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Book Openers: Is Polygamy Normal?

Is polygamy normal? If gays can get their marriages legalized, what’s to keep all those polygamists from seeking legalization of their status as well?

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Book Openers: Meet the Polygamist Family That Inspired TV’s “Big Love”

Meet the polygamous Darger family — three wives, one husband — who inspired the TV series “Big Love”

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God’s Big Blog: I’m Convinced — Doubt Is Good

No doubt about it. After opening up the short, sweet and succint In Praise of Doubt by sociologists Peter Berger and Anton Zijderveld, I’m feeling really good about my doubter status.

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Book Openers: John Shelby Spong . . . Facing Death — and a Dead “God”

Former Episcopal Bishop John Shelby Spong minces no words: It’s time to ditch the two principle beliefs of Western religion. First,
that God is other. And second, that we are alienated from God, guilty as hell, and in dire need of atonement.

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