Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?category=religion http://thesop.org/index.php?category=religion http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:40:00 GMT Two lessons I gathered from the popular poem by Myra Brooks Welch http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/19/lessons-at-the-masters-hand http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/19/lessons-at-the-masters-hand crazypenguinman@gmail.com (Tony Graff ) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:15:00 GMT The Catholic Church has two faces - one Divine and the other Human. Confusing one for the other is not fair.Errors do not negate intrinsic goodness. http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/17/is-the-catholic-church-a-force-for-good-in-the-world http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/17/is-the-catholic-church-a-force-for-good-in-the-world ignatiusfernandez@yahoo.co.uk (Ignatius Fernandez) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:42:00 GMT When the next Twilight film, New Moon, sinks its bloody fangs into global fans November 20, 2009, best-selling author of 23 books Steve Wohlberg won't be touting its moral benefits http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/16/twilight-new-moonvampirism-and-the-occult-spark-controversy http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/16/twilight-new-moonvampirism-and-the-occult-spark-controversy contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sat, 14 Nov 2009 02:52:00 GMT And thou shalt not let any of thy seed pass through the fire to Molech, (abortion) neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I am the Lord. Thou shalt http://thesop.org/religion/2007/10/15/gods-eviction-notice-an-open-letter-to-san-francisco http://thesop.org/religion/2007/10/15/gods-eviction-notice-an-open-letter-to-san-francisco HRdevelopment@thesop.org (SOP newswire) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:25:00 GMT The second largest denomination--and the largest Protestant denomination--in the U.S. is approaching a critical choice point in December 2009. http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/12/southern-baptist-convention-tries-to-influence-history-one-more-time http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/12/southern-baptist-convention-tries-to-influence-history-one-more-time contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:27:00 GMT Why is the Vatican so slow to accept scientific change? And why did a conference on aliens take five days to complete when the Vatican most likely had a preconceived answer? http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/11/vatican-aliens-and-the-resistance-to-science http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/11/vatican-aliens-and-the-resistance-to-science higgins888@hotmail.com (Sean Harrison Higgins) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:37:00 GMT Hundreds of poor Hindu villagers in eastern India have refused to hand over a rare turtle to authorities, saying it is an incarnation of God. http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/11/indian-villagers-believe-turtle-is-an-incarnation-of-god http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/11/indian-villagers-believe-turtle-is-an-incarnation-of-god rreyes4966@aol.com (Robert Paul Reyes) Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:48:00 GMT The Fort Hood terrorist massacre was a deliberate act against Americans. The producers of the award-winning documentary film, Obsession: Radical Islam's War Against the West http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/10/fort-hood-time-to-connect-the-dots http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/10/fort-hood-time-to-connect-the-dots contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Tue, 10 Nov 2009 19:58:00 GMT The Disappearance, Forced Conversions and Forced Marriages of Coptic Christian Women in Egypt http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/10/disappearance-forced-conversions-and-forced-marriages-of-egyptian-christian-women http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/10/disappearance-forced-conversions-and-forced-marriages-of-egyptian-christian-women contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sun, 8 Nov 2009 06:00:00 GMT American Life League president Judie Brown released the following statement on the news that Cardinal Justin Rigali http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/07/cardinal-rigalis-memo-protecting-status-quo-on-life http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/07/cardinal-rigalis-memo-protecting-status-quo-on-life contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Sat, 7 Nov 2009 00:19:00 GMT The emergence of nihilism in the world from their philosophical roots, to political and social manifestations. http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/06/nihilism-and-its-cultural-implications-part-vi http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/06/nihilism-and-its-cultural-implications-part-vi higgins888@hotmail.com (Sean Harrison Higgins) Thu, 5 Nov 2009 06:33:00 GMT A broader overview of the many different types of nihilism, and the varieties found throughout the world. http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/03/nihilism-and-its-cultural-implications-part-v http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/03/nihilism-and-its-cultural-implications-part-v higgins888@hotmail.com (Sean Harrison Higgins) Wed, 4 Nov 2009 05:17:00 GMT Secular atheism is next to be analyzed under the anti-nihilist lens. Are Dawkins and Hitchens, on the right track or are they nihilists of a different sort? http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/03/nihilism-and-its-cultural-implications-part-iv http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/03/nihilism-and-its-cultural-implications-part-iv higgins888@hotmail.com (Sean Harrison Higgins) Tue, 3 Nov 2009 01:54:00 GMT After posting an article in support of Rush Limbaugh, James L. Paris was suspended from Twitter two weeks http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/02/christian-twitter http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/02/christian-twitter contribute@thesop.org (SOP newswire2) Mon, 2 Nov 2009 22:20:00 GMT A discussion of Platonic Elements in St. Paul's dogma. Also, a definition of "hidden nihilism". http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/02/nihilism-and-its-cultural-implications-part-iii http://thesop.org/religion/2009/11/02/nihilism-and-its-cultural-implications-part-iii higgins888@hotmail.com (Sean Harrison Higgins)