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Latest Articles: Religion
45,000-member evangelical group breaks ranks with Bush administration on torture
Post Date: 2007-03-14 18:42:23 by Zipporah
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The National Association of Evangelicals, representing roughly 45,000 churches across the U.S. endorsed on Tuesday a declaration against torture put together by Evangelicals for Human Rights – an organization of 17 evangelical scholars – in a striking break from the Bush Administration's policy. "Tragically, documented cases of torture and inhumane and cruel behaviour have occurred at various sites in the war on terror, and current law opens procedural loopholes for more to continue," the evangelicals' statement declares. "There is a perception out there in the Middle East that we're willing to accept any action in order to fight this war against ...
ARCHAEOLOGIST RECOUNTS DISCOVERY OF OLDEST BIBLICAL TEXT
Post Date: 2007-03-14 18:06:28 by rowdee
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Biblical archaeologist Gabi Barkay reads a passage from Numbers 6 in an English Bible during his lecture at Southwestern Seminary on his discovery of the oldest written Bible verses. by Matt Miller FORT WORTH, Texas(BP)--Serendipity plays a role in many of the world’s greatest discoveries, and this was no less the case for biblical archaeologist Gabriel “Gaby” Barkay during a dig he led in Jerusalem 30 years ago. Barkay never would have guessed that a pesky child with a hammer would reveal the resting place of the oldest piece of biblical text ever discovered. During a lecture at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Barkay took a crowd of 200 on a journey that ...
Customer service and faith clash at registers
Post Date: 2007-03-14 12:21:19 by Indrid Cold
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Beryl Dsouza was late and in no mood for delays when she stopped at a Target store after work two weeks ago for milk, bread and bacon. So Dsouza was taken aback when the cashier -- who had on the traditional headscarf, or hijab, worn by many Muslim women -- refused to swipe the bacon through the checkout scanner. "She made me scan the bacon. Then she opened the bag and made me put it in the bag," said Dsouza, 53, of Minneapolis. "It made me wonder why this person took a job as a cashier." In the latest example of religious beliefs creating tension in the workplace, some Muslims in the Twin Cities are adhering to a strict interpretation of the Qur'an that prohibits ...
The Gospel of the Kingdom (1927 book that answers 'Scofield Bible')
Post Date: 2007-03-13 20:40:29 by Red Jones
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The Gospel of the Kingdom (Introduction) Philip Mauro, 1927 Mar 12, 2007 An Introduction to The Gospel of the Kingdom, by Philip Mauro (1927) THROUGH an incident of recent occurrence I was made aware of the extent--far greater than I had imagined--to which the modern system of dispensationalism has found acceptance amongst orthodox Christians; and also of the extent--correspondingly great--to which the recently published "Scofield Bible" (which is the main vehicle of the new system of doctrine referred to) has usurped the place of authority that belongs to God's Bible alone. The fact is that dispensationalism is modernism. It is modernism, moreover, of a very pernicious ...
Judge Roy Moore cross-examined for acknowledging God
Post Date: 2007-03-13 18:09:54 by Itisa1mosttoolate
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Judge Roy Moore cross-examined for acknowledging God 2 min 40 sec On November 12, 2003, Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore was put on trial by a state ethics panel for not ... all » removing a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial Building when a federal court ordered him to. This video clip shows (1) part of his cross-examination by then-Attorney General Bill Pryor and (2) the verdict read November 13, 2003, at the Alabama Supreme Court Room in Montgomery, Alabama.
Poster Comment:I know this is old but it shows we're on our way to HELL.
Trifkovic vs. D’Souza (Trifkovic puts him in a Corner on Radio; Shows He Doesn't Know Islam)
Post Date: 2007-03-13 01:51:32 by gargantuton
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Serge Trifkovic catches out Dinesh D'Souza Serge Trifkovic and Dinesh D'Souza debated yesterday on WDAY's Hot Talk with Scott Hennen, and Serge has kindly sent me a partial transcript. Serge got a chance to do what I was not given the opportunity to do at CPAC: actually ask D'Souza about what he knows and what he is saying, and hold his feet to the fire. And he made the most of it, catching D'Souza out brilliantly: TRIFKOVIC: The problem with his book is primarily that Dinesh denounces me and my friend Robert Spencer for writing about Islam the way we do. What is truly remarkable for an intellectual is that he does not do so on the basis of any failure on our part to ...
