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Vatican 'may relax condom rules'
Post Date: 2006-04-24 16:43:01 by Zipporah
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Vatican 'may relax condom rules' The Pope has backed abstinence over condoms The Vatican is preparing to publish a statement on the use of condoms by people who have Aids, a senior Roman Catholic official has said. Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragan told La Repubblica newspaper that Pope Benedict XVI asked the Vatican's council for health care to study the issue. The Vatican says abstinence is the best way to tackle HIV/Aids. But last week, a retired archbishop backed the use of condoms for married couples to prevent Aids transmission. Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, who used to be Archbishop of Milan, said that in couples where one partner had HIV/Aids, the use ...
PRIESTS MOLESTED KIDS FOR CENTURIES
Post Date: 2006-04-24 11:50:59 by Mind_Virus
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April 24, 2006 at 01:30 AM PRIESTS MOLESTED KIDS FOR CENTURIES A former Vatican lawyer and two ex-Benedictine monks have written an explosive book that shows the Catholic child-molestation scandal goes back to the earliest days of the church. "Sex, Priests, and Secret Codes: he Catholic Church's 2,000-Year Paper Trail of Sexual Abuse," was released last week and is the result of years of research by the three former Catholic bigwigs. Together, authors Father Thomas P. Doyle, A.W.R. Sipe and Patrick J. Wall spent 70 years of their lives serving the Roman church. They saw the molestation scandal begin to go public in the 1980, and eventually discovered the sex-abuse cover-up ...
[LWAN]: A Pagan Responds
Post Date: 2006-04-23 22:50:48 by Neil McIver
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"Scott" wrote in with a very interesting email responding to my recent mailings that had a strong christian emphasis, asking about the strong christian theme present in much of the patriot movement. The above subject line was his own. I really appreciate his email. It's not hard to find people who disagree, but finding people who disagree on constructive terms is much more rare. Scott's observations are not new. My response follows. ---- Dear cjmciver: I have been following your posts for perhaps a little less than a year. The most recent ones confirm something I've noticed about the Patriot or Tax Honesty or Freedom Movements: most of the people involved are Christian. I ...
Police block Armenian pilgrims from attending Easter ceremony in Jerusalem
Post Date: 2006-04-23 19:26:54 by robin
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Police prevented hundreds of Armenian worshipers from taking part in a sacred pre-Easter ceremony at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre yesterday. Armenian church officials said the police behaved rudely to church members and senior clergy and arrested four Armenians near the Old City police station, releasing them only after the Armenians stopped the festive procession to the church in protest. Armenian Archbishop Nourhan Manougian told Haaretz that the police only allowed 400 of 700 Armenian pilgrims to enter the church for the Ceremony of the Holy Fire, despite the fact that all had entry permits, as required by police, he said. "Israel always declares that it allows free access to ...
Jewish Heritage Month
Post Date: 2006-04-23 18:09:13 by Mind_Virus
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4/22/2006 Jewish Heritage Month by Warren Erulian Marrano: A jew who becomes baptized or pretends to be Christian in their community, but secretly hold to their jewish faith and race when among their own kind. Next week ‘Marrano’ American President George Bush is expected to issue a proclamation making the month of May the annual Jewish Heritage month. A special resolution by Florida (democrat) Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz was passed through the Senate and House. Wasserman is preparing to announce Jewish American Heritage Month at 11 a.m. Monday, at the Jewish Museum of Florida in Miami Beach. Wasserman said she hoped to see school districts, museums and ...
Hollywood puts its faith in holy films
Post Date: 2006-04-22 23:55:09 by Eoghan
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HOLLYWOOD, long accused of promoting Godless amorality, has found religion. Studio executives are praying that a flood of Christian films will rescue them from a slump by performing miracles at the multiplex. Inspired by The Passion of the Christ, Mel Gibson’s vision of the crucifixion, which earned £400m at the box office, Hollywood is directing Oscar-winning stars such as Hilary Swank and William Hurt to show their spiritual side on screen. First into the cinemas will be The Da Vinci Code, starring Tom Hanks and Audrey Tatou, due for release next month. Some Catholics, upset by the plot of Dan Brown’s novel about Vatican conspiracies, are threatening to picket the film. ...
