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'Passion' shakes North Jersey clergy to the core Sunday, February 29, 2004 By JOHN CHADWICK and BRIAN KLADKOSTAFF WRITERS One Catholic priest in Morris County was so appalled by Mel Gibson's "The Passion of The Christ'' that he described the film as "religious barbarism.''But a Protestant minister in Harrington Park was so moved that afterward he drove to a park, where he prayed and sat silently for almost an hour.Meanwhile, a rabbi from River Edge said the movie could bring Jews and Christians closer, despite the film's insistence that it was the Jews who pushed for the execution of...

Gibson's controversial film coincides closely with ancient Jewish writings. According to those who have seen a rough cut, Gibson's film depicts the death of Christ as occurring at the hands of the Romans but at the instigation of Jewish leaders, the priests of the Jerusalem Temple. The Anti-Defamation League charges that this recklessly stirs anti-Jewish hatred and demands that the film be edited to eliminate any suggestion of Jewish deicide.

PRO-LIFE CHALLENGEBiomedical Ethics The Radical Depth and Scope of the Cloning Agenda By Wesley J. Smith Ever since embryonic stem cells were first extracted from human embryos in 1998, biotechnologists, abetted by a compliant media, have promised they would soon lead to miraculous medical cures for degenerative diseases such as Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. First, we were told, all that would be needed were stem cell lines extracted from "surplus" embryos "left over" from in vitro fertilization procedures, a procedure that destroys the embryo. Then, when fears were raised about auto-immune tissue rejection, we were told that what we really...

PRO-LIFE CHALLENGE Federal Legislation Key Facts on the Unborn Victims of Violence Act (S. 1019, H.R. 1997)Published by the National Right to Life CommitteeUpdated January 5, 2004For more information on unborn victims of violence (or "fetal homicide" laws), visit the NRLC website at http://www.nrlc.org/Unborn_victims/index.html.* The Unborn Victims of Violence Act (also known as "Laci and Conner's Law") is a proposed federal law currently under consideration in Congress. This bill, which is supported by President Bush, is sponsored in the Senate by Senator Mike DeWine (R-Ohio) (S. 1019), and in the House of Representatives by Congresswoman Melissa Hart (R-Pa.) (H.R. 1997)....

Liberty Counsel Announces The First National “Day Of Purity”,A Day For Students To Promote Purity In Mind And ActionsORLANDO, FL – Liberty Counsel is pleased to announce a new national project called “The Day of Purity.” On February 13, 2004 those students across the country who strive for sexual purity will have an opportunity to let their voices be heard in opposition to a culture of moral decline. They will be encouraged to distribute flyers explaining the Day of Purity, to sponsor “pure” alternative activities for Valentine’s Day and to wear specially designed t-shirts proclaiming the message of Purity...

TRENTON RALLY FOR LIFE 2004 NEW JERSEY RIGHT TO LIFE INVITES YOU TO JOIN US THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 2004 Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade U.S. Supreme Court Decision STATE HOUSE STEPS, NJ CAPITOL STATE STREET, TRENTON, NJ 11:00 A.M. TO 1:00 P.M. For more information: (908) 276-6620 or mtasy@njrtl.org DRIVING DIRECTIONS From the East: Take 195 west to Route 29 north (toward Lambertville). Exit right at Memorial Drive. Follow signs for the Capitol Complex and proceed through the light at the end of the ramp. After the light, make a sharp first right and proceed making a semi-circle...

Apology to Muslims and censure of Boykin: Resolution H. Res. 419, introduced by Rep. John Conyers Please write your congressional representative about Resolution H. Res. 419, introduced by Representative John Conyers (D-MI). Click here for the Congress.org link. The language concerning “religiously intolerant remarks” amounts to censorship of Christian, as well as other beliefs. The resolution is a knee-jerk reaction to Lieutenant General William “Jerry” Boykin’s exercise of Free Speech and Freedom of Religion in his own church. Proposing such a bill is the worst kid of appeasement to a group that is aggressively intolerant to non-Muslims around the...

Is this where Jesus bathed? A shopkeeper running a small souvenir business in Nazareth has made a sensational discovery that could dramatically rewrite the history of Christianity. Jonathan Cook reports Wednesday October 22, 2003 The Guardian (UK) Elias Shama's small souvenir shop in Nazareth, the town of Jesus's childhood, barely catches the eye. Tourists usually pass by it on their way to the neighbouring Mary's Well church, claimed by the Greek Orthodox church as the site where the Archangel Gabriel revealed to Mary that she was carrying the son of God. Before the Palestinian intifada erupted three years ago, the...

<p>PLANO, Texas -- Soon after its decision in Lawrence on private sexual acts between consenting adults of the same gender, the Supreme Court this week decided that next year its bucketful of gasoline for the eternal flames of America's "culture wars" will be to decide the constitutionality of "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance.</p>

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It’s 4:46am September 6. Its a little more than 100 hours from the Second Anniversary of Start the World Trade Center Attack and the subsequent Strike on the Pentagon and the Crash in Pennsylvania. 100 hours seems to be a long time; however, it is barely enough to reflect and remember all those who perished on the ground and in the air. Each one of the victims has a story, a life, that if retold would take more than 100 hours to appreciate the richness of their stay on this earth before it was snatched away. Since 911, there...

