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Latest Articles: Religion
Et tu, pontiff?
Post Date: 2006-09-19 08:17:33 by Arete
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Pope Benedict XVI knows a lot about Catholicism and Catholic doctrines. But no one would consider him even a lightweight authority on Islam. So it is hard to understand why he decided to conjure up a controversy regarding Islam at a time when insulting that religion seems to have become a regular indulgence of a number of people in the West who would never dare to insult any other things sacred. In a speech at Regensburg University in Germany last Thursday, the pope quoted from a 14th-century Byzantine emperor, Manuel II Paleologos, and said, "I quote, 'Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread ...
Bush Tells Group He Sees a "Third Awakening."
Post Date: 2006-09-19 05:56:53 by Zoroaster
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Waking Nightmare by Chris Floyd by Chris Floyd DIGG THIS Bush Tells Group He Sees a "Third Awakening." From the Washington Post: President Bush said yesterday that he senses a "Third Awakening" of religious devotion in the United States that has coincided with the nation's struggle with international terrorists, a war that he depicted as "a confrontation between good and evil." Bush told a group of conservative journalists that…."A lot of people in America see this as a confrontation between good and evil, including me," Bush said. "There was a stark change between the culture of the '50s and the '60s – boom – and I think ...
VIDEO: Kids At Jesus Camp Worship To Bush Picture
Post Date: 2006-09-19 05:22:43 by Mind_Virus
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VIDEO: Kids At Jesus Camp Worship To Bush Picture
Film Shows Youths Training to Fight for Jesus
Post Date: 2006-09-18 18:47:57 by Morgana le Fay
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New Documentary Features Controversial Bible Camp, Evangelical Movement Sept. 17, 2006 — - An in-your-face documentary out this weekend is raising eyebrows, raising hackles and raising questions about evangelizing to young people. Speaking in tongues, weeping for salvation, praying for an end to abortion and worshipping a picture of President Bush -- these are some of the activities at Pastor Becky Fischer's Bible camp in North Dakota, "Kids on Fire," subject of the provocative new documentary, "Jesus Camp." "I want to see them as radically laying down their lives for the gospel as they are in Palestine, Pakistan and all those different places," Fisher ...
Neocon pope
Post Date: 2006-09-18 07:24:45 by Eoghan
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Some Italians began to refer to Pope Benedict XVI on his ascenscion to the throne of Peter as "the Panzer Kardinal," a nickname bestowed on him apparently by his German curiae colleagues. This was a sly reference to Benedict's disputed military past in the last days of the terminally delirious Third Reich -- and, perhaps, to his continuing reactionary politics. Today, a better label might be "the neocon pope." In a recent lecture ("polemic" would be a better word) at the University of Regensburg, where he had lectured in theology from 1969 to 1977, Pope Benedict XVI apparently made the dubious decision to catapult the Vatican into the fray of the fraudulent ...
AMERICAN JUSTICE: A Visit with a Man Wrongly Detained at Guantanamo For Five Years
Post Date: 2006-09-18 01:20:37 by Max
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A Visit with a Man Wrongly Detained at Guantanamo By Cem Özdemir Murat Kurnaz was detained in the United States detention camp at Guantánamo, Cuba, for almost five years and released three weeks ago. Cem Özdemir, a member of the European Parliament, visited Kurnaz at his home in Bremen and reports back about a German man of Turkish origin who appears to be anything but a fanatic. AP / Radio Bremen TV Twenty-four-year-old Murat Kurnaz spent five years as a detainee in the US military camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. He was wrongly identified as an accomplice of the Taliban and recently released. How does one talk about the emotions stirred up by a meeting with ...
Nun shot dead as Pope fails to calm militant Muslims
Post Date: 2006-09-17 19:37:45 by Brian S
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Muslims outside Westminster Cathedral, London, added their protest to those around the world (ANDREW PARSONS / PA) AN ITALIAN nun was killed by gunmen at a children’s hospital in Somalia yesterday in an apparent revenge attack for the Pope’s speech about Islam last week. Sister Leonella Sgorbati, 65, left, was shot four times in the back by two men at the entrance to the hospital in the capital, Mogadishu. Her bodyguard was also killed. The Vatican said that it hoped that the “horrible tragedy” was an isolated incident. The killing came after Benedict XVI expressed deep regret yesterday at the furious reaction to his remarks on Islam and holy war, saying that ...
