Pilgrim's News

Bible banishment by court overturned

2009-07-20T21:01:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The Quran is OK, and other kinds of religious texts; just not the Bible. The Bible alone is impermissible in the public school."

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Hate crimes legislation worries ex-gay speaker

2009-07-20T12:31:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Every time now that I tell my testimony, talk about that change is possible, quote the science from the American Psychiatric Association, from the Human Genome Association, from professional organizations like N.A.R.T.H., I'm going to be persecuted. The way this legislation reads, I could be arrested; I could be sued; I could be charged with a hate crime."

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CANADA: Polygamy, other unions considered for expanded definition of 'family'

2009-07-15T15:03:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Leckey also wonders whether polygamous unions should be considered civil marriages."

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CANADA: Ontario Human Rights Commission reviews Catholic policy on homosexuals

2009-07-14T15:06:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The case is the latest involving the human rights tribunal to address whether Church doctrine should be subject to review by a secular body."

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Current US policies allow for compulsory abortion

2009-07-13T22:14:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion, could be sustained under the existing Constitution if the population crisis became sufficiently severe to endanger the society."

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EU Diplomat wants international community to unilaterally establish 'Palestine'

2009-07-13T09:55:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "If the parties are not able to stick to [the timetable], then a solution backed by the international community should be put on the table."

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UK: Bible knowledge in decline

2009-07-13T09:46:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Younger interviewees told researchers that the Bible was "old-fashioned", "irrelevant" and "for Dot Cottons" - in reference to the churchgoing character in the BBC One soap."

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Gore says climate change will bring global governance

2009-07-12T15:00:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "But it is the awareness itself that will drive the change and one of the ways it will drive the change is through global governance and global agreements."

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Harper responds to communion flap

2009-07-10T12:24:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "First of all, as a Christian, I've never refused communion when offered to me. That is actually pretty important to me "

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Afghan men "starving" for affection

2009-07-10T09:13:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "An Afghan law which legalised rape has been sent back to parliament with a clause letting husbands starve their wives if they refuse to have sex."

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CANADA: BC Director pleads for late-term abortions

2009-07-08T06:59:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "According to some reports there are not many doctors willing to perform abortions late into pregnancy and late-term abortions appear to make up a small percentage of the number of abortions conducted in Canada."

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World's oldest Bible goes online

2009-07-07T13:33:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Codex Sinaiticus, which loosely translated means "the book from Sinai," was discovered at the Monastery of Saint Catherine at Mount Sinai in Egypt by German Bible scholar Constantine Tischendorf in the mid-19th century."

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God rejoices over abortions?

2009-06-30T22:38:00.001-04:00

Uhhh...no. The Epicopal Church should revise what it thinks about Jesus instead of what it thinks about abortion.

Key Quote: "...the Deity 'rejoices' when women elect to abort their children."

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The Bible's "worn arguments and old attitudes"

2009-06-30T22:27:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "There are still fellow citizens, perhaps neighbors or even family members and loved ones, who still hold fast to worn arguments and old attitudes"

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Churches prepare for violence

2009-06-29T15:26:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "In the last decade, he said, 50 people were killed and 30 wounded in 35 church shootings. In 2007, there were six church shootings. In 2008, there were 18."

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Jews consider alternate site for the 3rd Temple

2009-06-29T10:14:00.001-04:00

All we're missing is the Prophet and Mahdi...

Key Quote from a Jew: "His main argument is that Jewish doctrine regarding the rebuilding of the Temple emphasizes the role of a prophet. This prophet would have extraordinary authority, including the discretion to specify the Temple's precise location, regardless of any diverging Jewish traditions."

Key Quote from a Muslim: "The mahdi will decide whether or not to rebuild the Temple. If he decides that it should be rebuilt, I will go out to the Temple Mount and help carry the rocks."

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Revelation 11
1 An angel gave me a measuring stick and said: Measure around God's temple. Be sure to include the altar and everyone worshiping there.
2 But don't measure the courtyard outside the temple building. Leave it out. It has been given to those people who don't know God, and they will trample all over the holy city for forty-two months.

