November 2005

Rare sighting

November 21, 2005

[ TBC : An excerpt from a Christian humor site, which nevertheless makes a point.] PHOTOGRAPH QUESTIONS EXTINCTION OF BIBLE-TOTING SPECIES RARE SIGHTING NEAR OHIO CHURCH by J. Elmer Dinwiddie, February 2005 Eerily reminiscent of the famous 1967 Bigfoot picture, a blurred figure carrying a Bible was recently caught on...Read more

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Christians, Muslims Worship Together

November 21, 2005

Sep 12, 2005 PINELLAS PARK--Beneath a skylight in a Christian church, surrounded by stained-glass images of Jesus Christ, Omar Kassem led the Muslim call to prayer in Arabic. "God is great," the University of South Florida student said to the congregation at Good Samaritan Church, which ended the hourlong Sunday...Read more

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Guilty

November 21, 2005

Jakarta (AsiaNews, 9/7/05) -- Three women charged with violating Indonesia's 2002 Child Protection Act by trying to convert Muslim children were found guilty on all charges in an Indonesian court and sentenced to three years in jail. The verdict against Rebecca Loanita, Etty Pangesti, and Ratna Mala Bangun was pronounced...Read more

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Mormon Ads 3

November 21, 2005

[We have noted how the face of Mormonism has changed in public perception, partially due to ecumenical moves and partially due to an expensive public relations campaign. Yet, there has been no official change in Mormon doctrine, neither have Mormonism ’s exclusive claims been altered. In his extensive work on...Read more

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Morman Ads 2

November 21, 2005

[G]enerally, LDS [ Mormon ] media campaigns are successful. The total audience reached through radio and television alone, is "2.3 million adults per day [or] 357.4 million people in a single year." Missionary activity has grown by 16 percent worldwide and the church is growing at the rate of 880...Read more

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Mormon Ads

November 21, 2005

[TBC: It has been reported in the past how the Mormon Church has invested huge sums of money to change their public image. Instead of fresh scrubbed, enthusiastic young men appearing at your door without warning, they are proceeded by hours of "public service" commercials dealing with family issues. As...Read more

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Christian Colleges

November 21, 2005

Faithful and True [Excerpts on the current state of Christian Colleges ] She's bright, homeschooled, and devout. She is definitely college material. So her parents, having read about the relativism and debauchery of the nation's secular universities, send her to a Christian college . . . . Her classes, though,...Read more

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Discrimination

November 21, 2005

Christian school sues UC [Excerpts] A private [Christian] high school filed a discrimination lawsuit against the University of California system [August 25] in Los Angeles, alleging [that due to their] "Christian viewpoint" in the school's classes [they are unable to meet] UC admissions requirements. A representative for the UC president's...Read more

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UC hate

November 21, 2005

Fighting Campus Hate Over the past five years, a distorted and hostile attitude toward Israel has prevailed at the University of California-Santa Cruz, creating an intimidating environment for members of the campus community, particularly Jewish students. Much of the anti-Israeli bias has been generated by the university's predominantly leftist faculty...Read more

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Community Church Hosts Interfaith Services

November 21, 2005

INDIAN HILL , OHIO - In an effort to understand and discuss the world's major religions, Horizon Community Church is providing a panel discussion with area guest speakers for five Sundays beginning July 10 and ending Aug. 14. The idea came from teaching pastor Chad Hovan, who sets the church's...Read more

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