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What You Didn't Know About The Popes Of Rome
Post Date: 2005-04-06 16:05:29 by Red Jones
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What You Didn't Know About The Popes Of Rome By Mark Owen 4-6-5 On the evening of Saturday April 2, 2005, after receiving the Rite of Extreme Unction, Pope John Paul II passed away. At this time his chamberlain would have gone to the papal hospital bed and asked the Bishop of Rome a question, "Are you dead?" There would be no reply from the Pope. The chamberlain would then pick up a silver hammer and strike the Pope on the head and repeat his question, "Are you dead?" Again there would be no reply. The chamberlain would then thrice call out the Pope's baptismal name. He would then declare the Pope to be dead. This is the way the Church has determined papal deaths for ...
Amsterdam prosecutors ban anti-Jewish book
Post Date: 2005-04-06 13:39:43 by 1776
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Amsterdam prosecutors said Wednesday they would ban a book published by an Islamic-interest publisher because it contained anti-Jewish passages that violate Dutch law. "Guide for Islamic Schooling," published by Uitgeverij Noer, contains passages referring to a Jewish conspiracy to control the world, which prosecutors said were "classic anti-Semitism." The book was one of three that had drawn complaints in the wake of the killing of a Dutch filmmaker in November, allegedly by an Islamic radical. But prosecutors said it didn't make sense to charge publishers or distributors for hate crimes. "It's best, in part due to the level of culpability, not to prosecute but ...
The garden of Eden was in Iraq
Post Date: 2005-04-06 09:10:44 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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1. The garden of Eden was in Iraq. 2. Mesopotamia, which is now Iraq, was the cradle of civilization! 3. Noah built the ark in Iraq. 4. The Tower of Babel was in Iraq. 5. Abraham was from Ur, which is in Southern Iraq! 6. Isaac's wife Rebekah is from Nahor, which is in Iraq. ! 7. Jacob met Rachel in Iraq. 8. Jonah preached in Nineveh - which is in Iraq. 9. Assyria, which is in Iraq, conquered the ten tribes of Israel. 10. Amos cried out in Iraq! 11. Babylon, which is in Iraq, destroyed Jerusalem. 12. Daniel was in the lion's den in Iraq! 13. The three Hebrew children were in the fire in Iraq (Jesus had been in Iraq also as the fourth person in the fiery furnace!) 14. ...
John Paul reborn as ‘Incredible Popeman’
Post Date: 2005-04-06 06:08:33 by 2Trievers
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Comic book turns late pontiff into Satan-fighting superhero Daniel Munoz / Reuters “HomoPater,” a comic book rendering of the late Pope John Paul II as an evil-fighting superhero, is shown Monday in Bogota, Colombia. BOGOTA, Colombia - Pope John Paul II is being reborn in a Colombian comic book as a superhero battling evil with an anti-devil cape and special chastity pants. The first episode of the “Incredible Popeman” is about to go on sale in Colombia and shows the late Polish pontiff meeting comic book legends such as Batman and Superman to learn how to use superpowers to battle Satan. “The pope was a real-life superhero, of flesh and blood,” said ...
Man tries to convert lions to Jesus, gets bitten
Post Date: 2005-04-05 21:04:55 by 2Trievers
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46-year-old leaps into den at Taipei Zoo, calls beasts to Christianity TAIPEI, Taiwan - A man leaped into a lion’s den at the Taipei Zoo on Wednesday to try to convert the king of beasts to Christianity, but was bitten in the leg for his efforts. “Jesus will save you!” shouted the 46-year-old man at two African lions lounging under a tree a few meters away. “Come bite me!” he said with both hands raised, television footage showed. One of the lions, a large male with a shaggy mane, bit the man in his right leg before zoo workers drove it off with water hoses and tranquilizer guns. Newspapers said that the lions had been fed earlier in the day, otherwise the man ...