IRS Orders All Saints to Yeild Documents on '04 Political Races
Post Date: 2006-09-17 09:31:03 by Zoroaster
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Published on Saturday, September 16, 2006 by the Los Angeles Times IRS Orders All Saints to Yield Documents on '04 Political Races Antiwar remarks at All Saints in Pasadena were made two days before the 2004 election. The church is ordered to hand over records. by Louis Sahagun Stepping up its probe of allegedly improper campaigning by churches, the Internal Revenue Service on Friday ordered a liberal Pasadena parish to turn over all the documents and e-mails it produced during the 2004 election year with references to political candidates. All Saints Episcopal Church and its rector, the Rev. Ed Bacon, have until Sept. 29 to present the sermons, newsletters and electronic ...
Somali Cleric Calls For Pope's Death
Post Date: 2006-09-16 21:05:07 by Brian S
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A HARDLINE cleric linked to Somalia's powerful Islamist movement has called for Muslims to "hunt down" and kill Pope Benedict XVI for his controversial comments about Islam. Sheikh Abubukar Hassan Malin urged Muslims to find the pontiff and punish him for insulting the Prophet Mohammed and Allah in a speech that he said was as offensive as author Salman Rushdie's novel The Satanic Verses. "We urge you Muslims wherever you are to hunt down the Pope for his barbaric statements as you have pursued Salman Rushdie, the enemy of Allah who offended our religion," he said in Friday evening prayers. "Whoever offends our Prophet Mohammed should be killed on the spot by the ...
The Pope and the Rabbi
Post Date: 2006-09-16 00:32:03 by Max
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The Pope and the Rabbi Every time a new Pope is elected, there are a lot of rituals in accordance with tradition. Well, there is one tradition that very few people know about. Shortly after the new Pope is enthroned, the Chief Rabbi seeks an audience. He is shown into the Pope's presence, whereupon he presents the Pope with a silver tray bearing a velvet cushion. On top of the cushion is an ancient, shriveled parchment envelope. The Pope symbolically stretches out his arm in a gesture of rejection. The Chief Rabbi then retires, taking the envelope with him and does not return until the next Pope is elected. John Paul II was intrigued by this ritual, that's origins were unknown to him. He ...
Crisis in the Church:: The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse by Priests
Post Date: 2006-09-15 15:07:52 by Max
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The Catholic Church and Sexual Abuse by Priests http://www.americancatholic.org/News/ClergySexAbuse/ The scandal of sex abuse by Catholic priests has shaken lay people, priests and bishops alike. As the hierarchy works to address the problems of pedophilia and coverups, many in the pews are demanding accountability and change. Q U I C K L I N K S Crisis in the Church: Our Search for Healing, a special issue of St. Anthony Messenger Bishops Release John Jay Study on Scope and Nature of Crisis • The Latest News from Catholic News Service • Restoring Trust: The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Respond • Bishop Wilton Gregory: St. Anthony Messenger Profile • ...
Pope's 'Jihad' Quotes Spark Muslim Fury; Islamic Leaders Demand Apology
Post Date: 2006-09-15 11:28:29 by Brian S
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Fri, 15 Sep 2006 ISLAMABAD: Quotes used by Pope Benedict XVI during a speech in a German university earlier this week have sparked outrage among Muslim leaders across the world. Islamic bodies and statesmen of countries like Turkey and Pakistan reacted sharply to what they consider the Pope's attack on the Islamic faith and demanded that he apologize. Benedict XVI had quoted certain passages from a book that made a reference to 'jihad', or holy war. The passages contained a dialogue over aspects of Christianity and Islam, between an educated Persian and Manuel Paleologos II, the 14th century Byzantine Christian emperor. During the conversation, the emperor speaks about jihad, which the ...
Badeye: The Secrets of El Pee Guru Status
Post Date: 2006-09-15 01:22:36 by Badeye After Five
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After watching you peolpe stumble around I have decided to step down from my lofty perch and give you some pointers. Listed below are the things you must keep in mind if you are to someday achieve the degree of respect and credibility that I now hold. If you religiously adhere to the principles set out below, you may someday be in a position to reward yourself, as I did, by giving yourself a Hummer. My guiding principles are as follows: 1. You have to believe that the nation's current 8-year prosperity was due to the work of Ronald Reagan and George Bush, but yesterday's gasoline prices are all Clinton's fault. 2. You have to believe that those privileged from birth achieve success all ...
