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Kneeling Scientists Again

The New York Times ran a competent, even sympathetic, piece yesterday about religious scientists. Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/23/national/23believers.html?ei=5090&en=a7fec44c68be1f25&ex=1282449600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=1&adxnnlx=1125057607-oK9NcrAvwmy8NuSaYyhsJA] . Excerpt:

Guess We've Been Out of It

Ali and the Dalai Lama? Islam is about as friendly toward Buddhism (a non-people-of-the-book religion) as it is to liquor stores. > By meticulously tapping sand out of foot-long steel funnels, eight Tibetan monks are creating a sacred artwork to commemorate the friendship of Louisville

Christians Have Rights, Too

Overzealous public school authorities? Noooo! Say it ain't so: > A federal judge has told an Ohio school district it can no longer bar a middle school student from wearing a t-shirt with a Christian message. > Judge George Smith has ruled that Sheridan Middle School in

Jerks. Give the Island to China!

> Taiwan has withdrawn an anti-AIDS campaign ad featuring a smiling nun holding a condom after it sparked an outcry from Roman Catholics, local media said on Wednesday. > The poster, which shows the nun holding the condom with both hands and saying 'Although I don't

Better Late Than Never

> Three years after the clergy sex abuse crisis rocked the Roman Catholic church, a Vatican-directed evaluation of all U.S. seminaries is scheduled to begin late next month. > Archbishop Edwin O'Brien, the U.S. coordinator for the review, said 117 bishops and seminary staff will

All Eyes on the Lutherans II

A follow-up to our earlier post (link [https://thedailyeudemon.com/1966/]): > "In an indication of the deep split over homosexuality in the church, which with five million members is the nation's largest Lutheran denomination, the vote on gay clergy members at the church's

Hello Mudda . . .

. . . this place is supposed to be a Christian camp, but so far, it seems like Hell. > According to [a federal] lawsuit . . . young Ezekiel Losoya . . . was subjected to an assortment of "inhumane, degrading, and criminal conduct" during a one-week stay in the summer of 2003. Among 19

Bowing Before the Atheist God

Sure, it sounds laughable, but if you've ever talked with atheists, you know many of them take their irreligion religiously. Like G.K. Chesterton said, if there was no God, there would be no atheists. Link [http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=45874]. Excerpt: >

Zeus Rocks. Do Does Loki, Dude!

Why not just call yourselves the "Favoring Anything Group"? You can even get some great monogrammed golf shirts. > After years of being labeled as devil worshippers who sacrifice animals under a full moon, the modern-day followers of ancient beliefs want to be part of the community.

1,000,000 at Mass

One million youths attended today's concluding World Youth Day Mass. NYT Link [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/21/international/europe/21pope-wire.html?hp]. Excerpt: > As [Pope Benedict] began his homily, calling on the pilgrims and visitors to World Youth Day to make wise use of