Idaho Attorney General Hell Bent
Post Date: 2006-04-22 21:28:14 by David Alan Carmichael
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American Christian Liberty SocietyIdaho Attorney General Hell Bent On
Undermining The Idaho Religious Freedom Restoration Act
H. Lance Freeman
April 21, 2006
Larry Lewis put the Idaho's Free Excercise of Religioun Protected (FERP) law before the Department of Transportation when they told him that he could not longer have a driver's license unless he agreed to identify himself with a Social Security Number (SSN). Larry has come to the conclusion that participation in Social Security violates five of the Ten Commandments and is the number related to the Mark of the Beast. As he understands it, identifying himself with the SSN will earn him eternal damnation. ...
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
Post Date: 2006-04-22 11:17:46 by rowdee
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I subscribe to Bible Archaeology Review magazine and weekly receive updates with additional information or other information. The weekly email update has a pic of what appear to be small ribbons or pieces of cords in the column they always print, called WHAT IS IT. In this column, they show a picture of something from antiquity and provide a list of possibilities, and the answer. This week, as noted, the antiquity appears to be small pieces of ribbon or cords. As usual, I incorrectly guessed, but found the answer interesting. Anyways, at the end of the little blurb about what the antiquity actually is, there is a notation that the Dead Sea Scrolls are on exhibit at Discovery Place in ...
Coral Snake's Bites of the - Week Version 3 (Way Back Machine)
Post Date: 2006-04-22 00:22:48 by Coral Snake
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Coral Snake's Bites of the - Week Version 3 (Way Back Machine) This week's Bites will reflect some of my studies on the RCC and the Jesuit order and go back 500 years rather than being based on current news. Therefore I call this version the Way Back Machine. As always please remember the Key Bite One -----------> Rodrego Borgia (Pope Alexander VI) Pope Alexander VI also known as under his REAL name Rodrego Borgia comes to the bites from history as a serial poisoner who often blamed his bastard daughter Lucrezia for his OWN crimes. It is this Pope that has to be regarded as the tre father of using poisons like Aspartame for the purposes of getting rid of the inconvenient. ...
Russia’s Patriarch Condemns Gospel of Judas as Heresy
Post Date: 2006-04-19 09:24:36 by Zipporah
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Russian Patriarch Alexy II, photo by Rossiiskaya Gazeta Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexei II condemned what he scornfully described as “the so-called Gospel of Judas”, made public earlier this month, the Ekho Moskvy radio station reported. The controversial manuscript presents a different picture of the relationship between Jesus and his disciple Judas Iscariot, portraying the former as a friend, who acted on the orders of Jesus himself by betraying him. The top clergyman of the Russian Orthodox Church maintained Monday that such writings pursued the goal of proving equivalence between good and evil. “We must not be confused by that, because we trust in divine revelation ...
Jesus' Government
Post Date: 2006-04-19 06:46:17 by Zoroaster
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The Reactionary Utopian Jesus’ Government April 4, 2006 Not again! Another top Republican “denies any wrongdoing,” but resigns his post. As the great American philosopher Jimmy Hatlo used to say, they’ll do it every time. Why does corruption in government always surprise us? Why do we expect anything else from it? Government is organized force. It takes our wealth and makes war. And we think honest men would do that work? Well, honest men have sincerely tried, but look at the results and ask yourself whether honesty has any inherent tendency to prevail in politics. War, taxation, waste, debt, inflation, hatred, hypocrisy, cynicism, social disorder. And also ...
Shame of the House of Saud: Shadows over Mecca
Post Date: 2006-04-18 21:25:07 by Zipporah
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Previously unseen photographs reveal how religious zealots obsessed with idolatory have colluded with developers to destroy Islam's diverse heritage. By Daniel Howden Published: 19 April 2006 There is a growing shadow being cast over Islam's holiest site. Only a few metres from the walls of the Grand Mosque in Mecca skyscrapers are reaching further into the sky, slowly blocking out the light. These enormous and garish newcomers now dwarf the elegant black granite of the Kaaba, the focal point of the four million Muslims' annual Haj pilgrimage. The tower blocks are the ...
Kentucky goes P.C. on B.C., A.D.
Post Date: 2006-04-18 15:10:53 by Zipporah
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State board recommends textbooks include secular dating abbreviations Posted: April 18, 2006 1:00 a.m. Eastern The Kentucky State Board of Education has recommended textbooks in the state include the secular dating abbreviations of B.C.E. and C.E. alongside the traditional Christian-based B.C. and A.D. B.C.E., or Before Common Era, and C.E., for Common Era, have become popular among academics and some historians, largely because B.C., or Before Christ, and A.D., Anno Domini, in the year of our Lord, are based on Christianity. According to a report in the Lexington Herald-Leader, one member of the Kentucky panel, David Webb, attempted to pass an amendment that would prevent the ...
