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Monday Godbytes

The Dalai Lama is out and about in India, much to the chagrin of Chinese officials across the border. And when he’s not irking China, he is also getting some buzz going about his new book on secular ethics.

CNN is looking at experts who claim Muslims are “more religious” than other faithful.

The Kentucky church that recently “banned” interracial couples from its pews is getting some pushback: local related churches are saying the overture is “null and void.”


America Magazine examines Catholicism and World AIDS Day.

Think your Christmas music CDs are a little worn out? (Doesn’t everyone own that one Mariah Carey album?) The By Way of Beauty blog highlights an alternative: Indie folk artist Sufjan Stevens.

Finally, your Random Religion Image With Pretty Colors of the Day is of a Vietnamese Buddhist monk preparing for Buddha’s birthday, seen below:

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