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For an understanding of who I am, please see the "About Me" page. Needless to say, I am a practicing Christian in a mainstream Protestant denomination, who is tired of the exclusive rights the Western Church holds on God. The great Cathedrals of Europe and the Churches of America are emptying because of the lack of inclusion and understanding found in the modern practice of Christianity.
“...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.” Jorge Luis Borges
“Come unto me all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.” Matt 11.28, Yeshua Ben Jose.
Curate outrages congregation by telling women to 'be silent and submit to your husbands'
Newsline - The Daily Mail Feb. 12, 2010
With Valentine’s Day approaching, parishioners might have expected a more heartwarming message. Instead, they got a sermon urging women to ‘submit’ to their husbands.
The apparent lack of obedience of ‘modern women’ was blamed for the high divorce rate. In a sermon entitled ‘Marriage and women’ last Sunday, curate Mark Oden, told the congregation at St Nicholas Church in Sevenoaks, Kent: ‘We know marriage is not working.
‘We only need to look at figures – one in four children have divorced parents. Wives, submit to your own husbands.’
Can You Buy Your Way to Better Spiritual Health?
Newsline - Billshrink.com Feb. 5, 2010
While you may not be able to take money into the afterlife, these religions let you put it to good work while you’re still around. Always conscious of your bottom line, BillShrink has put together a list of the world’s most expensive religions, in rough order of what it would cost a truly devout believer to attain salvation, enlightenment, heaven, inner peace, etc. Remember, just like your cell phone bill, your religious health can come with hidden fees. (Disclaimer: No offense to adherents is intended; we merely hope to point out for those undecided spiritual seekers that not all religions come with equal price tags.)
Links to Spirituality Found in the Brain
Newsline - Yahoo! News Feb. 11, 2010
Scientists have identified areas of the brain that, when damaged, lead to greater spirituality. The findings hint at the roots of spiritual and religious attitudes, the researchers say.
The study, published in the Feb. 11 issue of the journal Neuron, involves a personality trait called self-transcendence, which is a somewhat vague measure of spiritual feeling, thinking, and behaviors. Self-transcendence "reflects a decreased sense of self and an ability to identify one's self as an integral part of the universe as a whole," the researchers explain.
Airport body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslims say
Newsline - Metro Detroit, Feb. 11, 2010
Saying that body scanners violate Islamic law, Muslim-American groups are supporting a “fatwa” – a religious ruling – that forbids Muslims from going through the scanners at airports.
The Fiqh Council of North America – a body of Islamic scholars that includes some from Michigan – issued a fatwa this week that says going through the airport scanners would violate Islamic rules on modesty.
Christians Desecrate Wiccan Religious Site at Air Force Academy
Newsline - Los Angeles Times, Feb 3, 2010.
Reporting from Denver - The Air Force Academy, stung several years ago by accusations of Christian bias, has built a new outdoor worship area for pagans and other practitioners of Earth-based religions.
But its opening, heralded as a sign of a more tolerant religious climate at the academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., was marred by the discovery two weeks ago of a large wooden cross placed there.