Consent by default It seems to me that if people were given the right to decide in this matter, the majority would opt to become organ donors. In such matters, people won’t go out of their way. That is why in...
In the Alabama town of Bay Minettee you have two choices if you are convicted of a non-violent crime. Go to jail or go to church. The sheriff in that town has created such a program, because he believes it will have a positive impact on those convicted. Maybe, but...
The internet has greatly boosted the proliferation of pornography, sad to say "the faithfuls" have been caught up in the habit of viewing pornography. No doubt the old saying could apply here too, "prostitution...
14th July 2011 Westminster City Council wants to introduce parking meter charges on Sundays to raise extra revenue. The thirteen churches with just over seven thousand worshipers feel that this proposal...
One direction in which the lessons learned from Second World war has been taken is that of seeing Adolf Hitler as the epitome of evil, and of using it to claim that everything that Hitler did was evil and should be seen as evil when found in anyone else. Like most others, I...
Arizona lawmakers Pass New Law Makeing It Illegal To Picket At Funerals Lawmakers in Arizona have passed an emergency bill to prevent a protest from being held by the Westboro Baptist Church near the funeral of the 9-year-old Christina Taylor...
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" A Catholic priest in Spain has been arrested over the alleged possession of thousands of images of child sex abuse. Police said they found 21,000 images on computers inside the 52-year-old's church in Vilafames, in the east of the country. The priest, who has not been...
" Catholic priests who sexually abused children "disfigured their ministry" and caused the Catholic Church "profound shame and regret," Pope Benedict XVI wrote Monday, in one of his strongest statements to date on the scandal facing the Vatican. " What has happened...
"The Russian scholar, Nicolai Notovich, was the first to suggest that Christ may have gone to India. In 1887, Notovich, a Russian scholar and Orientalist, arrived in Kashmir during one of several journeys to the Orient. At the Zoji-la pass Notovich was a guest in a Buddhist...
There is constant shouting among Republican constituents about "liberal elites." It is time that this shouting be seen for what it is. We have of course heard anti-elite talk before. Hatred of upper classes and anti-elite rhetoric was central to Communist message. For...
UK Catholic leader Archbishop Vincent Nichols has said that he understands why birth control methods such as the pill and condoms appear attractive in helping tackle world poverty. Speaking to the BBC the Roman...
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A student group from The University of South Carolina (USC) staged an anti protest against the controversial church group Westboro Baptist Church. Protesters from Westboro Baptist Church were at the South Carolina State House protesting how State Lawmakers handled Governor...
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Gina Welch, a Lifelong Atheist, Goes Undercover at Jerry Falwell's Church and Writes a Book About Her Experiences Gina Welch undertook a personal mission a few years ago when she went 'undercover' at Jerry Falwell's Church called Thomas Road Baptist Church in Lynchburg...
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