Friday Godbytes: Jehovah’s Witnesses; Black Atheists; St. John Coltrane

In That's An Unlikely Pairing News: Some Jehovah's Witnesses with leukemia are turning to an atheist doctor for a very particular reason: he respects their refusal to accept blood transfusions. In You Probably Should've Seen That Coming News: Some of you might have heard that Eddie L. Long — the Atlanta megapastor who accused of […]

In That's An Unlikely Pairing News: Some Jehovah's Witnesses with leukemia are turning to an atheist doctor for a very particular reason: he respects their refusal to accept blood transfusions.

In You Probably Should've Seen That Coming News: Some of you might have heard that Eddie L. Long — the Atlanta megapastor who accused of sexual coercion — was recently wrapped in a Torah scroll and declared “King.”  Not unsurprisingly, some Jews are a little bit upset about that

In Interfaith Textual Commentary News: Looks like you can now buy a version of the Bible complete with a Jewish take on the New Testament.


In Atheist Activism News: The Friendly Atheist reports on Black Atheists who are starting to speak out.

Finally, your Video of the Day closes out our week of religious music with a little bit of John Coltrane. Well, actually it's a lot of John Coltrane: St. John Coltrane African Orthodox Church in San Francisco, CA worships with a jazzy beat, and even claims the late jazz musician John Coltrane to be a saint. Click below for worship jazzy-ness.

 

– Jack “Sainthood Sounds Nice” Jenkins

(image courtesy Robert de Jong via wikimedia commons)

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