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Churches back plan to unite under Pope
Post Date: 2007-02-18 22:57:58 by robin
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Radical proposals to reunite Anglicans with the Roman Catholic Church under the leadership of the Pope are to be published this year, The Times has learnt. The proposals have been agreed by senior bishops of both churches. In a 42-page statement prepared by an international commission of both churches, Anglicans and Roman Catholics are urged to explore how they might reunite under the Pope. The statement, leaked to The Times, is being considered by the Vatican, where Catholic bishops are preparing a formal response. It comes as the archbishops who lead the 38 provinces of the Anglican Communion meet in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in an attempt to avoid schism over gay ordination and other ...
'Sparks fly from Jesus artwork'
Post Date: 2007-02-16 14:47:53 by Jethro Tull
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'Sparks fly from Jesus artwork' Feb 13 2007 by Jessica Shaughnessy, Liverpool Daily Post WORSHIPPERS are flocking to a statue of Jesus Christ in a Merseyside gallery claiming it possesses miraculous powers. Visitors have descended on the Liverpool Academy of Art to kneel before the steel and bronze artwork after reports that “sparks” were shooting from its eyes.-Snip
Soviets Razed Churches - Spared Synagogues
Post Date: 2007-02-14 14:48:10 by AllTheKings'HorsesWontDoIt
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Soviets Razed Churches, Spared Synagogues By Henry Makow, Ph.D. – February 9, 2007 In October, a reader sent a penetrating question: "When Bolshevism took over Russia, they tried to eliminate religion. Their stated philosophy was atheism and they closed Christian Churches and killed or imprisoned the clergy." "However, did they also close Jewish synagogues and kill or imprison the rabbis? The answer to this question will explain many things about the early days of Communism and I hope you can provide the truth." Last week I stumbled across the answer in a book by American historian Edwin Schoonmaker: "Fifteen years after the Bolshevist Revolution was ...
Social Credit" Versus "Finance Capitalism"'s Monopoly of Money, Land, & Tools; & the Jewish Question
Post Date: 2007-02-11 00:48:37 by Simmering Frog
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"Social Credit" Versus "Finance Capitalism"'s Monopoly of Money, Land, & Tools; & the Jewish Question ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bear in mind that I believe Christianity to be an Alien social-engineering operation. Even if that is true, it does not dilute the relevance of the following material to our plight as a nation and all men living on this planet. Frog ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Subject: Social Credit (de-monopolization of capital) versus Finance Capitalism's Monopoly of Money, Land and Tools and the Jewish Question From: "Dick ...
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America
Post Date: 2007-02-09 22:23:46 by Zipporah
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American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America By: SilentPatriot on Friday, February 9th, 2007 at 11:15 AM - PST I'm sure this book (from the title alone) is going to upset alot of people (see: Jimmy Carter). That notwithstanding, in his latest controversial work, American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War On America, author Chris Hedges examines the growing right-wing fundamentalist movement in America and argues that it resembles the early fascist, cult-like movements of Germany and Italy in the 1920's and 30's. Regardless of where you stand, this book is bound to spark some serious debate. Download (3883) | Play (3299) Download (2162) | ...
Papal Legacy: Questioning Capitalism
Post Date: 2007-02-09 01:17:34 by gargantuton
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Published on Monday, April 4, 2005 by >http://TomPaine.com Papal Legacy: Questioning Capitalism by Marcin Król John Paul II is difficult to understand for many Americans. He, like the church he led, was neither Democrat nor Republican. This Pope was more pro-human rights than Jimmy Carter and more anti-communist than Ronald Reagan. But it was in economics that the Pope was even more challenging to the American mind. The death of the Pope John Paul II was not unexpected, and his immense influence on the modern world will be judged and commented on by everybody who thinks that he has something to say. Before explaining one of the less known aspects of his teaching, it should be ...
Jewish Anti-Christianity Intensifies As Christians Ignore It
Post Date: 2007-02-08 15:08:11 by Zoroaster
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Jewish Anti-Christianity Intensifies As Christians Ignore It By Harmony Grant 2-8-7 Attacks by Jewish activists on Christianity have never been bolder in the US than this past year. Some Jews themselves state this fact, such as Rabbi Daniel Lapin, who warns of his liberal brethren's onslaught against Christianity. Zef Chafets, Jewish journalist and author of A Match Made in Heaven, recently offered a warning, too. He wrote a Christian-friendly rebuttal to Abe Foxman's scathing critique of the church in Time online. "In early November 2005, the Prime Minister of Iran stated his intention to wipe Israel off the map," writes Chafets. "At almost exactly the same ...