Pastor Strangelove
Post Date: 2007-03-11 09:37:53 by Zoroaster
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Pastor Strangelove Texan John Hagee may not have his “perfect red heifer” yet. But he does have a huge following, the ear of the White House -- and a theory that an invasion of Iran was foretold in the Book of Esther. By Sarah Posner Issue Date: 06.06.06 Print Friendly | Email Article On Purim, the Jewish holiday that celebrates the day Queen Esther saved the Jews from annihilation, Trinity Broadcasting Network’s flagship talk show, Praise the Lord, featured an appearance by Rabbi Daniel Lapin. A politically conservative Orthodox rabbi, Lapin is best known for crusading with the Christian right against “anti-religion bigotry” and, more recently, for his close ...
Sex, God and Praying
Post Date: 2007-03-10 05:24:27 by Zoroaster
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March 8, 2007 Sex, God and Praying Too Much Info, Newt! By MISSY COMLEY BEATTIE You could almost feel sorry for Focus on the Family founder James Dobson (if he weren't so self-righteous, judgmental, and intolerant) since he is often called on like a priest in a confessional to hear the admissions of those who seek absolution. Some of this stuff has to make him nauseous. Obviously, counseling the fallen Rev. Ted Haggard was a task Dobson couldn't stomach, so he quickly removed himself from the situation. Haggard, you recall, admitted to having sex with a male prostitute after which he checked into a rehab for intensive therapy. Three weeks later, he emerged, announcing that he ...
From Esther to AIPAC
Post Date: 2007-03-06 04:36:58 by Zoroaster
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From Esther to AIPAC Gilad Atzmon – Counter Punch March 3, 2007 "In certain contexts, memory can be subversive; in others, memory can shield the status quo. When individuals and communities become vested with memory as a form of identity and specialness, then other suffering threatens to displace the centrality of our experience. Instead of a bridge of solidarity to others who are suffering in the present, suffering in the past can become a badge of honour, protecting us from the challenges that are before us. Then our witness, originally powerful, opening questions about God and power, becomes diluted, can be seen as fake, contrived, even wilfully so. An industry grows up ...
Pope's Retreat Preacher Speaks on Antichrist as a "pacifist, ecologist and ecumenist"
Post Date: 2007-03-05 11:27:08 by innieway
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VATICAN CITY, March 1, 2007 http://(LifeSiteNews.com) - Papal watchers are wondering what message Pope Benedict XVI was giving when he selected retired Bologna archbishop Cardinal Giacomo Biffi to preach the annual Lenten retreat to the Pope and the top members of the Vatican. Rocco Palmo, expert Vatican reporter for The Tablet, the international Catholic weekly published in London England has noted the significance of the selection of the Lenten retreat preacher. "Since time immemorial -- or, at least, the retreat's heightened profile over the 20th century -- the selection of the preacher has become a closely-watched indicator of the prevailing winds in the papal apartment," ...
Should Christians Support A Woman For The Office Of Civil Magistrate? No.
Post Date: 2007-03-04 15:20:39 by BTP Holdings
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Should Christians Support A Woman For The Office Of Civil Magistrate? No. Brother Einwechter is a pastor of Immanuel Free Reformed Church in Denver, Pennsylvania, and is the editor of 60;The Christian Statesman.61; This article was first published in 1994. By William Einwechter With more and more women entering the political sphere and running for political office, the conscientious, biblically oriented Christian is confronted with the question of whether or not he should give his support and vote to a woman. This question becomes more pressing for many when the 60;best candidate,61; i.e., the most conservative, pro-life candidate in a particular race is a woman. A number of years ago, ...
How easy it is to Put Hatred on a map
Post Date: 2007-03-04 11:16:59 by Zoroaster
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How Easy it is to Put Hatred on a Map User Rating: / 13 PoorBest Contributed by Tom Saturday, 03 March 2007 By Robert Fisk Our guilt in this sectarian game is obvious. We want to divide our potential enemies. 03/03/07 "The Independent" - -- -- Why are we trying to divide up the peoples of the Middle East? Why are we trying to chop them up, make them different, remind them - constantly, insidiously, viciously, cruelly - of their divisions, of their suspicions, of their capacity for mutual hatred? Is this just our casual racism? Or is there something darker in our Western souls? Take the maps. Am I the only one sickened by our journalistic propensity to publish sectarian maps ...
