| "Lukewarm" Is the Wrong Temperature! Suitable only for a "Reasonable" Catholic | 07/09/2004 | Comfortable? What kind of a notion is that? What do you mean, comfortable? Don’t we all remember how Catholics got the miracle of Holy Eucharist in the first place? It had little to do with comfort. It had everything to do with Christ suffering undeniable pain as he hung on the cross for three hours before He died. Comfortable?
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| 'Safe Harbor for Churches' Is Slippery Slope, NCC Warns | 07/09/2004 | June 11, 2004, WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Despite overwhelming opposition
from nearly two dozen religious denominations, U.S. House of
Representatives Speaker Dennis Hastert and Majority Leader Tom Delay have
ordered a version of Rep. Walter Jones' "Houses of Worship" Political
Speech Restoration Act to be included on page 379 of a 398 page tax bill
(H.R. 4520, American Jobs Creation Act of 2004). |
| A few of us have been “inhumane.” They are inhuman | 07/09/2004 | Our emotions are stirred, our consciences are challenged. Nonetheless, our mission must remain clear; our armed forces must remain resolute, and we must gird ourselves for what lies ahead. Given all we have seen and read over the past few months, I think what Churchill said is applicable today: "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Now is the time to take our gloves off. Now is the time to show our hand. Now is the time to unleash our terrible, swift sword — a sword we may have kept sheathed for too long.
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| Bill Cosby: Pervasive societal decline | 07/09/2004 | When Bill Cosby dared to criticize the condition of parenting among lower-income blacks, many leaders of the black community took him to task for challenging the conventions of Political Correctness. An unspoken Iron Curtain has obstructed even black Americans from engaging in honest criticism about the need for other blacks to exercise greater parental responsibility. |
| C/R Queen mothers to reduce HIV/AIDS prevalence by 15 per cent in 2006 | 07/09/2004 | The queen mothers asked that the criminal code should be reviewed to cover boys who are sodomised and that laws on domestic violence and gender based violence should be strictly enforced in the region to help reduce the high incidence of sexual abuse and harassment and other forms of sexual abuses. 11 June 04 |
| Gay Marriage Will Bring An Extra $25 Million Into the Local Economy | 07/09/2004 | "To me, I really frown on religion being injected into a secular society," he said. "It's religious values about abortion and about gay marriage. They have no right to impose those values upon a secular society." |
| Good Deeds and the Glory of God | 07/09/2004 | Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us. |
| Hindu American Foundation launched | 07/09/2004 | The 'Hindu American Foundation' would provide a voice for the two million-strong Hindu community in the US by interacting with government, media, think-tanks and the public about the religion and issues concerning them, according to a release from the group. |
| How To Attract People To This Church With Google Ads | 07/09/2004 | By creating Web pages whose main purpose is to attract high-priced AdSense ads, Mr. Johar is one of a growing number of small publishers who are earning a steady stream of advertising money despite a minimal amount of fresh content. AdSense wasn't the first program to allow small-time publishers to tap into a network of advertisers, but its ease of enrollment and Google's 150,000 advertisers make it far more accessible. |
| Islamic "Morals" Shift With The Political Winds | 07/09/2004 | It would be easy to find countless further examples of so-called "moral codes" which are claimed to be "the word of God," but obviously differ from "other" words, presumably from the same God. |
| Issues that the abortion debate should address | 07/09/2004 | The recovery of 15 foetuses packed in garbage bags from Ngong River in Nairobi’s South C Estate last Wednesday has re-ignited the emotive controversy over abortion.
Unfortunately, that revolting incident will most probably end up as another missed opportunity for Kenyans to calmly reflect on at least three fundamental issues that are usually glossed over whenever the word abortion is mentioned.
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| Malaysia: The elusive Islamic state | 07/09/2004 | Cut off from centuries of classical Islamic and legal scholarship, which requires one to understand not just Arabic but the context and evolution of Islamic history in the first place to be able to render a sound juristic verdict, the legal sensibility of Muslims has been severely compromised. |
| Pragmatism Over Theory and Theology | 07/09/2004 | “One of the reasons American Catholics are not as fervent is because many in our clergy are not as fervent in teaching the faith,” the 46-year-old conservative Catholic told the 1,000-plus prayer breakfast attendees. “Catholics have not been given a proper Catholic formation,” said Santorum, because “priests get up and talk around issues and not at them.” |
| Presbyterians: Religious groups to fast, pray while Yum! shareholders meet | 07/09/2004 | LOUISVILLE - With a boycott of Taco Bell in full swing, Presbyterians and
other people of faith are being asked to fast and pray on May 20, as
shareholders of the fast-food giant's parent company gather here for their
annual board meeting. |
| Shared Values Are Required Among Our Officers If We Are To Trust Them | 07/09/2004 | But there was more. There was a national subliminal understanding that a moral code had been transgressed; paradoxically, organised military violence is built on a series of moral relationships that you undermine at your peril. Morgan had carelessly and insouciantly crossed the line. |
| Sowell: The hyena press make themselves accomplices of our enemies | 07/09/2004 | While politicians were expressing their shock to the media over the mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners, the Iraqi terrorists gave us a bitter lesson in what real shock is all about, with the videotaped beheading of an American civilian who was in Iraq to try to help rebuild the country.
The family of the murdered man begged the media to leave them alone in their pain and sorrow, but there was a forest of microphones and cameras being shoved into the face of his sister by the hyenas of the press. |
| The New York Times Finds A Rabbi Who Sees NO Moral Distinctions | 07/09/2004 | The New York Times is at the forefront of eliminating morality in society -- one of their weapons is to claim that there is no difference, morally, between the US Soldiers "guarding" the Iraqi prisoners and the terrorists themselves. The Church of Compassionate Service sees morality in a very different light and expects ITS members to see "moral distinctions" rather than "moral morass." |
| Under the U.S. Tax System, Do the Rich Really Get Richer? | 07/09/2004 | Which area of national policy currently suffers from the most degraded level of public debate? Surely, there are plenty of candidates for this dubious honor. In almost every area of public concern, we no longer seem to be thinking about solutions, but rather how to justify conclusions set in stone by a fixed ideology. |
| UPI: Outside View: Surviving gay marriage | 07/09/2004 | In his farewell address, George Washington expressed this same idea in 1796.
"Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness -- these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. In other words, our secular form of government was designed only for a non-secular people," he said.
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