Rick Santorum has been condemned after claiming that rape victims who become pregnant should 'make the best of a bad situation'.The Republican presidential candidate - who is currently third in the polls - said that women in such a position should not get an abortion but instea …
When the media and others refer to a “militant atheist,” the object of that slander is usually an atheist who had the nerve to openly question religious authority or vocally express his or her views about the existence of God.
A video showing fifteen Pakistani soldiers being lined up and shot dead by a firing squad has been released by the Taliban.The paramilitary troops were abducted on December 23 in what the terror group described as an operation to avenge the deaths of insurgents in Pakistan.The …
Speakers in order of appearance: 1. Sir Arthur C. Clarke, Science Fiction Writer2. Nadine Gordimer, Nobel Laureate in Literature3. Professor Isaac Asimov, Author and Biochemist4. Arthur Miller, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright5. Wole Soyinka, Nobel Laureate in Literature6.
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Particular passages didn't sit too comfortably with Jefferson - including miracles such as the virgin birth, the resurrection and ascension.So in 1820, following his two terms as president, Jefferson took a razor blade to six other volumes and patched together his favourite pas …
The wife of fiercely pro-life presidential hopeful Rick Santorum had a six-year love affair with an abortion doctor, 40 years her senior - and incredibly who delivered her as a baby - it has emerged.Karen Santorum, 51, who, like her husband, opposes abortion even in cases of ra …
But my Church offers a further revelation: We believe that when Jesus Christ returns to earth, He will return, not to Jerusalem, or to Baghdad, but to this great nation—and His first stop will be Jackson County, Missouri.
Mitt Romney urged one of his Mormon followers in the 1980s to put her unborn child up for adoption or face excommunication from their church, according to new book.The Republican presidential front runner told Peggie Hayes that because the child had been born out of wedlock she …
He, too, saw that the attack on The Satanic Verses was not an isolated occurrence; that, across the Muslim world, writers and journalists and artists were being accused of the same crimes - blasphemy, heresy, apostasy, and their modern-day associates, “insult” and &ld …
And then, in late 2002, The Dickensian carried a little bombshell of a tale: it seemed that in 1862, during Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s visit to London, he had met Dickens.
Rather, what I find remarkable is the fact that the discoveries of modern particle physics and cosmology over the past half century allow not only a possibility that the Universe arose from nothing, but in fact make this possibility increasingly plausible.
According to 2010 Pew research, one in four adults under age 30 are unaffiliated with any religious tradition. They describe their religion as “atheist,” “agnostic” or “nothing in particular.”Another 2010 Pew survey tested religious knowledge.
Islamic spokesmen in the West constantly assure us that Islam respects women -- I was not too long ago in a somewhat riotous debate with the Imam Moustafa Zayed on just that topic.
FORA.tv, the leading online destination for video programs from the world’s best conferences and events, names its Top Ten Videos of 2011.
"I'm an Arab Muslim and in an Arab Muslim country," BAM told the court yesterday.
The schools initially fired Ms Dias, 32, for being single and pregnant, Cincinnati.com reports. When the schools discovered that violated several federal and state anti-discrimination laws, they said she was fired because she became pregnant using artificial insemination …
"For Somali Women, Pain of Being a Spoil of War," by Jeffrey Gettleman for the New York Times, December 28 (thanks to Bill):MOGADISHU, Somalia — The girl’s voice dropped to a hush as she remembered the bright, sunny afternoon when she stepped out of her hut and saw …
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Hostility towards Christians in Pakistan is rife. Mrs Bibi told in the interview how one of her guards had tried been suspended after trying to strangle her. Mrs Bibi, a farm worker from rural Punjab, was first detained in 2009.
The Pope's Christmas Eve Homily ended by importuning his minions to give up reason, be humble, and be "made simple." It seems to me that a deeper truth is revealed here, which should touch our hearts on this holy night: if we want to find the God who appeared as a child, t …
When God’s law is not observed, the law can become whatever the ruler wants it to be: Ultimately there are no human rights, let alone property rights, as totalitarianism reigns. When religion becomes ascendant, so too does the rule of law.
Brilliant and beautiful. Hitchens left us with more in these 7 minutes than others have in a life time. Christopher Hitchens (1949 - 2011)
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Is there a constitutional issue here?Much as one might want to avoid an annual freshet of legalism, it is very hard to argue that there is not.
Barbaric textbooks handed out in Saudi Arabian schools teach children how to cut off a thief's hands and feet under Sharia law, it has emerged.The shocking books, paid for and printed by the Saudi government, also tell teenagers that Jews need to be exterminated and homosexuals …
LONDON (Reuters) - A baby at risk of becoming the victim of an "honour killing" because she was born as the result of her unmarried Muslim mother's secret affair must be adopted to keep her safe, the Court of Appeal ruled on Wednesday.Three senior judges rejected a bid by the o …
I recently wrote an article about a bill that would allow Indianapolis schools to teach creationism in the classroom. It’s fairly obvious that this wouldn’t include all creation myths since there are thousands of them.
How do you like being told that you are not a “true” member of your chosen faith by other denominations of your religion that choose to interpret and apply the scriptures differently than you do? Probably stings a little. How do you like being told that unless you fol …
Rick Santorum has been condemned after claiming that rape victims who become pregnant should 'make the best of a bad situation'.The Republican presidential candidate - who is currently third in the polls - said that women in such a position should not get an abortion but instea …
Okay, this article is about the test that Christians say humanity has to undergo in order to determine your souls destination after death. You can go to heaven or you can go to hell.
When the media and others refer to a “militant atheist,” the object of that slander is usually an atheist who had the nerve to openly question religious authority or vocally express his or her views about the existence of God.
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