Russian Security Services Study Turin Shroud, Say Christ Was Crucified
Post Date: 2006-09-13 10:22:34 by Eoghan
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Experts from the Russian Federal Security Service, the FSB have studied the shroud of Turin and found proof of it being indeed an image of a crucified man with wounds that Jesus Christ could have. Criminologists of the Federal Security Service subjected the shroud, believed to be Christ’s grave clothes, to a number of experiments. For the purity of experiment, the shroud with an imprint of a human body was studied as an ordinary corpus delicti, regardless of its historical value. “First, we have dated the cloth,” the head of the criminology department Anatoly Fesenko told Zhizn daily. “We estimate it to be no less than 2,000 years old. American experts were wrong to ...
World doesn't end, sect upset
Post Date: 2006-09-13 08:12:08 by leveller
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World doesn't end, sect upset Sep. 13, 2006 at 1:50AM A Kenyan sect that predicted the world would end Tuesday in a nuclear war ended the day in some confusion. The Kenyan Standard reported some members of the House of Yahweh spent the day in concrete bunkers they had prepared. The group's teaching was that the 1993 Oslo Accord between Israel and the Palestinian Authority would collapse, triggering a nuclear holocaust. But the leader, Eleazor Kamotho Mugwe, said members of House of Yahweh spent the day in normal activities. He said the prophecy had been misunderstood and that Sept. 12, 2006, is the beginning of a seven-year period of collapse and destruction. "What we know is that ...
America is revealed as one nation under four faces of God
Post Date: 2006-09-12 19:06:14 by Eoghan
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A survey shows that the way Americans see the Almighty is closely linked to their political beliefs NINE in ten Americans believe in God but how they vote, or see the Iraq war, depends on the very different views they have about His personality, according to the most detailed survey of religion in the US. It found that Americans hold four different images of God — Authoritarian, Benevolent, Critical or Distant — and these views are far more powerful indicators about their political, social and moral attitudes than any of the traditional categories such as Protestant, Catholic or Evangelical. The study also suggests that America is more religious than previously thought, with ...
Tampa woman who lost eight relatives in the attacks converts to Islam as tensions simmer from the memories and new terror plots. But she presses on.
Post Date: 2006-09-12 16:59:23 by Ferret Mike
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Her mother named her Elizabeth after the queen of England. More than four decades later, she took another name: Safia Al-Kasaby, reflecting her new identity as a Muslima. Safia, 43, is an unlikely candidate for conversion. She claims Jewish and Puerto Rican ancestry. She is a former sergeant first class in the Air Force National Guard. And she lost eight relatives — one uncle and seven cousins — in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center. Back then, Safia did not imagine the faith professed by the hijackers would one day become her own. “It didn’t really matter who did it,” says the Tampa woman now, reflecting on the 2001 attacks. “I just ...
The Devil in David Berkowitz - Renegade Christians Believe Son of Sam is an Apostle of the Lord.
Post Date: 2006-09-12 01:36:09 by Morgana le Fay
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The way the man once called Son of Sam sees it, Satan and Jesus have long been fighting for his soul. Thirty years ago, when he killed six and terrorized the city, the Devil was winning. But now Berkowitz says that Jesus has the upper hand. And a growing flock of renegade Christians believe he’s an apostle of the Lord. One crisp, early-summer morning, MaryAnn and Jimmy Skubus and I are holding hands at a Starbucks—they’d extended their hands and, taking the cue, I grabbed them. MaryAnn says grace, blessing our scone and marble cake, then turns to the subject that’s brought us together. “David is so different from what everyone thinks,” she says. ...
Does God want you to be rich?
Post Date: 2006-09-11 01:39:54 by Morgana le Fay
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Editor's note: The following is a summary of this week's Time magazine cover story. http://(Time.comexternal link) -- In three of the Gospels, Jesus warns that each of his disciples may have to "deny himself" and even "take up his Cross." In support of this prediction, he contrasts the fleeting pleasures of today with the promise of eternity: "For what profit is it to a man," he asks, "if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul?" Generations of churchgoers have understood that being Christian means being ready to sacrifice. But for a growing number of Christians, the question is better restated, "Why not gain the whole world plus my ...
