a nation of atheists look like? Would a godless country lead to la...

Many religious cults are based on apocalypticism, the belief that the world is going to end. Check out ten such beliefs, their founders, and followers. One such cult is the Panacea Society. In 1792, part-time fortune...

In India, a newly discovered color-changing frog...  ...de, it also gives an additional insight as to how religions and spiritual groups can emerge. I don't blame th...

History is consistently shaped by consensus, but consensus is usually formed through old-fashioned rough-and-tumble fist fights... the intellectual kind of course. Anyone who studies history quickly discovers that ide...

Early March saw the annual spring Festival of Color, or Holi, in the Hindu world. If you are a clean freak, then Holi may not be for you. As part of the festival it is people's religious duty to splatter, smatter and s...

Every year, this crafter makes a new sock monkey. I love this one, it's the Hindu goddess of the arts, Sarasvati. Link via Craftzine...

The following is an article from Uncle John'...  ...sion of the Golden Rule in most (maybe all) major religions ? Here are eight translations of religious texts ....

6 Versions of HeavenAh, heaven. Marx calle...  ...Judaism)As one of the oldest and most influential religions in existence, Judaism might be expected to be the...  ...rianism is also interesting because, unlike other religions , it claims that everyone will eventually get into...  ...striving and patience.5. Mok...