New Coptic Pope, Faith In Storm, Romney's 'Judeo Christian' Values

November 5, 2012 Subscribe · Forward Egypt's Coptic Christians Choose New Pope CAIRO — A blindfolded child reached into a crystal chalice and pulled out a slip of paper – and Egypt's Coptic Christians had a new pope.  Continue reading... Hurricane-Battered Breezy Point Prays For 'Strength In Faith' Paul Ryan To Social Conservatives: 'Religious Freedom' At Risk If Obama Is Reelected This Holocaust Survivor, A Stranger, Saved My LIfe Religion And Politics: IRS Not Enforcing Rules On Separation Of Church And State Charlene Strong, Lesbian Catholic Answers Bishop Blase Cupich's Call For Dialogue On Gay Marriage, Referendum 74 Bishop Tawadros Chosen As Pope For Egypt's Coptic Christians Hindus And Muslims Most Likely To Abstain From Premarital Sex According To New Study Chapel Bar & Bistro Religious Ad Blasphemous? 'Jesus' And 'Mary' In Bed May Raise Eyebrows (PHOTO) Six Surprising Ways Jesus Changed The World Scientist Shows What Happens To 'Soul' After Death (VIDEO) Chapel Bar & Bistro Religious Ad Blasphemous? 'Jesus' And 'Mary' In Bed May Raise Eyebrows (PHOTO) HELEN C. WHITNEY 5 Questions Romney Never Answered About Mormonism -- And Why He Should Is Romney the face of Mormonism? Or has he so far distanced himself from core values of his religion that Mormons feel constrained to emphasize that he is not that face? Continue reading... DR. DAVID P. GUSHEE A Vote for Historic Christianity at Election Time Perhaps because of the long informal establishment of (Protestant) Christianity as America's culture-religion, long ago the American Church became confused about what exactly it means to be the Church. Continue reading... SARAH MOAWAD How Would the Prophet Muhammad Vote? You Might Be Surprised We've heard plenty about the "threat of sharia" to American culture, but noting about how Muḥammad would vote the issues. What does Islamic law have to say about the federal deficit, tax-cuts, gay marriage and other hot-button issues? Continue reading... From around the web btrp RABBI MISHAEL ZION Sandy and the Flooded Home: Reading Genesis for Post-Storm Insights After the natural disaster, begins the race among readers of holy texts to say something stupid regarding the "reason" for the suffering. This is especially tempting when the weekly Torah portion, Vayera, is the tale of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Continue reading... LEV RAPHAEL Being a Rabbi Doesn't Make You Right There are some many right wing Christians inveighing against homosexuality that it's sometimes easy as a Jew to feel superior, or at least comforted. My people don't get that crazy. Then a rabbi like Noson Leiter makes a shameful claim. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.