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Quote:Wednesday, August 27, 2008 No contestAn Italian priest who proposed a beauty pageant for nuns says it was all a big Miss Understanding. |
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Quote: Kate Moss statue 'largest since ancient Egypt' Story Highlights* Statue of Kate Moss billed as largest gold statue built since ancient Egypt * Called "Siren," the statue will be on display at the British Museum * Kate Moss statue will be displayed in gallery housing ancient Greek sculpture LONDON, England (CNN) -- The British Museum plans to display a statue of supermodel Kate Moss that it bills as the largest gold statue built since ancient Egypt. Called "Siren," the statue will be part of a group of major sculptures by leading British artists to go on display at the museum in October, the museum announced. The museum says the artist, Marc Quinn, claims it's the largest gold statue since ancient Egypt. The Kate Moss statue will be displayed in a gallery of the museum that houses ancient Greek sculpture. The museum calls it a "fitting setting" for the statue of Moss, "interacting with the great Greek beauties that surround it." The exhibit is expected to run from October 4 through January 25, 2009. source Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:2008-08-27 15:39 Pope slams crucified frogBolzano art museum says controversial sculpture stays (ANSA) - Bolzano, August 27 - Pope Benedict XVI has condemned a sculpture of a crucified frog on display at a Bolzano museum, a local politician revealed Wednesday. Trentino-Alto Adige regional council president and anti-frog campaigner Franz Pahl said the pope had written to him about the frog, which has been at the centre of a heated row ever since it went on show at modern art museum Museion in May. In a letter dated August 7, Benedict said the sculpture ''has injured the religious feeling of many people who see in the cross the symbol of the love of God and of our salvation which deserves recognition and religious devotion''. The pope wrote to Pahl while on summer holiday in the nearby town of Bressanone, during which he and local bishop Wilhelm Egger discussed the controversial sculpture. Egger, who died last week, said the work had ''shocked'' many visitors to the museum. The metre-high work by late German artist Martin Kippenberger depicts a warty, pop-eyed green amphibian nailed to a cross with a frothing mug of beer in one hand and an egg in the other. Critics say the work offends the sensibility of Alto Adige's 99% Christian population, while museum curators maintain that Kippenberger's work is a self-portrait of the artist ''in a state of profound crisis'' and is not an attack on religious feeling... Read on |
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Quote:A wing and a prayer (1:34)A Texas man has found the image of Jesus on the wings of a moth. KLTV's Courtney Lane reports. |
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Quote:Holiness camps still draw a crowdBy Janet Fillmore WADSWORTH, Ohio -- The rains came. Not for 40 days and 40 nights, but for 40 steady minutes, which turned the winding, dirt road leading to the Sharon Center Holiness Camp into mud and then caused it to flood. Not good for the opening weekend of camp meeting. For more than 100 years, the faithful have converged on these 17 acres of woods about 15 miles southwest of Akron to rest and recharge their spiritual batteries through daily worship and Bible study. They are not alone. Ohio is a hotbed of nondenominational Holiness camps, the remnants of rustic frontier Christianity. Their names derive from their location (such as Sharon Center and Sebring) and from the Bible. Sychar, in Mount Vernon, refers to the town in Samaria where Jesus spoke with a Samaritan woman; Peniel, over the Ohio border in Conneautville, Pa., is named for the spot where Jacob wrestled with God. Today, these meetings, or "encampments" as they are called, face steep challenges in a world that values instant excitement and creature comforts. How do you persuade families to spend up to 10 days living in a cottage or dorm room without air conditioning, using outdoor restrooms and eating cafeteria food in a noisy dining hall? Read on Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:August 28, 2008 British court convicts Muslim man for involving teens in violent ritual By Al Webb
LONDON -- A British court has convicted a Muslim man of child cruelty for allowing two teenagers to flog themselves as part of a religious rite. |
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Quote:August 28, 2008 COMMENTARY: Census report shows the times they are a-changing By A. James Rudin
While politicians argue whether "change" is coming to America, there's no doubt real demographic change is happening right now. What emerges from the Census report is an American population less and less linked to Europe as the U.S. becomes a truly multi-racial and multi-ethnic country. These changes will dramatically impact every aspect of national life: political, social, economic, educational, cultural and religious. The religious trends are well under way and visible. The sharp decline in membership among the mainline Protestant churches will accelerate. Nearly 70 percent of American Jews (including my family) trace their roots to Eastern Europe and the huge immigration that took place between 1881 and 1924, the year Congress passed legislation that imposed severe quotas limiting entry to the U.S. The Census Bureau report reminded me of Bob Dylan's song written years ago: "Well you better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone, for the times they are a-changing."
