Choosing between good and evil is a moral choice that even agnostics and atheists can do. Believers should believe in all God’s words (plural), but if we value kindness, humility and peace we are ...

At a recent panel discussion, BYU students of diverse faiths voiced their experiences being in a predominantly Latter-day Saint campus ...

Justice — the loving, fair, and compassionate treatment of all people, especially the poor and most vulnerable in a society — ...

Nine in 10 Americans believe in a higher power, but only a slim majority believe in God as described in the Bible, according to a 2018 report by the Pew Research Center. In the U.S., half of adults ...

Gallup reported similar results in June, finding that 34 percent of U.S. adults believe religion is increasing its influence ...

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As numbers of nonbelievers increase in the world, there is a feeling in some circles that religion is losing ground. Many seem to be becoming disillusioned by religion. Critical thinking, higher ...

It’s taken more than half a century for Judy Blume’s iconic 1970 novel “Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret” to appear on the silver screen. But in many ways, the story’s more apt for a 2023 crowd ...

How did conservative evangelicals, who tend to present a unified front on most matters of political significance, end up in such a public battle over how to approach environmental issues like global ...

He listened to me and then casually told me I had something called scrupulosity, or religious obsessive-compulsive disorder ...

Throughout religious history, getting spoken to by God has not been a sign of fun times ahead. Abraham had to agree to kill his son. Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. On CBS’s Joan of Arcadia ...