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Tebow’s latest religious gimmicks are over the top

By Jerry Burnes | April 9, 2012

Tim Tebow is making a mockery of religion. He’s like Jerry Falwell meets Oprah Winfrey. He’s popular and a staunch Christian, and he’s not afraid to exploit either when given the chance. Example A: Tebow showed up to an outdoor Easter Sunday service...

Michele Bachmann tops her own ignorance

September 5, 2011

I need to make a correction. In one of my previous columns, "Michele Bachmann cannot solve America's gas crisis," I wrote that her promise to lower the price of gas to less than $2 per gallon was, "the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard from a candidate...

De-baptisms do have meaning

By Letter Writer | November 17, 2010

On Monday, the Northern Star published a letter to the editor entitled "‘De-baptism' does not make any sense," which expressed confusion over the purpose of the AAFT de-baptism event. I hope to clarify this event to the author and readers who might...

‘De-baptism’ does not make any sense

By Letter Writer | November 14, 2010

On Thursday, the NorthernStar displayed images of the Atheists, Agnostics andFreethinkers "de-baptism" event. I find this event to be moreconfusing than offensive.It is confusing because an atheistbelieves that there is nothing to believe in and that...

A vocal minority has hijacked religion and twisted it

A vocal minority has hijacked religion and twisted it

By Aaron Brooks | October 13, 2010

Honestly, I do not know why I chose religion as a topic. First, you are bound to offend someone, even more so than talking about veterans. Second, religion is complicated. God needed 707 pages (by some counts) to explain it, and even then most people...

Vaccines prove progress is making religion outdated

By Letter Writer | October 12, 2010

I was intrigued by Kathryn Minniti's article "Practicing Your Religion is a Right Until it Imposes on Another's Rights." To set the bar, I'm an atheist and here's my assertion: Anyone who identifies themselves as Christian, who also agrees with Kathryn's...

Sometimes nice people are atheists, too

By Phil Case | September 13, 2010

There are probably no gods." Many of us have seen these words on plain white fliers posted on campus bulletin boards or scrawled on the sidewalk as we walk to class. Although some may be too disinterested to be affected, it is certainly a bold statement...