Mystic Politics

Counter Islamists and Islam: The new religious opposition

‘As the leadership of Muslim Brotherhood seek to increasingly manifest their Islamism on the level of public policy, they will find opposition from an expected quarter: deeply religious, but non-Islamist, Muslims.’

Ayn Rand or Jesus Christ? Conservatives Can’t Have It Both Ways

‘This is the ultimate irony in American political life right now, the conservatives who swear on a stack of Bibles that they worship Jesus Christ when they really bow down to the philosophy of Ayn Rand and the golden idol of the free market to be placed at the center of all other things’

Ayn Rand or Jesus Christ? Conservatives Can’t Have It Both Ways

‘This is the ultimate irony in American political life right now, the conservatives who swear on a stack of Bibles that they worship Jesus Christ when they really bow down to the philosophy of Ayn Rand and the golden idol of the free market to be placed at the center of all other things’

Homophobia Is Totally Gay, As Proven By Science

‘There certainly has been a lot of anecdotal evidence from notable political figures to support this theory, but now science is stepping in with some raw data.’

Science and the Republican Brain

‘Republican penchant for denying science is so pronounced and marvelous a phenomenon that in order to grasp it we must turn to the latest revelations of neuroscience.’

The Politics of Faith and American Exceptionalism

‘Two major objects of attention during this election season reflect a key dimension of American exceptionalism: religion.’

China Flaunts Faux Panchen Lama at Hong Kong Buddhist Forum

‘A Tibetan youth named by Beijing as the 11th Panchen Lama but reviled by many Tibetans as a fake made his first trip outside mainland China on Thursday as he is groomed to become the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism after the Dalai Lama dies.’

Apocalypse Soon: Why Are Christians So Obsessed With the End Times?

‘How can Americans make major life decisions on the basis of faith that the world will end in the very near future?’

Apocalypse Soon: Why Are Christians So Obsessed With the End Times?

‘How can Americans make major life decisions on the basis of faith that the world will end in the very near future?’

Jews Favor Muslims, Mormons Over ‘Christian Right’

‘Jewish Americans hold more favorable views of Mormons and Muslims than those belonging to the “Christian Right,” according to a recently published survey on Jewish values.’