by Nicholas Watt
Europe’s "Christian values" should be enshrined in a new version of the EU constitution, the German chancellor declared yesterday after meeting the Pope.
In remarks which will reopen the debate on religion in the EU, Angela Merkel threw her weight behind Pope Benedict’s campaign to recognise Europe’s Christian heritage. "We spoke about freedom of religion," she said after talks at the Pope’s summer residence near Rome. "We spoke about the role of Europe and I emphasised (…)
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Merkel backs more Christian EU constitution
30 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
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Lebanon : US rabbis urge change in IDF war code
26 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
6 commentsUS rabbis urge change in IDF war code
BY MATTHEW WAGNER
08/21/06 "Jerusalem Post" — — The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) has called on Israel to reevaluate its military rules of war in light of Hizbullah’s "unconscionable use of civilians, hospitals, ambulances, mosques and the like as human shields, cannon fodder and weapons of asymmetric warfare."
The RCA made the statement at the end of a three-day solidarity mission last week in conjunction with Emunah, the modern Orthodox (…) -
Why Do We Hate Them?
18 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
24 commentsFear and Loathing in the Occident
By Jason Miller
Islamophobia is a mental and spiritual affliction. And our Western ruling elites bear the responsibility for inflicting it upon the psyches of the masses.
Now that the Stalinist/Maoist regimes have collapsed or evolved toward capitalism and no fascist states with imperial ambitions exist (besides the United States and its few allies), the American Empire needed to find a new "enemy" to replace Stalinists and Nazis. Much of the soft (…) -
US evangelist leads the millions seeking a battle with Islam
14 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsBy Alec Russell in Washington
Anyone who wants to understand why Israel has such unwavering support from the United States should speak to one man.
Fiery television evangelist Pastor John Hagee has emerged as the rallying voice for thousands of American Christians who believe Israel is doing God’s work in a "war of good versus evil".
When he strode on to a stage in Washington last month, he was cheered to the rafters by 3,500 prominent evangelicals - as well as by Israel’s ambassador (…) -
Largest US Church Accuses Bush of Being Behind 9/11 Attacks
10 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsLargest US Church Accuses President Bush of Being Behind 9/11 Attacks as US Military Leaders Seek Protection from War Crimes
August 11, 2006 By: Sorcha Faal, and as reported to her Russian Subscribers
As the current Middle Eastern war threatens to engulf the entire World in Total War an escalating series of events in the United States are threatening to bring about the downfall of their Military Leaders.
In this past week, the Commissioner, Former Governor Tom Kean, tasked by the (…) -
Robertson’s Latest Crusade
10 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
2 commentsby Ari Berman
The Holy Land got just what it needed this week. A visit from Pat Robertson.
The founder of the Christian Coalition arrived in Israel on Wednesday for a three day show of solidarity. He prayed for a victory in Lebanon with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert. He broadcast the 700 Club from a hotspot on the Israeli-Lebanon border.
Robertson has not always been so well-received in the Land of Milk and Honey. Last January he suggested that former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel (…) -
Presbyterian Church publishes 9/11 conspiracy theory
10 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
4 commentsPresbyterian Church publishes 9/11 conspiracy theory Malaysia Sun Tuesday 8th August, 2006
The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)’s publishing arm has released a book that says President Bush organized New York’s Sept. 11 attacks.
The decision by the 160-year-old Westminster John Knox Press, the trade and academic publishing imprint of the Presbyterian Publishing Corp., to attribute the attacks on the World Trade Center brings into the U.S. religious mainstream a conspiracy theory long (…) -
Can You Say Hidden Agenda?
8 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
1 commentThe Discovery Institute’s True Raison d’être and Why We Need to Be Deeply Concerned
by Jason Miller
"In 1998, members of a Seattle nonprofit think tank drafted a secret five-year plan with an ambitious goal: to "defeat scientific materialism" and "replace materialistic explanations with the theistic understanding that nature and human beings are created by God."
Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based think tank which champions socially conservative causes, has become heavily invested in (…) -
THE DESIRED PEACE
6 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
THE DESIRED PEACE
Lecture, given by the Beinsa Douno, August 28, 1938, Sofia, Izgrev
Nowadays, more than any other time, the contemporary world needs peace. Why? Peace has provided conditions for the greatest acquisitions of culture and the fifth human race is on its way to assure it.
Nowadays, more than any other time, there are reasonable people who have come to the awareness that the first condition for the normal development of humanity is peace. That is why, today, all conscious (…) -
Abortion under siege in Mississippi
6 August 2006 par (Open-Publishing)
Preaching that abortion is as evil as Islam, Nazism and homosexuality, dozens of activists have descended on Jackson, determined to shut down the state’s last abortion clinic.
By Michelle Goldberg
Aug. 01, 2006 | Flip Benham was going to burn a Koran at Mississippi’s state Capitol on July 18 but he couldn’t get a fire permit. The blaze was to be the culmination of an antiabortion rally that Benham, director of Operation Save America, billed as an "ecclesiastical court." His attack on (…)