Easter Bunny

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Bush Stands Firm on Environment

Andy Borowitz / Truthdig Mar 31, 2008 The president has confirmed that his gutting of the Endangered Species Act is part of a broader plan to phase out the environment entirely by the time he leaves office. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Easter

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Tom Waits’ ‘Immaculate Confection’

Staff / Truthdig Apr 8, 2007 In this musical clip, legendary troubadour Tom Waits offers some irreverent incentive for getting the kids to church on Sunday, combining those two time-honored Easter staples: chocolate and Jesus. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

On Atheists and Easter

E.J. Dionne Jr. / Truthdig Apr 7, 2007 Easter is as good a time as any to delve into the issues raised by faith and reason. In this essay, E.J. Dionne challenges the arguments of "neo-atheism." For an alternative point of view, read "An Atheist Manifesto" by Sam Harris. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bad Habits Die Hard

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Pope Calls For End to Iran Crisis

Staff / Truthdig Apr 17, 2006 The pontiff used his first Easter message to ask for "an honorable solution" via "honest and serious negotiations" He also affirmed Israel's right to exist Somehow we suspect those wishes won't have much of an impact on the Holocaust-denying president of Iran . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

You Mean Jesus Didn’t Have a Bodily Resurrection?

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Apr 13, 2006 Interested in a real Paschal Mystery this Easter? How 'bout this? Why does the Catholic Church insist that Jesus had a bodily resurrection, when Paul clearly says in Corinthians 15:44: "It is sown a physical body, it is raised a spiritual body. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Belief & Religion

Easter: The Resurrection (with Questions)

The Rev. Madison Shockley / Truthdig Apr 13, 2006 Hallelujah! Easter is almost here. Aren't you glad? What's that low sigh I hear? Ohhhhh that's right, you're one of those progressive Christians. Easter is probably the most conflicted time of the year among progressive churches, even more so than Christmas. Even a progressive Christian can reasonably assert that Jesus was really born, even as the debate goes on among others about how he was born. But this is not so with Easter. Either he was resurrected or he was not. And when we say he was not, then someone somewhere will quote I Corinthians 15:12 to us, "Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )