Friday, 7 September 2018

Display of politically-incorrect New Testament passage leads Belgian politician to call for a ban on religious programming on publicly-funded television networks

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Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife, even as Christ is the head of t...
Thursday, 6 September 2018

Roman Catholic priest in Venice calls for "decency tax" on brides with plunging necklines

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Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as elaborate hairstyles and the wearing of gold jewelry or fine clothes. Rather, i...

Survey finds that people in Britain aren't coming to faith as they get older

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As reported by Olivia Rudgard of the London Daily Telegraph , September 7, 2018 (links in original): Fears have been raised for the Churc...
Wednesday, 5 September 2018

40 years ago: The death of Russian Orthodox Church leader and KGB agent Metropolitan Nikodim

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On September 5, 1978, Metropolitan Nikodim , born Boris Georgiyevich Rotov, died of a heart attack at the age of 48. He was ordained as a R...
Tuesday, 4 September 2018

School cheerleaders in east Texas win the right to display Bible verses

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At last, some good news, as reported by Lauren McGaughy of the Dallas Morning News , August 31, 2018 (links in original): Austin -- Chris...
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North Carolina pastor and principal charged with numerous sex offenses with a minor

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Yet another one--as reported by Mark Price of the Charlotte Observer , August 30, 2018 (links in original): A North Carolina man who is p...
Monday, 3 September 2018

Scholarly re-examination of radiocarbon dating leads to re-evaluation of King David and the Exodus

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The Tel Dan Stele referencing King David It comes as no surprise to this blogger to read that radiocarbon dating may not be as scientific...
Sunday, 2 September 2018

150 years ago: Future Mormon President delivers false prophecy

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But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of...
Saturday, 1 September 2018

Presbyterian church in New Hampshire hires Brazilian female "pastor" in an effort to reverse its decline

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Let your women keep silence in the churches: for it is not permitted unto them to speak; but they are commanded to be under obedience as als...
Friday, 31 August 2018

Australian Roman Catholic leaders refuse to violate confidentiality of confession to report child abuse

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As reported by Agence France-Press e, August 31, 2018 (links inserted by London Daily Telegraph ): Australian Catholic leaders vowed on F...
Thursday, 30 August 2018

LDS President wants to discard the word "Mormon"

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As reported by Peggy Fletcher Stack and Scott D. Pierce of the Salt Lake Tribune , August 16, 2018 (updated August 23, 2018) (bold, links i...
Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Survey finds that nearly half of U.S. Jews don't identify with organized religion

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It comes as a surprise to this blogger that the figure isn't higher, but perhaps it's more evidence that people are as likely to lie...
Tuesday, 28 August 2018

Former papal nuncio to the United States calls for Pope Francis's resignation

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As reported by Andrea Tornielli of La Stampa , August 26, 2018 (updated August 27, 2018) : The authorities of the Holy See had been aware ...
Monday, 27 August 2018

Nigerian university suspends six students over alleged involvement in cultism

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The cult isn't identified, but the suspended students are; as reported by Ajibola Olaniyi in the Lagos Daily Post , August 22, 2018 : ...
Sunday, 26 August 2018

Charismaniac Nigerian "prophetess" arrested for child-trafficking

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As reported by Victor Azubuike of the Lagos Daily Post , August 24, 2018 : A 34-year-old woman identified as Helen Christopher has been ar...
Saturday, 25 August 2018

Church of the Wild is pagan nature worship masquerading as Christianity

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Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. II Timothy 3:5 Women seem to be disproportionately promi...
Friday, 24 August 2018

DNA reveals origins of 6,500-year-old skeletons found in Galilee

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As reported by Judy Siegel-Itzkovich of Breaking Israel News , August 21, 2018 (links in original): A pioneering international study led ...
Thursday, 23 August 2018

70 years ago: The World Council of Churches is founded

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Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. II Timothy 3:5 On August 23, 1948, the World Council of ...
Wednesday, 22 August 2018

Kansas pastor resigns after being charged with child sex crime

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As reported by Chance Swaim of the Wichita Eagle , July 14, 2018 (links in original): A Sedgwick pastor was arrested in Harvey County Fri...