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ULC Monastery a Growing Haven for Students

April 11th, 2011

Recently we discussed the growing popularity of online ordinations among university students, but this growth is not limited to the original ULC in Modesto, California; it is evident in other Internet churches, too, such as Seattle’s ULC Monastery. Students

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U.S. High Court Says “Yes” to Tax Credits for Religious Schools

April 8th, 2011

The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority has ruled that Arizona taxpayers have the right to receive tax credits for making donations to organizations which fund religious school tuitions. Proponents of the tax credits argue that it gives parents greate

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Online Ordinations Prove Increasingly Popular

April 7th, 2011

Why should anybody become a pastor in an Internet church? You might think a process which is free, takes only five minutes, and almost immediately grants you the right to officiate weddings is a little bit shady, but in fact it is perfectly legal in most juris

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ULC Monastery Welcomes Eugene Mirman as Minister

April 5th, 2011

There are many famous Universal Life Church ministers, but perhaps few as funny as this recent minister: Now, joining the ranks of these celebrity ministers is New York-based comic Eugene Mirman.

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TV Series House Confronts Issue of Online Ordination

April 4th, 2011

A recent episode of the television show House tackled the issue of online ordination head-on, highlighting concerns that some have about getting ordained online to officiate weddings.

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Polygamy and Religious Freedom

April 1st, 2011

Recently on the ULC Monastery blog, we discussed the HBO series Big Love, which follows the lives of several polygamists in a fundamentalist Mormon sect. In one episode, one of the characters attends a pro-polygamy demonstration. But can polygamy be protected

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Is Church Bad for Your Health?

March 30th, 2011

Take a look at this picture. You will notice that there is not a single serving of fruits or vegetables on the man’s plate of food. And there are not one, but two drumsticks. Most of us are familiar with the claims that Americans are fatter and more religio

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Is Religion Going the Way of the Dodo?

March 28th, 2011

A new study suggests that religion will eventually become extinct because it is becoming less useful to people. The extinction of religion, the study shows, may already be underway in Europe and Canada, and may even be accelerating. Even in the absence of reli

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Students Find Niche in ULC Ministry

March 25th, 2011

When there are research papers to write and final exams to study for, who has time to perform a wedding ceremony? Apparently, a substantial number of people do. Students have shown an increasingly high profile in the ranks of ULC Monastery ministers. This is d

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Arizona “Day of Prayer” Faces Legal—and Logical—Roadblocks

March 24th, 2011

A secular foundation which supports separation of church and state is suing Jan Brewer, governor of the U.S. state of Arizona, for proclaiming a day of prayer on the grounds that it violates Constitution.

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