The NYT wanted it because she will bring readers.

Religious faith (according to the Bible) is supposed to based on evidence as well. One can reject that the evidence leads to a religious faith, just pointing out that the Biblical definition of faith embraces rather than rejects evidence. It’s essentially saying I have evidence of something I have not yet seen so I…

Look at all these anti-Christian sources you’ve cited, where non-Christians try to assert what Christians believe!

No, not particularly great literature. But, there are people out there who like to build upon tradition. So, for example, there may be someone who grew up going to church but doesn’t believe that heaven or hell are literal places, who wants to incorporate some of the philosophy of Christian writings throughout the…

The people that you are describing aren’t Christians. Not really.

In other words, if you were a post-positivist and/or a post-modernist, you wouldn’t be such a fucking dick to religious people who do not claim that their religion overrides scientific discovery.

“Doesn’t faith oppose skepticism, empiricism and science?”

You’re treating Christianity like one set of beliefs. Fundie Christianity (which has sects also) is totally different from other groups within the greater religion.

Hear hear. We need more sensible spiritual perspectives on this site.

The Bible’s definition of faith is evidence of things unseen, although that is not necessarily applied by most who accept the Bible as truth. Essentially, skepticism, empiricism and science should not be in opposition from faith. Someone with faith would just say, I can’t see or observe this, but I find it to be true…

ONE can view the Bible metaphorically, like literature. Many Jews (most, in fact) view the Bible this way, and I’m sure in a world of 7 billion there are plenty of “reform” Christians and “reform” Muslims who view the New Testament and Koran similarly.

ETA: apologies Cabbage Patch Mather, for me posting this as a response to you. If I post it elsewhere, Quasar Funk could dismiss it.

A lot of people need to be locked away for a loooong time to dissuade this sort of thing. It ain’t a harmless prank.

Yes! Thank you so much for the calm & measured take. A person shouldn’t elect themself a token minority & represent all the community’s views. It’s a lot of pressure that a person with lived minority experience wouldn’t take lightly. At best, it’s used as an excuse for oppressing that minority.

Sadly, even in, now 2018, people DO still take it as an emblem of Native American cultureS—-plural, since every tribe has it’s own culture, they’re not all alike. This is shown by the hundreds of nasty messages in my Twitter notifications daily.

The thing is that it is also a political identity. The tribe is a sovereign government and it has the power to decide qualifications for tribal membership. And again, if you are a representative for Native Americans, you should probably have tribal membership or be able to prove your involvement with the tribe.

Yeah, pretty much. However, AlmightyPoopcat raised some good points. In this current version of the Left’s battle for retribution, they keep targeting the easiest targets, their own soldiers. It’s not how to win the war and is mostly likely only going to end up with the craziest ones left standing (sorta what The Tea…

The article explains things badly. The issue is that Kaya Jones is claiming her father was Apache but can’t provide any evidence. The term Apache refers to a group of different tribes, but she can’t say which one. She claims her father lived on a reservation in Dallas before he was removed, but no such reservation…

That is absolutely not what is happening here. The article has done a poor job of explaining the issue. I am not Indigenous, but I follow a number of the people who have been calling her out. Here’s a better explanation:

It was hyperbole. But some things to consider: 1/3 of American children, 15 million in all, live without fathers according to the 2010 Census. Additionally, when fathers *are* present, they spend half as many hours with their children, on average, than women do in a given week according to an analysis by the Pew…