Bishop Says He Wasn't Saying Jesus Was Gay
Post Date: 2005-04-05 20:36:48 by Japedo
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Bishop Says He Wasn't Saying Jesus Was Gay Robinson Accuses Blogger Of Misinterpreting Remarks POSTED: 11:15 am EDT April 5, 2005 UPDATED: 5:43 pm EDT April 5, 2005 PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- The leader of New Hampshire's Episcopal Church is strongly denying accusations that he suggested that Jesus might have been gay. Video Robinson Gives Angry Rebuttal To Blogger ROBINSON COMMENTS Listen To Robinson's Forum Comments VirtueOnline.org Bishop Gene Robinson is under fire from religious conservatives for comments he made during a panel discussion in February at Christ Church in Hamilton, Mass., focused on the identity of Jesus Christ. Robinson, who is openly gay, described Jesus' ...
QUIZ: Should you worship God at the Kingdom Hall with Jehovah's Witnesses? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-04-05 08:24:40 by 2Trievers
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Saint's Prophecy: Only Two Popes Remain
Post Date: 2005-04-04 07:39:58 by 2Trievers
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When the cardinals of the world pick John Paul II's successor, they may well be choosing the next-to-last pope. The pope who then follows this choice in the Chair of St. Peter will be the last pope, and after his reign Rome will be destroyed. Such has been the prophecy of St. Malachy, an Irish bishop who at his death in 1148 A.D. was discovered to have left behind a prophetic list of all future popes beginning with Pope Celestine II, whose papacy began in 1143 A.D. Malachy included a single line in Latin identifying a characteristic of each pope. Historians say Malachy's prediction – wherein he listed just 112 popes – has been amazingly accurate. According to his list, there ...
The Purple Prose Introduction to Canaan
Post Date: 2005-04-04 01:22:43 by tom007
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The Purple Prose Introduction to Canaan A welcome breeze blows inland from the coast, carrying with it the tang of the sea. The port is abustle, the high prowed narrow wooden ships restive at anchor, their rectangular sails loose and drooping from their masts. On the shore, pale grey-eyed men in loin cloths and feather headdresses rub shoulders with shaven headed, dark-golden skinned men in sheer white linen robes. A few bare-chested men in long trews, their bleached hair pale and stiff, bear extensive tatooed interlacings. Overseeing all are the masters of the port, dark haired and bearded, intense eyed and proud, even in the afternoon heat, wrapped in richly textured and patterned ...
Rapture Letters
Post Date: 2005-04-03 21:46:47 by Esso
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The rapture: When all the believers in Jesus Christ, who have been born again, are taken up to heaven. After the rapture, there will be a lot of speculation as to why millions of people have just disappeared. Unfortunately, after the rapture, only non believers will be left to come up with answers. You probably have family and friends that you have witnessed to and they just won't listen. After the rapture they probably will, but who will tell them? We have written a computer program to do just that. It will send an Electronic Message (e-mail) to whomever you want after the rapture has taken place, and you and I have been taken to heaven. How is this accomplished, you might ask. It's a ...
Prospect of Third World Pope Excites Some
Post Date: 2005-04-03 15:18:52 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Prospect of Third World Pope Excites Some By NIKO PRICE Associated Press Writer MEXICO CITY (AP) -- As cardinals rushed to the Vatican on Sunday to begin the process of selecting a new pope, many back home were asking a pointed question: If most of the world's Roman Catholics live in the developing world, why has every pope been European? The possibility that the next pope could come from Latin America, Africa or Asia is creating a buzz from Mexico City to Manila, from Tegucigalpa to Kinshasa. Many Latin American Catholics said the only way to improve on a papacy they overwhelmingly supported would be to select someone from their own ranks. Their hopes were fueled by the last papal ...
Jesus might have been homosexual, says the first openly gay bishop [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-04-03 10:58:53 by Zipporah
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The first openly gay Anglican bishop has sparked outrage for suggesting that Jesus might have been homosexual. The Rt Rev Gene Robinson, the Bishop of New Hampshire in the Episcopal Church of the United States, said that Jesus was an unmarried, "non-traditional man" who did not uphold family values, "travelled with a bunch of men" and enjoyed an especially close relationship with one of his disciples. Traditionalists have suggested that the Bishop should be ‘struck down by thunder and lightning bolts’ His comments, made in a recent address at the Christ Church of Hamilton and Wenham in Massachusetts, have enraged traditional Anglicans who have suggested ...
