If Americans are leaving religion, what do they believe instead?
Americans may be becoming less religious—but that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re becoming less spiritual. As affiliation with organized religion…
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12 things people believe about heaven that aren’t actually in the Bible
Ask someone to picture heaven and there’s a good chance you’ll hear about pearly gates, fluffy clouds, angels with…
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The Mary you know may not be the woman described in the Gospels
The Mary many people think they know isn’t necessarily the Mary the Gospels describe. For one of the most…
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6 countries where organized religion plays a shrinking role in everyday life
Something shifts in a society when faith stops being a shared foundation and starts becoming a fading presence in…
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Why scholars who study religion are often cautious about claims about God
Scholars often avoid answering those questions about religion. Why? For thousands of years, people have debated some of humanity’s…
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12 reasons some people leave the religion they were raised in
Religious identity is changing in many parts of the world, but leaving a religion rarely comes down to one…
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15 questions about God that even believers struggle to answer
If God is all-powerful and loving, why do children get cancer? If God wants people to believe in him,…
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13 myths about Christianity that even some Christians believe
Mention Christianity in America and certain images tend to come to mind: Sunday church services, conservative politics, literal readings…
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People have predicted the Rapture for nearly 200 years. What happens when they’re wrong?
Imagine believing with absolute certainty that within hours, your life on Earth will be over — and heaven is…
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Why did demons recognize Jesus before his disciples did?
In several of the Gospels’ strangest encounters, the people around Jesus are still trying to determine who he is…
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10 teachings of Jesus that still apply to modern life
It is striking how ideas spoken two millennia ago still map cleanly onto the emotional and ethical struggles of…
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What does the 144,000 in Revelation really mean?
Revelation’s mysterious 144,000 may sound like heaven’s strict headcount, but its ancient mathematics points to something far bigger than…
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Why don’t Mormons drink coffee? And 12 other questions outsiders are afraid to ask
You’ve probably seen the clean-cut young missionaries biking through a neighborhood — or watched the Mormon MomTok drama unfold…
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What did people call Jesus 2,000 years ago? Historians have an answer
Billions of people know him as Jesus. But if you could travel back 2,000 years and call out “Jesus”…
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Is this Noah’s Ark? What the evidence at Durupınar actually shows
A ship-shaped ridge in eastern Turkey is stirring an ancient mystery again as new scans, soil clues, and artifacts…
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Why do billions still believe in God? Atheists may be overlooking these 13 things
For people who don’t believe in God, some religious beliefs and practices can be genuinely difficult to understand from…
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Why more Americans are walking away from organized religion
With religious affiliation, church attendance, and institutional trust all declining, America is undergoing one of the most consequential spiritual…
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10 controversial church practices that deserve a closer look
Church practices can feel sacred simply because they’re familiar—but familiarity alone doesn’t make them biblical. Not everything that happens…
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10 biblical stories that modern scholarship says may not be literal history
Why do science and ancient scriptures seem locked in an endless wrestling match? For centuries, many of the Bible’s…
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9 New Testament manuscript discoveries that changed history
The New Testament’s earliest manuscripts reveal a history of transmission far more complex than many readers realize. The Bible…
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Bible verses everyone quotes that aren’t actually in the Bible
Some of the most widely repeated “Bible verses” were never written in the Bible at all. Some sayings have…
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10 “Jesus quotes” that aren’t actually in the Bible
Some of the most famous “Bible verses” aren’t in the Bible at all. Phrases like “God helps those who…
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Did people who lived before Jesus go to heaven—or hell?
It sounds like the kind of question someone asks anonymously online because they’re too embarrassed to ask it in…
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5 questions many Christians quietly struggle with but seldom discuss
Millions of people sit in church pews each week carrying questions so difficult they rarely dare say them out…
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Key differences between being christian and being religious
In an age when belief is easy to claim but harder to live out, the distance between Christian identity…
