Past Questions for September 2007

September 5, 2007

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

September 11, 2007

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

September 16, 2007

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

September 19, 2007

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?

September 26, 2007

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?

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