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Influential Pastor Warns of Socialism, Departure from God
July 4, 2010 - Dr. Charles Stanley told his church and television audiences that there is a tide of socialism and anti-Christian sentiment threatening the nation.
- Source: Christian Post
- InterVarsity Head Laments: 'Evangelical Groups Are Out' - Christian Post
'Freedom of Worship' Worries
Jun. 23, 2010 - Since the Fort Hood attack, the Obama administration has generally been using the phrase "Freedom of worship" in place of "freedom of religion." According to Nina Shea, director of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, freedom of worship might only mean the right to pray within the confines of a place of worship or to privately. She said,
- "It excludes the right to raise your children in your faith; the right to have religious literature; the right to meet with co-religionists; the right to raise funds; the right to ...evangelize, [and] to have religious education or seminary training."
- Source: Christianity Today
Pentagon Widens Christian Ban; Graham Says It’s Anti-Religion
Apr. 28, 2010 - First, the Pentegon disinvited Franklin Graham to participate in their National Day of Prayer event because of anti-Islamic comments he made after the 911 attacks, and now, they have disinvited Shirley Dobson and the whole National Day of Prayer task force.
- Source: NewsMax
- Franklin Graham: Christians Will Lose the Power to Pray Outside Church Walls ‘Maybe in My Lifetime’ CNS News
A Pain In The Ark>
Apr. 28, 2010 - This is a disgusting example of the athiestic attitude of some European commentators. Instead of looking at the evidence, Adam Rutherford of U.K.'s The Guardian, writes:
- This is the bit of religion that demands ridicule. Christian fundamentalists are of course silly people... The story of Noah is not just silly but hateful, and impossible.
- Source: The Guardian
Psalms banned, but witchcraft OK - Supreme Court endorses 'hostility' toward Christianity
Jan. 19, 2010 - The Supreme Court refused to intervene in a lower court's decision that the kindergarten teacher and principal at Culbertson Elementary School in Newtown Square, PA were right to not allow Psalm 118 to be read aloud as part of a student's favorite book. The teacher suggested the reading of a passage from a book about witches, witchcraft and Halloween instead.
- Source: WorldNetDaily
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