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Latest Articles: Religion
Michelle Obama cites Jesus as model for citizenship (African Methodist Episcopal church)
Post Date: 2012-07-01 00:12:31 by Hondo68
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First lady Michelle Obama Thursday offered a rare public reflection on her religious faith, telling a conference of the African Methodist Episcopal church that the life of Jesus Christ is a model for democratic organizing. "It's kind of like church," Obama said. "Our faith journey isn't just about showing up on Sunday for a good sermon and good music and a good meal. It's about what we do Monday through Saturday as well, especially in those quiet moments, when the spotlight's not on us, and we're making those daily choices about how to live our lives. "We see that in the life of Jesus Christ. Jesus didn't limit his ministry to the four walls ...
Famed Crystal Cathedral To Become Catholic Church
Post Date: 2012-06-27 17:35:21 by Brian S
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GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — The Crystal Cathedral made famous by the televangelist program the "Hour of Power" is losing its religion. The soaring, glass-paned sanctuary will soon begin its transition from a Protestant landmark to a Catholic cathedral after the Diocese of Orange bought it in bankruptcy proceedings. The upcoming change in ownership has raised questions about the future of the Southern California televangelist dynasty founded by the Rev. Robert H. Schuller and upset some longtime members of the church once dubbed the "Westminster Abbey of America." The diocese has announced they will rename the Crystal Cathedral the Christ Cathedral. The diocese also ...
Reinvigorated Islam
Post Date: 2012-06-24 10:43:02 by CZ82
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Reinvigorated Islam By Amil Imani Trauma, viruses, or bacteria cause the death of a biological entity. Viruses and bacteria are major killers of human beings and present great challenges to medicine. They can be deadly and have the uncanny ability to mutate. Yet they are there for their mission of ending life. Life exists due to balance: body and soul, good and evil, and life and death. This holds true even to the lesser foundations of our lives, and how we spend our time. The small, seemingly trivial ripples that we create each day eventually build into a wave -- the wave of mankind. The moment a new entity is formed, an array of forces work to end it. Death, in effect, is pre-birth. ...
Is This the Civil War Obama’s Looking For? Bishops Prep Catholics for Mass Defiance
Post Date: 2012-06-03 08:41:54 by CZ82
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May 28, 2012 by Tad Cronn The U.S. Catholic Bishops are preparing Catholics for what some are saying may be the largest wave of civil disobedience since the Civil Rights Movement. The Catholic Church last week sued the Obama Administration over President Obama’s decree that all employers must pay for health insurance that covers abortions, sterilizations and contraceptives, all of which violate Catholic moral teachings. The pope himself has spoken on the issue and pointed out the threat posed by Obama’s attempt to force Catholics to cooperate in “intrinsically evil practices.” Despite the lawsuits whose 43 plaintiffs include the New York and Washington Archdioceses ...
Churches in Maine Rising Up Against Gay Marriage Ballot Measure
Post Date: 2012-05-28 16:20:02 by CZ82
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Churches in Maine Rising Up Against Gay Marriage Ballot Measure posted on May 28, 2012 by Giacomo For the past fifty to sixty years, churches in America have quietly sat back while minority groups have pushed their immoral and anti-biblical agendas. They’ve allowed the Bible and Christianity to be removed from schools and any government and public institution. As churches sit quietly by, homosexuality has been rearing its ugly head and consuming the American culture. However, a number of churches in Maine have finally decided to stand up for the Bible. Reports filtering out of Maine indicate that churches are banning together to campaign against same-sex marriage. Protect ...
Liberal Catholicism: Requiescat in Pace
Post Date: 2012-05-26 14:08:51 by CZ82
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Liberal Catholicism: Requiescat in Pace by Samuel Gregg With the dust settling on the uproar which followed the Vatican’s April intervention into the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR), it’s possible to put this and other emerging trends into a longer-term perspective. The blustering reaction of the LCWR and supporters such as the New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof (whose grasp of rudimentary Catholic teaching is, well, rudimentary) confirms what’s been apparent for some time: that it’s almost “game-over” for self-identified liberal or dissenting Catholics. (More detail on the LCWR can be found in this recent Crisis article.) The ...
Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality (He thinks)..
Post Date: 2012-05-26 12:26:37 by CZ82
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Baptist Leader Explains Why Christians Oppose Homosexuality Posted on May 21, 2012 at 12:05pm by Billy Hallowell R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, recently shared his belief that Christians have been guilty of condemnation and their “own form of homophobia.” Despite his open discussion about the mishandling of gay issues in Christian circles, Mohler is doubling down on the Bible’s stance on homosexuality. In a CNN Belief Blog article published on Monday, Mohler attempts to explain the Bible’s stance on homosexuality, while answering critics’ commonly held objections. He begins by bringing up one ...
My Take: The Christian case for gay marriage -- Professor Mark Osler, a Christain speaks out
Post Date: 2012-05-24 13:26:27 by Ferret Mike
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The author backs same-sex marriage because of his faith, not in spite of it. Editor's Note: Mark Osler is a Professor of Law at the University of St. Thomas in Minneapolis, Minnesota. By Mark Osler, Special to CNN I am a Christian, and I am in favor of gay marriage. The reason I am for gay marriage is because of my faith. What I see in the Bible’s accounts of Jesus and his followers is an insistence that we don’t have the moral authority to deny others the blessing of holy institutions like baptism, communion, and marriage. God, through the Holy Spirit, infuses those moments with life, and it is not ours to either give or deny to others. A clear instruction on this comes ...
Iran: Discovery Will Collapse Christianity; Says Turkish 'Bible' Has Barnabas Forecasting Muhammad's Coming
Post Date: 2012-05-24 12:44:13 by Brian S
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Iran’s Basij Press is claiming that a version of the Gospel of Barnabas, found in 2000, will prove that Islam is the final and righteous religion and the revelation will cause the collapse worldwide of Christianity. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-story160LeftSide'); }); Turkey confiscated a leather-bound text, written on animal hide, in an anti-smuggling operation in 2000. Turkish authorities believe the text could be an authentic version of the Gospel of Barnabas, one of Jesus’ apostles and an associate of the apostle Paul. This version of the Barnabas Gospel was written in the 5th or 6th century and it predicted the coming of the ...
43 Catholic Groups Sue Over Obama Contraception Mandate
Post Date: 2012-05-22 19:58:17 by CZ82
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43 Catholic Groups Sue Over Obama Contraception Mandate May 22, 2012 by Tad Cronn Invoking the image of a renowned Catholic priest’s struggle against the Ku Klux Klan, 43 Catholic organizations have sued the Obama Administration over its mandate that they carry health insurance that covers abortions and sterilizations in violation of religious conscience. “We have tried negotiation with the Administration and legislation with the Congress — and we’ll keep at it — but there’s still no fix,” said Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, who is the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Dolan of New York added in a statement Monday, “Time is running ...
Coptic Priest casts demons out of Muslims
Post Date: 2012-05-20 16:59:38 by Orthodoxa
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This is not for the faint-hearted. A Coptic Orthodox Christian Priest performs exorcisms and casts the demons out of Muslims that have come into his Church in Cairo: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z5ZA7Oy0Yo This shows that real battle that is being fought in Egypt. The Egyptian police have already banned them from recording more of these exorcisms because so many Mohammedans convert when they see how the Cross of Jesus Christ has power over the demons. In another video, the demon comes out of a Muslim man after he finally exclaims: "Jesus is God!" Fr. Makary Younan has been performing weekly exorcisms in Cairo to cast the demons out of Muslims. Obviously, he does so at great ...
(Baptist) 'Personal Lifestyle Statement' Which Bans Gay Employees Leads To (88%) Faculty Exodus
Post Date: 2012-05-19 22:32:53 by Hondo68
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A Georgia college's controversial "personal lifestyle statement" which includes rejecting homosexuality has led to an exodus of faculty members. Inside Higher Ed cites an anonymous survey which found that a mere 12 percent of the faculty said they planned to stay at Shorter University, a 139-year-old Baptist school located in Rome, Ga. In addition, more than two dozen staff members had already resigned before their new contracts -- which included the "pledge," condemning homosexuality, premarital sex and public drinking -- were even distributed. The Religion News Service notes that the school usually has about 100 full-time faculty members. An online campaign ...