Disabled Woman Would Cry 'Help Me,' Caregivers Claim By Jeff Johnson CNSNews.com Congressional Bureau Chief September 03, 2003 (Editor's note: This report contains quoted language and descriptions of alleged multiple instances of denied medical care that some readers may find offensive.) (CNSNews.com) - A federal judge Tuesday refused to stop a Florida court from ordering the removal of a disabled woman's feeding tube at the request of her husband. However, the judge gave the woman's parents ten days to amend their lawsuit against the husband, the hospital caring for the woman and the hospice where she is being kept in...

Judge: Public school teacher can lead Bible club meetings Associated Press SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - When the Good News Club starts its meetings later this month, Barbara Wigg plans to help out. Wigg, a teacher at Laura B. Anderson Elementary School in Sioux Falls, can teach the after-school Bible class - at least until a court appeal is decided. This summer, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol ruled Wigg should be able to participate in the Good News Club but that the Sioux Falls School District can prevent her from doing so in her own school. Piersol said it is...

Bible given fashion makeover to lure teen girls Alexandra Alter, Religion News Service Published August 30, 2003 REVO30 Where are teenage girls turning for advice about fashion, dating and getting along with their parents? Would you believe, the New Testament? After years of trying to sell Bibles to one of the nation's savviest and most cynical consumer groups, Bible publishers at Thomas Nelson have developed a new way to snare adolescents' interest: turning the sacred book into a magazine. "Revolve," the new Bible for girls between the ages of 12 and 17, offers the complete New Testament in a...

This is a WorldNetDaily printer-friendly version of the article which follows. To view this item online, visit http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34265 Tuesday, August 26, 2003 FAITH UNDER FIREChina continues house church crackdown3 remain in custody after raid on Sunday worship meeting Posted: August 26, 20031:00 a.m. Eastern © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com Three Christians arrested at a house-church meeting in China have been released by authorities, but another three remain in custody. The arrests – July 13 during a 4 a.m. police raid in Xiaoshan City – were part of a continuing government campaign called "Strike Hard," aimed at cracking down on unauthorized religious groups. Xu...

Kenyan Bishop attacked for opposing US homosexual appointment By Dennis Lumiti A Kenyan Anglican Bishop was yesterday morning attacked in a London street by two Church of England colleagues for opposing the appointment of a homosexual bishop by the US Episcopal Church. The British clerics accused the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK) of taking an uncompromising stand over the controversial appointment of Rev Gene Robinson as bishop of New Hampshire. The two confronted Bishop Simon Oketch in London where he is attending an international seminar dubbed: "New Wine Conference". The confrontation began with a heated argument over the appointment of...

Some things change, and some things don't. In the summer of 1963, a friend of mine -- she was just 11 at the time -- drove with her family to visit her sister, who had married and moved away to Birmingham, Ala. Stopping for gas in a small Alabama town on a Sunday morning, her father asked where they could find the local Catholic church. The attendant just shrugged and said, "We don't have any of them here." The family finished gassing up, pulled out of the station -- and less than two blocks away, they passed the local Catholic...

Our little 13 month old daughter, one of a set of twins, has been diagnosed with something called Angelman Syndrome, a genetic disorder that leads to varying degrees of mental retardation accompanied by lack of speech and poor motor coordination. I know there are many Godly believers on this site; I am a born-again Christian. Please help me lift my little girl into the Lord's presence and healing hands.

DEVELOPMENTS - BOOKPROOFS 05/12/03 – 10:03 AMDEVELOPMENTS IN THE LAWTHE LAW OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY"Great families of yesterday we show,And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who."DANIEL DEFOE, THE TRUE-BORN ENGLISHMANpt. 1, l. 374 (1701)."[G]roups that have historically been the target of discrimination cannote expected to wait patiently for the protection of their human dignity and equal rights while governments move toward reform one stepat a time."Vriend v. Alberta, [1998] 1 S.C.R. 493, 559 (Can.) (Iacobucci, J.)."The possibility of divorce renders both marriage partners stricter in their observance of the duties they owe to each other."DENIS DIDEROT, Observations on...

A federal district court judge in Pittsburgh ruled yesterday an educational agency that suspended an employee from her job for wearing a cross pendant violated the woman's constitutional rights in doing so. The American Center for Law and Justice, or ACLJ, the public-interest law firm that filed suit on behalf of the teacher's aide, said the action represents a victory for the First Amendment. "We're delighted that the court acted to protect the constitutional rights of our client," said Vincent McCarthy, Senior Counsel of ACLJ, in a statement. "By granting our motion for a preliminary injunction, the court realized that...