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Hitchens on Religion

Best-selling atheist Christopher Hitchens wrote: "Religion is violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children." Why is he right or wrong?

By Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham | September 26, 2007; 1:14 PM ET | Comments (545)

Religion or Cult?

Various religious groups in America, from Jehovah's Witnesses to Mormons, have been considered cults at some point. What is the difference between a religion and a cult? What constitutes a real religion?...

By Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham | September 19, 2007; 4:37 AM ET | Comments (293)

Middle East Politics

To what extent are problems in the Middle East about religion and to what extent are they about politics? Does it matter?...

By Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham | September 16, 2007; 5:19 AM ET | Comments (175)

9/11

On the anniversary of 9/11, what message would you like to send religious extremists?...

By Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham | September 11, 2007; 1:05 AM ET | Comments (356)

God and Disaster

A question as we commemorate the anniversaries of Katrina and 9/11: Why would a merciful God allow disasters -- natural or manmade -- to happen?...

By Sally Quinn and Jon Meacham | September 5, 2007; 6:03 AM ET | Comments (190)

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