Archive for December, 2011
Friday, December 23rd, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) Here’s a good synopsis of the many attacks on Christmas across the country this year: “It’s massive new assault on Christmas across U.S.” Many of the stories have been covered on this blog but some haven’t. Reading them all at once give one a new perspective on the increasing ‘War’ on […]
Filed under: Attacks on Christianity, Christmas, Church and State, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Politics & Religion, USA, War on Christmas
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) Lately, members of the media and quite a few politicians in America have been wishfully saying that the Muslim Brotherhood isn’t all that bad. Particularly in the aftermath of the second Egyptian election that points to their future control of Egypt. However, a recent interview of a prominent Muslim Brotherhood leader, […]
Filed under: Egypt, Islamist Radicals, Muslim Brotherhood, New Islamic Caliphate
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Wednesday, December 21st, 2011
(Laos, & S. Prov. via Wikipedia) Laos: Eight Christian leaders in Boukham village of Savannakhet Province were arrested on Friday (Dec. 18) following a Christmas celebration attended by some 200 church members. According to the report, the leaders had received permission for the event and the village chief had even attended part of it. […]
Filed under: Attacks on Christianity, Christmas, Church and State, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Laos, Persecution, Politics & Religion, War on Christmas
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Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
ATHENS, TX – At least 5,000 people rallied on Saturday at the Henderson County courthouse in response to an atheist attempt to remove a Nativity scene from the courthouse square. Four pastors organized the rally and spoke supporting freedom of religion and the Nativity during the event. Henderson County officials had received a letter from […]
Filed under: Christmas, Church and State, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, USA, War on Christmas
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Monday, December 19th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) A recent Census in the Czech Republic shows that 15,070 of their citizens listed their religion as Star Wars ‘Knights of the Jedi.’ An interesting choice. Even more interesting, they aren’t the first country to have citizens claiming the Star Wars religion. New Zealand and Great Britain, already list the Jedi […]
Filed under: Culture & Religion, Europe
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Saturday, December 17th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) MADISON (WKOW) — On Sunday, the group Wisconsin Family Action put up a nativity scene of the birth of Jesus in the Capitol rotunda. Wednesday, an atheist group responded with a much different nativity scene. It has the same setup: wisemen, a baby in a manger, angels, but its certainly not […]
Filed under: Atheist Agenda, Attacks on Christianity, Christmas, Church and State, Culture & Religion, Freedom of Religion, Toleration, USA, War on Christmas
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Friday, December 16th, 2011
(Getty Images via @daylife) The National Defense Authorization Act has passed and has been sent to the President for his signature. The act is intended to protect America from terrorists. Even from American citizens who join in and support terrorist groups like al Qaeda and the Taliban in their fight against the USA. I […]
Filed under: Constitutional Rights, Obama Administration, Terrorism, USA, War on Terror
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Thursday, December 15th, 2011
(Image: Al Schell/Courier-Post) (Image: CBS News) A Christmas banner across Main Street in Pitman, New Jersey has an atheist group in fits trying to get it taken down claiming that it violates the Constitution. The banner in question reads: "Keep Christ in Christmas" It is sponsored by the Knights of Columbus (A Catholic fraternal org.) […]
Filed under: Atheist Agenda, Christmas, Church and State, War on Christmas
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Wednesday, December 14th, 2011
LA Times: For nearly 60 years at Christmastime, Christian congregations from Santa Monica have come together to organize a life-sized Nativity scene, using 14 display areas in a city park to illustrate the story of the birth of Jesus Christ. This year, however, the story had to be abridged. Because of a city lottery system […]
Filed under: Atheist Agenda, Christmas, Church and State, Freedom of Religion, War on Christmas
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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011
(Image via Wikipedia) From NDTV: Riyadh: A Saudi woman was beheaded on Monday after being convicted of practising sorcery, which is banned in the ultra-conservative kingdom, the interior ministry said. Amina bin Abdulhalim Nassar was executed in the northern province of Jawf for "practising witchcraft and sorcery," the ministry said in a statement carried […]
Filed under: Islam, Middle East, Saudi Arabia, Sharia Law
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