Have you ever wondered what Catholics or Muslims think about masturbation? Or whether having great sex with your spouse will bring you closer to God? Believe it or not theologians and clergy wonder about these things all the time.
See what a group of UC Berkeley graduate students have come up with as an interactive way to view moral teachings.
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TV screen with a Google map tracking
our coordinates, an iPod and jotting notes
on the TMobile Dash.
Data Road Trip is off to another location - this time the east coast. We’re reporting in DC and NYC. Jeremy Rue, the News21 website czar (and talented photographer) has joined us on this trip.
In DC, Joelle Jaffe will interview religious and community [see entire entry...]

Our Sexual Ethics Interactive has been re-dubbed The Moral Compass. I’m out in the field with my trusty fellow News21 camerapersons asking all the tough Sex Eth questions for our online video supplements; for example, how does YOUR religion feel about masturbation, divorce, premarital sex and dancin’ in the streets? Ok, I left off the dancin’ in the streets part. So far it’s been a wonderful education. I’ve learned about “Virtue Ethics” based on [see entire entry...]

From Don:
Pentagon Confirms It Sought To Build A `Gay Bomb’
(CBS 5) BERKELEY A Berkeley watchdog organization that tracks military
spending said it uncovered a strange U.S. military proposal to create
a hormone bomb that could purportedly turn enemy soldiers into
homosexuals and make them more interested in sex than fighting.
Pentagon officials on Friday confirmed to CBS 5 that military leaders
had considered, and then subsquently rejected, building the so-called
“Gay Bomb.“

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Recently I saw an enlightening documentary about Jehovah’s Witnesses called Knocking. It was fascinating and inspirational.
Because of it, I’ve decided to stop talking in the general and get specific.
A very nice woman named Carmel came do my door this morning.
Yes, she is a Jehovah’s Witness but she does have a name. It’s not like I go around speaking in general terms [see entire entry...]

Since our work with News21 began I’ve been cruising blogs and websites about religion. Great stuff out there…and some that’s a little whack. Among the good ones: Molly from Montana’s stuff is always versatile, friendly, thoughtful, and fun. Oh, and she even posts cartoons sometimes. I’ve invited her to check out our website and leave comments. Check out her site at brittlecrazyglass.blogspot.com

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Okay, cut the talk. Time to go to church. Wednesday isn’t a full service, it’s just dinner and some singing. But it’s still church. I don’t know if my brother is more nervous about it or I am. We haven’t been to service together since we were ten years old.
The one good thing about Northridge Church is that it’s huge (900 members). So I can pretty much get [see entire entry...]

When I started my journey from San Francisco to Salt Lake City at 5:30 this morning, I thought I was setting out to travel to Utah to scout for a story about religious choices. Turns out that may not actually be the story [see entire entry...]

In the run-up to the next Presidential election, all eyes are turning towards the heavens. Tonight on CNN’s the Situation Room, the three Democratic front-runners; Clinton, Edwards and Obama will answer questions from journalists on faith, politics and poverty. The event is hosted by the Sojourners, a self-described “network of progressive Christians.
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/situation.room/
7 p.m. E.T.

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From BoingBoing.net:

People committing eternal sin on YouTube

The Blasphemy Challenge is a website that invites people to submit video testimonials denying the existence of the Holy Spirit. Those who do will get a free copy of the documentary, The God [see entire entry...]