The real hero in reconciling Christians and Jews
Post Date: 2005-04-03 07:28:42 by Zipporah
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Forty years ago, during the papacy of Pope John XXIII, the Catholic Church determined that the attempt to present the Jewish people as rejected by God was false, and cleared the Jews of responsibility for the death of Jesus. But it was Pope John Paul II who was the true hero of Christian-Jewish reconciliation. The late pontiff called for "a new and profound understanding between the Church and Judaism everywhere, in every country, for the benefit of all." He stated unequivocally that the idea that the Church has replaced the Jewish people in a covenant with God was wrong, and even questioned the attempt to proselytize among Jews. The two most significant events in terms of ...
Pope fears Bush is antichrist, journalist contends - Church - journalist Wayne Madsden - Brief Article
Post Date: 2005-04-02 17:46:38 by robin
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WASHINGTON DC -- According to freelance journalist Wayne Madsden, "George W Bush's blood lust, his repeated commitment to Christian beliefs and his constant references to 'evil doers,' in the eyes of many devout Catholic leaders, bear all the hallmarks of the one warned about in the Book of Revelations--the anti-Christ." Madsen, a Washington-based writer and columnist, who often writes for Counterpunch, says that people close to the pope claim that amid these concerns, the pontiff wishes he was younger and in better health to confront the possibility that Bush may represent the person prophesized in Revelations. John Paul II has always believed the world was on the precipice of ...
Jean-Marie Lustiger: Second Jewish Pope?
Post Date: 2005-04-02 09:09:50 by crack monkey
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Jean-Marie Lustiger: Second Jewish Pope? By UWE SIEMON-NETTO UPI Religion Editor France was stunned when Pope John Paul II named Jewish-born Jean-Marie Lustiger as archbishop of Paris. "You are the fruit of the Holy Father's prayer," the pontiff's secretary told him. Could it be that the cardinal-electors will now stun the world by choosing Lustiger as next pope, the first Jew to occupy St. Peter's See since Peter himself? Lustiger, both whose parents died in Auschwitz, has always insisted that, though he had converted to Christianity at age 14, he was and remained a Jew: "I was born a Jew and so I am. For me, the vocation of Israel is to bring light to the goyim. That's ...
Cardinals Differ on Who Will Succeed Pope
Post Date: 2005-04-01 22:26:27 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Cardinals Differ on Who Will Succeed Pope By RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer April 1, 2005, 6:03 PM EST Pope John Paul II has named nearly every cardinal who will elect his successor, but that does not mean the next pontiff will be just like him. The world's cardinals hold diverse and often conflicting views about what are the most pressing issues for the Roman Catholic Church and will likely seek out a leader with different qualities than John Paul's. "The cardinals, when they come in the conclave, they follow their conscience and they see what's useful for the church today," said Belgian Cardinal Godfried Danneels, in a recent interview with The Associated Press. "There ...
Papal Candidate Gives Pro-Zionist Talk
Post Date: 2005-04-01 05:49:14 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Papal Candidate Gives Pro-Zionist Talk The Jerusalem Post 4-1-5 "A cardinal considered a candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II delivered a strong message in favor of Jewish settlement in the Holy Land on Wednesday night, rejecting the claim that European Christians' support for the State of Israel is based on Holocaust guilt and saying that all Christians should affirm Zionism as a biblical imperative for the Jewish people." A cardinal considered a candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II delivered a strong message in favor of Jewish settlement in the Holy Land on Wednesday night, rejecting the claim that European Christians' support for the State of Israel is based on ...
Papal candidate delivers staunchly pro-Zionist speech
Post Date: 2005-03-31 23:52:02 by 1776
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A cardinal considered a candidate to succeed Pope John Paul II delivered a strong message in favor of Jewish settlement in the Holy Land on Wednesday night, rejecting the claim that European Christians' support for the State of Israel is based on Holocaust guilt and saying that all Christians should affirm Zionism as a biblical imperative for the Jewish people. Archbishop of Vienna Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, part of a visiting Austrian delegation, made the remarks in an address at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem on the topic of "God's chosen land." After asking, "What does Eretz Yisrael [the Land of Israel] mean to us," Schoenborn answered by stressing the ...
