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A Plea Bargin in the Alabama Church Burnings?
Post Date: 2006-06-08 10:42:04 by Zoroaster
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Web Exclusive| Nation A Plea Bargain in the Alabama Church Burnings? The three college students arrested for setting fire to nine rural churches may avoid a trial. The question is where they will serve their time By VERNA GATES/BIRMINGHAM SUBSCRIBE TO TIMEPRINTE-MAILMORE BY AUTHORBackground: The Unusual Suspects Related Blogs: Click here for blog postings from around the web that are related to the topic of this article. Posted Tuesday, Jun. 06, 2006 The three college students arrested in March for the burnings of nine rural churches in Alabama will most likely never go to trial, sources in the case tell TIME. Judge John E. Ott announced Monday that their trial date has been moved from ...
Ann Coulter: Jews Are Christians
Post Date: 2006-06-08 09:29:45 by Mind_Virus
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Coulter: Jews Are Christians; Episcopalians, Not So Much Paul Waldman The new Ann Coulter book is a doozy. Over at Media Matters, we found these little gems: In Ann Coulter's world -- as described in her new book Godless: The Church of Liberalism (Crown Forum) -- Jews are Christians, but apparently Episcopalians are not. A footnote on Page 3 of the book reads: "Throughout this book, I often refer to Christians and Christianity because I am a Christian and I have a fairly good idea of what they believe, but the term is intended to include anyone who subscribes to the Bible of the God of Abraham, including Jews and others." [emphasis added] Yes, you read that correctly. As far ...
Christianity and the War
Post Date: 2006-06-07 14:25:19 by christine
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Christianity and the War by Laurence M. Vance bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Home | About | Columnists | Blog | Subscribe | Donate Christianity and the Warby Laurence M. Vanceby Laurence M. Vance This talk was delivered, at the request of Congressman Ron Paul, to Republican and Democratic staff aides of the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC, on May 25, 2006.Never in my life did I ever think that I would find myself agreeing with Senator Ted Kennedy on anything. But what he recently said about the war in Iraq is right on: In his march to war, President Bush exaggerated the threat to the American people. It was not subtle. It was not nuanced. It was pure, ...
The Zionized-Christian political reality: Israel first, Jesus second.
Post Date: 2006-06-06 23:47:38 by Red Jones
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The Zionized-Christian political reality: Israel first, Jesus second. Uncounted big plot theories abound. We have a few of our own that we cannot quite prove, even to our own satisfaction, to say nothing of convincing you. Most people wonder if there is a "who" and "they" who control, or conspire to control, the world. We think so, but we also know we need to tackle problems that are tangible and concrete. Otherwise we will not make an impact. We can't help but think God wants us to produce some positive results. One could liken the Bigfish theorist to fisherman on a dark pond, each one holding a line, each one employing his own special talent, tackle and bait in ...
Chapters from the 1st Apology of Justin Martyr
Post Date: 2006-06-06 23:14:49 by peteatomic
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Chapter LXV.—Administration of the sacraments. But we, after we have thus washed him who has been convinced and has assented to our teaching, bring him to the place where those who are called brethren are assembled, in order that we may offer hearty prayers in common for ourselves and for the baptized [illuminated] person, and for all others in every place, that we may be counted worthy, now that we have learned the truth, by our works also to be found good citizens and keepers of the commandments, so that we may be saved with an everlasting salvation. Having ended the prayers, we salute one another with a kiss. 1908 There is then brought to the president of the brethren 1909 bread and ...
Scientists to try to clone human embryos
Post Date: 2006-06-06 19:30:19 by Starwind
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Scientists to try to clone human embryos By MALCOLM RITTER, AP Science Writer 1 hour, 19 minutes ago Stepping into a research area marked by controversy and fraud, Harvard University scientists said Tuesday they are trying to clone human embryos to create stem cells they hope can be used one day to help conquer a host of diseases. "We are convinced that work with embryonic stem cells holds enormous promise," said Harvard provost Dr. Steven Hyman. The privately funded work is aimed at devising treatments for such ailments as diabetes, Lou Gehrig's disease, sickle-cell anemia and leukemia. Harvard is only the second American university to announce its venture into the ...
The Jesus Pan - An Image of Jesus on Every Tortilla
Post Date: 2006-06-06 12:08:47 by ...
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Should We Be Worried About 6-6-06?
