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Three men in jail over bomb at church
Post Date: 2007-07-08 17:39:10 by Zipporah
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function PopupPic(sPicURL, sHeight, sWidth) { window.open( "http://media.star-telegram.com/popup.html?"+sPicURL, "", "resizable=1,HEIGHT=" +sHeight+ ",WIDTH=" +sWidth); } STAR-TELEGRAM Map: Arson investigation Three Burleson men who belong to a "radical Christian activist group" were in the Johnson County Jail on Friday night after a church deacon caught two of them attempting to ignite an explosive device on Independence Day at a church under construction in north Burleson, authorities said Friday.Dayton Lee Calaway, 19, and Michael Philip Plaisted Jr., 18, were arrested Wednesday night near the Victory Family ...
Pope revives old Latin mass, sparks Jewish concern
Post Date: 2007-07-07 14:40:18 by Eoghan
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Pope Benedict, in a decree issued on Saturday, authorised wider use of the old Latin mass and told the world's 1.1 billion Roman Catholics that his nod to Church traditionalists was nothing to be afraid of. The decree met with mixed reaction from Catholics, ranging from concern among liberal lay groups to a wary welcome from schismatic traditionalists. Two cardinals who had warned about restoring the old rite supported the way the Pope had done it. One prominent Jewish leader criticised the revival of a prayer for the conversion of Jews, saying the old text was "insensitive ... insulting" and said it could set back the historic reconciliation between Catholics and Jews. In ...
Christian Reconstructionists Are Trying to Take Dominion in America - and They Have Powerful Friends
Post Date: 2007-07-05 18:42:43 by Dakmar
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A recent conference held by American Vision, a radical ministry that toils away to "help Christians build a truly Biblical worldview," displayed the growing organization of the dangerous Reconstructionist movement. Tucked away a few miles off Interstate 40 just outside Asheville, N.C., the LifeWay Ridgecrest Conference Center provides Southern Baptists with a remote place to facilitate the nurturing of "Biblical Solutions for Life." The sprawling 1,300-acre compound in the Blue Ridge Mountains is made up of chapels, a book store, café, guest housing, drab-colored brick buildings, fences topped with barbed wire and plenty of wooded grounds for religious ...
Barely veiled menace
Post Date: 2007-07-04 17:39:14 by sourcery
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DURING our first two months in Jeddah, my wife Faye and I relished our new and luxurious lifestyle: a shiny jeep, two swimming pools, domestic help, and a tax-free salary. The luxury of living in a modern city with a developed infrastructure cocooned me from the frightful reality of life in Saudi Arabia. My goatee beard and good Arabic ensured that I could pass for an Arab. But looking like a young Saudi was not enough: I had to act Saudi, be Saudi. And here I failed. My first clash with Saudi culture came when, being driven around in a bulletproof jeep, I saw African women in black abayas tending to the rubbish bins outside restaurants, residences and other busy places. "Why are ...
The Lost Ten Tribes in the End Time
Post Date: 2007-07-03 16:24:37 by richard9151
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Having a strong twenty-five year interest in the present-day identity of the lost Ten Tribes of Israel, I had long ago come to understand that one of the most important proofs of that identity was the end-time religion in which these people would be completely enmeshed. About three years ago, as I began to organize my notes and research to produce a history of the Ten Tribes, I knew that the first proof would necessitate a complete discussion of that religion. By presenting the information in this order, I could lay a foundation that would answer many later questions. I started volume one knowing full well that the ancient prophets foretold that the end-time Israelites would be ...
Billy Joel ~ Movin' Out
Post Date: 2007-07-03 07:26:43 by wudidiz
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America Has Two Dictators!