Darwin's God
Post Date: 2007-03-04 10:50:57 by Ada
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Heavenbound A scientific exploration of how we have come to believe in God. God has always been a puzzle for Scott Atran. When he was 10 years old, he scrawled a plaintive message on the wall of his bedroom in Baltimore. “God exists,” he wrote in black and orange paint, “or if he doesn’t, we’re in trouble.” Atran has been struggling with questions about religion ever since — why he himself no longer believes in God and why so many other people, everywhere in the world, apparently do. Call it God; call it superstition; call it, as Atran does, “belief in hope beyond reason” — whatever you call it, there seems an inherent human drive to ...
The Ann Coulter Repulsive Remark Resource Center
Post Date: 2007-03-04 06:18:57 by Zipporah
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Acid-tongued Ann Coulter has smartly navigated the conservative movement for years, even positioning herself within the Religious right. But her now notorious repulsive remark about John Edwards has become quite a to do, promising to be something of a Rorschach Test of political life -- for at least a few news cycles. As far as I can tell, the religious right is maintaining a remarkable silence on the matter. In the spirit of staying on the zeitgeist, here is a Coulter's Repulsive Remark Resource Center for those who want to keep up with the potential downfall of a major figure (or at least observe a turning point in the culture war.) I will update this post as interesting items come ...
Holocaust For Zion : CUFI's Christian Zionism Made Simple
Post Date: 2007-03-04 06:14:53 by Zipporah
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Last January 25th, "Citizens United For Israel", founder Texas megachurch Pastor John Hagee, had a group conference call with American Jewish bloggers; he described his new lobbying group, took questions, and advocated an aggressive US and Israel military confrontation with Iran. In a February 9th 2007 blogger conference call, Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promoted similar views. Hagee's evasive answers should have raised a red flag. One blogger asked if, given their end-time beliefs, Hagee's CUFI Christians were really sincere in their support for Israel ; seeming to address another question, Hagee said it is "theologically off the map" to ...
A Japanese Introduction to A Yiddishe Medina
Post Date: 2007-03-03 04:52:33 by Zoroaster
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For One Democratic State in the whole of Palestine (Israel) FOR FULL EQUALITY OF NATIVE AND ADOPTIVE PALESTINIANS FOR One Man, One Vote Home Search Japanese writer Akira Doujimaru akiradoujimaruATinfoseek.jp wrote this very interesting introduction to his translation of A Yiddishe Medina by Israel Shamir into Japanese. In it, he finds a Buddhist analogy to the interpretation of the Cross, connects 9/11 with Pearl Harbor, and is doing an important cross-cultural interpretation of the ideas we deal with. His explanation of myth and demonisation is particularly poignant. In a personal letter Akira wrote: An Introduction to Introduction The great ancient Chinese philosopher, ...
Judeo-Christians: Pied Pipers of Serial War
Post Date: 2007-03-02 14:51:08 by Red Jones
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Judeo-Christians: Pied Pipers of Serial War Charles E. Carlson Mar 01, 2007 Part I, Polls reveal that most war support comes from inside “evangelical” churches Our Serial Wars cannot be ended for only one reason. There remains one big, stubborn, grassroots block of support for war that will not fade away. We Hold These Truths calls it Judeo-Christianity; to others it is Christian-Zionism, and many adherents consider themselves “Evangelicals.” We avoid this latter term because not all evangelicals are Judeo-Christians, as we will explain later. Judeo-Christianity, by whatever name, is anomalous, unique from all other forms of Christianity in its near total support ...
Israel may open 'Jesus tomb' to public
Post Date: 2007-02-27 17:30:21 by bluedogtxn
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Title: Source: URL Source: http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite? apage=1&cid=1171894526073&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFu Published: Feb 27, 2007 Author: Post Date: 2007-02-27 11:20:18 1 Comments Israeli authorities say they are prepared to consider opening to the public a 2,000-year-old burial tomb in Jerusalem's East Talpiot neighborhood which is said by the makers of a new documentary to have likely been the final resting place of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother, partner Mary Magdalene, son, and other members of his family. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), responsible for the tomb - which was first uncovered during construction of the neighborhood in 1980 - ...
Modern Day Miracle! Rev. Haggard Cured! Thank You, Jesus!
Post Date: 2007-02-25 06:09:33 by Zoroaster
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February 24 / 25, 2007 Modern Day Miracle! Rev. Haggard Cured! Thank You, Jesus! By SAUL LANDAU If you believed Rev. Ted Haggard on Christ and homosexuality you might also believe Bush and Cheney on Iraq's WMD and now on Iran's "guilt" for the Iraq War. Millions of fundamentalists recently rejoiced because Haggard recovered from his homosexuality with Christ's help, of course! It wasn't easy. Haggard acknowledges it took three entire weeks of intensive counseling to make him "completely heterosexual." Yes, Rev. Tim Ralph assured the flock of the same mammoth National Association of Evangelicals that last November threw poor Haggard out like a ...
