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10 Signs That You Might be a Fundamentalist
Fundamentalism is a hot topic. Many folks have been astonished at the level of evil perpetrated by Islamic fundamentalists, the most notable example being the events of 9/11. Those events are indelibly etched on the American psyche. Recently, news stories of the fall of Ted Haggard, a prominent evangelical, have attracted attention. After years of railing against homosexuality and assorted other sins, Haggard, president of …
August 30th, 2008
Straitjackets on Campus
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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.
August 30th, 2008
Anglicans Gather for Lambeth Conference
Six-hundred-and-fifty bishops of the worldwide Anglican Communion assembled in Canterbury, England this July for the Lambeth Conference, a three-week-long meeting that’s held just once every decade. But more than 200 other bishops are boycotting the event. The 77-million-member Communion has been threatened with schism because of longstanding divisions over homosexuality and the interpretation of Scripture. Click here to watch the video. Source: Religion & Ethics Newsweekly.
August 10th, 2008
Why People Leave the Christian Faith
Recently, the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life conducted a survey about the religious affiliation of the American public. This survey indicated that there is a huge shift taking place in the religious affiliation of Americans. They found that more than one-quarter of American adults have left the faith of their childhood for another religion or no religion at all. And that is only …
June 28th, 2008
