March 24, 2011
(As in the Son of God, not the guy holding the stack of dollar bills). A former exotic dancer found Jesus but won’t give up the pole. She runs the classes on Sunday, and all students must provide evidence that they attended Church that day. “I decided to take the part I liked about that ...
March 21, 2011
God’s wife was erased from the Bible, a British theologian has discovered. Back in the day before Muslims and Christians, God was called Yahweh and he was worshiped along with his wife, Asherah. At least according to Francesca Stavrakopoulou, a lecturer at the department of Theology and Religion at the University of Exeter. “After years ...
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February 23, 2011
Sex sells, and Churches want in on the action. Spicing up sermons is a good way to put butts on seats, especially now when attendance is at an all time low. Personally, my layman’s understanding of the Bible is that St. Paul thought having sex wasn’t a good thing, but “it is better to marry ...
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November 15, 2010
Satan will do everything in his power to get us to take the lead in our homes. He wants to make us resent our husband’s position of authority so that we will begin to usurp it. . . . Women need to pray for God to renew a spirit of submission in their hearts. That ...
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September 14, 2010
Joumana Haddad may be a poet, but she is better known for her infamous magazine, Jasad. Covering everything to do with the body, topics have ranged from voyeurism and masturbation to polygamy and forced marriage. Needless to say, she is not the most popular woman in the Middle East. Because the material is so taboo, ...
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March 23, 2010
A couple running a B&B are shocked by the public outrage after turning away a gay couple. They argued that allowing the two men to sleep in a double bed would go against their Christian beliefs.
February 6, 2010
Focus on the Family is a conservative pro-life, anti-birth control, anti-sex education, anti-gay organisation. In spite of CBS’s rule on no advocacy in advertising, they have given approval for a 30 second advertisement to be played during the Superbowl tomorrow (February 7), a tv slot that will have up to 100 million viewers. CBS executives approved a script for ...
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September 4, 2009
Crisis pregnancy centres are pressuring new moms into giving their babies up for adoption. An article in The Nation looks at how these organizations lure new mothers in, persuade them against abortion, and then bully them into giving their kids up to “better” families. Such enthusiasm for Christians to adopt en masse begins to seem ...