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Musim father burns Christian daughter alive

Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:54:17 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: what can you say?

Muslim father burns Christian daughter alive

Man slices out girl's tongue, ignites her after 'heated debate on religion'

A Saudi Arabian Muslim father cut out his daughter's tongue and lit her on fire upon learning that she had become a Christian.

The child became curious about Jesus Christ after she read Christian material online, the Gulf News reported.

Her father read of her Internet conversation, detached her tongue and burned her to death "following a heated debate on religion," according to an International Christian Concern report.

The father is employed by the muwateen, or Commission for Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. The muwateen are police tasked by the government with enforcing religious purity. The man has been taken into custody, and his identity has not been released.

Tags: religion, islam, christianity, another dead girl

Debate on Messiah and Origins of Christianity

Sun, 06 Jul 2008 05:01:09 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: very interesting

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

Tablet Ignites Debate on Messiah and Resurrection

JERUSALEM — A three-foot-tall tablet with 87 lines of Hebrew that scholars believe dates from the decades just before the birth of Jesus is causing a quiet stir in biblical and archaeological circles, especially because it may speak of a messiah who will rise from the dead after three days.

If such a messianic description really is there, it will contribute to a developing re-evaluation of both popular and scholarly views of Jesus, since it suggests that the story of his death and resurrection was not unique but part of a recognized Jewish tradition at the time.

The tablet, probably found near the Dead Sea in Jordan according to some scholars who have studied it, is a rare example of a stone with ink writings from that era — in essence, a Dead Sea Scroll on stone.

Tags: artifacts, archaeology, religion, christianity, truth

Hagee apologizes

Wed, 14 May 2008 13:05:42 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: lol, I guess when the pressure is on...apology is easy

Clip Source: uk.reuters.com

Pastor who backed McCain apologizes for remarks

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - A Texas evangelical leader who endorsed Republican presidential candidate John McCain earlier this year has apologized for anti-Catholic remarks that angered Church members and embarrassed McCain's campaign.

John Hagee, pastor of the 19,000-member Cornerstone Church in San Antonio, wrote a letter of apology to the Catholic League on Monday for comments in which he called the Church "apostate" and likened it to the "great whore" in a passage of the Bible.

Hagee's comments, which circulated on the Internet, drew comparisons with the controversy surrounding Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama over statements by his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

McCain, who accepted Hagee's endorsement before the Texas primary in March, had faced a call by Catholic League President William Donohue to repudiate the pastor, who, he said, had "a history of denigrating the Catholic religion."

Tags: religion, christianity, pastor hagee, john mccain

Jim Caviezel really walks his talk.....

Sat, 10 May 2008 23:44:42 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: I found this to be a really interesting story...

Clip Source: www.catholic.org

TORONTO (LifeSiteNews) - Jim Caviezel, the star of the blockbuster film The Passion of the Christ, told an interviewer that he had been challenged by a friend who was not pro-life to live up to his professed pro-life convictions and adopt a disabled child.

The friend told Caviezel that if he did that, then he would change to the pro-life position. When Caviezel and his wife, Kerri, went to China to adopt not one, but eventually two orphans suffering from brain tumours, the friend reneged on the deal. Caviezel, however, said, "It didn't matter to me because the joy that we had from (Bo) - he's like our own."

The couple's first child, Bo, had been abandoned on a train, grew up in an orphanage until he was five and was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The Caviezels nursed Bo through his surgeries and he remains today at the centre of the family.

"You have no idea the blessings that you have coming" says Pro-Life Caviezel to parents considering adoption.

Tags: christianity, jim caviezel, celebrity adoptions, disabled children

Reply from An Atheist-Theologian

Tue, 22 Jan 2008 17:01:45 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: Excellent article addressing the Christian apologists who would try and claim that people not versed in Theology "don't get" what is "really" being said.

Rubbish says Mark Barratt, who himself has a degree in this very area. The New Atheists are bang on..