(Rabbi Rudin, the American Jewish Committee's senior interreligious adviser, is the author of "The Baptizing of America: The Religious Right's Plans for the Rest of Us.") |
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Quote:August 28, 2008 Music to bond Katrina interfaith service By Bruce Nolan
NEW ORLEANS -- Representatives of New Orleans' major faiths, and of some small local faith communities, will gather Friday evening to mark the third anniversary of Hurricane Katrina with a rare offering of common musical prayer rising from Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Bahai and Sikh communities. |
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Quote:August 27, 2008 Decoded diary shines new light on Methodist pioneer By Al Webb
LONDON -- A secret, coded diary kept by one of Methodism's founding fathers for 20 years has been deciphered by an Anglican priest in Britain, illuminating historical efforts to keep Methodists in the Church of England. |
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Quote:Friday, August 29, 2008 Praying in a multicultural worldAs the election season continues to unfold, there are new ways of giving benedictions in our multicultural world. Florida megachurch pastor Joel Hunter broke the mold by interrupting the final benediction of the Democratic National Convention to request that all who prayed with him "close this prayer in the way your faith tradition would close your prayer." Read full blog post and watch videoWatch video on YouTube |
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Quote:August 29, 2008 COMMENTARY: Pelosi flat out wrong on abortion By Mary Ann Walsh
People will use practically anything for politics, but when they use their religion it's a bit breathtaking. Nancy Pelosi left a lot of Catholics gasping Sunday morning (Aug. 24), when she skewed Catholic teaching on NBC's "Meet the Press" and erroneously suggested the church did not always oppose abortion. The House Speaker went well beyond the "personally opposed" position of many Catholics in public life when she opted to misrepresent St. Augustine (354-430). For a Catholic to hold herself up as an authority on the matter and to misuse church teaching for some political purpose is at best disingenuous. Few teachings of the church are clearer.
(Sister Mary Ann Walsh is director of media relations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.) |
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5 buried alive 'tradition' - Pakistani pol THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Saturday, August 30th 2008, 10:41 PM ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A Pakistani lawmaker defended a decision by northwestern tribesmen to bury five women alive because they wanted to choose their own husbands, telling stunned members of Parliament to spare him their outrage. http://www.nydailynews.c...on__pakistani_pol-2.html
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Quote:Thursday, August 28, 2008 Brad Pitt, space JesuitThe Washington Examiner carries news today that Brad Pitt has signed on to play Father Emilio Sandoz, a Jesuit priest who travels to some make-believe world, like Kyrgyzstan, but with more vowels. The movie is based on Mary Doria Russell's novel "The Sparrows." As usual, the Rev. Jim Martin asks the most pressing question: Is Pitt handsome enough to play a Jesuit? source Yada attached the following image(s): |
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On Facebook: Quote:Send Good KarmaHow is your karma? Want good things to happen to you? And your friends?Send Good Karma to your friends and karma will be returned to you.Frequently Asked Questions Q: Why doesn't the number of karmas counter increase right after I send karmas? A: There is a small delay while your karmas are being processed, so the counter and the list of people whom you've sent it to, may take several seconds to update. Q: Why can't I use a limited edition karma that my friend just sent me? A: You can only send Karmas that you have unlocked. blog post Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:Wednesday, September 03, 2008 Pastor-izedThe Sarah Palin odyssey continues to get stranger and stranger, as Politico has a new story linking the Republican vice presidential nominee with "Jews for Jesus" founder David Brickner. According to Ben Smith, Palin was in attendance on August 17 when Brickner paid a visit to Wasilla Bible Church. ABC.com's Jake Tapper, meanwhile, has the response from the McCain campaign: McCain-Palin campaign spokesman Goldfarb said that Brickner "was a guest at the church who Gov. Palin did not know would be speaking, and she does not share the views he expressed. She and her family would not have been sitting in the pews of the church if those remarks were remotely typical." You can read the full text of the sermon, and Dan's earlier post on a similar topic here. |
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Quote:Monk burns down temple while trying to oust hornets
TOKYO, Japan (AP) -- A Japanese monk trying to rid his temple of a hornet's nest panicked when the hornets attacked him and dropped a torch, burning his temple to the ground, police said Thursday.
