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October 10 2007
ENGLAND: JAIL THREAT TO VICARS UNDER GAY HATE LAW
Religious groups warned it could lead to preachers being prosecuted for emotionally expressing their firmly-held beliefs and will restrict freedom of speech.
They said gay rights were being given priority over Christian values and that believers felt under threat.
Ministers insisted any new law is aimed at extremists, and that people would not be prosecuted merely for expressing an opinion.
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October 08 2007
In search of eco-salvation
In August, Dom Anthony Sutch, a Benedictine monk, announced that he would hear eco-confessions of sins against the environment at the Waveney Greenpeace festival, in a confessional booth carefully constructed from recycled materials. The good monk clearly practices what he preaches. He tries 'very hard' to live a green lifestyle and is proud of his principal achievement - reducing his electricity bill by 30 per cent.
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October 04 2007
Christianity's Image Problem
Kinnaman says non-Christians' biggest complaints about the faith are not immediately theological: Jesus and the Bible get relatively good marks. Rather, he sees resentment as focused on perceived Christian attitudes. Nine out of ten outsiders found Christians too "anti-homosexual," and nearly as many perceived it as "hypocritical" and "judgmental." Seventy-five percent found it "too involved in politics."
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September 27 2007
SHREVEPORT, LA: Clergy to Help Government During Martial Law
While Heston, then serving as the NRA President, made those remarks in response to calls for more gun control laws at the time, those words live on. Heston's declaration captured a truly American value: An over-arching desire to protect our freedoms.
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September 18 2007
Religion futures market 2007
About six out of 10 in the United States say "yes," noted political scientist Luis E. Lugo, who has directed the research center since 2004.
"There is not a place in Europe, even in Eastern Europe, that comes close to that kind of level of religious commitment," he said, during a religion-news seminar in Washington organized by my colleagues at the Oxford Centre for Religion & Public Life. Even Canada, he noted, now "looks like Europe on this question."
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September 15 2007
In Europe and U.S., Nonbelievers Are Increasingly Vocal
"I stopped praying because I lost my faith," said Wright, 59, a thoughtful man with graying hair and clear blue eyes. "Now I truly loathe any sight or sound of religion. I blush at what I used to believe."
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September 15 2007
Landmark study: Change for homosexuals is possible
Experts in the field call it the first scientific study performed on a sample of individuals undergoing Christian counseling, monitoring their successes and failures from the beginning. A follow-up study is being conducted and will be released in the future.
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September 11 2007
NEW YORK: Prisons Purging Books on Faith From Libraries
Some inmates are outraged. Two of them, a Christian and an Orthodox Jew, in a federal prison camp in upstate New York, filed a class-action lawsuit last month claiming the bureau's actions violate their rights to the free exercise of religion as guaranteed by the First Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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September 09 2007
Defending Our Own Civilization
Frontpage: Likewise sir.
What inspired you to write this book?
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September 07 2007
ENGLAND: Most say UK is in 'moral decline'
Children fighting
The survey also found:
* 93% of people would help if someone had collapsed in the street
* 61% would try to intervene if they saw two children fighting
* 32% said they would get involved if they saw teenagers spraying graffiti
* 24% would say something if someone was talking too loudly on a mobile phone while on a bus or train
The survey also compared attitudes between generations.
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