Archive for November, 2008
Saturday, November 22nd, 2008
Image via Wikipedia Pop singer Michael Jackson has now confirmed that he has converted to Islam. This comes nearly two years after brother Jermaine introduced him to the religion. Michael had been raised as a Jehovah’s Witness. Response: Is this really good news or good PR in any way for Islam? I don’t think so. [...]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Culture Clash, Islam, News Commentary
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Friday, November 21st, 2008
<–Seal of the State of Orissa via Wikipedia Catholic bishops from the state of Orissa warned this week that Hindu extremists apparently have a “master plan” to drive Christianity out of the eastern Indian state. So far, some 50,000 Christians have been displaced from their homes in the last couple of months of anti-Christian violence [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Persecution, -Religious Persecution, Christianity, Culture & Religion, Culture Clash, Culture Wars, Hinduism, India, Religious Conflict
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Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Here is a change of pace culture clash story. A group of seven Amish farmers in Michigan are refusing to tag their livestock with radio frequency ID devices claiming that the Federal tagging program: “constitutes some form of a ‘mark of the Beast’ and/or represents an infringement of their ‘dominion over cattle and all [...]
Filed under: -Apocalypse, Culture & Religion, Culture Clash, News Commentary, The Bible
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Wednesday, November 19th, 2008
(Video length- 4:45) I found this video on Michelle Malkin’s blog. It shows the San Francisco police department protecting and escorting a group of Christians out of the Castro District in San Francisco, CA. It’s only 4 minutes and 45 seconds long but it seems to last forever–actually viewing it for a minute is probably [...]
Filed under: -Freedom of Religion, -Persecution, -Religious Persecution, Christianity, Culture & Religion, Culture Clash, Culture Wars, Gay Activists, Homosexual Marriage, News Commentary
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Tuesday, November 18th, 2008
Image by jmtimages via Flickr Now the fun begins! Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejab has been talking about an apocalyptic Shia/Islamic scenario for several years now–predicting that ‘the Hidden Imam‘ would soon return as the end-time Mahdi that establishes Islamic rule over the entire world. Following the election of Barack Obama, some Shities actually believe that [...]
Filed under: -Ahmadinejad, -End Times, -Eschatology, Iran, Islam, News Commentary
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Monday, November 17th, 2008
Map (Orissa -darkened area) via Wikipedia This has been a very bad year for Christians in India, particularly those living in the state of Orissa. Here is a summary of the unbelievable persecution and violence against Christians so far this year: -In Orissa State, 65 identified people have been killed and 85 are still [...]
Filed under: -Persecution, -Religious Persecution, Christianity, Culture & Religion, Hinduism, India, News Commentary, Religious Conflict
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Saturday, November 15th, 2008
Image via Wikipedia All across the nation today, gay activists are picketing and demonstrating in front of Mormon temples, houses of worship, and LDS owned businesses. Yesterday, ‘white powder’ was mailed and received at a number of LDS temples. What brought all this on–all this reaction against The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? [...]
Filed under: -Politics & Religion, -Religious Persecution, -Same-sex Union, Culture Wars, Election, Gay Activists, Homosexual Marriage, News Commentary
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