Osteen’s wife denies assaulting flight attendant
22 hours ago
HOUSTON (AP) — The wife of megachurch evangelist Joel Osteen told jurors Friday she was “dumbfounded” and “shook up” after a flight attendant accused her of assaulting her over a spill on a first-class seat. Victoria Osteen, in court because the flight attendant is suing her, said she […]
Police: Man shot churchgoers over liberal views
By DUNCAN MANSFIELD, Associated Press Writer 16 minutes ago
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - An unemployed man accused of opening fire with a shotgun and killing two people at a Unitarian church apparently targeted the congregation out of hatred for its liberal social policies, police said Monday.
Reason #73,864,325 why comedy is hard…
Church Cancels Teen Gun Giveaway
POSTED: 10:38 pm CDT July 11, 2008
UPDATED: 8:56 am CDT July 12, 2008
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma church canceled a controversial gun giveaway for teenagers at a weekend youth conference.
Windsor Hills Baptist had planned to give away a semiautomatic assault rifle until one of the event’s […]
The ancient scripts that predate - and might rewrite - the Bible
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 12:47 AM on 07th July 2008
A fresh interpretation of a stone tablet dated to the decades before Jesus’s birth could undermine some fundamentals of the Christian faith, experts claim.
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A fragment of the Dead Sea Scrolls which set the […]
That’s odd, I figured the last few days
would have been about average for him.
His sermon must have been out of character.
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Chicago priest apologizes for Clinton comment
Chicago priest apologizes, says episode has been ‘painful,’ generated angry e-mail
DEANNA BELLANDI
AP News
Jun 01, 2008 13:21 EST
The Chicago priest whose comments mocking Hillary Rodham Clinton reignited the controversy over […]
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NY cardinal criticizes Giuliani for taking Communion
41 minutes ago
NEW YORK - New York Cardinal Edward Egan says Rudy Giuliani should not have received Holy Communion during the pope’s visit because he supports abortion rights.
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Egan says he had “an understanding” with the former presidential candidate and New York mayor that he is not to receive the […]
Because ‘brackish’ is the national color of the Kosovodians?*
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Then again, Maybe Saint P. drove all of the Prestone dealers
off the Emerald Isle.
*W-Speak for Kosovars.
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Muslims nations: Defame Islam, get sued?
By RUKMINI CALLIMACHI, Associated Press Writer 43 minutes ago
DAKAR, Senegal - The Muslim world has created a battle plan to defend its religion from political cartoonists and bigots.
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Concerned about what they see as a rise in the defamation of Islam, leaders of the world’s Muslim nations are considering taking legal […]
Archbishop faces calls to go over sharia remark
Sat Feb 9, 2008 1:57pm GMT
By Adrian Croft
LONDON (Reuters) - Rowan Williams, spiritual leader of the world’s 77 million Anglicans, faced calls to resign on Saturday for suggesting that the introduction in Britain of some aspects of Islamic law was unavoidable.
The Archbishop of Canterbury tried to quell the […]