Post Date: 2006-06-05 22:41:13 by Morgana le Fay
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Chronicling the events of a century of June sixths in the pages of The Los Angeles Times reveals plenty of mayhem, but overall the world didn't suffer much. The last time the end of the world was at hand, the weather was just fair, but in a warning to the heathens, temperatures in Los Angeles were rising. The mayor threatened to depose a political boss in a primary. Police braced for anarchists and Reds to converge on the city to hear Emma Goldman discuss politics and free love. A national religion reeled from the disclosure the day before that its leader had "fallen like Lucifer" and had been expelled for seducing little boys. It was June 6, 1906 — 6/6/06, the dreaded ...
Going to Church by Staying at Home - Clergy-Less Living Room Services
Post Date: 2006-06-04 21:25:02 by Pandora
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Clergy-Less Living Room Services Seen as a Growing Trend After Sunday dinner at Joe Rodgers's Rockville home, guests adjourn to the living room for church. In his makeshift chapel, wooden kitchen stools and a floral print couch act as pews, a portable keyboard substitutes for an organ and the host, an electronics technician by day, serves as pastor. But just as there is no formal name or dress code for this church, there is no sermon or pastor-led prayer. When it came time to bow their heads on a recent May evening, each of the 10 adults in attendance had something to contribute: One man prayed for success with his new fitness program; another sought guidance as he prepared for his ...
Bible Scholars Predict An 85 Percent Probability of A Nuclear Terrorist Attack On The UN Complex In Manhattan On June 9 Or 10
Post Date: 2006-06-04 19:10:34 by Mind_Virus
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Bible Scholars Predict An 85 Percent Probability of A Nuclear Terrorist Attack On The UN Complex In Manhattan On June 9 Or 10 The Bible is written in a symbolic code. But it is not the New York Times best selling Hebrew Letter Skip code of Michael Drosnin and it is not the hollywood blockbusting fictional Da Vinci code of Dan Brown. It is the symbolism of Daniel's visions, Joseph's Dreams and Jesus' parables. It applies to the whole Bible, Old and New Testaments. The Bible is end times prophecy written as history. This code research has been sent to 200 academic statisticians around the world for their opinion. So far none of them have been able to refute it. London, England, June 4, 2006 ...
Militant Jesus - 'Grand Theft Armageddon' and the rise of a violent Christian media empire
Post Date: 2006-06-04 16:17:10 by robin
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Militant JesusFri, 02 Jun 2006 16:43:04 -0700 Skipping Towards Armageddon : The Politics and Propaganda of the Left Behind Novels and the LaHaye Empire (Paperback) by Michael Standaert Still from Eternal Forces By Michael Standaert'Grand Theft Armageddon' and the rise of a violent Christian media empire Editor’s note: Michael Standaert’s recently released Skipping Towards Armageddon: The Politics and Propaganda of the Left Behind Novels and the LaHaye Empire (Soft Skull Press) is a chilling look at the rise of Tim LaHaye and his Left Behind media juggernaut. The final of three prequels to the Left Behind series will be released on 6.6.06, which makes a total of fifteen books ...
Spiritual challenge for gamers
Post Date: 2006-06-04 13:24:28 by robin
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Spiritual challenge for gamers By Ian Hardy Click's North America technology correspondent The violent content of games is of concern to some parentsVideo games with a healthy splattering of blood and guts tend to dominate the video game landscape. But some people on the fringes of the gaming world want to offer something different - a spiritual experience. "Many parents, many families, are not really aware of the content of video games, what resources are out there to guide them in their choice of video games, and the fact that there is a small but growing community of Christian and family-friendly video game developers," explained Scott Scholler of the Christian Game ...
Pakistan bans 'Da Vinci Code'
Post Date: 2006-06-04 10:37:50 by Red Jones
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Pakistan bans 'Da Vinci Code' Sat Jun 3, 2:34 PM ET Pakistan on Saturday banned cinemas from showing "The Da Vinci Code" because it contained what officials called blasphemous material about Jesus. Although the film has not been screened in any theater in mostly-Muslim Pakistan, authorities decided to ban it out of respect for the feelings of the country's minority Christians. Earlier this week, Christians staged protests in two Pakistani cities against the movie, demanding a global ban. Christians make up about 3 percent of Pakistan's 150 million people. The film version of Dan Brown's murder mystery novel is based around the premise that Jesus Christ and one of his ...