Gnosticism and Jesus' "Destroy this temple"
Post Date: 2007-02-07 21:53:43 by Morgana le Fay
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Gnosticism and Jesus' "Destroy this temple"by a gnostic [Subscribe] Wed Feb 07, 2007 at 06:14:18 PM PSTAs some know, this is my on-going personal project, and the latest massive hypocrisy in relation to John Edwards' bloggers has inspired me to clean up my essay; I do plan a complete overhaul with the essay written in academic format at some point... Anyhow, here's my latest editing of my diary on the original christians, the Gnostics, an alternative expose of Jesus' teachings that survived to the modern Bible, and my expose of St. Stephen in relation to this same meme that the early christians were against organized religion with physical temples or churches and ...
Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism, Part II
Post Date: 2007-02-07 20:52:47 by gargantuton
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Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism, Part II Peter Chojnowski See also: Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism, Part I A) Who is to Blame? The "spirit" of capitalism, which we have attempted to express in the first part of this article on Amintore Fanfani's work Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism, is a intellectual force which has a specific historical origin. According to Fanfani, the "spirit" of an age, like the one of capitalism, cannot be merely the conviction of one active man or even a group of active men. For it to be truly categorized as the spirit of an entire age (clearly the German word Geist better conveys the meaning intended), the ...
Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism: Part I
Post Date: 2007-02-07 20:42:57 by gargantuton
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Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism: Part I Peter Chojnowski When Amintore Fanfani wrote his book Catholicism, Protestantism, and Capitalism1 in the mid-1930s, capitalism was at its nadir. Not only had the engine of modern capitalism, the stock markets, staled, but also, the major nations of the world were governed by ideologies which were specifically and primarily anti-capitalistic. It was during this decade, between the bubble-economy of the 20s and the wartime economy of the 40s, that the thought of many in the United States and Europe was focused upon two very specific questions: Why had capitalism failed so catastrophically in 1929-1930 and what could be put forward as an ...
Mike Jones responds to Ted Haggard's announcement of his heterosexuality
Post Date: 2007-02-07 11:29:29 by Zipporah
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Mike Jones responds to Ted Haggard's announcement of his heterosexuality by David Edwards and Michael Rogers The prostitute who first exposed Evangelical minister Ted Haggard as a closeted gay man and crystal meth user has responded to Haggard's claim that he has successfully completed three weeks of "ex-gay" counseling. In response to Haggard's statement, Jones giggled and responded "Well, that's the quickest therapy I've ever heard of. It's hard for me to imagine someone who is performing oral sex and saying that he is 'straight.' That just doesn't jive." If you were to ask me 'Do I think is Ted haggard gay?' I would have ...
Economic Science And Catholic Social Teaching [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-02-06 19:56:01 by gargantuton
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June 17, 2004 ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING by Thomas Storck Even among otherwise orthodox Catholics in the United States there is generally little knowledge of or interest in Catholic social doctrine, that body of Catholic teachings which concerns man in society, especially with reference to the political and economic orders. Since Leo XIII began vigorously to develop and apply this teaching to the changing conditions of the modern world, especially with his encyclical Rerum Novarum (1891), Catholic social doctrine has seemed to many to constitute an alternative both to free-market capitalism and all forms of socialism and communism. But lately an objection to Catholic ...
Haggard now "completely heterosexual"
Post Date: 2007-02-06 11:41:51 by Arete
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DENVER — One of four ministers who oversaw three weeks of intensive counseling for the Rev. Ted Haggard said the disgraced minister emerged convinced that he is "completely heterosexual." Haggard also said his sexual contact with men was limited to the former male prostitute who came forward with sexual allegations, the Rev. Tim Ralph of Larkspur told The Denver Post for a story in Tuesday's edition. "He is completely heterosexual," Ralph said. "That is something he discovered. It was the acting-out situations where things took place. It wasn't a constant thing." Ralph said the board spoke with people close to Haggard while investigating his ...