Rest of Article here:

http://richarddawkins.net/article,1816,Are-the-New-Atheists-avoiding-the-real-arguments,Edmund-Standing-ButterfliesAndWheelscom

Clip Source: richarddawkins.net

Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. According to Williams, in their discussions of Christianity, the religion critiqued by Dawkins, Hitchens and others is not a religion he recognises as his own, and these authors are arrogantly and erroneously trying to tell Christian believers 'I know what you mean' when in fact they don't, which is apparently 'annoying' him. The basic claim from Williams and others is that these atheist writers simply haven't taken the time to properly study what it is they are writing against, and they should study some theology and address the 'real arguments'. Given the fact that I have studied theology and attained a BA in Theology & Religious Studies with First Class Honours, I presume Williams would not claim that I have no idea what I'm talking about, yet I still concur with the conclusions of Dawkins and Hitchens.

Tags: atheists, religion, apologetics, debunked

Jesus-The Imaginary Friend

Sun, 20 Jan 2008 19:44:51 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: I know I saw this site clipped waaay back last year sometime (maybe by John W??) , but with all the "Jesus-talk" on here lately....I figured it was high time we all took another look at the evidence (and lack of it) for these supernatural claims.

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It's a really fascinating site:
www.jesusneverexisted.com

Clip Source: www.jesusneverexisted.com

Do you really think it all began with a sanctimonious Jewish wonder-worker, strolling about 1st century Palestine? Prepare to be enlightened.

Jesus – The Imaginary Friend

Christianity was the ultimate product of religious syncretism in the ancient world. Its emergence owed nothing to a holy carpenter. There were many Jesuses but the fable was a cultural construct. Nazareth did not exist in the 1st century AD – the area was a burial ground of rock-cut tombs. Following a star would lead you in circles. The 12 disciples are as fictitious as their master, invented to legitimise the claims of the early churches. The original Mary was not a virgin. That idea was borrowed from pagan goddesses.

Scholars have known all this for more than 200 years but priestcraft is a highly profitable business and finances an industry of deceit to keep the show on the road. "Jesus better documented than any other ancient figure" ? Don't believe a word of it.

Amazing Array of Crosses

Sat, 10 Nov 2007 01:08:46 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: Incredible collection.

More info about all of these at site.

Clip Source: www.seiyaku.com

All Crosses

Here's a collection of just about all the cross images featured on this website. Most crosses have more than one name and meaning. There are hundreds! Mouse-over an image to see the cross name and click on the image to read more details.

(See also Alphabetical index)

Tags: history, religion, early christianity, crosses

Suffering, Evil, the existence of God?

Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:23:37 GMT

clipped by: Antara
clipper's remarks: More on the supposed flip flop of anthony flew--The Bart Erhman book looks really interesting!

Clip Source: www.samharris.org

Bart D. Ehrman is a professor of religious studies and his book is titled “God’s Problem: How the Bible Fails to Answer Our Most Important Question – Why We Suffer.” A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, Ehrman trained to be a scholar of New Testament Studies and a minister. Born-again as a teenager, devoted to the scriptures (he memorized entire books of the New Testament), strenuously devout, he nevertheless lost his faith because, he reports, “I could no longer reconcile the claims of faith with the fact of life . . . I came to the point where I simply could not believe that there is a good and kindly disposed Ruler who is in charge.” “The problem of suffering,” he recalls, “became for me the problem of faith.”

Tags: atheism, faith, christianity, theodicy, agnosticism

Christianity the official 'majority' religion of .Missouri

Mon, 09 Apr 2007 08:45:13 GMT

clipped by: Thorne
clipper's remarks: *yikes*

Clip Source: www.essentialestrogen.com

Roughly a year ago, however, members of a subcommittee in the Missouri House of Representatives passed a resolution which named Christianity the state's official 'majority' religion. It did not protect minority religions, but did "protect the majority's right to express religious beliefs."

The resolution, which passed and now stands as a part of Missouri's history, reads as follows (as printed in the St. Louis Post Dispatch):

Whereas, our forefathers of this great nation of the United States recognized a Christian God and used the principles afforded to us by Him as the founding principles of our nation; and

Whereas, as citizens of this great nation, we the majority also wish to exercise our constitutional right to acknowledge our Creator and give thanks for the many gifts provided by Him; and

Whereas, as elected officials we should protect the majority's right to express their religious beliefs while showing respect for those who object; and

Tags: separation of church and state, missouri, unconstitutional, resolution.