[LWAN] David Carmichael Responds
Post Date: 2006-04-17 20:17:08 by Neil McIver
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April, 13, 2006 A number of people wrote in response to David Carmichael being disallowed to open a bank account in which to deposit his judgment award from his Navy lawsuit. Comments ranged from suggesting a bank that has opened accounts without an SSN, simply cashing it instead of opening an account or suing the Treasury that issued the check. David gives more a more detailed explanation for his actions below. ------- I received a letter in the mail advertising "everybody gets free checking". It had a facsimile signature from the bank president. I prepared a "let's sue the bank" 3-ring binder with the bank advertisement, the federal court rulings in our case, the ...
Dark Side of Rev. Moon: Buying the Right
Post Date: 2006-04-17 15:58:06 by Zipporah
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On Jan. 28, 1995, a beaming Rev. Jerry Falwell told his Old Time Gospel Hour congregation news that seemed heaven sent. The televangelist hailed two Virginia businessmen as financial saviors of debt-ridden Liberty University, the fundamentalist Christian school that Falwell had made the crown jewel of his Religious Right empire. "They had to borrow money, hock their houses, hock everything," enthused Falwell. "Thank God for friends like Dan Reber and Jimmy Thomas." Falwell's congregation rose as one to applaud. The star of the moment was Daniel Reber, who was standing behind Falwell. Thomas was not present. Reber and Thomas earned Falwell's public gratitude by ...
Rev. Moon's Conjugal Visitations
Post Date: 2006-04-17 15:51:27 by Zipporah
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Rev. Moon's Conjugal Visitations By John Gorenfeld, AlterNetPosted on April 17, 2006, Printed on April 17, 2006 Among the trendier gripes about why liberals lack power in American politics is that there isn't enough tolerance for America's faithful. A big problem, Rabbi Michael Lerner recently sighed, is that "the Left's hostility to religion and spirituality has become such a major stumbling block to the chances that progressive forces will ever win enough power" to make a difference. So the new advice, from Hillary Clinton to the New Republic's Gregg Easterbrook, is: Stop making snickering remarks at Jerry Falwell's expense. Cheer the innovation of $2 billion in federal tax ...
Prosperity Doctrine, Jesus Christ, and The Rich
Post Date: 2006-04-16 14:11:44 by Red Jones
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Prosperity Doctrine, Jesus Christ, and The Rich Part 1, What Saith Jesus Christ… By Kato Mivule February 3, 2006 Poverty is rampant in Uganda and other parts of Africa and the Prosperity Doctrine is a "Hot Seller" as one local newspaper put it. So, a mere mentioning that the Prosperity Doctrine is false gets many very aggravated here in Africa. I understand the African sentiment that comes from a legitimate reality of vicious poverty. However, we shall not allow such environment of poverty to take us away from scripture. We must choose to follow what the Bible Says and teaches not what Men of Greed have concocted.. So, did Jesus Christ promise us Riches, wealth and ...
Message to Christian America
Post Date: 2006-04-16 14:02:12 by Red Jones
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Message to Christian America by Mr Chuckles, Unknown News April 11, 2006 A friend told me last night that there are 60 million Evangelicals in America who believe in the Rapture, which is why they support Israel's dominion over the Palestinians. Perhaps "Evangelical" means something other than being Christian. I do not think Christ would support treating anyone the way the Palestinians are being treated, certainly not the Palestinian children. Slow motion, generational genocide is not Christ-like. I don't believe there are 60 million Christians in America. My friend must be mistaken. I don't know that there are even sixty real Christians in this country. I may have met a ...
Secrets, Lies, & the Resurrection
Post Date: 2006-04-15 15:04:54 by Lod
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Can you keep a secret? If you can, you’re pretty unusual, because a lot of people can’t. Especially if it’s the kind of secret that—if exposed—could get them in major trouble. One recent, and very public, example of this is the Duke Cunningham bribery scandal—which you probably heard about on the news—which helps to prove my point. Last year, when he was caught taking bribes, it didn’t take long for former Congressman Cunningham to spill the beans. He turned state’s evidence against his co-conspirators, and Time magazine reports that the congressman may have worn a wire to record secret conversations. It doesn’t take much to make us talk, ...