Post Date: 2007-07-02 11:49:23 by ghostdogtxn
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Vatican explains Tridentine Mass revival
Post Date: 2007-07-02 00:38:14 by gargantuton
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Vatican explains Tridentine Mass revival LISA PALMIERI-BILLIG, Jerusalem Post correspondent, THE JERUSALEM POST Jul. 1, 2007 The text of a "Motu Proprio" (papal decision) regarding the revival of a controversial Latin mass will be made public this week, The Jerusalem Post has learned. Vatican officials stressed that the current text, which formerly called Jews "perfidious," contains no derogatory reference to Jews. The text is based on the Tridentine Mass promulgated by the Council of Trent in the 16th century. Originally this mass contained a Good Friday prayer for the conversion of "the perfidious Jews." But in the 1960s, after his historic meeting with ...
Behind the atheist upsurge
Post Date: 2007-07-01 06:46:53 by Ada
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Some prominent non-believers "The Bible is not my book nor Christianity my profession. I could never give assent to the long, complicated statements of Christian dogma." Abraham Lincoln, American president 1861-1865. "I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modelled after our own – a God, in short, who is but a reflection of human frailty. Neither can I believe that the individual survives the death of his body, although feeble souls harbour such thoughts through fear or ridiculous egotism." Scientist Albert Einstein "You never see animals going through the absurd and often horrible fooleries ...
Pope to authorize Latin mass in coming days
Post Date: 2007-07-01 00:32:28 by gargantuton
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Pope to authorize Latin mass in coming days Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:50PM EDT By Stephen Brown VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict will tell Roman Catholic priests in coming days that they can say mass in Latin as a concession to traditionalists. However, the move has raised concern about reviving parts of the old liturgy that Jews consider anti-Semitic. The Latin liturgy was sidelined by the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s in favor of local languages in an attempt to make worship more accessible to the bulk of churchgoers. After months of speculation that the old rite, known as the Tridentine mass, could return, the Vatican said on Thursday the Pope had met senior clerics a day ...
His Holy Church
Post Date: 2007-06-29 20:34:26 by richard9151
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David Justice and I will be flying to Maryland on the 4th of July. We can arrange some meetings along Liberty Road in Eldersburg, Maryland on the 5th and the 6th. We will be traveling to McLean, Virginia on the 8th. We will have some time to meet on the 9th before returning on the 10th to Colorado and the west coast. Networking is important and if you would like to set up meetings with us please get in touch with us to make arrangements. Email should include the word "meeting" in the subject line to insure processing. -- Gregory@hisholychurch.net New kingdom Newsletter Hundreds of people have already signed up for The Kingdom Newsletter. But still there are thousands who have ...
Doctors back plan to store medical info under your skin
Post Date: 2007-06-27 11:47:04 by noone222
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CHICAGO (AFP) - Doctors could soon be storing essential medical information under the skin of their patients, the American Medical Association says. ADVERTISEMENT Devices the size of a grain of rice that are implanted with a needle could give emergency room doctors quick access to the records of chronically ill patients, the nation's largest doctors group said in a report. The association adopted a policy Monday stating that the devices can improve the "safety and efficiency of patient care" by helping to identify patients and enabling secure access to clinical information. These radio frequency identification tags (RFIDs) are already used by Wal-Mart and other businesses ...
CARDINAL (BERNARD) LAW ADVISER TO POPE
Post Date: 2007-06-25 21:11:40 by Zipporah
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June 21, 2007 -- I now reprise an old news story. There's a point. So, read on and pay attention. Five years ago a widening scandal - 450 claims of priests accused of sexually abusing children - caused Boston Catholics to nearly drop their prayer books. Allegations were the reigning cardinal took no action to stop the abuse. Massachusetts' attorney general claimed the archdiocese engaged in "an elaborate scheme" to stifle the issue. Of this reigning cardinal, CNN reported Dec. 13, 2002, that one victim said: "I'm speechless. He's hurt a lot of people. He's deceived a lot of people." Despite repeat stories of sexual misconduct by clergy to youngsters ...
