Thursday, 28 August 2014

50 years ago: Canadian religious leaders weigh in on topless bathing suits

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In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pea...

50 years ago: A Jewish scholar accuses the United Church of Canada of being out of date

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Just as the United Church of Canada was boasting about putting Christianity "squarely in the context of the twentieth century" wit...
Friday, 1 August 2014

50 years ago: United Church of Canada unveils Sunday School curriculum denying the truth of the Bible

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And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. Matthew 24:4 For I know this, that after my departing shall gr...
Friday, 25 July 2014

20 years ago: Israel and Jordan end their enmity by signing the Washington Declaration

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On July 25, 1994, Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein of Jordan signed the Washington Declaration , formally ending the st...
Wednesday, 9 July 2014

30 years ago: God strikes York Minster Cathedral with lightning three days after the consecration of heretic David Jenkins as Bishop of Durham

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Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. Galatians 6:7 But there were false prophets a...
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Thursday, 3 July 2014

25 years ago: U.S. Supreme Court upholds Missouri law restricting abortion

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On July 3, 1989, the United States Supreme Court voted 5-4 to uphold a Missouri law that restricted a woman’s right to have an abortion. Th...
Monday, 23 June 2014

St. Louis Roman Catholic Archbishop claims he didn't know that sexual abuse of minors was a crime

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As reported by Lilly Fowler of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch , June 10, 2014 : Archbishop Robert J. Carlson claimed to be uncertain that he ...

40 years ago: Chuck Colson is sentenced to prison

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In Washington D.C. on June 21, 1974, U.S. District Court Judge Gerhard Gesell sentenced former White House counsel Chuck Colson to 1-3 years...
Thursday, 19 June 2014

40 years ago: U.S. President Richard Nixon declares hope for lasting peace in the Middle East

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On June 12, 1974, U.S. President Richard Nixon, who was being threatened by impeachment over his involvement in the scandal surrounding the ...
Wednesday, 18 June 2014

13-year-old Indian boy with a tail is worshipped as a god

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For all the gods of the nations are idols: but the Lord made the heavens. Psalms 96:5 In the absence of worship of the true God, the nat...
Tuesday, 17 June 2014

60 years ago: U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower adds "under God" to Pledge of Allegiance

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On June 14, 1954, U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance ...
Thursday, 1 May 2014

30 years ago: Carl McIntire critiques Evangelicals for Social Action's Chicago Declaration

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Carl McIntire (1906-2002) was a leading fundamentalist figure of the 20th century, serving as President of the International Council of Chri...
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Thursday, 17 April 2014

700 years ago: The execution of Jacques de Molay

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Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet ...
Tuesday, 1 April 2014

Life imitates art as 2014's Noah sounds like a real-life version of 1994 spoof ...And God Spoke

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In the same vein in which the "mockumentary" movie This is Spinal Tap (1984) made fun of rock music documentary films, ...And God...