Revelation 16
13 An evil spirit that looked like a frog came out of the mouth of the dragon. One also came out of the mouth of the beast, and another out of the mouth of the false prophet.

China repeats calls for global currency

2009-06-28T18:16:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The dollar declined the most against the euro in a month and dropped versus the yen after China repeated its call for a new global currency."

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Conscience is no defense for doctors according to abortion conference

2009-06-19T12:44:00.001-04:00

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UN Document opens "government rights" to your kids

2009-06-19T12:41:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "A British plan to allow local authorities 'the right of access to the home' and 'the right to speak with each child alone' in order to evaluate homeschooling families and make certain they do what the government wants is a warning about what could happen in the United States, according to the world's largest homeschool advocacy organization."

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The Church of Do-What-You-Want-To

2009-06-15T15:59:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Among the alternative services explored in the book, which is co-edited by the Rt Rev Steven Croft, the new Bishop of Sheffield, are so-called 'U2charists', services in which the congregation receives communion but sings the songs of the Irish rock band U2 instead of traditional hymns. "

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Evangelical support for Israel dropping?

2009-06-15T15:35:00.000-04:00

Key Quote: "How widespread is the erosion of evangelical support for Israel? Google this: 'Letter to President Bush from Evangelical Leaders.' Look at those who signed it - and the organizations they represent. Their claim to 'represent large numbers of evangelicals' is true. "

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Christians turned away from Federal Buildings for wearing 'Jesus' T-Shirt

2009-06-03T22:03:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "...members of groups...have been threatened with arrest for even going up the Supreme Court's steps while wearing the shirts, and have been forbidden entry in other locations."

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Christians face discrimination in UK

2009-06-02T12:46:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Churchgoers are likely to be further concerned by new guidelines that warn that employees face dismissal if they share their faith with colleagues at work."

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Don't forget your Bible Study permit

2009-06-01T15:53:00.001-04:00

More coverage on San Diego's repressive laws.

Key Quote: "The officer then warned the family to 'cease and desist' the 'religious assemblies' or they would face fines up to $1,000 weekly (or more)."

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Russian columnist links American decline to weak churches

2009-06-01T15:24:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "...preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the 'winning' side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the 'winning' side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power."

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County fines home Bible study group

2009-05-28T22:12:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The couple received a written warning that listed "unlawful use of land" and told them to "stop religious assembly or apply for a major use permit" -- a process that could cost tens of thousands of dollars."

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Skepticism of the latest "missing link"

2009-05-21T21:52:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "But some independent experts, awaiting an opportunity to see the new fossil, are sceptical of the claim.And they have been critical of the hype surrounding the presentation of Ida."

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Michigan University Graduate student expelled for conscience choice

2009-05-19T12:46:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Does it scare you that the people overseeing her program weren't content with the fact that she acted properly and with integrity? Does is scare you that they wanted her to change not just her actions, but her religious beliefs?"

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TV Stations forced to choose between Church and Big Bird

2009-05-19T12:40:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The muckety-mucks at PBS headquarters are looking closely at instituting a rule that would strip a public television station of its PBS affiliation if it broadcast any religious shows."

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When the word "Christian" limits your market reach

2009-05-19T12:26:00.001-04:00

...things like this happen...

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Sweden approves gender-based abortions

2009-05-12T13:12:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The board has now responded that such requests and thus abortions can not be refused and that it is not possible to deny a woman an abortion up to the 18th week of pregnancy, even if the foetus's gender is the basis for the request."

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Covering the cost of charity: Charge the homeless rent

2009-05-11T13:37:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The city says it's got to find a way to cover the costs of state housing aid."

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US Military destroys Bibles in Afghanistan

2009-05-08T15:46:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "According to the military officials, the Bibles were sent through private mail to an evangelical Christian soldier by his church back home. Reuters says the soldier brought them to the Bible study class where they were filmed."

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"Christian troops give up a great deal to put themselves in harm's way, so they should not have to give up their own personal witness in that environment"

Response from Pentagon

"There's certainly many organizations that could put them to good use. Any time you see a Bible destroyed, it really should shake the core of every Christian to realize that this is the kind of desecration that can happen to God's Word."

