Wright, who was Sen. Barack Obama's pastor for many years, made more inflammatory comments on Monday in a speech at the National Press Club in Washington. Among other things, he said the U.S. government is "capable" of having invented the AIDS virus as a means of committing genocide against people of color. He also accused the U.S. of supporting "state terrorism" against Palestinians and South African blacks.
Read moreWRIGHT: "Jesus also said, 'Other sheep have I who are not of this fold.'"
Wright's response clearly implies that Muslims are among the "other sheep" to which Jesus refers in John 10:16. Thus Wright affirms that people who do not have conscious faith in Christ can nevertheless have the hope of salvation -- an inclusivist position that argues there are many paths to God.
Read moreWriting immediately after Benedict's election, I wrote these words, referencing the Pope's previous role in the Vatican as Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger:
Read more“The symposium acknowledges the role of religious belief as a core variable in the development of sexual identity,” Throckmorton told CitizenLink. “To my knowledge, this meeting, distinguished by diversity of religious viewpoints, is unprecedented at APA.”
The symposium is scheduled for 2 to 5 p.m. EDT, on Monday, May 5, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C.
Read moreIslamist Lawfare is often predatory, filed without a serious expectation of winning, and undertaken as a means to intimidate, demoralize and bankrupt defendants. The lawsuits range in their claims from defamation to workplace harassment and they have resulted in books being pulped and meritorious articles going unpublished.
Read moreNevertheless, the 2008 Olympic Games were awarded to China in July 2001, with the expectation that the Games would act as a catalyst for the improvement of human rights in China and cause China to change its image. And over the past seven years, China has invested huge amounts of time and resources in preparing for the Olympics in order to make a good impression on the world.
Read moreThese are some of the startling implications of the most important survey of American religion in decades. In February 2008 the Pew Research Center released its first report on the "US Religious Landscape Survey," a massive study that conducted 35,000 in-depth interviews of a representative sample of American adults between May and August 2007.
Read moreBotros is an unusual figure onscreen: robed, with a huge cross around his neck, he sits with both the Koran and the Bible in easy reach. Egypt's Copts -- members of one of the oldest Christian communities in the Middle East -- have in many respects come to personify the demeaning Islamic institution of "dhimmitude" (which demands submissiveness from non-Muslims, in accordance with Koran 9:29). But the fiery Botros does not submit, and minces no words.
Read moreBut Google banned the Institute's ad for "inappropriate content", saying "Google policy does not permit the advertisement of websites that contain 'abortion and religion-related content'."
The Institute's draft ad was worded: "UK abortion law: Key views and news on abortion law from The Christian Institute. www.christian.org.uk."
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