We Don't Need Your Stinking Mosque Near Our Sacred Site.
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Thu May 20, 2010 at 07:59:24 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
To many Americans, Ground Zero in lower Manhattan is an historical location, the exact spot where everything changed on September 11th, 2001. To many New Yorkers, especially those who lost loved ones on that fateful day, it is a sacred spot. Is it really sacred and, if it is, just how far from Ground Zero does sacredness extend? The proposal by an Islamic cleric to build an Islamic cultural center a few blocks away from Ground Zero has once again stirred raw emotions in the Big Apple.
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Dear Pope, Sorry About That Vatican Condom Thing -- You Know How Dry Our Wit Is.
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Tue Apr 27, 2010 at 07:08:03 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
You know the thing about bad ideas. When it occurs to you that something you're about to do, say or write might be one, you'd probably be best advised to forget it and move on. The British Foreign Office is finding just how true that rule is and it seeks to make atonement for a bad idea.
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A plea deal from beyond the grave
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Mon Apr 26, 2010 at 06:52:43 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Cult member Ria Ramkissoon plead guilty in a Baltimore court to child abuse in the starvation death of her 1 year old son Javon Thompson. The mother and other cult members let the boy starve after he refused to say "amen" after a prayer. However, beyond the horrible nature of the case, the plea deal made by prosecutors with Ms. Ramikissoon is raising eyebrows. A provision in the deal, which spared her from 1st degree murder charges in exchange for her testimony against codefendants, is a provision that the plea will be withdrawn if her son is actually resurrected from the dead.
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Taxed Enough Already!
HidingFromGoro.
Posted to Religion on Sat Feb 27, 2010 at 11:28:45 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
How much of your labor did the government steal with 2009 taxes?
If you were as hardworking as the top 400 earners (average daily income $945,000), the answer would be 16.62%.
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Underpants Bomber Emo Boy
Thalia.
Posted to Religion on Mon Jan 04, 2010 at 07:40:30 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
It appears that Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, or as he is colloquially known the Detroit underwear bomber, was a frequent poster on Gawaher.com, an Islamic forum. Posting under the name "Farouk1986" he talked of being lonely, and possibly never getting enough affection. This puts a human face on someone who has become a caricature of terrorism. It unfortunately does not remove the impact he has had on the American psyche, or the expected TSA gropings we can all look forward to.
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Get Off My Lawn!
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Fri Dec 18, 2009 at 03:57:12 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
It's Christmas time again, which means that much of our political gab centers around what is or is not allowed on our public lawns.
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France refuses to surrender in fight against Scientology
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Wed Oct 28, 2009 at 07:53:03 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In a ruling that the church is calling "a modern inquisition," a court in France ruled that the Church of Scientology was guilty of organizational fraud and six of its members should be fined and imprisoned. Despite the requests of prosecutors the 3 judge panel refused to ban the church from their country.
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Bankrupt, Body, Soul and Wallet
Willard43.
Posted to Religion on Thu Oct 22, 2009 at 07:21:44 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
Wilmington, Delaware Diocese files for Chapter 11.
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Shomer fucking shabbos!
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Mon Oct 05, 2009 at 03:57:48 PM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
In Israel people take Shabbos (the Jewish day of rest) very seriously. Since the Jewish holy day in question usually prevents doing any work ways to get around this are numerous. One of the most common ways is the Shabbat Elevator, or an elevator that works without human intervention by stopping at every floor on a regular schedule, whether or not anybody actually gets into it. This special elevator has been around for years, but now one 90 year old influential religious official has declared that using it is a violation of Shabbos and thus should be avoided at all costs.
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Lutherans Down With Homosexuals
pO157.
Posted to Religion on Fri Aug 28, 2009 at 08:54:21 AM EST (promoted by port1080). RSS.
The largest Lutheran denomination, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, recently permitted gay men and women in committed relationships to serve as members of their clergy. The 559 to 451 took place at the denomination's national assembly in Minneapolis and immediately sent shock waves through the protestant world.
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God Says Bring Your Guns To Church
novy.
Posted to Religion on Sat Jun 27, 2009 at 09:40:55 PM EST (promoted by wetkarma). RSS.
Ken Pagano, pastor of Louisville, Kentucky's New Bethel Church, which belongs to Assembly of God, has invited members of his 150-member church to wear or carry their firearms to church as part of his "open carry celebration".
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I Cast You Out, Faggot Demon!
MayorBob.
Posted to Religion on Thu Jun 25, 2009 at 07:52:43 PM EST (promoted by DEMachina). RSS.
Homosexuality is defined as the "sexual attraction or sexual behavior between people of the same sex, or to a sexual orientation."
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