The Buddhist monk had put lighted rags on a stick into the nest in the temple, but dropped it and ran when the hornets flew out and attacked him, Niigata prefectural police official Yuichi Ozaka said. The fire occurred Wednesday.
He said the monk, Atsushi Sato, 41, suffered burns on his ears, face and left hand, but was not stung.
The temple in Ojiya City, northern Japan, was burned to the ground, along with the nest, Ozaka said.
Police said Sato's burns were not life-threatening. |
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Quote:Palin offers a window into Pentecostal beliefs, practicesBy Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON -- The blogosphere is abuzz with snippets of sermons at Pentecostal and charismatic churches attended by GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. In them, pastors declare that people who die without Christ "have a horrible, horrible surprise" awaiting them and refer to America as a "Christian nation." Such views might strike some as offensive, perhaps even radical, but they're not atypical for a Pentecostal congregation, experts say. And just as coverage of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's fiery former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, opened a window into life inside some black churches, Palin's candidacy is introducing many Americans to the conservative theology of Pentecostalism. "The idea that everyone must be saved, even Jews, that's pretty commonly believed among Pentecostals," said the Rev. Vinson Synan, dean emeritus of Regent University School of Divinity in Virginia Beach, Va. Though Palin currently attends a nondenominational evangelical church and her campaign does not identify her as a "Pentecostal," she's captured on video at a June appearance at Wasilla Assembly of God in her Alaska hometown, saying "it was so cool growing up in this church and getting saved here." She also said "God's will has to be done" in building a natural gas pipeline in the state, and said government functions won't "do any good if the people of Alaska's heart isn't right with God." Pentecostals are known for their beliefs in manifestations of the Holy Spirit, such as speaking in tongues, healing and prophecy -- practices not usually embraced by other Christians... Read on Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:September 05, 2008 Vatican orders Quebec priest to drop political job By Ron Csillag
TORONTO -- The Vatican has ordered an outspoken Canadian member of parliament to quit his seat and return to his job as a Roman Catholic priest. |
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Quote:September 05, 2008 Survey: Alaskans less religious than most Americans By Tim Murphy
WASHINGTON -- While Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's staunch evangelical conservatism may appeal to her party's Christian base, the Alaska governor's home state ranks among the nation's least religious. |
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Quote:She also said "God's will has to be done" in building a natural gas pipeline in the state Ah yes, the "Great Oil Commission." I totally remember reading that part of scripture ;)
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Quote:Friday, September 05, 2008 Robinson: `It’s time to get serious’ on ObamaEveryone's favorite gay Episcopal bishop (OK, maybe not everyone's), Gene Robinson, generated some buzz earlier this year when he endorsed Barack Obama before the New Hampshire primary, and he's out with a new get-out-the-gay-vote pitch: "Now it’s time to get serious. It is no longer enough to make a decision to vote for Barack Obama. The polls – unbelievably and frighteningly – are close. The election of a LGBT-friendly candidate is not a foregone conclusion. We now have to WORK for his election." source Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:Muslim women read the Koran at a flood relief camp in Araria district town in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, September 7, 2008. Authorities battling a massive deluge in eastern India issued public warnings on Friday of more floods to come and asked villagers not to return home from temporary shelters yet. Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Headline News Sunday, September 07, 2008 Israel Today Staff California Muslims angered they can't incite murder of Jews http://www.israeltoday.c...?tabid=178&nid=17103
