Friday, 31 December 2010

"Rev." Fred Phelps is not a member of the "Christian right"

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I’ve never recognized "Rev." Fred Phelps of "God Hates Fags" infamy as a Christian, and I’ve long suspected him of bein...
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Former Jehovah's Witness accuses JWs of moving children to avoid blood transfusions

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Another backlog item, as reported by Tom Blackwell in the National Post , September 28, 2009 : The boy was just five years old and desperate...
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Female Lutheran bishop in Germany resigns over criticism of her handling of sexual abuse allegations

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Another backlog item: Not only are women not biblically qualified for positions of leadership in a church (see I Timothy 3:1-12), it seems a...

Buddhist idolatry on display in Alberta

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Another item from the backlog: And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, ...

Jewish populations in Yemen and Ethiopia have distinct histories

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From the abstract of the article Mitochondrial DNA reveals distinct evolutionary histories for Jewish populations in Yemen and Ethiopia by...

Human remains found in Israel may be the world's oldest

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I believe the Bible, and not in macroevolution, but I find this item interesting. As reported by Associated Press on December 27, 2010 : ...
Tuesday, 28 December 2010

50 years ago: Israel denies reports that it's working toward producing atomic bombs

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On December 20, 1960, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Avram Harman called on U.S. Secretary of State Christian Herter to deny report...

20 years ago: Government of Canada bars hundreds of delegates from world congress of International Council of Christian Churches

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Another item from the backlog that should have been posted months ago (warning--lengthy post ahead): In August 1990, the International Coun...
Sunday, 26 December 2010

Pennsylvania parents who practiced faith-healing are convicted of manslaughter in their son's death

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Walter Martin has been credited with saying, "Bad exegesis leads to bad theology, which leads to bad morality." Yet another tragi...

Most American "evangelicals" believe "good people" in other religions can go to Heaven

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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. They are corrupt, they have done abominable works, there is none that doeth good. The LORD...

Voodoo priests among 45 people lynched in Haiti as a result of a cholera epidemic

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As Paul Harvey used to say, "It is not one world." As reported by BBC News on December 24, 2010 : Voodoo priests in Haiti are bei...
Monday, 13 December 2010

Edmonton's Singing Christmas Tree, formerly a Christian presentation, is now thoroughly secular

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The Singing Christmas Tree , a tradition in Edmonton, Alberta, was first presented in the 1960s by and at Central Pentecostal Tabernacle, an...
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Wednesday, 8 December 2010

Cranial billboards: Another sign of the approach of the mark of the Beast

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Another old item from my backlog--as reported by Andrew Adam Newman of The New York Times , February 17, 2009 : TERRY GARDNER, a legal sec...

60 years ago: Pope Pius XII promulgates the dogma of the bodily assumption of Mary into heaven

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A post that I should have published last month: On November 1, 1950 Pope Pius XII promulgated the bull Munificentissimus Deus: Defining the...
Monday, 6 December 2010

Nova Scotia Roman Catholic bishop pleads guilty to child pornography charges

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I missed this story when it was in the news in April 2010; file under "Yet another one." As reported by CBC News, April 9, 2010 :...

Calgary parish votes to leave the Anglican Church of Canada and join the Roman Catholic Church

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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there...

Five Church of England bishops decide to join the Roman Catholic Church

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I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there...
Saturday, 4 December 2010

50 years ago: Consultation on Church Union (COCU) begins with Blake-Pike proposal

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On December 4, 1960 Dr. Eugene Carson Blake, Stated Clerk of the United Presbyterian Church and one of America’s most prominent mainline Pro...
Friday, 3 December 2010

Canadians and Americans lie about church attendance

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It comes as no surprise to this blogger, as a Canadian, to find that Canadians and Americans lie on religious surveys, as reported by Shanno...