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John Lennon: A New Jesus?

16.08.2006 22:48    beliefnet.com
The Beatles, at the height of Beatlemania, were agnostic and didn't hide this belief. Religion, Paul said in 1963, was something he didn't think about: "It doesn't fit in with my life." While touring Britain in October 1964 he admitted


A Few Facts About My Existence

16.08.2006 22:48    beliefnet.com
It's immoral that hundreds of thousands of embryos are discarded yearly instead of used to research cures for human suffering. By Martin Kace

A Love Story You Will Never Forget

16.08.2006 22:48    beliefnet.com
August, 1942. Piotrkow, Poland. The sky was gloomy that morning as we waited anxiously. All the men, women, and children of Piotrkow's Jewish ghetto had been herded into a square. Word had gotten around that we were being moved. My

Four Killed in Hindu Temple Attack

16.08.2006 22:13    beliefnet.com
GAUHATI, India, August 16 - A grenade blast in a Hare Krishna temple during a major Hindu religious festival killed four people in India's northeast on Wednesday, police said.


Women Join Convents for Social Causes

16.08.2006 22:13    beliefnet.com
ORLANDO, Fla., August 16 - At a time when American religious orders report smaller and smaller classes of young women, one researcher says a convent in Central Mexico has tripled the number of new nuns - largely because of its

NYC Releases New Sept. 11 Tapes

16.08.2006 22:13    beliefnet.com
NEW YORK, August 16 - Trapped and running out of air on the smoky 83rd floor of the World Trade Center, Melissa Doi begged the 911 operator not to hang up.

World Church: Adventists, Evangelicals Commence Dialogue in Prague

16.08.2006 21:55    news.adventist.org
At the first meetings between the two bodies, representatives of the worldwide Seventh-day Adventist Church and the World Evangelical Alliance shared a common concern for united Christian witness in an age of increasing secularism and religious pluralism. Although informal contacts
World Church: Adventists, Evangelicals Commence Dialogue in Prague

South Pacific: Church Receives Antique Clock Once Owned by James White

16.08.2006 21:55    news.adventist.org
An antique clock that originally belonged to James White, one of the early pioneers of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has been given to the church's South Pacific region. The clock had been in the Conley family for almost 100 years.
South Pacific: Church Receives Antique Clock Once Owned by James White

Take The HonestReporting.com Quiz - Smoke & Mirrors: A Picture Says a Thousand Words - take a few minutes to complete this quiz and see whether you can tell fiction

16.08.2006 21:52    basicchristian.org
Graphic images and photos from Lebanon have recently filled newspapers and TV screens around the world. Yet, it is becoming clear that some of these pictures don't tell the whole story or may even tell a completely different one to

Uganda: Otafiire Cited in Muslim Land Sale

16.08.2006 21:46    allafrica.com
THE committee set up to probe the illicit sale and lease of property belonging to the Muslim community yesterday heard that two top government officials played a key role in worsening a land row that is threatens to split Muslims.

Gambia: Sang Marie Observed

16.08.2006 21:22    allafrica.com
Christians all over the world, yesterday, August 15, gathered in various churches in their numbers to celebrate Sang Marie, the assumption of the Holy mother, Mary, into heaven.

Ghana: The Plight of the Duncan-Williamses

16.08.2006 21:22    allafrica.com
I have no intention of making this week's piece a sermon; neither do I have intention of questioning Biblical authority but my decision to write on this is borne out of a passionate decision to add my voice to recent

Nigeria: Nigerian Leaders Demand the Impossible Says Professor Gwandu

16.08.2006 20:53    allafrica.com
Against the background of last years hajj operations, where a number of intending pilgrims could not make it to the holy land, the chairman of Technical Committee on Hajj, Professor Abubakar Gwandu in this interview with Daily Trust's duo of

Nigeria: 'Islamic Terror', Islam Phobia And All That

16.08.2006 20:53    allafrica.com
The announcement by British intelligence last week that they have uncovered a plot by a group of so-called Islamists to blow up an unspecified number of aircrafts on their way to the United States from the UK would have come

No Atheists in Foxholes? Newsweek Discusses Godless Activism in the Ranks

16.08.2006 18:53    atheists.org
You've hear the old canard "There are no Atheists in Foxholes." Newsweek Magazine takes a critical look at this dubious claim, including thoughts from Kathleen Johnson, one of the founders of the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers . (08-16-2006)
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Uganda: Educate Children, Mazrui Urges

16.08.2006 16:56    allafrica.com
RENOWNED public speaker and scholar Prof. Ali Mazrui has called upon Muslims to educate their children as a way of fighting poverty and keeping united.

Liberia: Lutheran Bishop Unhappy Of Security Situation

16.08.2006 16:10    allafrica.com
Lutheran Bishop Sumowood Harris says, he is not satisfied with the current security situation in the country. Speaking to journalists in Monrovia over the weekend, Bishop Harris said the increase in armed robbery across Monrovia is a clear indication that

Liberia: Rev. Knight Appeals to Aggrieved Methodists

16.08.2006 16:10    allafrica.com
A senior Methodist prelate has appealed to members of the Concerned United Methodists, an aggrieved segment of the church, to drop their demand and collaborate with Bishop John G. Innis to shepherd the Liberia Annual Conference (LAC) of the United

Ukraine to Start Independence Celebration with Prayer

16.08.2006 16:01    risu.org.ua
Kyiv — The leadership of Ukraine has invited the leaders of various Christian denominations to a joint prayer service to be held in St. Sophia's Cathedral on 24 August 2006 to start the celebration of Independence Day. Participating will be
Ukraine to Start Independence Celebration with Prayer

Christian Soldiers Say Ukraine Army Losing Spiritual Direction

16.08.2006 16:01    risu.org.ua
Kyiv — The Union of Christian Soldiers of Ukraine has released a statement on the recent killings of two soldiers in the Ukrainian Army, one by an officer, one by a fellow soldier. According to the statement, both incidents have
Christian Soldiers Say Ukraine Army Losing Spiritual Direction

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