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From CNN: The caption on the photo below reads: "Gianni Alemanno is a former youth leader of a neo-fascist party and Rome's first right-wing mayor since World War II." Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:Pope: Religion has a place in politics Story Highlights# Pope Benedict XVI urges Christians to make their voices heard in France # Pontiff says politics and religion must be open to each other # Traditionally Roman Catholic France is wrestling with religious changes Read full story Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:Theology of Palin’s church comes under scrutinyBy Kimberly Winston A church that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her family called home for more than 20 years has links to a controversial Pentecostal ideology that emphasizes prophesy, miraculous healing and "spiritual warfare" with demons. Several Web sites and blogs -- including Talk2Action, the Huffington Post and The Revealer -- have been busily discussing whether Palin has been influenced by this theology, known alternately as Third Wave, the New Apostolic Reformation, Latter Rain and Kingdom Now. While some connections may be dubious at best, Palin nonetheless sought the advice of at least one of her pastors on the eve of becoming governor, and that has raised questions about how Third Wave ideology might influence her thinking if she were vice president. "What are the political implications if you say problems are demonic and we are going to address them through spiritual warfare?" asked Jeff Sharlet, author of "The Family: The Secret of Fundamentalism at the Heart of American Power," an examination of Third Wave theology. "Are you also going to address them with the tools of worldly government, or are you going to ignore it? That is a legitimate question." Read on |
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Quote:From The Times September 12, 2008 Comedian Sabina Guzzanti 'insulted Pope' in 'poofter devils' gagRichard Owen in Rome An Italian comedienne who said that Pope Benedict XVI would go to Hell and be tormented by homosexual demons is facing a prison term of up to five years. Addressing a Rome rally in July, Sabrina Guzzanti warmed up with a few gags about Silvio Berlusconi — her favourite target for her biting impressions — before moving on to some unrepeatable jokes about Mara Carfagna, the Equal Opportunities Minister and one-time topless model. But then she got religion, and after warning everyone that within 20 years Italian teachers would be vetted and chosen by the Vatican, she got to the punchline: "But then, within 20 years the Pope will be where he ought to be — in Hell, tormented by great big poofter devils, and very active ones, not passive ones." The joke may have gone done well with her crowd on the Piazza Navona in Rome, but not with Italian prosecutors. She is facing prosecution for "offending the honour of the sacred and inviolable person" of Benedict XVI. Read on The caption on the photo below reads: "Sabina Guzzanti’s comedy routine has fallen foul of Italian laws prohibiting insults to the Pope." Yada attached the following image(s): |
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OK, so the scientists are promoting creationism in schools and the church is launching a website promoting Darwin? Did I wake up in a parallel universe?
From The Times September 13, 2008 Anglicans back Darwin over 'noisy' creationists Alexandra Frean and Lewis Smith
The Church of England expressed deep concerns last night about the spread of creationist views as it prepared to unveil a website promoting the evolutionary views of Charles Darwin.
Anglican leaders fear that “noisy” advocates of a literal interpretation of the Bible - especially in the United States, where even the Republican vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, is a vocal supporter - are infecting the perception of Christianity worldwide.
The Church will launch the website on Monday, a few weeks after the 150th anniversary of Darwin's first public proposal of natural selection and amid growing controversy over the teaching of creationism in schools.
The Rev Professor Michael Reiss, a biologist and director of education at the Royal Society, provoked a furore this week when he called for creationism to be treated in science lessons as a legitimate “world-view”.
