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  • June 2008

    • Americans See Many Stairways to Heaven: Poll

      Dallas Morning News  |  Jun 23, 08 3:44 PM CDT

      Americans See Many Stairways to Heaven: Poll

      (Newser) - Reaching the afterlife is possible through more than one religion, 70% of Americans believe, according to a new poll. Surveying 36,000 people, the study confirms that while 92% of Americans believe in God, the country is growing more secular, the Dallas Morning News reports. Seven in 10 also agreed that there were multiple correct interpretations of their faiths. More »

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      religion  • science  • secularism  • Afterlife

  • February 2008

    • Bishop: Heaven a Place on Earth

      Time  |  Feb 9, 08 6:34 PM CST

      Bishop: Heaven a Place on Earth

      (Newser) - There is no heaven—or at least not the way most Christians think of it, according to Episcopal Bishop N.T. “Tom” Wright, who lashes out at the common angels-and-clouds view of the afterlife. “That’s a very damaging distortion,” the prominent theologian tells Time magazine. “Never at any point do the Gospels say Jesus has been raised, therefore we are all going to heaven.” More »

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      religion  • Christianity  • Afterlife

  • August 2007

    • Mormons Ponder ‘Big Love’ in the Hereafter

      Newsweek  |  Aug 28, 07 2:55 PM CDT

      Mormons Ponder ‘Big Love’ in the Hereafter

      (Newser) - "'Til death us do part” sounds like enough of a commitment, but a loophole has Mormon women wondering if they’ll spend eternity with their husbands … and their second wives. Mormon marriage “seals” a couple, binding them and their children together forever in heaven, but widowed men can remarry, creating more than one seal. More »

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      marriage  • polygamy  • Mormon  • Afterlife

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