Tag Archives: Christians
Televangelist “Takes Time Off” Church after Wife Files for Divorce
Three days after his wife filed for divorce, televangelist Eddie Long told his congregation Sunday he is “taking time off” from the church to work on his family. Mr. Long is senior pastor and bishop of the New Birth Missionary … Continue reading
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Ohio “Heartbeat Bill” Divides Anti-Choice Movement
A rift over legal tactics has split the anti-abortion movement, with leaders facing a Tea Party-like insurrection from many grass-roots activists impatient with the pace of change. Established anti-abortion leaders like National Right to Life and Catholic bishops have pushed … Continue reading
Looking for the Perfect Holiday Gift?
Choosing the perfect holiday gift is one of life’s greater challenges, modestly more difficult than earning a Ph.D. in astrophysics. So it is time for my annual gift guide. Major humanitarian organizations offer alluring holiday gifts. Through the International Rescue … Continue reading
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Study: People Think Rapists are as Trustworthy as Atheists
According to the Vancouver Sun, University of British Columbia researchers have determined that people find atheists really, really terrible. The researchers conducted six experiments on 350 Americans and 420 UBC students of varying religions (67% of the Americans were Christian). … Continue reading
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Kentucky Church Forbids Interracial Couples
A Kentucky church has decided that Jesus’s whole “love your neighbor” thing only applies if your neighbor is white. On Sunday, members of the Gulnare Free Will Baptist Church voted to condemn interracial relationships and ban interracial couples from joining … Continue reading
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Catholic Church Publishes Porn at Huge Germany Publishing House
The Catholic Church owns a publishing house in Germany that sells pornography. Now that people have found out, the Church is claiming it was all a big misunderstanding! The publisher in question is Weltbild, a very large German media company … Continue reading
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Georgia University Requires Employees to Sign Anti-Gay Pledge
A Baptist university in Georgia is requiring all its employees to sign a “personal lifestyle statement” rejecting homosexuality. According to the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, Shorter University issued the statement on October 26. It requires signers to affirm four principles, one of … Continue reading
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Crazy Old Man Predicting the End of the World Disappointed Again
Doomsday prophet Harold Camping’s revised prediction that the world would end on October 21, 2011 turned out, once again, not to come true. According to his prediction, which was revised after his May 21, 2011 prophecy failed to materialize, Christians … Continue reading
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Bishop and Diocese Indicted for Allowing Priest to Abuse Children
A county grand jury has indicted a bishop in the Roman Catholic Church for failure to report suspected child abuse, the first time the leader of an American diocese has been held criminally liable for the behavior of a priest … Continue reading
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Ron Paul Wins Conference Straw Poll
Ron Paul supporters have been visible at the Values Voters Summit in Washington, so no one was surprised when Mr. Paul won the conference’s straw poll of Presidential preferences on Saturday. The Republican contenders spoke at the conference, a rally … Continue reading