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“Because he clings to Me, is joined to Me, loves and delights in Me, desires Me, therefore I will deliver him, carry him safely away, cause him to escape from harm making him inaccessible and strong, and delivering him safely to heaven, because he has known, observed, cared for, recognized, instructed and advised others to use, designated, acknowledged, discerned, answered in, My name, authority, character, report, mark, and nature." Psalm 91:14 |
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You've just got to love this - from CNN: Quote:Pope condemns love of money, powerPARIS, France (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI condemned unbridled "pagan" passion for power, possessions and money as a modern-day plague Saturday as he led more than a quarter of a million Catholics in an outdoor Mass in Paris... Read on Yeah, right. Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:Monday, September 15, 2008 Le Divorce? Non.To anyone thinking that Benedict XVI might loosen the rules against divorced Catholics getting re-hitched ... think again. |
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Quote:September 16, 2008 Church of England apologizes to DarwinBy Al Webb LONDON -- Some 126 years after Charles Darwin's death, the Church of England has gone into 21st-century cyberspace to issue an official apology to the naturalist for its own 19th-century "misunderstanding" over his theory of evolution. source |
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Quote:Catholic Democrats find strong push-back from bishopsBy Daniel Burke Bishop Robert Morlino rarely criticizes politicians by name from his pulpit in Madison, Wis., but he was "worked up" about what he saw on NBC's "Meet the Press" the morning of Sept. 7. Sen. Joe Biden, a Catholic Democrat, had explained why he opposes outlawing abortion and said there is a "debate in our church" on the issue, citing St. Thomas Aquinas for support. Two weeks earlier, on the same program, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made similar comments and cited St. Augustine. Morlino said he was forced to respond. "Sen. Biden and Speaker Pelosi are Catholics ... and they're violating the separation of church and state by confusing people I have an obligation to teach," the bishop said in his homily at St. Patrick's Church. "They're stepping on the pope's turf -- and mine." read on Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:Pacifist churches under fire for Ahmadinejad dinnerBy G. Jeffrey MacDonald Keepers of Protestantism's pacifist traditions will showcase just how far they've come from their humble roots in Europe's persecuted peasantry when they share an intimate dinner in New York next Thursday (Sept. 25) with a world leader. It's not just any world leader, however, but Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who's been labeled an international pariah for his nuclear ambitions, denial of the Holocaust, saber-rattling toward Israel and alleged support of terrorism. But for Quakers and Mennonites who'll be at the table, breaking bread with this controversial dignitary means drawing deeply on the same spiritual roots that sustained their embattled ancestors long ago. "Jesus ate with lepers and with tax collectors, and in the United States right now, Iran would be in that category," says Arli Klassen, executive director of the Mennonite Central Committee, an outreach arm for Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches in the United States and Canada... Read on |
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Quote:Chaplains rush in to aid workers caught in market meltdownBy Ashley Gipson As the market mayhem continues to rock Wall Street, dazed employees in the financial sector who have lost their faith in the economy are turning to religious leaders for guidance. "People who still have their jobs are asking, `Am I next?' They are much less certain of their place in their company and in the world," said Mary Ragan, a psychologist at the Psychotherapy and Spirituality Institute in New York. Houses of worship in New York City are providing programs to help employees manage the stress of the market meltdown, including immediate counseling, job training and long-term direction for those who still have jobs but aren't sure for how long. Ragan will be leading sessions at a high-profile Episcopal parish, Trinity Wall Street, on "Coping With Stress in Uncertain Times," which was started just as the market started to convulse. David Jette of Trinity Wall Street said registrations have already doubled. The church said it plans to reach out over the next several months with not only personal counseling but also job coaching to help people prepare for what Ragan called "the ripple effect." "The meltdown on Wall Street is very new, and it will take some time for people to feel the effects of what this really means," Ragan said. "They are wondering about the secondary consequences. Every area of the economy is affected." Read on The caption on the photo below reads: "Traders take a break outside the New York Stock Exchange on the day Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy. Chaplains have rushed in to counsel dazed employees. Religion News Service photo by John Munson/The Star-Ledger of Newark, N.J." Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:China moon festival 0:57 Colorful lanterns and moon cakes mark the Mid-Autumn Festival, celebrating the first harvest and a full harvest moon. |
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Quote:Jesus spotted on the ceiling 1:21 An image of Jesus on the ceiling of a weight loss center is keeping patrons honest. KWCH's Denise Hnytka reports. |
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Quote:Pennsylvania Town Says Couple Runs Swingers' Club Inside Church
Fox News, Friday, September 19, 2008
By Todd Connor
PITTSBURGH — A Pennsylvania couple is fighting to maintain a church they run from a Huntingdon Township home, which officials say is really a raunchy swingers club where single men have to pay for access but women come for free.
