Various religions forbid the consumption of certain types of food. For example, most Hindus do not eat beef, and some Hindus apply the concept of ahimsa (nonviolence) to their diet and consider ...

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Fox News host Sean Hannity’s clash with PETA associate director Ashley Bern got biblical Monday night as the pair clashed over Christian ethics around eating meat and factory farming. The segment ...

Jesus's real name may not have been Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ's real name was most likely Yeshu Nazareen, according to language and phonetic experts, as cited in a New York Post report. Being the ...

"You can bear all things, believe all things, hope all things, and endure all things. Because the love that empowers you ...

Live celebrates it's 50th anniversary, we count down the top 50 musical shorts/original songs in the show's history; see the ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. CLAYTON — A St. Charles woman is suing a University City grocery store after she says she contracted a flesh-eating ...

Even after four kids, Peter Facinelli says his 2-year-old son shows him things he still needs to “work on” when it comes to fatherhood. “There’s a part of me that teaches them, and there ...

If anyone needs me, I’ll be in the middle ready to talk. Peter "Fish" Case is a man with an opinion. He offers up a weekly podcast discussion that can be heard at www.theearspoon.com. He also serves ...

So is there an answer? Animal rights organization PETA claims on its website that fish do feel pain and advocated for people not to catch, farm or eat them. Meanwhile, other scientists ...

Scientists say that the name of Christianity’s central figure wasn’t originally Jesus Christ — he went by another title in his mother tongue that’s nothing like today’s iteration ...