Black Pastor Likens Obama’s Gay Marriage Stance To al-Qaeda Attack
Post Date: 2012-05-14 12:52:23 by CZ82
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Black Pastor Likens Obama’s Gay Marriage Stance To al-Qaeda Attack May 11, 2012, By D.L. Chandler Some prominent Black pastors have become staunchly critical of President Barack Obama’s endorsement of gay marriage, with some who formerly backed and celebrated his ascent now turning their backs. A Texas pastor who once led the Southern Baptist Convention in introducing a resolution that recognized Obama’s historic achievement has voiced his displeasure with the president’s support and approval of gays, reports the Associated Baptist Press. Dwight McKissic, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, wrote in a blog on May 9 that Obama’s statements is ...
Should Catholic Schools Be Able to Fire Teachers Over Fertility Treatments?
Post Date: 2012-05-13 16:04:22 by Ferret Mike
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A priest explains the Church's stance on assisted reproduction -- and the internal politics that cost an Indiana woman her job. Emily Herx was a popular literature teacher at St. Vincent de Paul School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, until she used her medical leave for in vitro fertilization. Herx lost her job and says a church official called her a "grave, immoral sinner." When she appealed to Fort Wayne Bishop Kevin Rhoades, he told her IVF was "an intrinsic evil, which means that no circumstances can justify it." The federal government saw things a bit differently. Herx filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and won -- paving the way for a ...
TBN: Family Battle Offers Look Inside Lavish TV Ministry
Post Date: 2012-05-05 12:46:55 by Brian S
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NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. — For 39 years, the Trinity Broadcasting Network has urged viewers to give generously and reap the Lord’s bounty in return. The prosperity gospel preached by Paul and Janice Crouch, who built a single station into the world’s largest Christian television network, has worked out well for them. Mr. and Mrs. Crouch have his-and-her mansions one street apart in a gated community here, provided by the network using viewer donations and tax-free earnings. But Mrs. Crouch, 74, rarely sleeps in the $5.6 million house with tennis court and pool. She mostly lives in a large company house near Orlando, Fla., where she runs a side business, the Holy Land ...
Numbers of Muslims, Mormons rising sharply: report
Post Date: 2012-05-01 21:52:51 by Ferret Mike
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(Reuters) - American Muslims grew in number over the past decade, outnumbering Jews for the first time in most of the Midwest and part of the South, while most mainline churches lost adherents, according to a census of American religions released on Tuesday. The number of Muslim adherents rose to 2.6 million in 2010 from 1 million in 2000, fueled by immigration and conversions, said Dale Jones, a researcher who worked on the study by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies. "Christians are the largest group in every state, but some of the things we found interesting was the growth of the Mormons, who reported the largest numerical gain in 26 states," said ...
For Catholics, a Door to Absolution Is Reopened (Plenary Indulgences, fast-track to heaven)
Post Date: 2012-04-30 04:14:38 by Hondo68
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Karen Nassauer, left, and Octavia Andrade at church in Queens. Indulgences are being offered at churches in New York City. The announcement in church bulletins and on Web sites has been greeted with enthusiasm by some and wariness by others. But mainly, it has gone over the heads of a vast generation of Roman Catholics who have no idea what it means: “Bishop Announces Plenary Indulgences.” In recent months, dioceses around the world have been offering Catholics a spiritual benefit that fell out of favor decades ago — the indulgence, a sort of amnesty from punishment in the afterlife — and reminding them of the church’s clout in mitigating the wages of sin. The ...
Today Is Bigot Sunday In Churches Across North Carolina
Post Date: 2012-04-22 13:18:16 by Brian S
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Churches across North Carolina are having "Marriage Sunday" tomorrow. Pastors are encouraged to preach traditional marriage from the pulpit, and then encourage their church members to go vote early in favor of Amendment One in North Carolina that would define marriage as between one man and one woman and outlaw things such as civil unions. Instead of preaching love and peace, pastors will be preaching hate and bigotry tomorrow. I feel especially sorry for the gay youth that will be in attendance tomorrow. The "Vote For Marriage NC" campaign has pulled out the fear factor and warned that marriage will be "redefined" if this amendment does not ...
