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  • Wow -- What a Rant by "Rage Boy" Chris Hitch Today

    I am perfectly content, really quite happy, about Obama's decision to have this mega-Church author, pastor, and cultural figure, Rick Warren, give the prayer at the January 20th Inauguration of our new United States President. I understand the apoplexy of ''Rage Boy'' Christopher Hitchens at the very thought of a prayer being said, let alone a ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by MichaelBernard3 on December 29, 2008

  • Popery

    One of my 1st memories, after the attack on Pearl Harbor, was a parish priest preaching a sermon on the Vatican's treaty with Italy's Fasciasts & how it helped the RC' minister to a war torn world. The church was in the Arcdioces of Cincinasty. The Archbishop was an avid analiguist for & to Pius 12. He even named a high school for ...
    Posted to Fighting Words by larry278 on April 14, 2008

  • What in the World is a Ramadan Emblem?

    I've been a Muslim for 17 years and have never heard anyone declare there to be Islamic emblems for Muslim holidays. Thus, there is no sacred or religious emblem or representation of an event (eg. hajj), a practice (eg. daily prayer), or a month (eg. fasting the month of Ramadan). There are no religious emblems for Islam, not even the crescent ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by Usama2 on December 25, 2007

  • The Catholic Problem

    It’s no secret: the Catholic Church has a huge problem with pedophiles in its ranks. But how did it get this bad? Other churches have had minor scandals with pedophiles among their clergy. Pedophiles tend to seek out jobs that have access to children because they are drawn to these positions the same way that alcoholics tend become ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by TKKenyon on October 5, 2007

  • Patriarchal and medieval

    Anse, I agree with your well-written statement. In addition, it seems to me that the male-dominated patriarchal Church has once again discriminated against women. In turning out the nuns, they have placed their needs below those of the pederasts who caused the financial problems to begin with. Throughout this scandal, it seems like the ...
    Posted to Faith-Based by TKKenyon on October 5, 2007