April 7, 2007 — A Rhode
Island public school has decided the Easter bunny is too Christian and
renamed him Peter Rabbit, and a state legislator is so hopping mad he
has introduced an “Easter Bunny Act” to save the bunny’s good name.
“Like many Rhode Islanders I’m quite frustrated … by people trying to
change traditions that we’ve held in […]
BAY CITY, Mich., April 7 (UPI) — Several residents around Michigan’s Tobico Marsh say the recent appearance of broken trees may be the handiwork of Bigfoot.
Regional artist Lynn Conley told the Bay City (Mich.) Times that when she and a friend discovered between 15 to 20 oak and poplar trees snapped off near the […]
Elaine Pagels, a prominent Biblical scholar, spoke to a crowd of more than 150 people in MU’s Reynold’s Alumni Center on Thursday night. She discussed her latest book, “Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity,” and explained how the Bible’s bad guy brought the good news.
She argues that the Gospel of […]
Contrary to popular belief, “Double, double, toil and trouble” is not the mantra for those who follow the Wiccan religion.
Jessica Page, sophomore from Hampton, Va., discovered Wicca in high school and is now a devout follower.
“I felt really connected to it and thought it would be a nice spiritual path,” she said.
Wicca,
sometimes […]