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Latest Articles: Religion
Educating America's Christian Right
Post Date: 2005-03-04 12:28:28 by Zipporah
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Energised by last year's election victory which mobilised their vote, Christian conservatives have been confidently pushing a moral agenda which puts education at the heart of a battle to change US culture. Patrick Henry College, Virginia Patrick Henry students are committed to transforming America Sitting in a noisy but strangely tidy student canteen, Naomi Laine outlined her political vision. "My intention is to impact the culture [of America]," she said. "The people are the most important component of a society, and so that's where the battle for the minds needs to be waged." Naomi sounds like a well-seasoned politician. But she is in fact a first year student ...
Empires Prefer a Baby and the Cross to the Adult Jesus
Post Date: 2005-03-04 00:18:27 by Zipporah
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,b> From Constantine to Bush, power has needed to stifle a revolutionary message Every Sunday in church, Christians recite the Nicene Creed. "Who for us and for our salvation came down from heaven. And was incarnate of the Holy Ghost and of the Virgin Mary and was made man; was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate, suffered and was buried; and the third day rose again according to the Scriptures." It's the official summary of the Christian faith but, astonishingly, it jumps straight from birth to death, apparently indifferent to what happened in between. Nicene Christianity is the religion of Christmas and Easter, the celebration of a Jesus who is either too young or ...
Who Will Tell the People?
Post Date: 2005-03-03 19:49:53 by Zipporah
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Where is the outrage from all those who demanded morality from the leadership of this nation - just ten short years ago? Bush claims the international mantel of moral authority, yet he personally embraces a sect of Christian extremism that is not only, not moral, it is a political party whose mission is to convert everyone who disagrees with them! Those who bow to this new and ancient cult will be "saved" - and the rest of us must die! These people do not come to help they come to convert us, and to crush all who stand in their way. Make no mistake the survivors of this hostile take-over will have to learn to live without freedom, with censorship, with bigotry, with misogyny, ...
Pakistan Court Orders Release of Five Men Suspected of Gang-Raping Women
Post Date: 2005-03-03 16:15:32 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Pakistan Court Orders Release of Five Men Suspected of Gang-Raping Women By Khalid Tanveer Associated Press Writer Published: Mar 3, 2005 MULTAN, Pakistan (AP) - A Pakistani court Thursday overturned the conviction of a village elder and four other men who had been sentenced to death for allegedly ordering a woman gang-raped as punishment for her brother's illicit sex with a woman from another family, a defense lawyer said. The rape of the woman in 2002 in a mud-brick house in a village in central Pakistan made world headlines, and led the government to promise sweeping changes to end centuries of so-called "honor" killings and attacks. Six men, including village council ...
Death by Sex
Post Date: 2005-03-03 10:53:24 by Continental Op
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Death by Sex As anyone involved in the 12-Step recovery culture knows: "Denial is not a river in Egypt." It does, however, appear to be a river flowing through present-day Western Culture. A recent study from the Journal Sexually Transmitted Infections showed that one in 100 American deaths is related to sexual behavior. Sexual ideologues from Planned Parenthood to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) relentlessly pound away with frantic urgency on the need to dump condoms and contraceptives into American high schools and developing countries. Yet, as was recently noted in this publication, the Philippines seems to be doing just fine with an emphasis on fidelity within marriage and ...
A LUCIFERIC "CHRISTIANITY"
Post Date: 2005-02-28 14:13:41 by Red Jones
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A LUCIFERIC "CHRISTIANITY" [The power of hell wielded by the church on behalf of the American New World Order System] February 9, 2004 by: S.R. Shearer "That's who we are; WE'RE CHRIST [intrinsically] ... In fact, in the Epistles, the Church is called Christ. The Church has not yet realized that WE ARE CHRIST. When we do, we'll start doing the work we're supposed to do [i.e., conquer the earth for Christ and the church]. Christ is the Head - we are the Body - and the Body of Christ is Christ." - Kenneth Hagin INTRODUCTION The Bible speaks of a great "Latter Day" nation that shall rise up at the "end of the age;" a nation that will glorify ...
Last bottle of world's oldest single malt whisky leaves Scotland
Post Date: 2005-02-26 07:27:52 by 2Trievers
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LONDON (AFP) - The last remaining bottle of the world's oldest single malt whisky left its distillery in Scotland bound for Hong Kong, where it will be the star attraction at an airport shop. The bottle of Glenfiddich Rare Collection 1937, left to mature in a cask for 64 years before being bottled, is heading for Hong Kong's Chep Lap Kok Airport, where it will be available for a well-heeled buyer, but only at a steep cost. Previous bottles sold direct by the family-owned Glenfiddich Distillery fetched 10,000 pounds (14,500 euros, 19,000 dollars) each, but the price levied by the airport is expected to be higher still. "There are a lot of mixed emotions here," said the ...
World Anglican leaders rebuke Canadian church
Post Date: 2005-02-25 10:51:15 by Zipporah
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The leaders of the world Anglican Communion rebuked the U.S. and Canadian Anglican churches yesterday over their acceptance of homosexuality and pushed them to withdraw from one of the global church's top policy-making bodies. The severity of the rebuke from the primates, or senior bishops and archbishops of the church, was unexpected. Canadian Anglican academics had thought that most primates would let their desire for church unity trump their objections to homosexuality. And while the move falls well short of branding the Canadian and U.S. churches as heretical and kicking them out of the world Communion, the impact of the primates' announcement on the two churches internally will be ...
