Category: 8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
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Pope to Condi Rice: 'Suck It'
Everybody’s favorite Nazi-pope told everybody’s favorite frustrated pianist: Pope Benedict XVI refused a meeting request from Condoleezza Rice to meet this past August and discuss issues pertaining to Iraq and the Middle East in general. The first reason is that back in March 2003 — just before the Iraq war began — Rice met with […]
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Hillary Clinton's Prayer Group
From Mother Jones: Clinton’s prayer group was part of the Fellowship (or “the Family”), a network of sex-segregated cells of political, business, and military leaders dedicated to “spiritual war” on behalf of Christ, many of them recruited at the Fellowship’s only public event, the annual National Prayer Breakfast. (Aside from the breakfast, the group has […]
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Chris Hitchens Tours God's Country
Everybody’s favorite gin-soaked Trotskyist has toured the US south as part of his book tour for his polemic, God Is Not Great: [Marvin Olasky] tells the audience that his record as a married man improved after he became a Christian. I’m ready to believe it. He also mentions many nice people who do good things […]
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Hundreds of Nashville Fugitives Turn Themselves in at Baptist Church
And escape going to jail: In four days, hundreds turned themselves in for a chance to clean their slates without going to jail. The program wrapped up at Galilee Missionary Baptist Church Saturday evening, and before the last cases were wrapped up, the program was considered a major success. About 500 fugitives turned themselves in […]
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Jesus Camp on Google Video
When I saw this documentary about a children’s Christian summer camp my final thought was: This is where the next 9/11 will come from. Jesus Camp is now closed by the way.
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Pope Cites Christian Conquerors of North America as Welcomed
What? Were they greeted as liberators? In a speech to Latin American and Caribbean bishops at the end of a visit to Brazil, the Pope said the Church had not imposed itself on the indigenous peoples of the Americas. They had welcomed the arrival of European priests at the time of the conquest as they […]