Response from Missions Organization

More Christian valedictorian censorship

2009-05-07T12:11:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "If we don't begin protecting the right to free speech in the schools, we are going to lose the right to speak entirely."

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Christian teacher suspended for walking out of homosexual presentation

2009-05-06T15:55:00.000-04:00

Key Quote: ""They are not interested in just being left alone, as one of their most influential leaders in the homosexual community recently said. What they're really after is silencing any opposition to the homosexual lifestyle -- even if it's rooted in seriously held religious belief -- and they are willing to do anything to do that."

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Home-schooled 16-year old Christian arrested under Patriot Act

2009-05-06T15:36:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The family was at a church function that night. Undoubtedly, they were given false information, or they would not have had 12 agents in my house with a widow and two children and three cats."

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US debts continue to rise

2009-05-04T12:51:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The Congressionally mandated debt ceiling of $12.1 trillion will most likely be breached in the second half of this year."

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Could China be the next great Christian nation?

2009-04-29T15:10:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "All of a sudden, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of small businessmen fellowships taking place, both within major corporations in China, and within homes."

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State seeks expanded powers over nation's children

2009-04-29T14:54:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The best interest of the child principle would give the government the ability to override every decision made by every parent if a government worker disagreed with the parent's decision. A child's 'right to be heard' would allow him (or her) to seek governmental review of every parental decision with which the child disagreed.

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More 'Obama is the Messiah' art

2009-04-29T14:46:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "An artist who planned to unveil a portrait of Barack Obama in a Christ-like pose with a crown of thorns upon his brow has announced he is canceling the event, due to 'overwhelming public outrage.'"

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The new American Foreign Policy towards Israel

2009-04-24T16:08:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "While President Bush was 'blindly' and 'mindlessly' supportive of Israel, President Obama may be less willing to give the Jewish state 'blank checks'"

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Christian response not 'politically-savvy' enough for Miss USA crown

2009-04-24T16:04:00.000-04:00

Key Quote: "I knew at that moment after I answered the question, I knew, I was not going to win because of my answer, because I had spoken from my heart, from my beliefs and for my God. I wouldn't have answered it differently. The way I answered may have been offensive. With that question specifically, it's not about being politically correct. For me it was being biblically correct."

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European, American pastors arrested in Oslo

2009-04-24T15:56:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The two men were not even preaching. Petar was holding a sign on a tall post and both men were conversing with the crowd. They were not using a bullhorn and their message was one of the need to be born again"

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No opposing point of view allowed in congress alongside Gore

2009-04-24T12:36:00.001-04:00

Just like when we were kids, we'd plug our ears and shout: "LALALALALA!"

Key Quote: "Waxman knows there has been no 'global warming' for at least a decade. Waxman knows there has been seven and a half years' global cooling. Waxman knows that, in the words of the UK High Court judge who condemned Gore's mawkish movie as materially, seriously, serially inaccurate, 'the Armageddon scenario that he depicts is not based on any scientific view'"

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Global warming advocates marginalize people

2009-04-21T09:17:00.000-04:00

The W.H.O. has taken a line from Homer Simpson: "No Fat Chicks".

Key Quote: "Each fat person is said to be responsible for emitting a tonne more of climate-warming carbon dioxide per year than a thin one. It means an extra BILLION TONNES of CO2 a year is created, according to World Health Organisation estimates of overweight people."

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EU Directive means trouble for churches

2009-04-17T14:56:00.001-04:00

A sign of things to come for Canada and the US?

Key Quote: "The directive could mean that religious schools would have to accept non-believers, and churches would have to baptize atheists and agnostics and permit homosexual "marriage" ceremonies."

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Afghan wives choose between sex and eating

2009-04-17T11:18:00.001-04:00

This is what clerics offered as clarification to the western response to this sex law? How is this better? This is what happens when you try to codify a loving relationship in the law.