Group Challenges Tax-Exempt Status Of Bishop Who Compared Obama To Hitler, Stalin
Post Date: 2012-04-22 13:16:15 by Brian S
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Americans United for Separation of Church and State has filed a complaint with the IRS concerning a Catholic bishop who sparked outrage by comparing President Barack Obama to Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin. Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of the Catholic Diocese of Peoria said the President was “intent on following a similar path” of the two mass-murderers and that his “radical, pro-abortion and extreme secularist agenda” threatened the First Amendment rights of Catholics. He added that “every practicing Catholic must vote, and must vote their Catholic consciences.” “Bishop Jenky’s intervention in the election wasn’t just extreme and mean-spirited, it ...
Test of Fire: Election 2012 (Official HD Version - Catholic)
Post Date: 2012-04-20 21:18:07 by Hondo68
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Will you vote the values that will stand the test of fire? Some things are more important than high gas prices or a faltering economy. They are life, marriage and freedom. This November, Catholics must stand up and protect their sacred rights and duties.
Poster Comment:It's official now, you're going to hell if you vote for Mitt or BO.
Excuse Me Sir, You Can Only Speak Freely Elsewhere, Not Here
Post Date: 2012-04-16 18:22:19 by CZ82
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Excuse Me Sir, You Can Only Speak Freely Elsewhere, Not Here April 16, 2012 by Giacomo When our Founding Fathers wrote the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, they fully intended for them to stand as long as our nation stood. But as we see our nation crumbling around us, the Constitution and Bill of Rights are also crumbling to the ground. In the latest instance, the historic city of Williamsburg, Virginia is seriously considering stripping Americans of their First Amendment right to the freedom of speech. It seems that some merchants in town complained about Christian’s trying to witness, preach and hand out materials on the public sidewalks outside their businesses. Rather than ...
Is Christianity Worth Saving?
Post Date: 2012-04-10 13:23:34 by Brian S
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Right Wing Christianity has a stranglehold on today's religion and politics. What are the rest of us to do?:::::::: Crucial question. Crucial answer. It's the day after Easter. The chocolate Easter bunnies have given up their retail space to Mother's Day cards and purple vestments are tucked away in church closets. Easter lilies and cymbidium corsages* may see another week of life but most of the trappings of Easter must wait resurrection in the coming year. Easter, the very soul of Christianity, its raison d'etre, will be stored away like Christmas ornaments. Today's Christianity, the one we see on television, the one posted relentlessly on YouTube, the one touted ...
Religious people are more likely to be leftwing, says thinktank Demos
Post Date: 2012-04-08 15:50:31 by lucysmom
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"We don't do God," Alastair Campbell famously insisted when journalists pressed the former prime minister, Tony Blair, on matters of faith. But it appears that New Labour's high command missed a trick by declining to talk up their religious convictions, for new research suggests they would have been preaching to the converted: people with faith are far more likely to take left-of-centre positions on a range of issues, including immigration and equality. The research, revealed in a new report by the thinktank Demos, undermines the widely held view that members of religious groups are more likely to have conservative tendencies. Its findings are exciting the interest of ...
Christianity or Thoughtcrime?
Post Date: 2012-04-08 08:54:00 by CZ82
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Christianity or Thoughtcrime? By Cindy Simpson "Thoughtcrimes" -- opinions and ideas that oppose the status quo -- were pursued and punished by the Thought Police in the future world described by George Orwell in his novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. Could politically incorrect thought be declared illegal -- a type of "hate" crime against individuals or the State -- someday in America? Since much of Christian thought seems to be considered politically incorrect these days, might it also be declared hate speech? Although such notions may seem the stuff of futuristic science fiction, just last week, Big Journalism ran a column with the subtitle "Shorter Ann Curry: Your ...
You idiots! Pilot's order was to crucify the Rabbi
Post Date: 2012-04-08 07:44:42 by whyofcourse
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