Tag: religion
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April 17, 2008 11:51 AM EDT --
There are two fundamental tenets of Christianity which, in the eyes of Christians, justifies their assertion that sets Jesus Christ apart and above the heads of other world religions. The first . . . more
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April 28, 2008 09:45 AM EDT --
We seem to have entered an era where certain individuals have suddenly become suffused with overwhelming religious zeal - and I am not talking about Taliban-like groups. These are rational . . . more
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September 14, 2006 01:31 PM EDT --
by Fred Mednick, Teachers Without Borders
Although coverage of atrocities committed by "radical Islamists" dominates the front pages of our newspapers, very few people know about Islam's . . . more
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July 11, 2007 11:53 AM EDT --
Pope Benedict XVI, reasserting the primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, has approved the release of an document that states that all other Christian denomination are either defective or not . . . more
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November 30, 2007 08:49 AM EST --
A Seattle fourteen-year-old Seattle boy died of leukemia after a judge ruled he had the right to refuse a life saving blood transfusion because of his religious beliefs. Dennis Lindberg . . . more
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July 15, 2007 03:15 AM EDT --
Religion usually stirs up strong emotions. Religion is more often experienced with the heart, rather than the head – and why not? Faith is not governed by intellect, but by a perception that there . . . more
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February 04, 2008 11:36 PM EST --
Remember the Mel Gibson movie "The Passion of Christ"? Part of the reason for its immense popularity was the realism with which Christ's crucifixion was portrayed. Audiences were . . . more
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December 07, 2007 09:40 AM EST --
Recently the CBS program Sixty Minutes ran a segment on the plight of Iraqi Christians still living in Iraq. Since our invasion of Iraq the minority Christian . . . more
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April 08, 2007 03:57 PM EDT --
Philippines is a predominantly Christian Culture. We are the largest Christian Culture of all of Asia, you can thank the Spaniards for that. Many of us are very religious and follow strict Catholic rules, . . . more
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August 27, 2006 06:03 AM EDT --
In the face of doubt it is sometimes said, "I am of two minds on this". The recognition of two minds makes communication and the discovery of newness possible. With respect . . . more
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March 24, 2008 01:00 PM EDT --
Last week, many people asked me for my opinion about Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama's relationship to him, and Obama's response to the criticism of Wright's fiery, angry sermons.
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November 28, 2006 10:23 AM EST --
Pope Benedict XVI has relationship problems not just with Islam but also with his Church. The circular skirmishing of Vatican I polemicists scarcely obfuscates their real purpose. Case in point . . . more
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September 05, 2006 03:50 PM EDT --
From experience we know we are of many minds, some that pursue the nobler purposes of consciousness and some that succumb to lesser ones. Institutions like individuals labor under the . . . more
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November 26, 2007 09:39 AM EST --
Senator Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) has send a 42 item questionnaire to six leading televangelists inquiring into how their ministries spend the multi-millions of dollars that . . . more
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May 14, 2007 07:13 AM EDT --
Something momentous is happening in Turkey right now. Most Americans, preoccupied with Iraq, may not be aware of it – or even care. Well, they should.
First, a brief précis . . . more
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October 24, 2006 09:44 AM EDT --
If government is about social sustainability, sustainable usage of resources, concern for public interest, especially for the marginalized, educating the public toward cultural/social sustainability, etc., . . . more
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September 30, 2006 04:59 AM EDT --
As an involved observer I've come to believe that institutional education like institutional food is commercial, bland and unhealthy. Kids deserve better than canned education and . . . more
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January 06, 2008 10:20 AM EST --
Politics has often be referred to as "the art of the possible", but paralleling the growth of extreme and hard line religious factions in many mainstream religions of the . . . more
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July 18, 2007 12:26 AM EDT --
"I know that God is always on the side of right; my concern is not whether God is on our side but whether or not we are on God's side."
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September 25, 2006 08:43 PM EDT --
No matter how much things have changed through the ages, much remains quite the same. We still live in a time when Christian conservatives would like to legislate their religious beliefs on the rest of . . . more
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