POPE'S CONDITION WORSENING
Post Date: 2005-03-31 15:53:10 by rowdee
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Just announced as they are going into break that they are awaiting additional word with more details regarding the Pope's medical condition worsening.
The End of Reason,Organized religion elevates superstition to an entirely new level, so let's call its institutions by their proper name: superstition-based institutions.
Post Date: 2005-03-31 10:38:04 by hfrancis
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Organized religion elevates superstition to an entirely new level, so let's call its institutions by their proper name: superstition-based institutions. Story Tools EMAIL PRINT BUY COMMENTS Also in Top Stories Tune In Don Hazen, AlterNet The Case of Tayseer Alouny Patricia Estevez, AlterNet Labor Pains Matt Harwood, AlterNet More stories by David Morris For Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, until 2003 the deputy head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican's most powerful office, seeing The DaVinci Code in a Vatican bookstore was the last straw. In early March he lashed out at Catholic bookstores for carrying the book, and directed Catholics not to read it. Why? ...
Order Denying Schiavo Hearing
Post Date: 2005-03-30 16:08:13 by crack monkey
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Here's a copy of the order denying the latest Schiavo appeal. It sort of makes for interesting reading. ORDER
Catholic Bishops Survey Clergy Sex Abuse Victims on Improving Outreach
Post Date: 2005-03-30 11:42:18 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Catholic Bishops Survey Clergy Sex Abuse Victims on Improving Outreach By Rachel Zoll The Associated Press Published: Mar 30, 2005 The nation's Roman Catholic bishops said Wednesday that they are asking victims of clergy sex abuse around the country to fill out a survey on how church leaders can better help them recover and protect young people from predators in the future. Through the Web site www.victim-outreach.com, the bishops are asking victims to evaluate how diocesan officials responded to their abuse claims, what church leaders could have done better and how they can support victims heal. "The horrific experience of being sexually abused is best understood by the survivors ...
Woman charged with e-mailing threats to Wash. Gov. Gregoire
Post Date: 2005-03-29 12:35:45 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Woman charged with e-mailing threats to Wash. Gov. Gregoire 08:09 AM PST on Tuesday, March 29, 2005 Associated Press OLYMPIA, Wash. -- A Whatcom County woman has been charged with sending a series of increasingly threatening e-mails to Gov. Christine Gregoire. Lee Ann Linville, 44, of Birch Bay, wrote that the governor was "dead meat to God" and that "There is going to be a murder attempt on your life, your childrens lives and your husband," charging papers filed in Whatcom County Superior Court said. Linville also claimed to have foreknowledge of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, prosecutors said. She claimed the government had stolen her money and that ...
Diocese gave 'green light' for abuse, prosecutor says
Post Date: 2005-03-29 11:31:13 by Mr Nuke Buzzcut
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Diocese gave 'green light' for abuse, prosecutor says Associated Press Mar. 29, 2005 06:45 AM HAYWARD, Calif. - Diocese officials in Northern California nurtured a policy of secrecy, negligence and disregard for children's safety that led to the sexual abuse of two altar boys more than 20 years ago, an attorney argued. In opening statements in a civil trial that could influence similar cases across the state, plaintiff's attorney Rick Simons told jurors Monday that the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland gave the Rev. Robert Ponciroli a "green light" to sexually molest and abuse children. "This was not an isolated incident," Simons said. "We will ask for a ...
Girl with Rare Disorder Barred From Communion [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2005-03-28 20:44:34 by CAPPSMADNESS
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Mother Petitions the Vatican to Allow Daughter with Digestive Disease to Substitute Rice Wafer for Wheat Haley Pelly-Waldman, 9, has celiac disease, which makes her unable to digest wheat, even the small amount in a communion wafer. (ABCNEWS) March 27, 2005 — Like many Catholic children, Haley Pelly-Waldman, 9, had looked forward to her first Holy Communion. It is a sacred rite of passage for all young Catholics, steeped in tradition and meaning. Catholics believe the wine and the wafer symbolize the body and blood of Christ. When it was Haley's turn to experience her first communion, she donned a special white dress for the occasion, ready to participate in the ritual that unites ...
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