The Cultural Illiteracy of the Easy Atheists
Post Date: 2007-06-25 11:42:51 by farmfriend
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The Cultural Illiteracy of the Easy Atheists By Mary Grabar : BIO| 21 Jun 2007 Best-selling atheist authors are capitalizing on a wave of ignorance and stupidity. The latest offering, God Is Not Great, comes from a bon vivant with a British accent. To be sure, Christian fundamentalists and literalists have given Christopher Hitchens much to work with. For example, Memorial Day saw the opening of the Creation Museum in Kentucky, where Genesis comes alive with Adam and Eve alongside animatronic dinosaurs 6,000 years ago. More of God's country in Tennessee is slated for despoliation with a theme park to be called Bible Park USA. While the theme park and museum builders have sincere ...
Blair tells Pope: Now I'm ready to become a Catholic
Post Date: 2007-06-24 15:38:25 by Zipporah
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Blair tells Pope: Now I'm ready to become a Catholic John Hooper in Vatican CitySunday June 24, 2007The Observer Tony Blair yesterday used his last official foreign engagement before leaving office to tell Pope Benedict he wanted to become a Roman Catholic, a Vatican source said last night.But, in talks lasting more than half an hour, the outgoing Prime Minister was left in no doubt that the Pope took a dim view of his record in office. A statement issued afterwards by the Vatican said there had been a 'frank exchange of views'. This is highly unusual language for the Vatican, which habitually describes meetings between the pontiff and other heads of state and ...
Teen Girl Banned From School for Chastity Ring Heads to Court [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-06-24 02:29:32 by JCHarris
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Teen Girl Banned From School for Chastity Ring Heads to Court Saturday , June 23, 2007 A teenage girl who was banned by her school from wearing a "purity ring" is taking her case to the High Court. Lydia Playfoot, 16, is a member of a Christian group called the Silver Ring Thing and one of a number of students at the Millais School in Horsham, West Sussex, who wears a silver ring engraved with a Biblical reference — "1 Thes 434," a reference to St. Paul's Letter to the Thessalonians — as a sign of their belief in abstinence from sex until marriage. She claims that her secondary school is breaching her human rights by preventing her from wearing the ...
Hitchens Book Debunking The Deity Is Surprise Hit
Post Date: 2007-06-24 00:56:25 by robin
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Hitchens Book Debunking The Deity Is Surprise Hit By JEFFREY A. TRACHTENBERGJune 22, 2007; Page B1 Summer beach-reading season is just beginning, and already several books have broken out from the pack, such as Walter Isaacson's biography of Albert Einstein, and Conn and Hal Iggulden's "The Dangerous Book for Boys."But the biggest surprise is a blazing attack on God and religion that is flying off bookshelves, even in the Bible Belt. "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," by Christopher Hitchens, wasn't expected to be a blockbuster. Its publisher, Twelve, a fledgling imprint owned by France's Lagardère SCA, initially printed a ...
The Martyr of Mosul
Post Date: 2007-06-22 05:45:56 by Ada
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On April 1 – Palm Sunday – after bullets were fired into the Church of the Holy Spirit in Mosul, Iraq, during mass, the pastor, Father Ragheed Ganni, a Chaldean Catholic, e-mailed friends at the Asia Times: "We empathize with Christ, who entered Jerusalem in full knowledge that the consequence of His love for mankind was the cross. Thus, while bullets smashed our church windows, we offered our suffering as a sign of love for Christ." The attacks continued. Father Ragheed wrote again: "Each day we wait for the decisive attack, but we will not stop celebrating mass; we will do it underground, where we are safer. I am encouraged in this decision by the strength of my ...
Malachi Martin's Double Agent Status Documented
Post Date: 2007-06-21 12:01:43 by Eoghan
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http://Angelqueen.org has obtained numerous incriminating documents proving not only that Malachi Martin was indeed the infamous Vatican II “double agent,” but also that his duplicitous activities during the Council ran far deeper than had been previously thought. Background During the Second Vatican Council, Martin acted as an assistant and translator to Cardinal Augustin Bea, head of the Secretariat for the Promotion of Christian Unity (SPCU). At the time, a major focus of the SPCU was the Jewish declaration portion of Nostra Aetate, the Vatican II document that addressed the Church’s relations with other religions. Cardinal Bea would later be referred to by Archbishop ...