Key Quote: "Husbands should never force themselves on their wives and the law does not sanction that, but women are required to meet their husband's needs, the law states.If a woman says no, the man has the right not to feed her"

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New Afghan law requires regular sex from wives

2009-04-16T12:32:00.001-04:00

Your sex life stinks if the law is the only thing that can make your wife do it.

Key Quote: "Obedience, readiness for intercourse and not leaving the house without the permission of the husband are the duties of the wife. As long as the husband is not traveling, he has the right to have sexual intercourse with his wife every fourth night."

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Obama announces that US is no longer a Christian nation

2009-04-14T15:51:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "[Obama] stated while on tour in the Islamic nation of Turkey that America is not a Christian nation, contradicting the belief of many of his predecessors and the writings of many founding fathers."

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Tony Blair's new mission involves bringing different faiths together

2009-04-14T11:32:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "If globalisation is a force pushing people together, does religion become a force pulling people apart?"

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Quebec dad loses appeal in grounding case

2009-04-08T15:42:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The father caught her chatting on websites he had blocked, and alleged his daughter was posting 'inappropriate pictures' of herself online."

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UK Government publication portrays Christians as Islamophobes

2009-04-06T12:54:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "It is a clumsy caricature, symptomatic of a culture which says it is OK to bully Christians in the name of diversity."

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Step 1: The death of privacy

2009-04-06T12:35:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Details of user e-mails and net phone calls will be stored by internet service providers (ISPs) from Monday under an EU directive."

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Robot Adam and Eve

2009-04-03T10:55:00.001-04:00

Did my wife write this article?

Key Quote: "Adam is a prototype," says Prof King. "Eve is better designed and more elegant."

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UN passes resolution on religious defamation

2009-04-01T15:21:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The 47-member Human Rights Council has drawn criticism for reflecting mainly the interests of Islamic and African countries, which when voting together can control its agenda."

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Darwinists using their religious appeal to quiet debate

2009-03-31T15:44:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "As someone who is not a fundamentalist (and who doesn't believe the Bible is a science textbook), it is discouraging to see reporters endlessly recycle caricatures rather than genuinely try to understand the diverse viewpoints of those raising questions about modern Darwinism."

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German Christians seek asylum in the US

2009-03-31T15:39:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "When the Romeikes wouldn't comply with repeated orders to send the children to school, police came to their home one October morning in 2006 and took the children, crying and upset, to school."

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De-baptism in the UK

2009-03-30T22:22:00.001-04:00

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Global economic crisis leads to talk of common currency

2009-03-27T12:20:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "A UN panel of expert economists pressed Thursday for a new global currency reserve scheme to replace the volatile, dollar-based system and for coordinated steps by rich countries to stimulate their economies."

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Global currency back on the agenda

2009-03-20T12:59:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Canadian economist and Nobel-prize winning professor Robert Mundell...is pushing for a one-world currency"

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Webster's dictionary redefines marriage

2009-03-20T12:44:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The new definition references 'marriage' as the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife. But the definition also includes "the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage."

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CANADA: Cabinet minister's religious beliefs under scrutiny

2009-03-20T12:05:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The Globe and CBC would never pull that stunt with, say, Gurbax Malhi, a Sikh MP, or Irwin Cotler, a Jewish MP. They wouldn't accuse them of hijacking government for their faith; they wouldn't accuse them of hidden loyalties. But anti-Christian bigotry is the last acceptable bigotry."

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Another chaplain quits over 'God' restrictions

2009-03-18T12:45:00.001-04:00

Here's the part I thought was strange...

Key Quote: "None of the six other chaplains objected to the ban on God's name, she said."

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Apologize for sharing Jesus or no diploma

2009-03-13T12:24:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Corder said officials withheld her diploma until she issued an apology, and the school 'continues to portray her as a student who engaged in improper conduct because she mentioned Jesus Christ during her speech.'"

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US: Judge blocks mom from homeschooling

2009-03-12T11:26:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "I have never seen such injustice and such a direct attack against homeschool. This judge clearly took personal issue with Venessa's stance on education and faith, even though her children are doing great. If her right to homeschool can be taken away so easily, what will this mean for homeschoolers state wide, or even nationally?"