Good Friday rites in Philippines (ouch)
Post Date: 2006-04-14 09:12:05 by robin
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April 14, 2006 Good Friday rites in PhilippinesBy FERNANDO SEPEA Filipino devotee is brought down from the cross during an annual crucifixion lenten (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) SAN PEDRO CUTUD, Philippines (AP) - At least seven Filipino devotees were nailed to the cross during annual Good Friday re-enactments of Jesus Christ's final hours, organizers said. The Lenten ritual is opposed by religious leaders in the Philippines - Southeast Asia's largest predominantly Roman Catholic country - but it has persisted to become one of the country's most-awaited summer attractions in San Pedro Cutud village, in San Fernando city, about 70 kilometres north of Manila. The Roman Catholic devotees were ...
Beyond Belief Media Launches Preemptive Strike On Easter : Copies of Controversial Documentary Are Hidden In Churches Throughout U.S.
Post Date: 2006-04-12 10:45:46 by Mind_Virus
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Beyond Belief Media Launches Preemptive Strike On Easter Tuesday April 11, 2:00 pm ET Copies of Controversial Documentary Are Hidden In Churches Throughout U.S. HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Declaring War on Easter, Beyond Belief Media has launched a preemptive attack on the Christian holiday, the company announced today. "Operation Easter Sanity" has already begun http://(www.waroneaster.org). *(PHOTO: http://Send2Press.com/mediadesk/0406-BBmedia1_72dpi.jpg) *(Photo Caption: Cover of the bestselling DVD "The God Who Wasn't There") *(PHOTO: http://Send2Press.com/mediadesk/0406-BBmedia2_72dpi.jpg) *(Photo Caption: T-Shirt reads, "I support the war ...
Christians Sue for Right Not to Tolerate Policies
Post Date: 2006-04-11 01:56:39 by Trace21231
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Many codes intended to protect gays from harassment are illegal, conservatives argue. April 10, 2006 ATLANTA — Ruth Malhotra went to court last month for the right to be intolerant. Malhotra says her Christian faith compels her to speak out against homosexuality. But the Georgia Institute of Technology, where she's a senior, bans speech that puts down others because of their sexual orientation. Malhotra sees that as an unacceptable infringement on her right to religious expression. So she's demanding that Georgia Tech revoke its tolerance policy. With her lawsuit, the 22-year-old student joins a growing campaign to force public schools, state colleges and private workplaces to ...
Vietnam's Forgotten Lessons
Post Date: 2006-04-11 01:05:39 by ...
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Tuesday, April 11, 2006; A21 Back when Hugh Shelton was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he sent all 17 of his four-star generals "Dereliction of Duty" by H.R. McMaster and asked them to a Pentagon breakfast to discuss the book with the author. The book charges that the U.S. military was derelict in its duty by meekly allowing duplicitous and inept civilians from the president on down to lead the nation into a war (Vietnam) that it then fought unsuccessfully. Shelton vowed that this would not happen again. We all know the cliche about generals fighting the last war, but in Iraq it is not the tactics that were duplicated -- certainly not compared to the Persian Gulf War -- ...
Are Mainstream Churches Finally Standing Up to GOP's Hateful Christian Blitzkrieg?
Post Date: 2006-04-10 09:21:06 by Zoroaster
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Published on Sunday, April 9, 2006 by the Columbus Free Press (Ohio) Are Mainstream Churches Finally Standing Up to the GOP’s Hateful “Christian” Blitzkrieg? by Bob Fitrakis and Harvey Wasserman Right-wing church movements have been a staple of American politics since well before the 1692 witch trials at Salem. But only in the past few decades has the extremist church served as the grassroots base for a new breed of corporate totalitarianism. That unholy union has been nowhere more powerful than here in Ohio, and it has finally provoked a response from the state’s mainstream churches. With huge torrents of cash from Richard Mellon Scaife, the Ahmanson family and ...
Jesus 'Denied He Was Son of God'
Post Date: 2006-04-09 13:57:37 by Mind_Virus
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April 09, 2006 Jesus 'Denied He Was Son of God' Maurice Chittenden A HOLY war between writers is switching from the High Court to the bookshelves. One of the authors who last week failed to win a plagiarism case against Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code has written a new book just in time for Easter to question the very tenets of the Christian faith. Michael Baigent’s The Jesus Papers tries to strip Jesus of his divinity by claiming that he wrote letters to a Jewish court denying that he was the son of God. The book was published in the United States last week on the same day as the first American paperback version of Brown’s novel. The two immediately went head-to-head at ...
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