Religion

latest religion news and features

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  I'm an atheist...and a godparent

  Can you be an atheist and godparent, or is the very idea of an atheist godparent a contradiction of...

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  Boy thrown out of scouts because he is not prepared to pledge allegiance to God

  Oct 19th, 2012

  A boy of 11 has been told he can no longer be a scout because he has admitted he does not believe...

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  Judge rules 10-year-old girl should be allowed to choose her religion

  Aug 3rd, 2012

  A judge has ruled that a 10-year-old Jewish girl should be allowed to convert to Christianity -...

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  German court bans circumcision. German foreign minister leads worldwide outcry

  Jun 29th, 2012

  A German court's decision to ban the circumcising of young boys for religious reasons has been...

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  Boy suspended from school over Jesus T-shirt won't be coming back

  May 8th, 2012

  A teenage boy who made the news around the world after his school suspended him for wearing a...

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  Does your family attend church? Could religious groups do more to welcome families and...

  Thumbing through some years old family snaps of my girls laughing at a countryside picnic, I felt a...

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  Choosing your child's first school

  Sep 26th, 2011

  So there I was, with a newborn baby, concerned with the very important business of the colour of...

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  Mums say keeping children clean is most important aspect of bringing up kids

  Sep 22nd, 2011

  A survey has found that mums think keeping a baby clean is the most important part of child-rearing...

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  Achtung Baby or Explaining the unexplainable

  Mar 13th, 2011

  It's seldom my intention to offend anyone, but I'm not overly keen on folk who come to my home with ...

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