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Are you Open-minded?
by adamah ingotta love these videos by qualiasoup:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t69touqaqxi.
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"Youth Indoctrination" (Atheist Experience show #832)
by adamah inthe 'atheist experience' cable tv show had an excellent segment today on religious indoctrination of young people, presented by the ever-smiling tracie harris; it's worth a look, with great advice, and it rings true to jw methods of raising children to a tee:.
http://blip.tv/the-atheist-experience-tv-show/atheist-experience-832-indoctrination-6645496.
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Batkid saves the city of San Francisco! Make a Wish Foundation
by adamah inhere's a heart-warming story that really puts our problems into proper perspective, in which the city of san francisco lets a 5 yr old with leukemia (treated, and now in remission) live out his dream:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gagc8lgq4o.
this is happening today (friday), and video will be posted of him 'saving the city' later.. here's the web-page showing mile's planned day:.
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Video: Is your religion like an abusive lover?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szeqb29z6au.
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Pew Research Center: only 32% of American Jews think of Judaism as their religion
by adamah inas the title says, in a newly-released pew research center survey of american jews, only 32% of american jews think of judaism as their religion.
fifty years ago, the figure was close to 70%.. one-in-five jews (22%) now describe themselves as having no religion.. the pew study also found that 71% of younger jews are "marrying out", whereas before 1970, the number of jews who'd marry a non-jew was 17%.. .
possibly of more interests to ex-jws (where jws are notorious wanna-be jews): twice as many white evangelical protestants as jews say that israel was given to the jewish people by god (82% vs. 40%).. adam.
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AP News article: Speaking in tongues is DOWN amongst Pentecostals?
by adamah inspeaking in tongues is down amongst pentecostals?.
http://abcnews.go.com/health/wirestory/messages-tongues-pentecostals-20126103?singlepage=true.
messages in tongues down among pentecostalslos angeles august 31, 2013 (ap)by sarah parvini associated press at three crosses church, pastor ken walters urges his parishioners to join him in song and scripture.
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ALL FAITHFUL are gare-run-teed (sic) to pass!
by adamah inso, let's say you accept jesus as your personal savior, and even prayed to god for the gift of faith, needed to obtain salvation.. but per 1 cor 10:13:.
"no temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind.
and god is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear.
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NY Times article: Defrocking of Methodist Minister Widens Split Over Gays
by adamah ininteresting article today over the growing schism within the methodist church due to ministers officiating gay marriages:.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/us/methodist-pastor-defrocked-over-gay-marriage-service.html?_r=0.
defrocking of minister widens split over gaysby laurie goodsteinpublished: december 19, 2013the rev.
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NY Times article: Catholic Church sued over anti-abortion policies in their hospitals
by adamah ininteresting article in ny times today about aclu suing bishops over mixing religious doctrines into medicine:.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/03/us/lawsuit-challenges-anti-abortion-policies-at-catholic-hospitals.html.
bishops sued over policies on abortion at hospitalsby erik eckholmpublished: december 2, 2013the american civil liberties union announced on monday that it had filed a lawsuit against the nations roman catholic bishops, arguing that their anti- abortion directives to catholic hospitals hamper proper care of pregnant women in medical distress, leading to medical negligence.. the suit was filed in federal court in michigan on friday on behalf of a woman who says she did not receive accurate information or care at a catholic hospital there, exposing her to dangerous infections after her water broke at 18 weeks of pregnancy .. in an unusual step, she is not suing the hospital, mercy health partners in muskegon, but rather the united states conference of catholic bishops.
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New Blog post: What Did O.J. Simpson's Legal Defense Team and the Yahwist Have In Common?
by adamah ini just wrote a new article on my blog, asking what johnnie cochran and the yahwist in genesis have in common?.
http://awgue.weebly.com/what-did-ojs-legal-defense-team-and-genesis-yahwist-have-in-common.html.
as always, thoughts and comments on the article are appreciated, either over here or there..... .