Thursday, 11 October 2012

50 years ago: Second Vatican Council opens

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On October 11, 1962, Pope John XXIII opened the Second Vatican Council at St. Peter's Basilica. Vatican II, the first ecumenical counc...
Tuesday, 9 October 2012

25 years ago: Jerry Falwell resigns as PTL chairman

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On October 8, 1987, Rev. Jerry Falwell resigned as chairman of the PTL television “ministry” and the entire board of directors also resigned...
Sunday, 16 September 2012

Break Forth Canada 2013 lineup includes adulteress Amy Grant

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May 10, 2013 update : I've been informed that the Gary Chapman who appeared at Break Forth 2013 was the author of The Five Love Languag...
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Venus has always appealed to New Agers

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According to Scott Van Wynsberghe in the Canadian newspaper National Post , September 4, 2012 : The existence of the planet has been known...
Friday, 14 September 2012

Britain's chief rabbi accuses Richard Dawkins of anti-Semitism in his view of the Bible

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The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Psalms 14:1a (also Psalms 53:1a) As reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency , September ...
Monday, 10 September 2012

Scientology treatment to be used on Vietnamese Agent Orange victims

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As reported by Chris Brummitt of The Associated Press , September 6, 2012 : HANOI, Vietnam - Alleged victims of Agent Orange in Vietnam ar...

Jewish Democratic county chairman in Florida resigns after inflammatory remarks about Christians

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As reported by Jewish Telegraphic Agency , September 9, 2012 : The chairman of the Palm Beach County Democratic Party resigned after sayin...

A group of Buddhist monks in Thailand claims that Steve Jobs has been reincarnated as a divine being

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And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: Hebrews 9:27 As reported by James Hookway in The Wall Street J...
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30 years ago: Episcopal Church revises its hymnal

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On September 9, 1982, the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America adopted a revision of its hymnal , adding some hymns,...
Thursday, 6 September 2012

30 years ago: Three liberal U.S. Lutheran churches agree to merge

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On September 8, 1982, the Lutheran Church in America, American Lutheran Church, and Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches voted to me...
Wednesday, 5 September 2012

Worship at the Water offers church in a bar in Florida

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Unfortunately, the following news report offers little information on the content of the sermons, but given the United Methodist Church'...
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San Francisco Roman Catholic Archbishop-elect apologizes for drunk driving arrest

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As reported by Elliot Spagat and Lisa Leff of Associated Press , August 28, 2012 : San Diego — The Roman Catholic archbishop-elect of San ...

Religion has a great influence on Americans' charitable donations

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As reported by Ben Grose of The Chronicle of Philanthropy , August 19, 2012 : Regions of the country that are deeply religious are more ge...

No matter how hopeless the situation seems to be, Israelis never quit and ask no mercy of their opponents...

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...even in Little League baseball. As reported by Adam Soclof of Jewish Telegraphic Agency , August 26, 2012 : On July 24, 1989, Israel h...

One poll finds a decrease in the proportion of the world's people describing themselves as religious--while another poll finds Israelis going in the opposite direction

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As reported by Yoav Friedman of Ynet News , August 28, 2012 : A poll conducted last February by the Guttman Center for Surveys of the Isra...

Assault on rabbi in Berlin prompts Jewish seminary to advise students not to wear skullcaps in public

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As reported by Madeline Chambers of Reuters , August 30, 2012 : One of the first rabbis ordained in Germany since the Holocaust has been b...

Fourth Muslim-Jewish dialogue to take place in Toronto

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As reported by The Algemeiner , September 2, 2012 : On the initiative of Weekly Press Pakistan news service, a fourth Muslim – Jewish dial...

Alexandria, Egypt's last active synagogue will not be open for Yom Kippur

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As reported by Roi Kais of Ynet News , September 4, 2012 : For the first time in years, it appears that Alexandria's ancient Eliyahu H...

50 years ago: American mother of thalidomide baby gets an abortion in Sweden

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I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose li...
Monday, 27 August 2012

Secular reporters following Mitt Romney's presidential campaign seem unaware of the significance of Mormon communion, while a Mormon reporter presents a half-truthful picture

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Dishonesty and deception are among the characteristics of a cult. A cult typically isn't up front with outsiders about its beliefs and ...

Two Armstrongs

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In what may be an example in microcosm of the decline of western society, two white American males with the surname Armstrong have been in t...
Wednesday, 22 August 2012

50 years ago: Anglican Church of Canada adopts new Book of Common Prayer

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On August 23, 1962, more than 300 clergy and laymen at the 21st General Synod of the Anglican Church of Canada , meeting in Kingston, Ontari...
Thursday, 16 August 2012

United Church of Canada elects its first openly sodomite moderator

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Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who...
Tuesday, 14 August 2012

25 years ago: The Moronic Harmonic Convergence attempts to accelerate the inauguration of the New Age

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On August 16-17 1987, the Harmonic Convergence , the world's first globally synchronized meditation event, took place at approximately 2...