John and Kim Ondrik say they worship nature at the Church for Spiritual Humanism. But midnight mass at the Spiritual Palace is on hold as the Rev. John and his wife fight for a variance to continue practicing their religion in a residential area just outside of Pittsburgh.
Opponents of his church, including neighbors and North Huntingdon Township officials, say what's really behind those closed doors is a club called the "Swinger's Palace." Everything old is new again............. |
“Because he clings to Me, is joined to Me, loves and delights in Me, desires Me, therefore I will deliver him, carry him safely away, cause him to escape from harm making him inaccessible and strong, and delivering him safely to heaven, because he has known, observed, cared for, recognized, instructed and advised others to use, designated, acknowledged, discerned, answered in, My name, authority, character, report, mark, and nature." Psalm 91:14 |
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Quote:Evangelist's compound raided in child abuse case(CNN) -- Federal and state police raided an evangelist's compound in Arkansas late Saturday to investigate whether any children have been physically or sexually abused, officials said. The raid is part of an ongoing investigation into a compound near Texarkana owned by Tony Alamo Christian Ministries, said Bill Sadler of the Arkansas State Police. About 100 agents were on the property late Saturday and met with no resistance, he said. Alamo, reached by phone in Los Angeles, California, denied any wrongdoing. "It's a hoax," Alamo said. "They're just trying to make our church look evil ... by saying I'm a pornographer. Saying that I rape little children. ... I love children. I don't abuse them. Never have. Never will." Asked why authorities were searching the property, Alamo compared himself to Christ. "Why were they after Jesus?" he asked. "It's the same reason. Jesus is living with me." It was not known how many children may live at the compound and whether Alamo would be arrested, Sadler said. Alamo, who turned 74 Saturday, is an evangelist who also has dabbled as a singer and entrepreneur. Critics regard his ministry as a cult. The group has faced lawsuits and government actions, and Alamo has been arrested several times, publications have reported over the years. Alamo is well-known in Arkansas, said Lynn LaRowe, a reporter with the Texarkana Gazette. "It's not very rare to come out of any baseball game to find Alamo literature on your car," LaRowe said. "Around here, he is an extremely controversial character." Alamo denied the existence of a compound, saying there are just houses "for miles" around his church. source |
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Quote:Raid at Ark. compound summons ghosts of previous abuseBy Michelle Roberts f only she prayed hard enough, she could make Susan Alamo rise from the dead. At age 12, having not set foot outside a religious compound in Arkansas since she was 4, Elishah Franckiewicz believed it was possible. Day after day, she lay down beside the corpse, dressed in a wedding gown, for Susan Alamo was "the bride of God." And day after day, she endured beatings by church elders because the dead woman -- wife to sect founder Tony Alamo -- did not open her eyes. "We prayed over her open coffin for months," said Franckiewicz, now 37 and an English teacher at a community college in Oregon. "When she didn't come back to life, Tony (Alamo) started losing his mind. He believed that it was because the devil was in the children, because we had weak souls." After federal investigators raided the Arkansas headquarters of Alamo's ministry on Saturday (Sept. 20) as part of a child pornography investigation, Franckiewicz, for a brief moment, became that 12-year-old again. In a resolute voice, she made clear how she and others endured and escaped unspeakable abuses at the compound. Franckiewicz fled in 1985 at age 15... Read on Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:September 22, 2008 -- Updated 1543 GMT (2343 HKT) Experts 'solve' mystery of Stonehenge Story Highlights * Experts: Stonehenge's purpose was to draw prehistoric pilgrims from Europe * Key to theory is double circle of bluestones at center of monument * Bluestones were prized for their healing properties, archeologists say Read entire story Yada attached the following image(s): |
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I heard this initially from a radio station in New York. Apparently, a European station, in order to celebrate "European Day" (the unity of Europe?) will be broadcasting in Latin. From CNN: Quote:A Berlin radio station plans to broadcast its morning program entirely in Latin to mark the European day of languages. On Sept. 26, news, traffic, weather and cheerful banter will be delivered in the tongue of ancient Rome. source |
