In Time for Holy Week
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Via Shea [http://markshea.blogspot.com/].
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Religion
A collection of 879 issues
Stay Down
Yet about 2/3rds of Americans claim to be Christians and accept other core
truths about Christianity
[http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=RESURRECTION-04-05-06]:
> Most Americans don't believe they will experience a resurrection of their bodies
when they
Didn't Appear on a Pork Chop
Hey, I thought Catholics had a trademark on this!
> Muslim worshippers are flocking to see a pair of fish in the British city of
Liverpool which appear to bear the words "Allah" and "Mohammed", their owner
said
[http://uk.news.yahoo.com/27032006/323/muslim-
Atheist Countries
A list of the Top 50 atheistic countries in the world
[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html]. Is it any coincidence that
one of the most liberal countries in the world (Sweden) and a communist country
(Vietnam) are number one and two?
The "Learn Something New Every Day" Department
A fellow blogger wished me a "happy Laetare Sunday" today. I didn't know what it
meant, so I looked it up. Mildly interesting:
> The fourth, or middle, Sunday of Lent, so called from the first words of the
Introit at Mass, "Laetare Jerusalem"
Something for Sunday Morning
> [Prayer's] only art is to call back the souls of the dead from the very journey
into death, to give strength to the weak, to heal the sick, to exorcise the
possessed, to open prison cells, to free the innocent from their chains. Prayer
cleanses from sin,
Virtual Lent
The heck if I know what to make of this:
> Brighton, UK. Britain will witness its first crucifixion for almost two
millennia later this week, when Cynewulf is nailed to a cross as punishment for
ganking other players as they first appear. Cynewulf, (in real life a 27
year-
Stabbing Scientologist
Interesting, though I'm sure the Hubbardites would either call it a fluke or
point to similarities with the Exorcism of Emilie Rose:
> On March 13, 2003, Jeremy Perkins, a 28 year old untreated schizophrenic,
stabbed his mother Elli 77 times. She bled to death on her bedroom
Something for Sunday Morning
Living in the now:
> We never keep to the present. We recall the past; we anticipate the future as if
we found it too slow in coming and were trying to hurry it up, or we recall the
past as if to stay its too rapid flight. We are
Something for Sunday Morning
> To transform our saying prayers into a real education in prayer, they must be
said in such a way that both heart and mind absorb their content. So that you
may achieve this I will give you three simple instructions:
> First, do not start praying without at least