Smoking for Jesus
Post Date: 2007-06-21 09:43:03 by Lod
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This group of folks survived Katrina and Rita, pooled their insurance monies and bought a (tax-exempt) ranch in the Texas Hill Country. They've also opened a Cajun-style restaurant, and other small businesses in the area.
Insensitivity Training: Facing the Crybaby Culture
Post Date: 2007-06-21 05:55:30 by Ada
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Every couple of days it seems somebody falls apart due to “insensitivity.” The problem has been buzzing around in our headlines for years. We all remember back in January 1999 when a group of Professionally Aggrieved Grievance Professionals came unglued after David Howard, a white aide to Anthony Williams, the black mayor of Washington, D.C., used the word “niggardly” in reference to a budget. It mattered not one iota that the word has absolutely no etymological relationship with “nigger.” (It’s of Scandinavian origin and means “miserly” or “stingy.”) Letters were written; protests were mounted. Howard himself bowed and scraped in ...
BILLY GRAHAM'S WIFE RUTH DIES AT 87
Post Date: 2007-06-14 21:16:41 by rowdee
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(MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - Ruth Graham, who surrendered dreams of missionary work in Tibet to marry a suitor who became the world's most renowned evangelist, died Thursday. She was 87. Graham died at 5:05 p.m. at her home at Little Piney Cove, surrounded by her husband and all five of their children, said a statement released by Larry Ross, Billy Graham's spokesman. "Ruth was my life partner, and we were called by God as a team," Billy Graham said in a statement. "No one else could have borne the load that she carried. She was a vital and integral part of our ministry, and my work through the years would have been impossible without her encouragement and support. ...
RUTH GRAHAM IN A COMA, CLOSE TO DEATH
Post Date: 2007-06-14 01:19:48 by rowdee
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(AP) Ruth Bell Graham, wife of evangelist Bill Graham, gestures
during a news conference in a Thursday Oct. 22, 1998 file photo
in Tampa, Fla. Evangelist Billy Graham said Wednesday,
June 13, 2007, that his ailing wife, Ruth, "is close to going home
to heaven," and that the couple will be buried at the recently
dedicated Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, N.C.
(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara, File)
MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - Ruth Graham, the ailing wife of evangelist Billy Graham, fell into a coma Wednesday morning and appears to be close to death, a family spokesman said. "She appears to be entering the final stages of life," said Larry Ross, Graham's personal ...
Religious Extremists In 3 Faiths Share Views; Violent Muslim, Christian and Jewish extremists invoke the same rhetoric...
Post Date: 2007-06-13 19:40:53 by Brian S
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By Claudia Parsons NEW YORK (Reuters) - Violent Muslim, Christian and Jewish extremists invoke the same rhetoric of "good" and "evil" and the best way to fight them is to tackle the problems that drive people to extremism, according to a report obtained by Reuters. It said extremists from each of the three faiths often have tangible grievances -- social, economic or political -- but they invoke religion to recruit followers and to justify breaking the law, including killing civilians and members of their own faith. The report was commissioned by security think tank EastWest Institute ahead of a conference on Thursday in New York titled "Towards a Common Response: ...
Letter From Babylon
Post Date: 2007-06-12 11:39:35 by richard9151
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There really is no other entity other than the United States which is capable of fulfilling Babylon of Revelation 17 and 18, particularly 18. For some time, a man was telling me that he suspected that it had to be the US. But I was unwilling to accept his reasons. My being convinced that the United States will fulfill the role of Babylon came in a split second during a conversation with this man. I was reading the passages under discussion over the phone with him and read over the words, "afar off." AFAR OFF -- the merchants are standing AFAR OFF -- this means that Babylon CANNOT be a world system but an isolated geographic region. It is a character, not an all encompassing ...
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