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3. Keeping the faith | Indifference to denominational labels may well be a sign of vitality, not faithlessness (Editorial, Austin American-Statesman, Tex.)
   
   
4. Religion study is instructive to politicians, journalists, and voters | Once more the world doesn't divide up so neatly (William McKenzie, The Dallas Morning News)
   
   
5. Bakker seeks sweet, redemptive revival in second coming | Nice God vs. Mean God (Tony Messenger, Springfield News-Leader, Mo.)
   
   

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Science:

1. Divining the brain | Andrew Newberg discusses what happens in our brains during prayer, meditation and mystical visions. Yet understanding the brain, argues the neuroscientist, does not close the book on the nature of religious experience (Salon.com)
   
   
2. Let there be light | Science and faith can coexist happily as long as neither tries to take on the functions of the other (Editorial, Scientific American)
   
   

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Other stories of interest:

1. Hard-hat hardliners' anti-U.S. rant | The Islamic world may be roiling over remarks by the pope, but in this remote patch of eastern Venezuela, President Hugo Chávez suggested yesterday that a little revolutionary fervor - and perhaps a lot of oil - is all it takes to unite Christians and Muslims (Newsday)
   
   
2. AIDS bill advances despite complaint | A spending bill that would send more AIDS money to the South passed a House committee Wednesday despite opposition from some big-state lawmakers who said it shortchanged their states (Associated Press)
   
   
3. Scientology's scourge | A Clearwater man isn't about to let a dubious past stop him from spreading his views about the church (St. Petersburg Times, Fla.)
   
   
4. Believers say atheism no longer a 'dirty word' | Horrified by escalating religious violence and alarmed by the Bush administration's "faith-based initiatives," which make government money available to religious organizations, atheists are coming out of the closet -- and organizing (Contra Costa Times, Ca.)
   
   
5. Halloween outfits 'create fear' | Retailers who sell traditional Halloween merchandise, such as scary masks, are creating a "climate of fear", the Bishop of Bolton has said (BBC)
   
   
6. Religion news in brief | A Vatican-ordered review of Roman Catholic seminaries in the United States has been completed; Eighth Episcopal diocese rejects national leader; Southern Baptist president calls for unity; and other stories (Associated Press)
   
   

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Disclaimer: When I put the opinion articles under such topics as "Blame the Pope" or "Blame Islam," I'm not suggesting that these articles have no criticisms of "the other side" in the conflict. It's just that, after a quick read, they seemed on balance to be more critical of one side or another. They're certainly not perfect categories, but I had to break up this mammoth list of links somehow.

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