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Thanks to its deep Catholic roots, Austria is one of a handful of countries that still observes Whit Monday. So what better way to observe this holy day of obligation than to visit the purported sites of even older Celtic rites? No one I knew had a better idea, so off we went to follow [...]
Guide to Midwestern Culture (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Forget about the 22-year-old woman who was killed by her brother for having an adulterous affair. Forget that her family, including her mother, beat her before her brother took her to the Dead Sea and drowned her. Forget that the man is being charged with her murder; pay no attention to the fact that her parents and another brother are being charged as accessories to murder. All of that is how the...
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My Man Mitt.com (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
... of men or follow the words of God. ... One critic dismissed this idea [that freedom requires religion] by pointing out that there are indeed countries in Europe which have become godless but nevertheless remain democratic. But that underscores my point. I was not speaking about Europe’s recent experiments in state secularism, I was speaking about America and the larger family of free nations;...
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We’re starting to see a pattern here. Profiles, social graphs and user’s content is starting to get encapslated and plopped into external web sites, blogs and other social networks. The user’s data stays locked up in the originating site, but varying levels of integration, access and ‘inviting’ IS being enabled. This plopping is happening in different [...]
Physorg (Free subscription) | yesterday
There exists much ethical controversy brought about by advances in biology and medicine and the relationship to religion. In a new essay in The Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics, Laurie Zoloth takes an approach to medical ethics that draws upon Jewish texts, traditions, and philosophy to show how acting to change the world is indicative of this faith tradition.
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Transsylvania Phoenix: Just in case you're wondering "Is Islam A Peaceful Religion?"
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Media Matters (Free subscription) | yesterday
... is a Muslim and his wife's an atheist." While the article characterized the rumors of Obama's religion as "unfounded," it did so 12 paragraphs after quoting the "I heard he's a Muslim" assertion and did not report that the Obamas are both Christians . From the Drudge Report (accessed through DrudgeReportArchives.com): From the Financial Times article , which bore the headline "W Virginia...
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muslimmatters.org (Free subscription) | yesterday
To most Muslims, jihad implies honor and sacrifice for others, even when interpreted military, it comes with many conditions, including the writ against targeting civilians. Using jihad and terrorism as synonyms is wrong and counterproductive, and the meaning of Jihad to Muslims is much more nuanced than what many Western commentators invoke.
Reasoned Audacity (Free subscription) | yesterday
... a talk given by Dr. Herb London entitled, "America's Secular Challenge: The Rise of a New National Religion". Dr. London will suggest that the rise of secularism in the United States is a flaccid response to the challenge presented by the fanaticism of radical Islam. In the so-called war of ideas we are handicapped in our ability to thwart the inroads of fanaticism by a reflexive belief...
Gene Expression (Free subscription) | yesterday
Pew has an excellent survey up about the state of religion and religiosity in China . There isn't a lot of good data out of China on this topic for obvious reasons. One of the phenomenon of recent years in the West has been the perception among evangelicals that China is the scene of mass conversions to Christianity. Because of the lack of data there are speculations of hundreds of millions...
GayandRight (Free subscription) | yesterday
... policy is to enable prisoners of different faith traditions, including paganism, to practise their religion. "Religious artefacts are allowed for relevant faiths within the constraints of good order and discipline. The religious artefacts for pagan prisoners include a flexible twig for a wand."
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raimondo | 05/01/2008
Religion: Vatican and Iran announce cultural collaboration Rome, 30 April (AKI) - The sixth biannual meeting between representatives of the Vatican and Iran concluded on Wednesday with an agreement to boost cultural collaboration and strengthen dialogue between Islam and Christianity. The Iranian delegation was led by Mehdi Mostafavi, an advisor to hardline Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and
mrinternet | 04/29/2008
Attacks on him are really attacks on the black church, claims the Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. in a speech to the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. Monday. Throughout his speech—which was more of a sermon to a willing congregation—Wright compared South Africa’s former apartheid to the current treatment of black Americans in the US Wright continued his railing against anyone who questions his
anthonytampafl | 04/28/2008
NAACP Dinner In Detroit MI 04-28-08 Now, he Jeremiah Wright says blacks learn differently than whites? multiracials may need to use this learning video Learning Video for multiracial Person http://obama-anthonytampafl.blogspot.com/ http://www.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs/757340,CST-NWS-watchdog24.article...
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Its Not About His Pastor Its About Obama Far & = representaion 4 all of Us
Obama had a responsablty to represent all Americans and failed Us all when He failed to speek for those Controled by "Rich White People"
He Said Nothing...
anthonytampafl - 05/03/2008
Obama's Campaign Wheels come off !
Wow - just like that... the drama ends as fast as Obama previously had soared.
This will effectively end Obama's Presidential run and he will...
mrinternet - 04/29/2008