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Advertisements [ ? ] Tuesday, August 12, 2008 The Shock Doctrine and the SBC Joe Alain, pastor of Hebron Baptist Church in Denham Springs, Louisiana sent me a noteworthy comment regarding the use of "shock and awe" doctrines within the Southern Baptist Convention. Here's Alain's analysis: I am about half through a book that I think you would find ...

Advertisements [ ? ] Knoxville Relief Fund Stewardship and Development Department Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations July 29, 2008 Dear Friends, We are all deeply saddened by the news this weekend of the tragedy at the Tennessee Valley UU Church (TVUUC), which also affected members of the Westside Unitarian Universalist Fellowship. President ...

Wrong- Obama is the only one that worked as an "agitator" for the Alinsky group, Obama is the only one that references Alinsky politics and beliefs etc.. Chapter 4 (pp. 35-40) of After Alinsky Why Organize? Problems and Promise in the Inner City For three years Barack Obama was the director of Developing Communities Project, an institutionally based community organization on ...

One of the first mistakes the Obama campaign made after the Palin speech was to defend his "experience" as a "community organizer" as being equivalent to being a Mayor or Governor. As we will see, this is true only to the extent that Mayors and Governors like to stir up anger, bitterness, and the tactics of intimidation--even leading to violence. First of all, "Executive experience" and ...

I watched Sarah Palin’s speech and I could not help wondering, what in the heck is she doing belittling community organizers? Is she out of her freaking mind! Palin, exhibited callous, out of touch Republican sarcasm, by smacking down Americans. Is this what Palin and McCain mean by “Country First?” A country for the 1 percent. A country for people who own multiple houses. A country failing on ...

The message from the pulpit was "Wine, Water and Worship" — with no mention of the other "W," George W. Bush. At Eagle Brook Church, Minnesota's largest evangelical Christian congregation, there was zero talk of politics on the eve of the Republican National Convention. Church pastors politely declined an invitation to a GOP prayer breakfast this week. When prodded, many Eagle Brook ...

Clergy in crisis: Forget Father Ted... Ireland is running out of priests With precious few candidates for the priesthood and rapidly emptying pews, the Catholic Church is being forced to accept radical change. By David McKittrick The Independent Saturday, 30 August 2008 http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/cle rgy-in-crisis-forget-father-ted-ireland-is-running -...

According to Pat Robertson it was feminism!  Feminism is a socialist, anti-family, political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.   ~Pat Robertson   50,000 women abandoning church every year as Buffy the Vampire Slayer turns them on to witchcraft By Daily Mail Reporter Last ...

Two Studies related to Similar Concepts. Interesting that they both intereviewed exactly 2,000 people.: The article posted for the first study is a response from an Atheism-Informaton wesite. The second link I provided takes you to a regular news article about the study. The second posted article is written by those who carried out the study. Atheist Doctors more likely to ...

Theocratic Sect Prays for Real Armageddon Members of Joel's Army are fighting to bring about the millennial reign of Christ. http://www.alternet.org/s....rmageddon/ LAKELAND, Fla. -- Todd Bentley has a long night ahead of him, resurrecting the dead, healing the blind, and exploding cancerous tumors. Since April 3, the 32-year-old, heavily tattooed, body-pierced, shaved-...

Buffy the Vampire Slayer Inspires Women to Leave Churches Fox More than 50,000 women a year have deserted their congregations over the past two decades because they feel church is not relevant to their lives, according to a British academic study — and shows like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" have played a role in the exodus. The research, published in a new book called "Women and ...

More than 50,000 women a year have deserted their congregations over the past two decades because they feel church is not relevant to their lives, according to a British academic study — and shows like "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" have played a role in the exodus. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,410581,00.html