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		<title>Can Christians Legitimately Choose Between Liars &amp; Anarchy?</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/politics/2010/can-christians-legitimately-choose-between-liars-and-anarchy.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 22:48:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Cal Augustine
Can a Christian be an anarchist?
Before that question is investigated  is it fair to ask if a Christian should support a government and political  system that violates the laws that have been written to contain it?
After all, the U.S. Constitution places very  strict limits on the powers of the federal government and empowers the  legislatures of its member states ...]]></description>
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		<title>Respecting Life by Aborting Babies</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/ethics/2009/respecting-life-by-aborting-babies.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
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An Open Letter to Religious Leaders on Abortion as a Moral Decision signed by  1,555 alleged religious leaders insist that abortion on demand is a divine  imperative, and that God wants taxpayer funding for abortion in the federal  health care plan.
Courtesy: Coral Ridge Ministries
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		<title>Christmas Wars Come Early</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2009/christmas-wars-come-early.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:44:24 +0000</pubDate>
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The Grinch struck early this fall when government authorities banned  religious messages from the ornaments displayed on the Christmas tree at the US  Capitol building.
Courtesy: Coral Ridge Ministries
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		<title>Back to The Catacombs for Christians: San Diego Fines Pastor for Bible Study</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/politics/2009/back-to-the-catacombs-for-christians-san-diego-fines-pastor-for-bible-study.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 04:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
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San Diego County is demanding a local pastor pay thousands of dollars for hosting Bible studies at his home. The county says Pastor David Jones of Southbay Community Church has been praying at his house every Tuesday and Jones needs a permit to host a Bible study.
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		<title>Group says NY Times Distorts 1st Amendment to Secularize Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 07:11:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don Feder, editor of the Boycott The New York Times website, called a Times editorial demanding &#8220;equal space&#8221; for the display of religious symbols part of the paper&#8217;s &#8220;relentless drive to secularize society.&#8221;
In a November 12 editorial, The Times urged the Supreme Court to rule that a Ten Commandments display in a public park in Pleasant Grove City, Utah, violated the First Amendment&#8217;s Establishment Clause ...]]></description>
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		<title>Are Barack Obama&#8217;s Statements on Faith Biblical?</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/politics/2008/are-barack-obamas-statements-on-faith-biblical.html</link>
		<comments>http://examiningfaith.com/politics/2008/are-barack-obamas-statements-on-faith-biblical.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Nov 2008 06:14:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The information in this article was taken directly from the official website of president-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday, November 11, 2008. This allows readers to easily verify all quotes for themselves.
The site allows the visitor to navigate to a section entitled, &#8220;People&#8221; with a subsection entitled, &#8220;People of Faith&#8221;. It is here where the visitor reads, &#8220;Barack Obama is a committed Christian.&#8221; The visitor may ...]]></description>
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		<title>Straitjackets on Campus</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/christianity/2008/straitjackets-on-campus.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 00:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Christian Education]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[revver(1106059)
San Jose City College professor June Sheldon was recently fired for expressing an alternative view on the causes of homosexuality and lesbianism. If all it takes to end a teaching career is one brief, evidence-based foray outside the narrow boundaries of politically correctness, freedom will vanish from college campuses.
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		<title>Saddleback Civil Forum Changes the Face of American Politics</title>
		<link>http://examiningfaith.com/politics/2008/saddleback-civil-forum-changes-the-face-of-american-politics.html</link>
		<comments>http://examiningfaith.com/politics/2008/saddleback-civil-forum-changes-the-face-of-american-politics.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:04:14 +0000</pubDate>
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Presidential hopefuls Senators Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.) chose an unprecedented venue and format for their first joint appearance in the campaign.  For the first time in American history, the presumptive nominees had a formal, televised conversation with one of the nation&#8217;s leading pastors – Dr. Rick Warren of Saddleback Church &#8211; at the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency.  This non-debate format ...]]></description>
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		<title>The Role of God and the Bible In America&#8217;s History</title>
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		<comments>http://examiningfaith.com/politics/2008/the-role-of-god-and-the-bible-in-americas-history.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 23:47:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always been a lover of history. The following historical quotes help us understand the thinking of our national leaders prior to this current generation. 
George Washington: &#8220;It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. It is impossible to account for the creation of the universe, without th agency of a Supreme Being. It is impossible to govern the ...]]></description>
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