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 Elderly Mexican Man Accused Of 'Witch' Killing Author: CNN Source: CNN Title: ELDERLY MEXICAN MAN ACCUSED OF 'WITCH' KILLING Mexican authorities have arrested a 78-year-old man on charges he killed a woman he believed was a witch who had put a spell on him. Santiago Iniguez Olivares is accused of bludgeoning Modesta Navarro Nieves and her husband at their home in the mountainous Guadalupe del Cobre community in April 1998, the Michoacan state attorney general's office said Thursday. The husband survived. This is second case in 18 months involving the slaying of someone accused of witchcraft. | |
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Regardless Of Religion, Radicalism Is Wrong (Opinion) Author: Sarah Zeeck Source: Western Courier (Western Illinois Univ.) Title: REGARDLESS OF RELIGION, RADICALISM IS WRONG The Westboro Baptist Chuch is at it again. According to the Huffington Post, the organization has recently been holding protests at Jewish temples and Washington D.C. area schools - including Sidwell Friends, the school President Barack Obama's daughters attend. Westboro Baptist Church's Web site refers to Obama as a "murderous bastard" and his daughters as "satanic spawn." It is angering that these people are so self-righteous that they think anyone honestly cares about what they're preaching on their soapbox pulpits. For years, this so-called "church" has been preaching to those it hates - those in service, homosexuals, adulterers and a long list of other "sinners." This time, they have taken their practices a gigantic leap too far. | |
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Will Followers Still Obey Evangelist From Prison? Author: Jon Gambrell, AP Source: Google Title: WILL FOLLOWERS STILL OBEY EVANGELIST FROM PRISON? Evangelist Tony Alamo controlled his followers from behind bars for years when he was in prison for tax evasion. Even as he awaited trial on child-sex charges over the past year, he had sufficient power to warn a young follower who questioned an order not to cross him. "Just because I'm in jail, you'll find out that I'm still in charge. OK, kid? You understand?" Alamo chillingly told the girl, whose scared voice crackled across the recording played at his trial. Now, with Alamo set to spend the rest of his life in prison, the question becomes whether his 200-odd followers will again obey his demands after the charismatic, apocalyptic preacher is led out of court in handcuffs. The aging preacher, 75, faces up to a 175-year sentence from U.S. District Judge Harry F. Barnes when he returns to a Texarkana, Ark., federal courtroom on Friday. A jury convicted him in July of 10 counts of taking underage girls as young as 8 across state lines for sex. | |
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Did Tolerance Go Too Far? Author: Tom Levinson (Blog) Source: Chicago Tribune (IL) Title: DID TOLERANCE GO TOO FAR? A week after the horrific carnage at Fort Hood, as victims are mourned and investigations proceed, it's worth noting that there may be no American institution as capable of processing this sort of trauma as the Army. Certainly, members of the military are, in their active service in Iraq and Afghanistan, routinely exposed to terrifying bursts of violence, and their training stresses preparation and resilience. But there's something more, and it has to do with the Army's religious inclusiveness. You're probably thinking, the Army? Really? Yes. Really. At a time when the public is questioning the military's ability to process the pain and suffering of those who serve, it's important to shine a spotlight on how seriously the military takes its support of the souls of those who serve. Indeed, over the past several decades, as the diversity of its troops has soared -- a recent Department of Defense report counts 101 faiths for active-duty personnel -- the Army has committed itself institutionally to providing those troops with a jaw-dropping level of spiritual support. Consider this footnote from 1999, when religion and Fort Hood occupied, for a brief time, a very small sliver of the national spotlight. Two years earlier, in 1997, in response to requests from enlisted soldiers at Fort Hood, Army brass approved the military's first Wiccan group. | |
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McMaster: Yes We Can Pray To Jesus Author: Adam Fogle Source: Palmetto Scoop Title: MCMASTER: YES WE CAN PRAY TO JESUS South Carolina Attorney General Henry McMaster has released another web video in his campaign to become the state’s next governor. And this time, on the heals of a controversial federal court ruling, McMaster is talking about freedom of religion. “In Great Falls, we had a Wiccan witch, a Wiccan high priestess, who brought a lawsuit…the ACLU brought a lawsuit for her because they were opening the meeting at Great Falls – the Town Council – with a prayer, which typically included Jesus, a prayer to Jesus. And they said that was unconstitutional,” McMaster says in the video. Additional Article Link: [Click HERE] | |
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Forum: Prayer In Governmental Meetings Author: Harry C. Dorman Jr. Source: Traverse City Record-Eagle (MI) Title: FORUM: PRAYER IN GOVERNMENTAL MEETINGS The question of prayer in Grand Traverse County Board meetings has been raised based on an objection by an individual of minor faith, concerned by the commission's ongoing sectarian prayer invocation that clearly aligns with a predominant mainstream religion. While it appears there's no negative intent on the board's part, its long-standing meeting invocation may be in violation of the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution, which precludes the indentifying of a specific faith, or deity such as Buddha, Jesus or Allah, etc. This scenario isn't a localized phenomena by any stretch as hundreds of governmental bodies throughout the land most likely commit the same missstep primarily through not knowing the legal guidelines pertaining to prayer in governmental meetings. | |
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Most People Believe Friday the 13th Is Unlucky Author: John Blankenship Source: Register-Herald (WV) Title: MOST PEOPLE BELIEVE FRIDAY THE 13TH IS UNLUCKY It’s the unluckiest of days. People fear Friday the 13th for a variety of reasons, some logical and some illogical. But the fact remains: Most people believe the day is unlucky, if for no other reason than for its own sake. Some say the apprehension stems from two separate fears — the fear of the number 13 and the fear of Fridays. Both fears have deep roots in Western culture, most notably Christian theology. | |
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