World Council of Churches Gives Nod To Israeli Divestment Proposal
Post Date: 2005-02-22 13:19:17 by Brian S
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Geneva Monday, February 21, 2005 [Ecumenical News International] The World Council of Churches (WCC) on February 21 urged its members to consider economic measures to oppose Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory and praised the action of a U.S. denomination that has started a process of selective divestment from companies linked to the occupation. "Multinational corporations have been involved in the demolition of Palestinian homes," the WCC's main governing body said in a statement adopted during a February 15-22 meeting in Geneva. They "are involved in the construction of settlements and settlement infrastructure on occupied territory, in building a dividing wall ...
New and Newer Versions of Scripture
Post Date: 2005-02-19 11:07:16 by crack monkey
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New and Newer Versions of Scripture Saturday, February 19, 2005; Page B09 Criticism of Today's New International Version of the Bible began three years ago with the publication of the TNIV New Testament. Opponents accused the translation committee, an independent group of evangelical scholars, of bowing to political correctness and feminist theology in using "gender neutral" or "inclusive" language. The committee made adjustments to the 2002 text before this month's publication of the complete Bible. But committee members said they did not abandon their goal of providing an accurate translation. Critics call the effort a failure, many preferring TNIV's precursor, ...
'Saint Bill Clinton' ignites religious rage Artist uses ex-president's 'holy' image to market T-shirts, lunchboxes
Post Date: 2005-02-18 11:25:34 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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'Saint Bill Clinton' ignites religious rage Artist uses ex-president's 'holy' image to market T-shirts, lunchboxes Posted: September 19, 2004 10:34 p.m. Eastern By Joe Kovacs © 2004 WorldNetDaily.com While Americans have a wide range of views regarding former President Bill Clinton, a Kentucky artist's depiction of the former commander in chief as God himself or a Catholic-style saint is raising those opinions to passionate levels across the nation. The portrait, titled "Saint Clinton," is the creation of Scott Ritcher, a 34-year-old graphic designer who is now marketing T-shirts, posters, magnets, coffee cups, coasters and even lunchboxes with the picture ...
Bill Maher: Christians Have Neurological Disorder [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-02-18 10:31:24 by Brian S
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Says parents 'drill' religion into kids' heads using biblical 'fairy tales' Posted: February 18, 2005 Television personality Bill Maher, host of HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," says Christians and others who are religious suffer from a neurological disorder that "stops people from thinking." Appearing as a guest on MSNBC's "Scarborough County" this week, Maher told host Joe Scarborough: "We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think that religion stops people from thinking. I think it justifies crazies. I think flying planes into a building was a faith-based initiative. I think religion is a neurological ...
Temperatures Rise Between Presbyterians, Jews
Post Date: 2005-02-16 22:11:23 by robin
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The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A) was bombarded with accusations of being “pro-Palestine” and “anti-Israel” as it tried to explain why it is considering divesting from companies profiting from the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza Strip. “The problem with all of this is we are not talking with each other, we are talking at each other,” said Rabbi Gary Bretton-Granatoor, director of interfaith affairs for the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), as he spoke to the PC(USA)’s interfaith relations coordinator, Rev. Jay Rock. “And we’re not saying the things that facilitate dialogue.” According to the Presbyterian News Service (PNS), the ADL ...
Pharisee Nation
Post Date: 2005-02-16 16:50:07 by christine
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Last September, I spoke to some 2,000 students during their annual lecture at a Baptist college in Pennsylvania. After a short prayer service for peace centered on the Beatitudes, I took the stage and got right to the point. “Now let me get this straight,” I said. “Jesus says, ‘Blessed are the peacemakers,’ which means he does not say, ‘Blessed are the warmakers,’ which means, the warmakers are not blessed, which means warmakers are cursed, which means, if you want to follow the nonviolent Jesus you have to work for peace, which means, we all have to resist this horrific, evil war on the people of Iraq.” With that, the place exploded, and 500 ...
Even penguins pay for love
Post Date: 2005-02-09 22:07:18 by Flintlock
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Even penguins pay for love February 9, 2005 BY GARY WISBY Environment Reporter When a man lavishes his lady friend with sweets, flowers and dinner on Valentine's Day, we call it love. When a woman insists on material gain before surrendering her favors, we call it something else. But prostitution isn't limited to the human species. Even in the animal kingdom, where such shenanigans go back millions of years, it "seems to live up to its reputation as the oldest profession," says an article in the February/March issue of National Wildlife magazine. For example, a female decorated cricket won't have sex with a male until he delivers his bag of sperm inside an edible gelatinous ...
New York Man Arrested for Arson Threats to Presbyterian Church
Post Date: 2005-02-04 21:14:49 by robin
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The FBI arrested the man behind the Presbyterian Church (USA) arson threats on Thursday, bringing a sigh of relief to officials at the denomination’s headquarters in Louisville, KY. The FBI arrested the man behind the Presbyterian Church (USA) arson threats on Thursday, bringing a sigh of relief to officials at the denomination�s headquarters in Louisville, KY. Jeffrey A. Winters, 25, of Queens, N.Y., was arrested �without incident� after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) searched his apartment. He is charged with interstate communication of a threat to injure another person; if convicted, he may be sentenced to five years in jail and fined $250,000. ...
One More 'Moral Value': Fighting Poverty
Post Date: 2005-01-30 13:59:55 by dee_cee
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[D] uring the inaugural festivities in Washington this month, three evangelical Christian groups sponsored a black-tie "Values Victory Dinner," where they celebrated the electoral strength of "moral values" as a factor in the campaign. In the shorthand of postelection polls and analysis, that meant opposition to abortion, gay marriage and stem cell research. But many religious leaders, including some evangelicals, think the current focus on moral values has created a platform to talk about other issues, especially poverty, as both political and moral concerns. "The good news about the bad news was that the spin doctors, whether they got it right or wrong, have said ...
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