As I was struggling with what I believed (and how that differed from what my family believed), I came up with a view of the universe that relies upon infinity. This was a concept I was very comfortable with: History starts when we start writing things down and billions and trillions of years are hard [...]

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News Corp, which among many, many other things owns Fox Broadcasting and MySpace, has acquired Beliefnet, perhaps the largest website devoted religion and spirituality.  I’m a little worried for Beliefnet, which really does seem fair and balanced (it’s one of the only popular religion sites that, from my limited experience, treats unbelievers with the same [...]

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