Note: The English translations of the Sacred Scriptures here are from the New Oxford Annotated Bible, unless noted, with some minor adaptations. One of the most important stories in the Hebrew ...

The title of this piece tracks a common “phrase of exasperation used to emphasize a question or statement.” If that be the case, and I think it is, then the subtitle implies the question this piece ...

If I could ask one question of a religious person — of any faith — it would be, “What is the worst sin in your religion?” The answer to this question can often tell you more than that of any other ...