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Quote:September 23, 2008 Anti-Muslim, Anti-Jewish views on rise in EuropeBy Ashley Gipson A growing number of Europeans have negative views of Jews and Muslims, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center. source |
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Quote:Bill Clinton promotes global answersWriting exclusively for CNN.com ahead of the Clinton Global Initiative's fourth annual gathering of heads of state, CEOS and significant others in New York, former U.S. President Bill Clinton says that we can all make a contribution towards solving the world's problems. full story Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:Pastors launch challenge of IRS rules on endorsementsBy Adelle M. Banks WASHINGTON -- Pastor Gus Booth remembers when he used to simply encourage his congregation of 150 in Warroad, Minn., to vote each Election Day. Now, he thinks it's important to tell them which candidate should get their vote. On Sunday (Sept. 28), as part of the "Pulpit Initiative" organized by an Arizona-based conservative Christian legal group, Booth is set to join dozens of clergy nationwide in challenging Internal Revenue Service rules that prohibit churches from politicking by supporting or opposing candidates. "If we can tell you what to do in the bedroom, we can certainly tell you what to do in the voting booth," said the Minnesota minister, an evangelical leader of a nondenominational church, who expects to endorse Republican John McCain during his "Pulpit Freedom Sunday" sermon. "The voting booth is not some sort of sacred cow that you can't talk about. You're supposed to bring the gospel into every area of life." Read on |
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Quote:University tries to make sense of racist Obama stuntBy Suzanne Pardington NEWBERG, Ore. -- Students and campus leaders at a small Christian university founded by Quaker pioneers in 1891 denounced the hanging of a life-size cardboard cutout of Sen. Barack Obama on campus, vowing to work together to fight racism and intolerance. A custodial crew at the 3,355-student George Fox University found the Obama likeness hanging by fishing wire from a tree at 7 a.m. Tuesday (Sept. 23) and tore it down before students arrived for classes. A sign taped to the cutout said, "Act Six reject," referring to a scholarship program for Portland students, many of whom are minorities. George Fox President Robin Baker, standing with dozens of Act Six students and student leaders in front of a packed auditorium Wednesday morning, urged students to show the incident has no place in Christian ideals. "We absolutely cannot hate those around us and say we love God," he said. "It is not possible. Yesterday was not a good example of what it means to follow Jesus." Read on Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote: Evangelist arrested in child porn case Story Highlights * FBI: Founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries arrested Thursday * Alamo charged with transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sex * Federal and state agents raided Alamo's 15-acre compound * Alamo called the investigation "a hoax" and likened himself to Jesus Read on |
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Quote:Vatican to consider role of Scripture in Catholic lifeBy Frances X. Rocca VATICAN CITY -- When Pope Benedict XVI recites the opening verses of Genesis on Italian national television next Sunday (Oct. 5), he will kick off a marathon reading of the entire Bible by some 1,500 people over six days -- and do something that would have been unthinkable even a generation ago. Catholics over the age of 50 are old enough to remember when the church discouraged non-clergy from acquainting themselves with Scripture, apart from selections quoted in their catechisms or read aloud at Mass. But that traditional attitude has shifted amid the many dramatic changes in Catholicism that began in the 1960s... Read on Yada attached the following image(s): |
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Quote:September 25, 2008 Setting a rich table for Jewish holidaysBy Joe Crea It's fitting that just in time for the High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, Israeli author and magazine editor Janna Gur has created a beautiful compilation of Jewish culinary pastiche. "The Book of New Israeli Food" is an enticing 304-page tribute to that land's gastronomic legacy and promise. source |
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