Utah No Longer Majority Mormon, New Research Suggests
Utah is no longer majority Mormon, a new paper published this month in the Journal of Religion and Demography estimates.
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Former UK PM Boris Johnson Slams ‘Sick’ Moral Equivalence Between Israel, ‘Islamist Death Cult’ Hamas
Former UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expressing alarm at Britain’s and the world’s eroded “moral clarity” over the current conflict in Gaza between democratic Israel and the “Islamist death cult” of Hamas, as he denounces the October 7 Hamas massacre as “among the most depraved events in the history of human cruelty,” and accused demonstrators waving Palestinian flags of offering “encouragement to the baby-killers of Hamas.”
Church of England Priests Say Premarital, Gay Sex Not Immoral
A majority of priests of the Church of England want the church to offer same-sex weddings and allow premarital and gay sex, according to a major new survey.
Poll: Ratings of America’s Moral Values at New Low
Americans’ ratings of the state of moral values in the U.S. have fallen to the lowest point in the two decades.
Poll: 4 in 10 Americans Say Religion Is ‘Very Important’ to Them
Forty percent of Americans say religion is “very important” in their lives, and nearly 30 percent say they “never” attend religious services, a The Economist/YouGov Poll found.
Queen Warned Against Throwing Away ‘Ageless Ideals’, Religion, Morality in First Televised Christmas Broadcast
The late Queen Elizabeth II warned against “unthinking people” seeking to throw away “ageless ideals” in an age of rapid change in her first-ever televised Christmas message in 1957.
Exclusive — Jack Brewer: ‘Cyborg Generation’ of Fatherless Kids ‘Getting Raised by Cell Phones’
Fatherless children in the modern era are like a “cyborg generation” and are uniquely vulnerable to moral corruption pushed via mobile digital devices, former NFL player Jack Brewer warned.
Brave New World: Do-It-Yourself Suicide Pod May Be Ready for Swiss Market by Next Year
A 3D-printed suicide pod may be ready for the Swiss market as early as 2022, according to its designers.
Springfield Bishop Argues Against Morality of State-Imposed Lockdowns
Bishop Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, has employed arguments from bioethics to assert that the state has no right to enforce months-long lockdowns in response to an epidemic such as the coronavirus.
Billy Graham-Founded ‘Christianity Today’ Calls for Removal of Trump from Office
The editor of Christianity Today, a publication founded by Billy Graham, says President Donald Trump “should be removed from office.”
Radical Islamists Demand Ban on Famed Indonesian Dance Music Festival
Hardline Islamists in Indonesia signaled they will keep trying to ban one of Asia’s biggest annual dance music festivals, the Djakarta Warehouse Project (DWP), because it brings “immorality” into the capital city (whose name is more commonly spelled “Jakarta” outside of Indonesia) and violates Islamic law.
China Releases Updated ‘Morality Guidelines’ for ‘Comprehensive Social Progress’
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has released the first set of updated “morality guidelines” in almost 20 years. The stated goal of the document is instructing citizens in how to maximize “comprehensive social progress and the overall development of people.”
Belgians Charge CEO Recruiting ‘Sugar Babies’ with ‘Incitement to Debauchery’
A Norwegian CEO who ran poster campaigns trying to recruit young women to become “sugar babies” to older men outside university campuses has been charged with “public incitement to debauchery”.
Caroline Glick: The Immoral Foreign Policy of the ‘Resistance’
One of the constant themes of the “Resistance” — most recently restated in the New York Times’ anonymous op-ed Wednesday — is that President Donald Trump is “amoral” because he is interested in cultivating good relations with dictators.
Gallup: Pornography ‘Morally Acceptable’ for Most Democrats, Agnostics
Religiosity and political affiliation are the two factors that most divide Americans in their views of pornography, with Democrats and non-religious people the most likely to say it is morally acceptable, Gallup revealed Tuesday.
Richard Dawkins Suggests Eating Human Flesh to Overcome Cannibalism ‘Taboo’
Professional atheist Richard Dawkins continues to push the envelope against a God-deluded world, proposing that cultivating and eating human “meat” might help society overcome its “taboo” against cannibalism.
Vatican-Vetted Journal Says No ‘General Rule’ in Morality Valid for All Cases
In a striking departure from traditional Christian moral teaching, the Vatican-vetted journal, La Civilità Cattolica, claims that no general moral rule is valid in all cases. In a post on Twitter, the Jesuit-run magazine stated: “Every case is singular. You
Pope Francis Tells Catholic Lawmakers to Heed Church’s Moral Teaching
Pope Francis addressed a group of Catholic legislators on Sunday, urging them to be guided by the Church’s moral and social teachings in their work as lawmakers.
Writer, Editor on Trial in Egypt for Publishing Sexual Content ‘Contrary to Public Morals’
An Egyptian writer and editor face up to two years in prison for publishing sexual content “that was contrary to public morals.”
Egyptian Host Allegedly Encourages Pornography, Faces Trial
Egyptian actress and television host Entesar is facing charges of debauchery and blasphemy after telling young men to watch pornography.
California Lawmakers: Archbishop’s Rules for Catholic School Teachers Are ‘Discriminatory’
Eight California state lawmakers are urging San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone to withdraw clauses in his handbook for archdiocesan high school teachers that require them to espouse Catholic teachings on sexual morality.
