One evening in the 1980s, several years after Harriet Miers dedicated her life to Jesus Christ, she attended a lecture at her Dallas evangelical church with Nathan Hecht, a colleague at her law firm and her on-and-off boyfriend. The speaker was Paul Brand, a surgeon and the author of “Fearfully and Wonderfully Made,” a best-selling [...]
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Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.
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An Alabama state senator says the reason why the Gulf Coast is suffering from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita is because God is judging Americans in that region for sinful behavior.
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Was the levee break that precipitated the flooding of New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina the result of some government conspiracy against blacks?
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ITHACA, N.Y. – Lenore Durkee, a retired biology professor, was volunteering as a docent at the Museum of the Earth here when she was confronted by a group of seven or eight people, creationists eager to challenge the museum exhibitions on evolution.
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To African-Americans, Hurricane Katrina has become a generation-defining catastrophe – a disaster with a predominantly black toll, tinged with racism. They’ve rallied to the cause with an unprecedented outpouring of activism and generosity.
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(CNSNews.com) – A black activist group which spearheaded a search and rescue mission in New Orleans for victims of Hurricane Katrina said the media has not been accurately reporting the conditions in the region
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A prominent Dutch aid organization which touts itself as Catholic has endorsed the Dutch government’s position that “reproductive rights” are essential to achieve the Millennium Development Goals of reducing world poverty. According to a Catholic Dutch journalist, the organization also used its links to Holland’s Bishops to convince the Bishops to participate in a public [...]
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Evangelical Protestants and Roman Catholics — the nation’s two largest religious blocs — have a relationship that’s been marked in the past by hostility and tension. But now, almost 500 years after Martin Luther, one of the top U.S. evangelical thinkers has co-authored a book that finds an increasingly warm relationship between Catholics and evangelicals. [...]
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WASHINGTON – Americans are far more likely than the Japanese to expect another world war in their lifetime, according to AP-Kyodo polling 60 years after World War II ended. Most people in both countries believe the first use of a nuclear weapon is never justified. Those findings come six decades after the United States dropped [...]
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With the religious making inroads in popular culture and politics, nonbelievers yearn for higher power in Washington. It’s been years, decades even, since the Almighty was so hot. The evidence is everywhere. President Bush rallied the faithful to hold on to the White House. A book by an Orange County preacher extolling God’s purpose in [...]
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Finally researchers have come up with a reason other than pure laziness for why teenagers can’t shower and brush their teeth or unload the dishwasher and wipe down the counter. Blame it on “cognitive limitations.” Their brains can’t multitask as well as those of the taskmasters. Trust, however, that they’ll grow out of it. The [...]
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Christians will be surprised to learn that some of the end-times predictions in the Koran are very similar — even identical — to those in the Bible, according to a professor of Islamic studies at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Samuel Shahid, who has served on the faculty of the Fort Worth, Texas, seminary since 1998, [...]
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“The tone of the debate that went on during the elections, served a constructive purpose for the media generally in making us a little more aware that we should be seeking out stories about the role that religion plays in the lives of Americans.” — Bill Keller, executive editor of the New York Times Nearly [...]
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Blogs highlight the Terri Schiavo debate SAN FRANCISCO — Popular as the uncensored bastions of ideological chest-thumping, Web logs have emerged in the debate over Terri Schiavo’s fate as something more mature: a place where people struggle to make sense of their complex and contradictory feelings. Rantings and ravings still rule the day in the [...]
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Says parents ‘drill’ religion into kids’ heads using biblical ‘fairy tales’ Television personality Bill Maher, host of HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” says Christians and others who are religious suffer from a neurological disorder that “stops people from thinking.” Appearing as a guest on MSNBC’s “Scarborough County” this week, Maher told host Joe Scarborough: [...]
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Christianity has the truth about community — but are we living up to the biblical model in the lives of our children? (AgapePress) – What if we could find something that would make teenagers less likely to become involved in crime, drug and alcohol abuse, and premarital sex? And at the same time, what if [...]
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Elected officials should base votes on abortion, death penalty and gay rights on their religious principles, say most who attend religious services weekly. Notable shifts in outlook since 2000 New York City — As public officials continue to wrestle with hot-button issues ranging from abortion to gay rights to the death penalty, they may find [...]
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British psychologist calculates ‘most depressing day’ LONDON – Is the midwinter weather wearing you down? Are you sinking in debt after the holidays? Angry with yourself for already breaking your New Year’s resolutions? Wish you could crawl back under the covers and not have to face another day of rain, sleet, snow and paperwork? Probably. [...]
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“The Bible teaches believers not to compromise on scriptural principles that reveal God’s will.” CHICAGO — Churchgoing Americans grew less patient in the past four years with politicians making compromises on such issues as abortion and homosexual rights, according to a survey released yesterday. At the same time, those polled said they were growing bolder [...]
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