Tokyo's greatest shame.

By, Uwe Paschen.  Tokyo is one of the greatest cities on this planet with some of the best museums, parks and attraction one can imagine, it also has one of the World best universities; an impressive...

Christians 'should wear crosses'

" A bishop is calling on Christians to wear crosses in public to demonstrate they "aren't going to disappear quietly from the market place". The Bishop of Lichfield, the Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill said Christians...

Next..A Black Pope

" It looks like Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson of Ghana is now firmly in this group known as the papabili, or possible popes.    John Allen, the veteran vaticanista for the U.S.-based National...

Global Demographic study by Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life

The Pew Forum on Religious and Public Life has come up with a study which tries to map the global population by religious beliefs. The study indicates that one out of every third human alive is a Christian and one...

The 1st Amenmdment under fire

Headline: New Hampshire Court orders Christian homeschooled girl to attend public school Source: http://www.onenewsnow.com/Education/Default.aspx?id=659638 I find it troubling that a court would interfere with the...

Social institutions contribute to homosexual youth suicide

"Someday, maybe, there will exist a well-informed, well considered and yet fervent public conviction that the most deadly of all possible sins is the mutilation of a child's spirit." Erik Erikson Social...

ELCA adopts social statement on human sexuality

The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), currently the largest Lutheran denomination in the United States with over 4 million members adopts social statement on human sexuality, opening its ministry to...

Christians are children of a lesser God in Pakistan

The horrific crimes against Christians in Pakistan will be told at a Press conference in Washington DC on Monday."The woeful story of Christian persecution and massacres in Pakistan will be told at a news conference on Monday afernoon by Dr. Nazir S. Bhatti, President of...

Christian Fundamentalists Condemn 'Jesus, Queen of Heaven'

Christian Fundamentalists have condemned 'Jesus, Queen of Heaven', a play written and performed by Jo Clifford, who portrays Jesus as a transsexual woman. " "This is a play with music that presents her sayings,...

First Rabbi to serve as a Chaplain for fourty years

RABBI Arnold Saunders has been appointed Jewish Civilian Chaplain to Her Majesty's Forces. "Based at Fulwood Barracks in Preston, Rabbi Saunders, 50, will be responsible for the pastoral care of all Jewish...

No US without God - Texas Christians seek to change history

The Texas state education board is considering a proposal that would force religion into the school curriculum. Christian fundamentalist advisors to the board including Reverend Peter Marshall, who asserts that...

Christian Churches Targeted in Baghdad: 4 people killed

Christian churches in Baghdad, Iraq, came under bomb attack on Sunday, leaving four people dead and many more wounded. The targeted churches were reported to be seriously damaged. The affected districts are Al-Wehda, Al-Tehriyat and Al-Ghedir. The deadliest blast happened in...

World's Oldest Christian Bible Digitized

The surviving pages from the world's oldest Christian Bible have been digitized and reunited in a single location for the first time in over 150 years. It was in separate sections across four countries and until...

'Christian' 'Declaration of American Values' Rejects Luke 12:48

Cross-posted at the Francis L. Holland Blog.The Washington Post reports that the Christian Right is trying to reframe and reorganize itself. A new coalition has come up with a new set of values that they call their "Declaration of American Values." (Even though these people...

Yes we are, gays proud in New Delhi

India's gay, lesbian, transgendered and bisexual folks take to the streets of capital New Delhi to repeal the British colonial black law against sodomy, called Indian Penal Code 377.The crowd estimated at hundreds...
 

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