Jainism Articles and Essays: Justification of Meat Eating by …

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God Sighting of the Month: Easter Edition

Just in time for Peter Cottontail to come hopping down the Via Dolorosa, um, trail arrives this timely and divine hallucination hailing from Albuquerque, N.M. where the Virgin Mary decided to let the homeowners know after all that traveling from heaven, she was feeling a little rank and needed to take a bath

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President Obama Hails ‘Shared Spirit Of Humanity’ At Easter

President Obama used his weekly radio/video address to comment on Easter and, as usual, he shows exactly how much of a Christian he is and the fact that he doesn’t know Jesus Christ at all. And, also as usual, he bastardizes the Holy Scriptures for his own purposes. Here’s the video with a full transcript Related posts: President Obama And Vice President Biden Meet Secretly With Maitreya Devotee Mikhail Gorbachev President Obama’s ‘Faith-Based Partnerships Ban Truth And Freedom’ Grand Mufti Cleric: ‘Obama Is A Divine Sign To Humanity’

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The Cross and repentance

The Cross and repentance The Crucifixion was God’s eternal opinion of the seriousness of sin. The sinless Son of God was made sin for us to satisfy God’s Holiness (2 Corinthians 5:21). Jesus bore the weight of everything we were due – the shame, the wrath, the judgment, the tears, the anguish, the agony, the pain, the punishment, and death for sin (Romans 5:6-8)

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The Sacred Confucian Analects:Chapters 16-18: P2/2

SupremeMasterTV.com From the Sacred Confucian Analects 16-18 P2/2 (In Chinese). Episode: 1260, Air Date: 25 February 2010.

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Easter park campouts beginning

It’s a San Antonio tradition about as well-known as the Easter bunny and possibly more beloved — families camping out over the long holiday weekend at city parks with a barbecue pit smoking nearby and music blasting, all in the company of hundreds of other visitors with the same idea.

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Videos: Dr. John Piper Thinks Rick Warren Is ‘Theologically Sound’

UPDATE 04/01/2010 – I just came across this more recent video of Mr. John Piper responding to questions about him inviting Rick Warren to his Desiring GOD conference… Honestly, I don’t even know what to think about this video from Mr

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Jonathan Z. Smith at CU Boulder: The Future of the Study of Religion Over the Next 40 Years

The following announcement comes to me from Deborah Whitehead, Professor of Religious Studies at CU-Boulder, and is especially directed for blog readers along the Front Range, Denver, Boulder, and northern Colorado. Religion in the 21st Century: Renowned Scholar of Comparative Religion Jonathan Z

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What is happening to General Theological Seminary? (Updated)

Preludium has received a report that General Theological Seminary is facing into major financial difficulties and that there was a closed door meeting of the Board of Trustees today (March 30th) followed by a meeting with members of the seminary community. The report indicates that there are plans for a short term solution but considerable doubts about the future of the Seminary. If this is so, please pray for the Seminary, its students, faculty and staff

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What if Jesus Had Come to Earth as a Cucumber? American Religious History Counterfactuals

Randall Stephens The above was Erasmus’s tongue-in-cheek version of counterfactual scholastic flimflammery. He reduced his angel-dancing-on-pinhead opponents to stuttering monkeys. Certainly, not all counterfactuals are worth their weight in imaginary gold.

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