The 'Healer' who had sex with abused women
Post Date: 2006-06-04 01:47:48 by Minerva
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It began with promises of counselling, meditation, numerology and crystals: a one-stop healing shop in the suburbs. Two women, both of whom had been sexually abused in the past, saw a brochure for a man who said he could improve their physical and emotional health and well-being. He was a healer, well known among the natural therapies community on Auckland's North Shore. They were referred to him by friends. And his brochure promised "we really do have something for everyone". What counsellor Geoffrey Mogridge also had for these women was sex. Both - one a married mother who had been raped, the other a 33-year-old who was sexually abused as a child - paid for sessions which ...
Jesus Never Lived, Speaker Says
Post Date: 2006-06-03 06:14:29 by Mind_Virus
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Jesus Never Lived, Speaker Says Rational Thought Brings Religious Scholar to campus By Rahul Kanakia Opinions Columnist Wednesday, May 31, 2006 last updated May 31, 2006 1:39 AM Questions about Jesus and his life have dominated popular culture in recent weeks with the premiere of “The Da Vinci Code” film, based on the novel that alleges Christ had a child. In this climate of religious dialogue, Richard Carrier, a graduate student in ancient history at Columbia University, told members of the student group Rational Thought that Jesus never existed in a speech last night at the Math Building. The highly-controversial speech stood in contrast to accepted Christian theology and ...
Ancient Scroll May Yield Religious Secrets
Post Date: 2006-06-02 23:26:59 by Horse
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ATHENS, Greece - The burnt remains of a 2,400-year-old scroll buried with an ancient Greek nobleman may help unlock the secrets of early monotheistic religion - using new digital technology. A team of U.S., British and Greek experts is working on a new reading of the enigmatic Derveni papyrus, a philosophical treatise on ancient faith that is Europe's oldest surviving manuscript. More than four decades after the papyrus was found in a grave in northern Greece, researchers said Thursday they are close to uncovering new text from the blackened fragments left after the scroll was burned on its owner's funeral pyre. Large sections of the mid-4th century B.C. document - a philosophical ...
Grab a Hose!
Post Date: 2006-06-02 13:00:34 by Tauzero
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GRAB A HOSE! Coach Dave Daubenmire June 1, 2006 http://NewsWithViews.com I saw a clip on the TV the other night that really got me thinking. That’s dangerous, you know, me thinking. My wife often tells me that I spend too much time talking to myself. I tell her that I am the only one who understands me. But I digress. The TV clip was of a man outside of his burning home. Having just returned from his son’s ballgame, he was shocked to discover flames shooting out of the top of his roof. In a panic he sprinted towards the garage and emerged dragging a yellow water hose over his shoulder. As he desperately connected the end of the hose to the outdoor spigot, one of his ...
Catholic Church No Longer Swears By Truth of The Bible
Post Date: 2006-06-01 17:49:01 by Mind_Virus
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Catholic Church No Longer Swears By Truth of The Bible By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent From: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13509-1811332,00.html Date Published: 2005-10-09 THE hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church has published a teaching document instructing the faithful that some parts of the Bible are not actually true. The Catholic bishops of England, Wales and Scotland are warning their five million worshippers, as well as any others drawn to the study of scripture, that they should not expect “total accuracy” from the Bible. “We should not expect to find in Scripture full scientific accuracy or complete historical precision,” they say in ...
MEET THE SHOCK TROOPS OF THE CHRISTIAN YOUTH
Post Date: 2006-06-01 17:37:51 by Mind_Virus
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MEET THE SHOCK TROOPS OF THE CHRISTIAN YOUTH BY: Sunsara Taylor http://www.counterpunch.org/taylor05112006.html Date Published: 2006-05-17 May 11, 2006 If you've been waiting until the Christian fascist movement started filling stadiums with young people and hyping them up to do battle in "God's army" to get alarmed, wait no longer. In recent weeks, Battle Cry, a Christian fundamentalist youth movement, has attracted more than 25,000 to mega-rally rock concerts in San Francisco and Detroit and this weekend they plan to fill Wachovia Stadium in Philadelphia. They claim their religion and values are under attack but, amidst spectacular lightshows, hummers, Navy Seals, and ...