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Chaplain quits over generic prayers

2009-03-11T14:42:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "A former chaplain with the Virginia State Police says he had no choice but to step down after a new policy took effect requiring generic prayers at department events."

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Catholic church governance called into question in Conneticut

2009-03-11T14:41:00.001-04:00

Where's the separation of church and state when you need it?

Key Quote: "The real purpose of this bill is payback to the bishops and pastors of the Roman Catholic Church in Connecticut for opposing gay marriage."

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Digital gold solution to economic crisis?

2009-03-10T16:01:00.000-04:00

Key Quote: "Steil has consistently argued that the dollar as a nation-state currency is outmoded, and that a regional currency should replace the dollar on the way to a one-world currency."

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Church shooter kills pastor during sermon

2009-03-10T15:57:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "It just seemed a lot out of place for someone to be walking to the front to take a seat at that point in the service."

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Western Evangelical Christianity is crumbling

2009-03-10T14:37:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Within two generations, evangelicalism will be a house deserted of half its occupants."

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School textbooks go easy on Islam

2009-03-09T21:31:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Islam has a privileged position. It's not critiqued or criticized or qualified, whereas Judaism and Christianity are."

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Brits forgetting WWII history

2009-03-09T21:14:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Auschwitz is the name of a type of beer or a religious festival, some British schoolchildren believe."

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Brits open the door to Shari'ah law

2009-03-06T14:16:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The authority given to Shari'ah scholars by financial institutions and the plans announced by the Authorities to appoint such clerics to advise them shows just how far adrift we have sailed as a nation from tolerance, via multiculturalism to accommodation and soon to subjugation."

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Christian schools in Illinois banned from praying before games

2009-03-06T13:57:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The way the rule reads it's completely prohibitive so even if two Christian schools were playing each other, and even if both wanted to have the prayers and always had the prayers, they still wouldn't be able to do so"

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"God" censored from student posters

2009-03-04T15:46:00.000-04:00

So, they can promote a Christian prayer event, but they can't mention "God"...

Key Quote: "Administrators at Lakeview Elementary School in Mt. Juliet, Tenn., told parents that the posters, promoting the See You at the Pole student prayer event, mentioned 'God' and are therefore precluded by school board policy and prohibited in the hallways as inappropriate."

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Christian leaders don't need to be Christian

2009-03-04T15:43:00.001-04:00

Yeah. I had to read it twice too.

Key Quote: "A university in Ohio has threatened the future of a campus Bible organization for requiring voting members and office holders be Christian."

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Teachers not allowed to pray in New Jersey

2009-03-04T15:40:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Here you just have a man who wants to silently pray. It's gotten that bad."

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UN resolution would silence Muslim critics

2009-03-03T11:13:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "It is the so-called mainstream Muslims, grouped in the Organization of the Islamic Conference, who are now demanding through the agency of the United Nations that Islam not only be allowed to make absolutist claims but that it also be officially shielded from any criticism of itself."

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Vatican steps-up with a Darwin love-in

2009-03-03T09:44:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Yet as recently as 2006 a leading Catholic Cardinal, Christoff Schoenborn, of Vienna, a former student and friend of Pope Benedict XVI caused controversy by saying that Darwin's theory of natural selection was incompatible with Christian belief."

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Eugenics returns in the form of designer babies

2009-03-03T09:39:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "In letting parents decide what traits their kids have, doctors will examine the genetic makeup of embryos created in the lab and implant the ones that have the best chance of giving mom and dad what they want."

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Counselor sued for allowing foster children to hear Christian music

2009-02-25T23:18:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Consequently, this counselor was not just reprimanded. This counselor was in fact suspended for six weeks without pay simply and solely because some of those foster care children were exposed to some music that had some Christian lyrics."

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Gordon Brown still looking for New World Order

2009-02-25T08:36:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "We need a global New Deal -- a grand bargain between the countries and continents of this world -- so that the world economy can not only recover but... so the banking system can be based on... best principles"

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CANADA: Aliens to the spiritual rescue

2009-02-23T21:17:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "I think there is a spiritual longing out there. People are so distressed at the present time by all that is going on in the world. The banking system has fallen apart. People worry there's a possibility of war between the Christian world and the Muslim world. We want something better."

