Archive for September, 2010
Thursday, September 30th, 2010
(Babri Mosque -destroyed in 1992 via Wikipedia) An Indian court ruled Thursday that the historical holy site at Ayodhya, India must be divided up between the Muslims and Hindus. The disputed 64-acre site has been the scene of many a conflict and controversy between Hindus and Muslims. The Hindus believe that it is the birthplace [...]
Filed under: Court Decisions, Culture & Religion, Hinduism, Islam, Religious Conflict
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Wednesday, September 29th, 2010
Image via Wikipedia Do atheists and agnostics in America know more about religion than people of faith? According to a Pew study they do. According to the study: Atheists and agnostics, Jews and Mormons are among the highest-scoring groups on a new survey of religious knowledge, outperforming evangelical Protestants, mainline Protestants and Catholics on questions [...]
Filed under: -Agnostic, -Atheism, American Church, Catholic Church, Christianity, Culture & Religion, Education
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Monday, September 27th, 2010
You won’t find any reference to this in the main stream media, but last week when Iranian President addressed the UN he started his speech with a prayer that the 12th Imam would soon come and bring victory for Islam over the West: “O God, hasten the arrival of Imam al-Mahdi and grant him good [...]
Filed under: -Ahmadinejad, -Jihad, -Nuclear Weapons, Iran, Islam, Islamist Radicals, Middle East
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Friday, September 24th, 2010
(Image via Wikipedia) Here’s a study that indicates leaving ones religion is not only a spiritual issue but could actually be bad for ones health. A study published in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that those seriously involved in more strict religions have better health than the norm [...]
Filed under: Christian living, Culture & Religion
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Wednesday, September 22nd, 2010
For 20 years now students have been gathering around their flag pole at school and praying for one another, for their school, families, community, and nation. Today is the day- the fourth Wednesday of September. Organizers are predicting that one to two million students will participate in today’s annual prayer time at the flag pole. [...]
Filed under: -Free Exercise of Religion, -Schools, Christian living, Intercession, Prayer
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Tuesday, September 21st, 2010
(Image via Wikipedia) In the last few weeks leading up to the 9th anniversary of 9/11/01 we followed the Quran burning threat and condemned those who would do such a thing in the name of Jesus. Since then we have also followed the protests and deaths of Muslims in Kashmir rioting over the burning that [...]
Filed under: -Persecution, 9/11/01, Christianity, Islam, Quran, The Bible, Toleration
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Monday, September 20th, 2010
Today, Monday September 20, is one of those informally designated days that have gone viral on the Internet: "Everybody Pray for Hitchens Day" When asked about it Christopher Hitchens replied that he would not be joining in. Hitchens is dying of cancer and the effects of his recent chemotherapy are obvious. When asked about his [...]
Filed under: -Atheism, -Healing, Culture & Religion, Internet, Prayer
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