Hot Mormon Muffins Calender

The Hot Mormon Muffins Calender is the is exactly what you would expect: a provocative 2010 calender with attractive mormon moms in not so typical mormon etire.  The "devout dozen" women give "a taste of...

India - Centre to pump in Rs 15,000 cr to clean Ganga

Mother Ganga. That is what  450 million Indians dependent on river Ganga (Ganges) for their life calls this 2510 km long river. Considered as a holy river and goddess who can washes away all...

These are Christians, right?

I oft wonder about the US religious right - from the heady days when they helped the Hollywood actor into power to watching them on TV today crying because one of their member has been caught out as being something horrid, like being gay, having sex or covering up that one of...

Malaysia charges 12 Muslims for anti-Hindu protest

Religious extremism in one form or the other is creating problem for Humans. In a latest incident Malaysian court charged 12 Muslims for provoking Hindu community. The court's stand is no doubt secularistic, but the question is why this kind of reaction, why Muslim mass tried...

Tour of Rav Kook House in Jerusalem

Rabbi Kook was the first chief rabbi of Israel and pre-state era. He was a compassionate man and wonderful poet. Rabbi Marmelstein of Canada and Israel takes us through Kook's residence in Jerusalem. Included is Rav Kook's poetry put to music and created by Rav....

Dalai Lama celebrates 74th birthday, promises to live to 100

On 6 July, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso celebrated his 74 birthday. "Through all your wishes, I will live longer. I do not know whether I can live for thousands years, but I am sure I will stay alive...

India's gays celebrate too soon

This changes the whole situation. The high court appears to be taking this appeal seriously and it is possible that they could reverse the decision.  If they do then the law will again criminalize gay sex. "...

Rav Itzchak Marmorstein performing Rav Kook’s Mystical Poetry

This is a wonderful interview with my dear friend Itzchak Marmorstein. Canadian/Israeli that has devoted his life to exploring the mystical writing and poetry of Rabbi Avraam Izchak HaCohen Kook. The music is just...

Pope urges religious reconciliation

The religious issues need tobe separated from the political issues in the Middle East. Land and political disputes do not need to be cast as a battle between religions."Pope Benedict XVI has called on followers...

Tony Blair: God helped me with Iraq

Recently converted Catholic, Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of the United kingdom told BBC radio recently his religious beliefs helped him with the mental decision of invading Iraq and puting UK lives in...

China orders tightened Internet controls UPDATES

UPDATE 4:China has ordered Google to revamp its service immediately and remove all links to pornographic and "vulgar" material.China said the company's filtering of pornography was too weak."China has ordered...

Saint Joseph's Day today! March 19 2009

Today, March 19 2009, is a little known holiday called St Joseph' Day, also known as the Feast of St. Joseph or the Solemnity of Saint Joseph. The is the feast day of Saint Joseph, husband to the Virgin Mary. This...

Hamas and Gaza..Martyrs versus Traitors

This is a good look at what the future could be in the Middle East in the next 2 generations. "If the Palestinian cause is permanently lost to the Islamist  movement, theocratic reactionaries across the...

30 killed, 50 injured in blast near Shia prayer hall in Pakistan

30 people including two children, have been killed in a suicide bomb blast in Dera Ghazi Khan town in Pakistan's Punjab province. 50 people are injured when about 100 people joined a religious procession outisde a Shia prayer hall. The bomb exploded just before 7pm."Local...

Controversy surrounds Obama's faith office

" President Obama's newly revamped Office of Faith Based Initiatives is reigniting a contentious debate across the ideological spectrum over whether religious organizations that accept funds from the government...

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