Tuesday, 25 January 2011

30 years ago: Muslim nations call for the expulsion of Israel from "occupied territories"

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File under "the more things change, the more they remain the same:" On January 25, 1981 at Taif, Saudi Arabia, leaders of 37 Mus...
Monday, 24 January 2011

25 years ago: Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard reportedly dies

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On January 24, 1986 L. Ron Hubbard, a prolific writer of science fiction whose book Dianetics (1950) served as the foundational text for a ...
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Thursday, 20 January 2011

New Year’s Conclave 2011 of The Temple of the Presence offers instruction from the Ascended Masters

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If the following is any indication, the New Age movement seems to be getting more up-front and "in your face" with its doctrines. ...
Saturday, 15 January 2011

25 years ago: Herbert W. Armstrong, founder of the Worldwide Church of God, goes to the "wonderful World Tomorrow"

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On January 16, 1986, Herbert W. Armstrong , founder and Pastor General of the Worldwide Church of God (and "Ambassador for World Peace...
Friday, 14 January 2011

Astrological signs won't be changing

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And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shoulde...
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Sunday, 9 January 2011

30 years ago: 1,000 people killed by members of Islamic cult in Nigeria

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On January 9, 1981 it was announced in Nigeria that at least 1,000 people had been killed in two weeks, as followers of renegade Islamic cul...
Saturday, 8 January 2011

Matthew 24, the New Age "Master Jesus," and The Message

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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall dec...
Thursday, 6 January 2011

Superstitious man in Malaysia leaves his "demon" wife after consulting a medium

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As reported by Shaun Ho in the Malaysia Star on January 6, 2011 : KUALA LUMPUR: A superstitious husband stopped having sex with his wife af...

Hindu guru in India paid blackmailer £1.4 million over sex video

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The U.S.A. has had its televangelist scandals, and India has a scandal with a Hindu guru. As reported by Dean Nelson of the Daily Telegraph...

Focus on the Family's newspaper columns are devoid of Christian content

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"Is there any other point to which you would wish to draw my attention?" "To the curious incident of the use of the Bible in ...
Monday, 3 January 2011

25 years ago: Jerry Falwell announces the formation of the Liberty Federation

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On January 3, 1986, Rev. Jerry Falwell, who had founded the advocacy organization Moral Majority in 1979, announced that he was forming a ...

Israel believes that Iran can attack her with 10-12 minutes' warning--WikiLeaks

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As reported by Voice of America News , January 3, 2011 (with spelling mistake corrected): U.S. diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks re...
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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