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CANADA: NB school still playing 'Lifeboat'

2009-02-18T13:11:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The students had three spaces in a rocket ship and they had to decide whom to save among an Acadian francophone, a Chinese person, a black African, an English person and an aboriginal."

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Church of England head approves of gay marriage

2009-02-17T21:58:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "I concluded that an active sexual relationship between two people of the same sex might therefore reflect the love of God in a way comparable to marriage, if and only if it had about it the same character of absolute covenanted faithfulness."

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CANADA: 12-year-old stands her ground on public speaking assignment

2009-02-17T21:54:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "She just felt she wanted to continue with the topic of abortion. So she forfeited her chance to compete in order to speak on something she was passionate about."

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"Jesus Loves You" sends pastor to jail

2009-02-17T21:37:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "For holding up a poster that reads, 'Jesus loves you and your baby. Let us help you,' outside an Oakland abortion clinic, a pastor in California now awaits a judge's sentencing that could send him to prison for harassment."

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This doesn't make me think of Muslims in a positive light...

2009-02-16T13:34:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Muzzammil Hassan is the founder and chief executive officer of Bridges TV, which he launched in 2004, amid hopes that it would help portray Muslims in a more positive light."

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Apollo astronaut weighs in against Global Warming

2009-02-16T13:29:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "It's one of the few times you've seen a sizable portion of scientists who ought to be objective take a political position and it's coloring their objectivity."

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Parents fail 'religious sincerity' test

2009-02-15T16:58:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "But Palma says she and her husband were grilled for two hours by the school's attorney, David Cohen. She refers to the session as a 'sincerity interview.'"

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New York school district bans Bible clubs

2009-02-14T18:43:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "It gets more and more difficult to believe, but after over two decades of the law being settled, a school district has decided it will not allow a Bible club to meet because of -- yes, you guessed it -- the so-called separation of church and state."

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"Ask God what your grade is"

2009-02-14T18:28:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "A student at Los Angeles City College has filed a lawsuit against the institution after a professor called him a 'fascist b------' and told him to 'Ask God what your grade is' following the student's speech about morality. "

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Reporters arrested for 'offending Islam'

2009-02-14T18:23:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Two newspaper executives were arrested yesterday on charges of 'intent to outrage' the 'religious feelings' of Muslims."

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A new definition for 'Homophobia'

2009-02-14T18:17:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "'God made men and women with different sexes so that they could fulfill their role and have children.' The 92% of Brazilians who agreed partially or completely with the statement were labeled 'homophobic.'"

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Even 5-year-olds aren't allowed to share their faith

2009-02-12T13:07:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Jasmine was left in tears after she was reprimanded by a teacher for discussing heaven and God with a friend."

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Vatican embraces evolution

2009-02-11T09:27:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "The Vatican has admitted that Charles Darwin was on the right track when he claimed that Man descended from apes."

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Maybe Peter gave away a cart with a mule in Acts 2

2009-02-10T18:32:00.001-04:00

I don't know...does this seem weird to anyone else?

Key Quote: "Before evangelist Ronnie Hill handed Gray the keys to a new Chrysler 300 LX, more than a dozen people professed their faith in Christ in response to Hill's invitation after preaching at First Baptist Church in Cumming, Ga."

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Full-Service, guaranteed adultery

2009-02-07T12:13:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "They have as one of their logo statements 'Life is short, have an affair.'"

Wha...? How about: "Life is short -- shoot your toes off!" or "Life is short -- poke your eyes out!"

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Dual-Faith Clergy?

2009-02-07T12:08:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "So called 'dual-faith' clergy are hardly new to the Episcopal Church, which has in the recent past had to deal with clergy that claimed Muslim and druidic faiths, in addition to Anglicanism."

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Al Gore tells kids to ignore parents

2009-02-06T16:42:00.001-04:00

Key Quote: "Caitlin Glenn said she was shocked by the instructions essentially to ignore her parents.'We're only teens and preteens and he was telling us to do these things,' she said."

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