The Things that are Not Caesar's: How to Catch Fish, Unlock Locke, and Settle the Just Bounds of Church and State
Post Date: 2007-02-06 01:01:54 by gargantuton
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The Things that are Not Caesar's by Thaddeus J. Kozinski How to Catch Fish, Unlock Locke, and Settle the Just Bounds of Church and State Stanley Fish is infamous for his subversive talents, especially his ability to deconstruct what seem to be impregnable arguments with a mixture of penetrating intuition, rigorous analysis, and ironical wit. Catholic scholars skeptical to the coherence of liberal political thought owe Fish a great debt for his uncanny ability to expose the rotting skeleton of liberal orthodoxy, revealing the irrational and intolerant dogmas hiding underneath its shiny skin. Although normally the enemy of secular liberalism is the friend of Catholicism, this is not ...
God and Capitalism: Reflections of a Catholic Banker
Post Date: 2007-02-06 00:55:41 by gargantuton
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God and Capitalism 2/6/2005 - 5:00 AM PST Reflections of a Catholic Banker ROME, FEB. 6, 2005 (Zenit) - How to order the modern economy according to moral principles was the subject of a book published in November in Italy. "Denaro e Paradiso: L'Economia Globale e il Mondo Cattolico" (Money and Paradise: The Global Economy and the Catholic World) is a book-length interview with Ettore Gotti Tedeschi, president of the Italian operations of one of Europe's largest banks, Banco Santander Central Hispano. Gotti Tedeschi starts off by explaining to author and journalist Rino Cammilleri how the market system, even with its imperfections, is the most efficient way of ...
Christians Should Follow Christ, Not Do The Bidding Of AIPAC
Post Date: 2007-02-05 17:28:19 by Brian S
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Dear Editor: Christ said, “Blessed are the peacemakers." So, how did Christians turn into Christian-Zionists (evangelicals), elect Bush, and fund the bombing of Iraqi and Palestinian children? And how can they claim to be “pro-life?" I guess the tourists don’t go into refugee camps where Palestinians are starving. They don’t visit the Baptist Church in Gaza where American and Arab Christians worship together (and pray the American-made missiles don’t hit them). Where does the Bible say we should support the “state" of Israel? When God spoke to Abraham in Genesis 12:1-3, there WAS no state of Israel. Israel, the grandson of Abraham, hadn’t ...
Anglican/Episcopal Church Officially Promotes Idol Worship [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2007-02-05 15:16:12 by richard9151
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Date: Sun, Jan 21 2007 2:49 am *False Churches, False Brethren, False Gospels Weblog: Anglican/Episcopal Church Officially Promotes Idol Worship* *"Women's Eucharist" calls for worship of pagan deities specifically condemned in Scripture.* Compiled by Ted Olsen Imagine for one moment that you're a leader in the Anglican/Episcopal Church USA. You know that within the next few days, a global commission is going to release a report on how the global Anglican Communion should respond to your church, and is likely to be critical of the ordination of an actively homosexual man as bishop. You know, and have said yourself, that the debate isn't just about sexuality: ...
Jewish Baby Seriously Injured In Circumcision Ceremony
Post Date: 2007-02-04 18:57:24 by Brian S
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Mohel apparently cuts off part of baby's penis during circumcision in Bnei Brak. Baby rushed to hospital suffering from massive blood loss Meital Yasur-Beit Or Published: 02.04.07, 23:54 An eight-day old baby sustained serious injuries to his penis during a circumcision ceremony held at a Bnei Brak event hall Sunday evening. The baby was rushed to the emergency room at the Sheba Medical Center, where he is currently undergoing surgery to stop the bleeding. Following the bris and after the mohel (circumciser) had already left the building, the baby's parents noticed that his diaper was soaked with blood. The parents phoned the mohel, who advised them to call an ambulance ...
We're far too nice to Muslim extremists
Post Date: 2007-02-03 20:12:20 by gargantuton
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The Sunday Times February 04, 2007 We're far too nice to Muslim extremists Minette Marrin It is hard not to feel a desperate anger at last week’s news. Nine British Muslims have been arrested on suspicion of plotting to behead a British Muslim soldier, as a traitor to Islam, and to show a videotape of the act on the net to terrify us. In the same week Policy Exchange, the think tank, has published a poll-based study that shows young British-born Muslims are far more alienated from mainstream society than their parents. Of British Muslims aged 16-24, 37% would prefer to live under sharia in Britain, 37% would like to send their children to Islamic state schools and — most ...
