• Religion, Science Intersect And Can Co-Exist, Says Christian Microbiologist James Holden

  James Holden, a microbiology professor at the University of Massachusetts and devout Christian, led a discussion Tuesday at the Commonwealth Honors College, to explore how science and religion intersect.

  

• Religion In America Attacked Twice As Much In Last Three Years Indicates New Report

  The number of hostile acts against religious freedom in America has doubled in the past three years, according to a new report issued by lawyers at Texas-based First Liberty Institute, an organization founded in 1997. Entitled "Undeniable: The Survey to Hostility in America," the report documents attempts to suppress or threaten religious liberty. The first section of the report is devoted to how "hostility to religion harms every American."

  

• Voters Support GOP Candidate Donald Trump Due To Valuing Action, Excitement, Competition

  One of the recurring reasons associated with voters who indicate they intend to vote for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is that he "wants what's best for the United States." No matter if that "bestness" is politically incorrect or has the appearance of being greedy. More and more voters are voicing they want a future leader who is also a protector in chief, someone who can "get things done," apparently even if that chief doesn't truly embody the same goals or beliefs.

  

• Donald Trump Typifies Religious Cynicism, Says Fellow Presbyterian: 'Heathen, Wolf in Wolves' Clothing'

  In a strongly worded and critical opinion piece on Huffington Post, blogger Matthew Taylor took GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to task and asked why Christians are "supporting the heathen." However, the self-professed Christian also threw conceptual darts at the true state of religion in America, while claiming Trump exposes how the "genius of the American religious experiment is also its Achilles heel."

  

• Pope Francis Notes 'Fake' Christians Exist When Actions Don't Follow Words

  God is real, too many Christians are fake, suggested Pope Francis, reflecting on how many Christians treat faith as though it were window dressing, devoid of obligation, or an occasion for aggrandizement rather than an opportunity for service, especially to our neediest neighbors, according to Vatican sources. He described Christianity as a religion that by its very nature, must act for good, not a "religion of saying" made of hypocrisy.