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Pope Urges Mankind To Choose Religion Over Science & Progress
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 Pope Benedict XVI on Sunday warned modern societies not to let faith in science and technology make them deaf to God's message, and suggested that Asia and Africa could teach the wealthier West something about faith.
In his sermon to some 250,000 pilgrims at an open-air Mass in Munich, Benedict said modern people suffered from "hardness of hearing" when it comes to God.
"Put simply, we are no longer able to hear God - there are too many different frequencies filling our ears," he said. "What is said about God strikes us as pre-scientific, no longer suited to our age."
Hey, maybe the Pope finally gets it. When you live in a jungle or desert and have little to do but wake up each day and be surprised you're not dead from starvation or disease, you have to thank God. Everywhere else, where man understands the value of science and medicine to extend life and provide protection and security, the notion of believing in a supernatural being who never seems to be there when you need him, and giving money to a group of old guys who use it to pay off secret sex abuse lawsuits, might be obsolete.
It's no surprise that religion flourishes where human suffering is rampant. The pope points that out with a perverse sense of romanticism. Think about it. |
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Left Behind: The Video Game
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 Imagine: you are a foot soldier in a paramilitary group whose purpose is to remake America as a Christian theocracy, and establish its worldly vision of the dominion of Christ over all aspects of life. You are issued high-tech military weaponry, and instructed to engage the infidel on the streets of New York City. You are on a mission - both a religious mission and a military mission -- to convert or kill Catholics, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, gays, and anyone who advocates the separation of church and state - especially moderate, mainstream Christians. Your mission is "to conduct physical and spiritual warfare"; all who resist must be taken out with extreme prejudice. You have never felt so powerful, so driven by a purpose: you are 13 years old. You are playing a real-time strategy video game whose creators are linked to the empire of mega-church pastor Rick Warren, best selling author of The Purpose Driven Life. |
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Texas Gubenatorial Candidate Showcases Aborted Fetus On HomePage
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 Texas Republican candidate for Governor, songwriter, rancher, secret agent, Star Locke has some rather radical ideas for his state and the country: 100% tax on violent video games and toys, and a $10,000 charge per aborted fetus, take away money from schools and use it to take control of the Alcohol and Beverage Commission, and force all schools to serve high protein meals. He even has a program to save taxpayer dollars, whereupon anyone who comes up with an idea to save taxpayer dollars, gets 75% of those save dollars and the other 25% go back to the government. Huh?
Oh yea, there's also that bit on the web site about how he was hired by the government to assassinate Fidel Castro. |
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A BBC documentary has exposed that Pope Benedict XVI, aka Cardinal Ratzinger, played a leading role in a systematic cover-up of child sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests.
In an attempt to encourage more Britons to go to church this Christmas, an image of Jesus Christ in the froth of a half empty pint of beer will be used on posters.
Pastor Marty Baker preaches that the Bible is the eternal and inviolate word of God. On other church matters, he's willing to change with the times, including setting up his own for-profit venture making religious ATM machines and selling them to his own, and other churches. Now giving money to "God" is even easier than ever!
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A New York woman claimed on Wednesday that she heard the voice of the Virgin Mary and has seen visions of the Mother of God in the trimmed branches of a maple tree in front of her house.
Evangelist preacher Franck Kabele, 35, told his congregation he could repeat the biblical miracle.
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Today is obviously goofy product day on BSA. 
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Randall W. Harding sang in the choir at Crossroads Christian Church in Corona, Calif., and donated part of his conspicuous wealth to its ministries. In his business dealings, he underscored his faith by naming his investment firm JTL, or "Just the Lord." Pastors and churchgoers alike entrusted their money to him.
Is this a sign?
There's a sequel to the Passion of the Christ coming out... check out the trailer.
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A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said.
Remember that 
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The folks over at World Net Daily, a popular Christian site are all up in arms over AOL's newest ad campaign. The slogan, "I AM", they claim translates to YaHWeH, the self-proclaimed name of God, and thus AOL is violating the third commandment and committing horrible sins.
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