The Origins of Christian Zionism
Post Date: 2007-02-03 11:30:52 by Zoroaster
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The Origins of Christian Zionism History; Posted on: 2007-02-02 23:27:30 Most English-speaking Christians who support Zionism claim the Bible as the inspiration for their position. Few realize that what they actually believe is a novel interpretation of Scripture concocted by a notorious con artist. In this article, Christian writer C. E. Carlson tells the story of Cyrus Scofield and the wealthy Jews who used his work to turn today's Christians into near-Judeolaters by C. E. Carlson The French author, Alexis de Tocqueville, wrote Democracy in America when he traveled here in the first third of the 19th Century. In ringing tones he sang the praises of America's invulnerable ...
Preparing for a New Translation of the Roman Missal
Post Date: 2007-02-03 04:20:52 by gargantuton
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Preparing for a New Translation of the Roman Missal Msgr. James P. Moroney From the Nov/Dec 2006 Issue of Lay Witness Magazine On June 15, 2006, members of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops approved a slightly amended form of the translation of the Order of Mass by the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (I.C.E.L.). Now we await the consideration of that translation by several other English-speaking conferences of bishops (the Episcopal Conference of India is scheduled to vote on the text in January 2007) and a review by the Congregation for Divine Worship and Discipline of the Sacraments in consideration of its confirmation by the Holy See. In the ...
The Troubling Worldview of the "Rapture Ready" Christian
Post Date: 2007-02-02 12:49:13 by bluedogtxn
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The Troubling Worldview of the 'Rapture-Ready' Christian by Bill Barnwell by Bill Barnwell DIGG THIS When the subject of the "end-times" comes up, many Christians and non-Christians don’t want to talk about it. Some Christians, annoyed with all the competing theories and terminology just say, "What difference does it make? Jesus is coming back and I just need to be ready." Non-Christians just assume that since Christianity isn’t true, then the whole issue doesn’t matter. Well, actually, it does matter. I will submit that the popular doctrines of the Left Behind series pose very real threats not only to Christianity, but also to the wider ...
Christian Fascism: The Jesus Gestapo of St. Orwell
Post Date: 2007-02-01 17:40:31 by Zoroaster
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Voices 02/01/07 06:40:26 am, Categories: Voices, 1800 words Christian Fascism: The Jesus Gestapo of St. Orwell Carolyn Baker New York Times reporter, Chris Hedges, has written an extraordinary book, American Fascism: The Christian Right And The War On America. Having survived a Christian fundamentalist background myself, I marvel at the timely urgency of Hedges’ book, but also, at the obtuse disconnect most Americans have with the pivotal thesis of his book: the power of the religious right in the United States to bring forth a nation whose totalitarian repression could dwarf that of Nazi Germany in the 1930s. [More:] As Hedges notes, we are well on the path toward such a reality, ...
Cardinal Martini and Euthanasia: When It Is Licit to Cut Life Short
Post Date: 2007-02-01 01:37:33 by gargantuton
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Cardinal Martini and Euthanasia: When It Is Licit to Cut Life Short For the former archbishop of Milan, the seriously ill person has at every moment the right to interrupt the care that keeps him alive. No, objects the president of the Pontifical Academy for Life. But the real clash is between Martini and the pope by Sandro Magister ROMA, January 30, 2007 – Just nine months after the bombshell manifesto of opposition to the reigning pope published in the Italian weekly “L’espresso” – on artificial insemination, embryos, abortion, euthanasia – cardinal Carlo Maria Martini has returned to the last of these topics, euthanasia, with an article that appeared on ...
Gog and Magog: Thew false prophetic underpinnings for war
Post Date: 2007-01-31 14:16:43 by Zoroaster
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"As it turns out that Gog and Magog are generally nothing more than one's favorite bad guy." Often times it's not what Holy Writ says so much as how we construe it that counts! Especially is this so when Zionists and Dispensationalists, the Neo-Cons and the Theo-Cons, get together to do the construing. When these two are in agreement, watch out, for their aggressive ideologies depend on an apocalyptic "clash of civilizations" to bring about their shared vision of a "New World Order" ruled from Jerusalem. Thus saith the Reverend John Hagee: Just before us is a nuclear countdown with Iran, followed by Ezekiel’s war (as described in Ezekiel, ...
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