Calgary Herald columnist Catherine Ford recently wrote a spooky column invoking the spectre of William “Bible Bill” Aberhart to scare her readers into antipathy toward, of all things, the upcoming Provincial Prayer Breakfast, to be held in Edmonton later this month. Ford is fair-minded … Continued
Prayer
Religion Is Good for You—or Is It Really that Simple?
Yet another round of research shows that religion is good for you. Or so it seems. But is that quite what’s being proven? In a studypublished by the American Journal of Epidemiology, Ying Chen and her team at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of … Continued
The Perils of Public Prayer
According to The Washington Post, “State Rep. Stephanie Borowicz was on the ninth ‘Jesus’ of her opening prayer in the Pennsylvania statehouse when other lawmakers started to look uncomfortable.” No wonder. In less than two minutes, Borowicz managed to set off … Continued