A commentary on that verse in my Koran states: “Compulsion is incompatible with religion because religion depends upon faith and will and these would be meaningless if induced by force.”
Yet that is exactly what Boko Haram did after capturing the school of girls – forcing them to be Muslims. Secondly, their school was destroyed.
Read more“For the good of the Catholic faithful and all people, the church provides clear teaching concerning satanic worship,” the archdiocese said in a statement. “This activity separates people from God and the human community, it is contrary to charity and goodness, and it places the participants dangerously close to destructive works of evil.”
Read moreThe forces behind the religious shift among Latinos reflect a globally dynamic religious marketplace. Americans in general are switching faiths at nearly the same rate, and the Pew survey shows that among foreign-born Latinos who changed, half did so before they came to the United States. Rapid urbanization and evangelical Protestant outreach in Latin America have pulled people away from Catholicism there.
Read moreA town employee called the churches listed in a local directory, all Christian. From 1999 to 2007 no prayers were offered by non-Christians. And some spoke in “a distinctly Christian idiom,” Kennedy said: Before Easter one prayed, “It is in the solemn events of next week that we find the very heart and center of our Christian faith. We acknowledge the saving sacrifice of Jesus Christ on the cross.”
Read moreThe Bible interprets the truth of events, institutions, and beliefs by locating them in a narrative account of reality, with a plot reaching from the beginning of all things to their final resolution. Because this story is universally encompassing, if it is true it is necessarily true, and so can provide the final warrants and guarantees for particular truth claims.
Read moreThe Court ruled that the practice did not, in fact, violate the Constitution. Furthermore, the Court’s decision included a clear refutation of the very concept of a “nonsectarian prayer” to a “generic God.” As the Court’s syllabus stated:
Read moreToday, Gasper posted a notice to her blog saying, “Please keep the abusive messages, foul language, and death threats coming in. They are all being put into a file of evidence about the psychological profile of LGBT people.”
“None of the commenters who have joined in the press hysteria about me have succeeded in finding one error in anything that I have written. Could it be that the truth offends them?” she asked.
Read moreWhy? Three-fifths of congregations have forced a pastor to leave and 70% of clergy report a continuing struggle with depression.
A female pastor can be seen in the film’s trailer, asserting, “There is no better place for evil to hang out than in the church.”
However, the evil of “clergy killers” is unknown to most parishioners. As one knowledgeable expert put it, “Most people do not have a clue that this is going on.”
Read more“Just because politicians in Westminster have ridden roughshod over the opinions of hundreds of thousands of ordinary citizens and redefined marriage, doesn’t mean Northern Ireland needs to follow suit”.
Legislation
The private member’s motion in support of same-sex marriage was tabled by six MLAs from the Alliance, Sinn Fein and the Green parties, and called on the Minister of Finance and Personnel to introduce gay marriage legislation.
Read moreThis church is destroyed by people claiming to act in the name of Jesus.
Before we get to those four steps we need to see one critical piece of information: this church self-destructs. The church is not closed down through government persecution; it is not afflicted by cultural pressure and does not succumb to the attacks of another religion. This church is eroded from the inside, from within the membership. This church is destroyed by people claiming to act in the name of Jesus.
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