Liel Leibovitz takes on the Force and the overly simplistic mythology of Star Wars: From faith stems nuance. From myth, generalities. And, sadly for us, the spirit of myth is winning: We revere Star Wars because to our minds—modern machines that equate religion with superstition and are willing to disregard imperfections in science but never in [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 5, 2012
In Sweden CTRL+C and CTRL+V (the keyboard shortcuts for copying and pasting) are now recognized as part of an actual, official religion – Kopimism – which claims that these are holy symbols and reveres the act of copying and sharing files, according to the Los Angeles Times: The church was founded by philosophy student Isak [...]
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by Erik Kain on October 1, 2011
A 2009 study conducted by the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy found that a huge majority of young evangelical adults has had premarital sex: While the study’s primary report did not explore religion, some additional analysis focusing on sexual activity and religious identification yielded this result: 80 percent of unmarried evangelical young [...]
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E.D. Kain is a blogger and freelance writer. Currently he serves as Editor-in-Chief of The League of Ordinary Gentlemen and writes a policy blog at Forbes. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, The National Review, The Washington Examiner, and the now-defunct True/Slant.
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