http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/religion-chat/ en-us Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:26:21 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419441/posts Have we remembered that one of the ways of leveling the whole situation is forgiving the enemy? Jesus admonished His children: “Pray for those who persecute you, despitefully use you.” Jesus followed through with His own counsel: “Father, forgive them for they do not know what they are doing.” ZenithMax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419441/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 13:26:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419324/posts Wonders of the World: Chartres Cathedral, France 01 Jan 2010 [See Video Clip] The UNESCO World Heritage Site of Chartres is a French gothic masterpiece, writes Emily Craig. The 13th century Chartres Cathedral, the largest cathedral in France, is one of the finest examples of French high Gothic art. Several cathedrals stood on this site from the 10th century onwards, but the building we see today was completed in 1260. It includes several architectural inventions pioneered at Chartres, such as flying buttresses. The cathedral is surmounted by a pair of spires, one Gothic in style, the other an example of... Telegraph(UK) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419324/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 03:36:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419298/posts America does not want a state church. England has a state church — the Anglican Church. America does not want one denomination considered The Nation’s Church. On the other hand, America has a religious heritage. It’s not Muslim. It’s not Hindu. It’s not Shinto. It’s not animism. It’s not New Age. It’s not Paganism. It’s not Voodoo. It’s Judeo-Christian. Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419298/posts#comment Sat, 2 Jan 2010 02:25:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419102/posts Harold Camping lets out a hearty chuckle when he considers the people who believe the world will end in 2012. "That date has not one stitch of biblical authority," Camping says from the Oakland office where he runs Family Radio, an evangelical station that reaches listeners around the world. "It's like a fairy tale." The real date for the end of times, he says, is in 2011. The Mayans and the recent Hollywood movie "2012" have put the apocalypse in the popular mind this year, but Camping has been at this business for a long time. And while Armageddon is... San Francisco Chronicle http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419102/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 20:01:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419024/posts Humanity needed a profound cultural renewal, the Pope said. "Our present crises – be they economic, food-related, environmental or social – are ultimately also moral crises, and all of them are interrelated. They require us to rethink the path which we are travelling together. "Specifically, they call for a lifestyle marked by sobriety and solidarity, with new rules and forms of engagement, one which focuses confidently and courageously on strategies that actually work, while decisively rejecting those that have failed." London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2419024/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 17:35:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418988/posts A friend said to me the other day: “If you want to make God laugh, tell Him your plans.” Allvoices http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418988/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 16:28:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418816/posts Are We Lumberjacks http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418816/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 05:12:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418779/posts As 2010 approaches and materializes, a new decade begins. This once-every-ten-years benchmark presents a great opportunity to not only launch a new direction for the coming year but also for the whole new decade as well. The direction we would like our lives to take and the pathway we are preparing are going to be largely determined by the composition of the matter we journey over as well as the faith we will need to live by over the next 120 months. Faith is the DNA ingredient that Christians possess and is therefore a powerful transformative force for good in... The Examiner http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418779/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 03:25:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418705/posts You probably don’t need a long synopsis of James Cameron’s half-billion-dollar epic Avatar, in part because even if you haven’t seen it, you’ve seen it. As many reviewers have noted, Cameron rips off Hollywood clichés to the point you could cut and paste dialogue from Pocahontas or Dances with Wolves into Avatar without appreciably changing the story. National Review http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418705/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:33:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418697/posts “Grant, I wonder if you are a football fan? Just because, if so, I hope you're demanding to the team ownership that the whole team should be put to death immediately. After all, a literal reading of the Bible does tell us that anyone who works on Sunday should be killed, right? And you've apparently linked belief in Christ with blindly following everything in the Bible.” TruthInConviction http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418697/posts#comment Fri, 1 Jan 2010 00:16:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418441/posts Because Obama is a surrendered Muslim, he knows the cult’s teaching that lying is a must to further Islam World Rule. Therefore, lying occasionally is not his option. It is a spiritual ritual honored by the Koran’s Allah. Obama lies with a straight face. He lies promptly. He lies on delay. He lies from the Christian pulpit. He lies whenever convenient. This is the first time that America has had an Islamic disciple sitting in the Oval Office. That man is not aligned with the US Constitution. He is a man of the Koran, regarding it as holy writ. faithfreedom.org http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418441/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 17:11:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418304/posts How YOU… my fellow Americans, With CHILDREN… AREN’T IN THE STREETS… I have no idea. YOUR CHILDREN are being intentionally Perverted, by the School that you Trust. The United States Government has decided (long ago) that YOUR CHILD needs to know of EVERY Perverse Act available to Humans. And they’re GOING TO TEACH IT TO THEM… Whether YOU like it or NOT. I had a lengthy rant spooled-up for this Newsletter, but I think I’ll just let the facts TEACH YOU What’s Happening to YOUR KIDS. Will you protect your OWN CHILDREN? STAND UP!!! http://areyouawakeyet.ning.com/forum/topics/my-newsletter-final-2009-the http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418304/posts#comment Thu, 31 Dec 2009 13:49:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418005/posts A controversial priest who advised needy people to shoplift in certain circumstances has been drenched with a bucket of spaghetti and ravioli in a protest. Father Tim Jones, parish priest of St Lawrence and St Hilda in York, said in a sermon that stealing from large national chains was sometimes the best option many vulnerable people had. He was criticised by the police and branded "misguided and foolish" by former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey. He was approached by a man who threw a bucket of spaghetti and ravioli at him as he left the church last Sunday after completing... UK Press Association http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2418005/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:59:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417759/posts “A charismatic leader can seize the opportunity and project himself as an agent of change and a revolutionary leader. Often, people, tired of the status quo, do not have the patience to examine the nature of the proposed change. All they want is change. “During 1979, when the Iranians were tired of the dictatorial regime of the late Shah, they embraced Khomeini, not because they wanted Islam, but because he promised them change. The word in the street was, ‘anything is better than the Shah.’ They found their error when it was too late.” Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417759/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:50:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417637/posts Mike Hermanstorfer's wife, Tracy, went into cardiac arrest and stopped breathing during labor on Thursday, said Dr. Stephanie Martin, a maternal fetal medicine specialist at Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, where the Hermanstorfers had gone for the birth of their son. "She had no signs of life. No heartbeat, no blood pressure, she wasn't breathing," said Martin, who had rushed to Hermanstorfer's room to help. She said she cannot explain the mother's cardiac arrest or the recovery. "We did a thorough evaluation and can't find anything that explains why this happened," she said. "She literally stopped breathing and her heart... Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2417637/posts#comment Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:14:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416964/posts I met villagers who greeted me with “Merry Christmas.” It was actually “Merry Christmas” and not “Happy Holidays.” Even in the stores, when I finished with my purchase, I noted clerks pausing. Were they told to say only “Happy Holidays” or could they venture “Merry Christmas”? I beat them to the draw and cheerily gave forth with “Merry Christmas.” The clerks’ faces lit up and I got a “Merry Christmas” in return. With that, the matter was joyfully sealed with Christmas old-fashioned. Townhall http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416964/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:36:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416595/posts Here is the five minute message to Muslims celebrating Ramadan on August 20, 2009 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1R4KfYuDrvU Here is the message to Christians on Christmas 2009 Oh wait, sorry, there wasn't one. White House youtube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416595/posts#comment Tue, 29 Dec 2009 00:00:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416521/posts Here is video showing the bomb blast of a suicide bomb attack in Karachi, Pakistan during a parade marking one of the Shiites key holidays. At least twenty-five people were killed and dozens wounded...(Video) Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416521/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416049/posts We need our faith restored during this time of war and economic crisis. However, during the time of the first Christmas, circumstances were much bleaker. The Gift God gave humanity in the child born to Mary was the greatest gift of all, but HOW that Gift was given provides us with a much needed lesson on restored faith in such times. 422CHURCH.COM http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416049/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 03:25:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416011/posts A Strafford County woman with gastrointestinal anthrax is in critical condition in an out-of-state hospital. State health officials say the infection may have been caused by naturally occurring spores carried in African instruments used at a monthly drum circle at United Campus Ministry at the University of New Hampshire in Durham. The woman is the state's first confirmed case of anthrax infection in more than 50 years. The last cases occurred in 1957, when nine employees of Arms Textile Mill in Manchester were infected. Union Leader http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2416011/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:15:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415975/posts "Y Not The Shariah? Saturday, 26 December 2009 06:42 Al X" SNIPPET: "Salaam aleikum to the Muslims. This message comes from our brother in deen, Detroit Red, who lets the kuffar and the wuslims know what's wrong with them. In this one, he tells in simple and straightforward terms why the Shariah must be supreme and why wuslims and kuffar look stupid for trying to bash it. Click the image to see and hear." Last Updated on Saturday, 26 December 2009 08:26 REVOLUTION MUSLIM RevolutionMuslim.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415975/posts#comment Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:16:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415838/posts SAN DIEGO, -- A former Ku Klux Klan imperial wizard says he was ordained in San Diego so he could serve the nation's largest black denomination. Former Klan member Johnny Lee Clary said he was authorized by the Church of God in Christ to take part in the ministry of racial reconciliation and conduct evangelism campaigns, the Tulsa (Okla.) World reported Saturday. After joining the KKK Youth during his younger years, Clark went on to become the national spokesman for the White Knights of the KKK. Clary said after fellow white supremacist Dennis Mahon was connected to a 2004 bombing,... upi http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415838/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 18:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415654/posts Man who shot Pope John Paul II to be released, wants to be baptised by Pope Benedict Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot Pope John Paul II four times in St. Peter's Square on May 13, 1981, is eligible for release next month, January 2010. Agca was originally sentenced to life in prison for the shooting, but was pardoned in June 2000 by Italian president Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, with the Pope's blessings. Pope John Paul II had met with Agca in prison on Dec. 27, 1983 and forgave him. Agca spent 19 years and one month in the Italian prison. At... Examiner.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415654/posts#comment Sun, 27 Dec 2009 07:54:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415496/posts Our Culture, What’s Left Of It By: Jamie Glazov Frontpage Interview’s guest today is Dr. Theodore Dalrymple, a contributing editor to City Journal and the author of his new collection of essays Our Culture, What's Left of It: The Mandarins and the Masses. FP: Dr. Theodore Dalrymple, welcome to Frontpage Magazine. It is a pleasure to have you with us. I guess we can begin with your observations on the root causes of many of our social ills. You discuss how in your practise as a doctor you have confronted a growing pathology in our culture within which there is... FrontPageMagazine.com | Wednesday, August 31, 2005 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415496/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 23:05:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415411/posts In 1965, the Pulitzer Prize's three-member music jury voted unanimously to award Duke Ellington a special citation for his prodigious contributions to American music, an award unceremoniously rejected by the Pulitzer's 14-member advisory board. The 66-year-old Ellington handled the snub and resulting controversy with customary aplomb. "Fate is being kind to me," the Maestro said. "Fate doesn't want me to be famous too young." In truth, Ellington had his eye on loftier concerns. On Sept. 16 of that year, the Duke Ellington Orchestra premiered "A Concert of Sacred Music" at San Francisco's Grace Cathedral, the first of three Sacred Music... The Seattle Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2415411/posts#comment Sat, 26 Dec 2009 19:33:13 GMT