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Little Green men and faith

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What would it mean for little green men to visit earth? According to some theologians it would throw everything we know about Jesus up in the air.
The central conundrum posed to Christianity by alien contact would involve the Incarnation — the arrival of Jesus Christ as God’s representative on Earth, his crucifixion [...]

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On human slavery

I started to include this in my lunch time links, but thought this was so important I want to give it singular attention.
Up on NPR is an interview with Benjamin Skinner , author of A Crime So Monstrous (I have not read it). It deals with his investigation of human slavery worldwide. You [...]

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A look at our changing culture on YouTube Friday

A pastor friend of mine sent this to me and it is worth a few minutes of your time. It takes a look at the massive shifts taking place in our world today. I can not vouch for all of the data though I have no reason to doubt its validity.

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If the world was only 100 people

I was checking out who had linked to me a while back (us bloggers are a vain bunch, huh?) and found this site…20 Million Minutes. I bookmarked a link that I found interesting but had not gone back to until today.
It was a summary of the world’s population that hypothetically made the world’s population [...]

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Is it or isn’t it banned?

According to CBN and the Catholic News Agency, it is.
Organizers for the 2008 Olympics in China have released their list
of items banned from the Olympic village where the athletes will stay.
Among the “prohibited objects” — Bibles.
The Catholic News Agency reports that the committee behind the Beijing games cited “security reasons” for the ban.
Athletes are also [...]

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Islam Goes Contemporary Church

From the Washington Post…
The rhythmic clapping began the minute Amr Khaled stepped through the door of the packed Crystal City ballroom. Surrounded by security guards, the Egyptian preacher had to weave his way through the crowd — men both clean shaven and bearded, women both fashionably coifed and dressed in conservative Islamic dress — [...]

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Dubai then and now…well…more or less now

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And how exactly do you regulate this?


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The ten least religious countries


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The Prosperity Gospel and Africa


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