Jesus’ burial site found - film claims
Post Date: 2007-02-23 07:06:40 by Eoghan
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New film documents discovery of Jerusalem cave containing ten caskets believed to hold remains of Jesus, Mary, Mary Magdalene and others The cave in which Jesus Christ was buried has been found in Jerusalem, claim the makers of a new documentary film. If it proves true, the discovery, which will be revealed at a press conference in New York Monday, could shake up the Christian world as one of the most significant archeological finds in history. The coffins which, according to the filmmakers held the remains of Jesus of Nazareth, his mother Mary and Mary Magdalene will be displayed for the first timeon Monday in New York. Jointly produced by Emmy award-winning documentary filmmaker ...
Where is your wealth?
Post Date: 2007-02-22 10:34:42 by richard9151
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Where is your wealth? I posted this last night in another forum. I hope to attend the http://Solari.com meeting at the First Congregational Church, 1126 SW Park Ave., Portland February 22, 2007 . I will also be meeting with others on the 23rd and then attending the Restore America Conference to meet with others in hopes of shedding some light on the Kingdom of God at hand. Those who have ears will hear... http://restoreamerica.org What many of the people at Solari are discovering seems to have been discovered before and carefully concealed from our thinking behind layers of superstition thought the dishonest habits of historians. When the Israelites were freed from the bondage of Egypt ...
The Real George W.
Post Date: 2007-02-21 05:52:27 by Zoroaster
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The Real George W. Mark Glenn – Word http://Press.com February 20, 2007 My, my, they certainly are scraping from the bottom of the barrel these days in terms of recruitment, or at least they must be, given what passes for their membership these days. Once an organization that was looking for a ‘few good men’, now apparently they will accept just about anyone into their ranks, including mass-murderers and would-be sodomizing rapists. No, I am not talking about the Marines or some other branch of the US Armed Forces, although they certainly are not exempt either, as they are now accepting felons and gangbangers into their ranks in order to fill their quotas of fresh fodder ...
The Bloody Passovers of Dr Toaff
Post Date: 2007-02-20 14:56:06 by Zoroaster
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The Bloody Passovers of Dr Toaff By Israel Shamir – February 19, 2007 Blood, betrayal, torture, and surrender are intervowen in the story of an Italian Jew, Dr Ariel Toaff, as if penned by his compatriot Umberto Eco. Dr Toaff stumbled onto a frightful discovery, was horrified but bravely went on, until he was subjected to the full pressure of his community; he repented, a broken man. Dr Toaff is the son of the Rabbi of Rome and a professor in the Jewish University of Bar Ilan, not far from Tel Aviv. He made a name for himself by his deep study of medieval Jewry. His three-volumed Love, Work, and Death (subtitled Jewish Life in Medieval Umbria) is an encyclopaedia of this ...
Islam in Romania - how a DEFEATED Christian Nation Kept Islam Out for 500 Years
Post Date: 2007-02-20 12:27:34 by a vast rightwing conspirator
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Wallachia and Moldavia In the two Danubian Principalities, where Muslims could not purchase property, and Muslim Nogais from the Bujak who were captured in skirmishes counted as slaves (alongside all Roma), Ottoman influence led to a few conversions in the ranks of hospodars: Princes Radu cel Frumos (1462-1475) and Mihnea Turcitul (1577-1591) of Wallachia, and Prince Ilie II Rare_ (1546-1551) of Moldavia. Khotyn, once part of Moldavia, was the birthplace of Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, who was the Ottoman Grand Vizier until 1808. Two more Grand Viziers between 1821 and 1828 came from Bender (a once Moldavian city), as Benderli Pashas. The pattern of a scarce or seasonal presence of Muslims ...
Catholics, Anglicans may unite
Post Date: 2007-02-19 01:43:20 by scrapper2
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SENIOR Anglican and Catholic bishops will reportedly make a radical statement this year proposing reunifying their churches under the leadership of the Pope. The proposals are revealed in a 42-page statement drawn up by an international commission of both churches which is co-chaired by the Catholic Archbishop of Brisbane, the Most Rev John Bathersby, The Times reported. It urges Anglicans and Roman Catholics to explore how their churches, split since the 16th century, could reunite under the "ministry of the Bishop of Rome", a reference to the Pope. The report by the Anglican-Roman Catholic Commission for Unity and Mission, obtained by The Times, states: "The Roman ...
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