From The Faster Times, Oliver Miller reviews world religions. From the most rational standpoint, all religions — pagan, polytheistic, monotheistic, Zen, whatever — lie somewhere on a scale of wackiness. A look at 3 silly religious beliefs held by non-silly people. From The Scriptorium, an article on Oprah-style religion and choosing the truth over The Secret; John Mark Reynolds on reading old books like the Bible: It would help if more people with opinions about the Bible had read it; and a look at why Obama is not the Antichrist. A review of Global Catholicism: Diversity and Change Since Vatican II by Ian Linden. More and more and more on A History of Christianity: The First Three Thousand Years by Diarmaid MacCulloch. Enter the Holy Now: How African Pentacostalism is commercializing global Christianity. Can

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