Tag: religion
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polygamist case cost texas $7m as kids go home
from orange punch: As AP reports, “More than 400 children taken from a polygamist sect’s ranch two months ago began returning to the arms of their tearful parents Monday, hours after a judge bowed to a state Supreme Court ruling that the seizure was not justified.” It’s one thing for Child Protective Services to remove…
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ny priest caught stealing from collection plate
from ap: A parish priest was arrested and charged on Friday with stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from church accounts, including a fund for victims of Hurricane Katrina. The priest, the Rev. Patrick Dunne, 63, was arraigned on a grand larceny charge, Janet DiFiore, the Westchester district attorney, said. If convicted, he could be…
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court overrules texas polygamist sect raid
from bbc: An appeal court has ruled that US officials had no right to seize 463 children from a polygamist sect in western Texas last month. The court said that the reasons given for the children’s removal were “legally and factually insufficient”. But it did not immediately order the return of the children to the…
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UK Releases Secret X-Files
from danger room: It’s the day we’ve all be dreaming of. Well, at least some of us. The United Kingdom has followed in the footsteps of the United States and France by releasing their secret trove of UFO files. “The documents, which can be downloaded from the National Archives website, cover the period from 1978…
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the new american theology of civil submission
from dotconnecter: The government has predetermined an important role for the clergy should martial law become a reality in America. While federal military-police powers will hold a key position of authority, the clergy may provide the means for further subduing the public.
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moses was stoned when he set 10 commandments
from guardian: We all know that Moses was high on Mount Sinai when God spoke to him, but were the Ten Commandments a result of divine inspiration alone? An Israeli researcher is claiming in a study published this week the prophet may have been stoned when he set the Ten Commandments in stone. According to…
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Bill Would End Separation Of Church & Super Bowl
Sen. Arlen Specter, the top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill (S. 2591) this week that would allow houses of worship to show football games on big-screen televisions.
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pope’s exorcist squads will wage war on satan
from daily mail: The Pope has ordered his bishops to set up exorcism squads to tackle the rise of Satanism. Vatican chiefs are concerned at what they see as an increased interest in the occult. They have introduced courses for priests to combat what they call the most extreme form of “Godlessness.” Each bishop is…
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news on the march
creationist stabs evolutionistfrom the australian: A Fruit-picking trip to southern New South Wales ended in the death of a Scottish backpacker who became embroiled in a bizarre row about creationism and evolution. English backpacker Alexander Christian York, 33, was today sentenced to a maximum of five years jail for the manslaughter of Scotsman Rudi Boa…
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germany’s attack on scientology
from press tv: German top security official, Interior Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble has accused the US-based creed of Scientology of being anti-democratic. DPA reported Sunday that Schaeuble had agreed to step up police surveillance of the Scientology organization, which is recognized in several other countries as a church. In an interview with the newspaper Bild am…
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controversial catholic bishop says 9/11 an inside job
from renew america/total411: Bishop Richard Williamson, seemingly the most outspoken and controversial bishop of the Society of St. Pius X, asserted in a recent talk that the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks were committed “to get the American public to accept the invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq,” according to a news item by Jack Kenny…
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parents using religion to avoid vaccinating their children
from ap: Sabrina Rahim doesn’t practice any particular faith, but she had no problem signing a letter declaring that because of her deeply held religious beliefs, her 4-year-old son should be exempt from the vaccinations required to enter preschool. She is among a small but growing number of parents around the country who are claiming…