Alabama Church Fires: The Real Story
Post Date: 2006-06-01 14:27:15 by Zoroaster
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Connecting the Dots Alabama Church Fires: The Real Story by Victor Thorn Let’s get this straight. The Alabama serial arsonists (Benjamin Moseley, Russell DeBusk, and Matthew Lee Cloyd) were good kids who simply went bad, and the nine Christian churches they burned to the ground (causing over $2 million in damages) was just “a prank.” But before the guilty parties were arrested, the BATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms) was conducting an extensive investigation; church-goers in Alabama were horrified that they had psychopath-terrorists on their hands; while the media was going ballistic (ala the Unabomber, Ted Bundy, and Charles Manson). But then the truth ...
Los Angeles Times Gives Forum For Anti-Catholicism : A Nasty Anti-Catholic Op-Ed
Post Date: 2006-06-01 08:14:08 by Mind_Virus
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Los Angeles Times Gives Forum For Anti-Catholicism Posted by Dave Pierre on May 31, 2006 - 23:40. Today's Los Angeles Times (Wed. May 31, 2006) features a nasty anti-Catholic op-ed by Daniel Jonah Goldhagen. Goldhagen is an author of several works that have brutally attacked the Catholic Church, including a 2002 New Republic piece that's been called "one of the most virulent attacks against the Roman Catholic Church ever printed in a major American publication" (and a rabbi opined that!). Goldhagen wrote in the Times in reference to Pope Benedict's recent appearance at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Nazi death camp. The smears and invectives from Goldhagen are numerous. He baselessly ...
First Black Jesus Movie Aims To Unite Blacks And Jews [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2006-06-01 08:01:27 by Mind_Virus
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First Black Jesus Movie Aims To Unite Blacks And Jews 2006-05-31 -- WDC MEDIA NEWS (LOS ANGELES) -- "Color of the Cross," a Nu-Lite Entertainment production, is an independent, biblically charged religious biopic based on the last 48 hours of Christ’s life and stands to be the most controversial depiction of Jesus to date. In this gripping, two-hour epic, Jesus is portrayed as a black Jew. This retelling of the biblical story from a black perspective seeks to repair the anti-Semitism that has been associated with the story of Christ. The inclusion of Black Jews during Passover in the film makes a clear statement toward the shared history of African and the Middle Eastern ...
Homosexuality And The Bible, 'Defined'
Post Date: 2006-05-31 12:43:07 by Mind_Virus
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May 31, 2006 Homosexuality And The Bible, 'Defined' By Richard N. Ostling The Associated Press The increasingly stark polarization of religious groups about homosexuality is seen in new alliances that favor and oppose amending the U.S. Constitution to bar same-sex marriage. The pro-amendment Religious Coalition for Marriage unites leaders from the Roman Catholic Church, Southern Baptist Convention, evangelical Protestantism (including blacks and Hispanics, Episcopal conservatives, Charles Colson, James Dobson, Rick Warren), Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, Eastern Orthodoxy, Mormonism and Orthodox Judaism. The anti-amendment Clergy for Fairness draws support from the Episcopal Church ...
The Nicene Creed
Post Date: 2006-05-30 19:43:05 by peteatomic
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A seemingly minor difference in the wording of this simple text had a profound impact on European history. The Nicene Creed, or Symbol of Faith, was written by the First Ecumenical Council at Nicaea in 325 C.E., with additions (the 3rd paragraph and following) by the first Council of Constantinople (381). There is an unresolved controversy over the words 'and the Son' (in Latin filioque). This language was added in 587 by the local council of Toledo, Spain, in an attempt to combat the Arian heresy. Pope Leo III (795-816) forbade the use of the filioque version and had it engraved without 'and the Son' on the walls of St. Peter's Basillica. After a failed attempt to unite by marriage ...
Roman Catholicism - Is It A Cult? [Full Thread]
Post Date: 2006-05-30 16:48:24 by Mind_Virus
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Roman Catholicism - Is It A Cult? To many Christians, the Roman Catholic Church is an enigma -- a mysterious ecclesiastical system of laws, rituals, and religious orders. For centuries there have been angry denouncements from Roman Catholics against Protestantism for the schism created by the Reformation, and from Protestants against Roman Catholicism for its theological errors and its claim to be the only one true church. Out of this controversy, charges have arisen that Roman Catholicism is not truly Christian, but is in fact, the largest and oldest "Christian" cult in the world. The Christian Research Institute, (CRI), founded by the late Dr. Walter Martin, is regarded by ...
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