Coral Snake's Bites of the Week 23 (Douggie and his "Heroes", Who they actually serve, More Microbot postings from the Lead Loon)
Post Date: 2006-09-10 22:47:12 by Coral Snake
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Coral Snake's Bites of the Week 23 (Douggie and his "Heroes", Who they actually serve, More Microbot postings from the Lead Loon) Doug from Upland is so afraid of Hillary and Bill Clinton that I thought it woulfd be a good idea to see if he and his "heroes" are actually in a higher moral ground than they. Most of the Bites for this week will be dedicated to that little study. In addition we will be looking at the latest Lead Loonacies of FreeRepublic's resident Microbit Golden Eagle. As Always Remember the KEY and enjoy. Bite One ---------> Doug from Upland Anyone who is familiar with FreeRepublic and its assorted refugee forums should know who Doug ...
Fred Phelps Diatribe Against Stewart/Colbert
Post Date: 2006-09-09 14:53:17 by Hmmmmm
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Poster Comment:He may be right! I kept waiting for Jon Stewart to break in.
Muslim Life
Post Date: 2006-09-08 12:18:38 by Ferret Mike
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FAMILY TIME: Mohamed Abdul Azeez walks with wife Kauthar and daughter Zeyneb. The prayer leader at the SALAMÖ Islamic Center in Sacramento shaved his beard to appear less threatening. (Mark Boster / LAT) Aug 4, 2006 MOTIVATED: Marya Bangee, a student at UC Irvine, has become a political activist. She says the stereotyping of and misconceptions about Muslims fueled her decision. (Javier Manzano / LAT) Jul 28, 2006 SOCIAL GATHERING: Iftikhar Khan, standing, offers appetizers to his guests Mervat Othman, bottom right, and her husband Amer at his home in La Habra Heights. Khan’s wife Zubeida, on sofa, has become active in their community. (Stefano Paltera / For The Times) Jul 30, 200 ...
Fundies Inside The Gates (Interesting explanation of why Fundie Christians are Zionist) [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2006-09-06 13:34:26 by Ferret Mike
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I've been trying to explain to friends and family for years now the danger of the religious right in this country. The so-called "jesus freaks" began appearing in the '70's and were dismissed as being a bunch of nut-jobs. In the 80's they began their takeover of the political system in this country which has culminated with idiot boy stealing the presidency, not once, but twice.
Finally, someone who came out of our home-grown taliban has verified what I have known all along. They're out to get rid of us so jesus can come back. God save me from your followers.
Anyway. Here's the text of the post:
"GrpCaptMandrake (1000+ posts) Mon Jul-24-06 09:20 AM Original message Fundies ...
Can Atheists Be Good Conservatives?
Post Date: 2006-09-06 12:20:35 by Loopy
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Upon leaving office in November 2004, Attorney General John Ashcroft thanked his staff for keeping the country safe since 9/11. But the real credit, he added, belonged to God. Ultimately, it was God’s solicitude for America that had prevented another attack on the homeland. Many conservatives hear such statements with a soothing sense of approbation. But others—count me among them—feel bewilderment, among much else. If God deserves thanks for fending off assaults on the United States after 9/11, why is he not also responsible for allowing the 2001 hijackings to happen in the first place? Skeptical conservatives—one of the Right’s less celebrated ...
ISRAEL: IN THAT DAY THERE SHALL STAND UP A ROOT OF JESSE THAT SHALL BE AN ENSIGN FOR THE PEOPLE
Post Date: 2006-09-06 11:35:02 by Red Jones
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ISRAEL: IN THAT DAY THERE SHALL STAND UP A ROOT OF JESSE THAT SHALL BE AN ENSIGN FOR THE PEOPLE September 3, 2006 by: S.R. Shearer "Today, one would be hard pressed to find five countries in the world which support the [dictatorial, blood-thirsty] Salvadoran regime [in Central America]. The United States under Ronald Reagan is at the head of the list of supporters. In this 'honorable' company, one can find Guatemala, a huge concentration camp masquerading as a state [under the headship of Rios Montt (a devil masquerading as a Christian)]; ONE CAN ALSO FIND THE STATE OF ISRAEL." Y. Karny, Yediot Aharonot, Jerusalem October 3, 1984 INTRODUCTION We have spoken often on the ...
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