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The Bible used to get a lot of things wrong
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
by Fred Clark, at 'slacktivist': Amanda Marcotte writes at Salon about 10 things conservative Christians got horribly wrong . Looking over the long history of people claiming to be speaking...
Creche scene saved at statehouse where satanic display looms
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11 years ago
Creche scene saved at statehouse where satanic display looms Michigan Capitol to host satanic holiday display A Michigan lawmaker has snatched victory from the clutches of Satan, just...
Suicide of Transgender Teen Sparks Heightened Advocacy for Trans Rights
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
http://www.newsweek.com/suicide-leelah-alcorn-transgender-teen-sparks-new-advocacy-trans-rights-295724 The suicide of transgender teenager Leelah Alcorn has brought heightened attention to the...
North Carolina city removes sculpture of soldier kneeling before cross
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11 years ago
Regions North Carolina city removes sculpture of soldier kneeling before cross King city officials voted to remove this sculpture depicting a soldier kneeling in prayer before a cross to...
The Outspoken Conservative Behind This Viral Video Has Gotten Thousands Of Death Threats
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
http://www.westernjournalism.com/outspoken-conservative-behind-viral-video-gotten-thousands-death-threats/#5Fd5pzcG3sWVD1yz.97 conservative comedian and commentator Steven Crowder told...
Alex Malarkey, 'The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven,' Admits He Made It All Up
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11 years ago
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/6483432 A bestselling Christian book that claims to detail a boy's trip to heaven and his return to Earth is being pulled from stores after one of its co-authors...
Op-Ed - How secular family values stack up
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-0115-zuckerman-secular-parenting-20150115-story.html More children are growing up godless than at any other time in our nation's history. They are the...
Rabbit Breeder to Pope: You Don't Know Rabbits
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11 years ago
Germany's top rabbit breeder said Tuesday that he was "misunderstood" when he was quoted as saying Pope Francis had offended rabbit breeders by comparing Catholics who have more children...
How a biracial woman grew up thinking she was white( Little White Lie)
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
How a biracial woman grew up thinking she waswhite Updated by Jene Desmond-Harris on January 22, 2015, When Lacey Schwartz was accepted to Georgetown University, the school saw her photo...
Princeton professor and others offer to take 1,000 lashes for Saudi blogger Raif Badawi
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11 years ago
Source A Princeton University professor and a prominent Muslim American figure, as well as five other religious freedom advocates, are offering to take 100 lashes each for imprisoned...
My compromise measure for gay marriage laws
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
I would think the following measure would be an acceptable middle ground position for the right at least . Male homosexuals must sign an oath to the effect that they have read the following warning...
Swearing on a stack of Bibles
Via: bob-nelson
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
Swearing an oath on the Christian Bible is problematic, at best. This is a book, after all, that includes the words of Jesus Christ himself commanding his followers not to swear oaths:...
Missouri Teen 'Miracle Recovery': Mom's Prayer Saves Boy Dead for 45 Min
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11 years ago
Source A Missouri teen who fell through the ice and was dead for 45 minutes made a "miracle recovery" after a prayer from his mother. John Smith, 14, was with two other 14-year-old boys...
Obama's Not a Christian in Any Meaningful Way
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11 years ago
Barack Obama is not, in any meaningful way, a Christian and I am not sure he needs to continue the charade. With no more elections for him, he might as well come out as the atheist/agnostic that...
Convicted killer says state won't let him practice religion
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
Source HARTFORD, Conn. A convicted killer has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the state of Connecticut, saying he's not allowed to practice his religion in prison. Kevin...
Idaho Woman Beats The Hell Out Of An Acquaintance So She Would ‘Accept Jesus’
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11 years ago
Idaho Woman Beats The Hell Out Of An Acquaintance So She Would Accept Jesus' Police arrested a 58-year-old Boise, Idaho, woman Wednesday night on a warrant for two felony counts of malicious...
Sneak Peek at New Biblical Epic From Mark Burnett and Roma Downey
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11 years ago
"A.D. The Bible Continues," the latest Biblical epic by Mark Burnett and Roma Downey, is already generating buzz, and now Newsmax has obtained a sneak peek at the eagerly-awaited TV miniseries....
When some faction says they, and they alone, are the Real, True Christians, you shouldn’t take their word for it
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11 years ago
When some faction says they, and they alone, are the Real, True Christians, you shouldnt take their word for it ,by Fred Clark, slacktivist : Graeme Woods Atlantic essay, What ISIS Really...
Adventist Church’s Ebola response highlights coordinated effort
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11 years ago
The Seventh-day Adventist Churchs coordinated response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa includes eradication projects in the affected countries of Liberia and Sierra Leone, as well as support...
Atheist U.S. blogger killed in machete attack in Bangladesh
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11 years ago
Source Machete-wielding assailants hacked to death a blogger in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka, in the latest of a series of attacks on writers who support free thinking values in the...
China Detains Five ‘Cult Members’ for McDonald’s Murder
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11 years ago
Source Police in eastern China arrested five alleged members of a religious cult on murder charges after a 35-year-old woman was beaten to death in a McDonalds restaurant for refusing...
Florida city wages soviet-style crackdown on churches
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Religion & Ethics
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11 years ago
A government crackdown on churches has Christians in Lake Worth, Fla., wondering if they live in the United States or the former Soviet Union. Churches in Lake Worth, population 36,000, have...
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