The New Idolatry Does Not Look Like an Idol. OPENING THE CIRCUIT. The old fear was simple: one day, people would worship machines. The new danger is more intimate and far harder t ...

The Holy Father during his homily at Monaco's Lucas II Stadium urged the faithful to "not get used to the rumble of weapons or the images of war." ...

Scripture “They have mouths, but do not speak; eyes, but do not see; ears, but do not hear.” — Psalm 115:5–6 . The Bible’s critique of idolat ...

Idolatry (avoda zara) is one of the gravest sins in the Torah. In fact, it is one of three sins for which one must accept death before succumbing (Yoma 82a). But is it merely an ancient relic? As 21st ...

According to Mikhail Bakunin, the 19th century Russian socialist and revolutionary anarchist, “The State, being the supreme objective, everything that is favorable to the development of its power is ...

Q: I have heard that there are halachic authorities who hold that according to Jewish law, adherents of Eastern religions and Christians, as long as they believe in a Supreme God, are not considered ...

There is something Niebuhrian, and highly ironic, about Rudd's attempt to navigate between the purity of the idealists and the hard right literalism of the conservatives. It has become rather ...

Most of the time, when Catholics use the term "Cultural Marxism" they mean to capture within it everything they don't like. This is the mirror image, I suppose, of the equally unhelpful way ...

‘You shall appoint judges … [who] will not pervert justice. … Justice, justice shall you pursue. … You shall not plant for yourselves an Asheira [tree used for purposes of idolatry] near the altar of ...

Pope Benedict XVI continued his reflections on Psalm 135 during his general audience on Oct. 5, offering his reflections on the second half of the psalm. More than 50,000 pilgrims were present for the ...