Posted on July 30, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
The Anomalist links to a Reuters report about yet another Jesus simulacrum: SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Christians are flocking to a northwestern Bosnian town to view an image of Jesus Christ that allegedly appeared in a section of a cut tree branch two days ago, Bosnian media reported on Friday. The image resembling Jesus’ face cannot […]
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Posted on July 28, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
UPDATE (9 March 2007): Agape has withdrawn the story, and has stated that its linkage of EN with the New Order of the Latter Rain was “mistaken”. See here. Don Wildmon’s Christian news service Agape Press lays into the neo-Pentecostal grouping Every Nation, in a report about the Bethel World Outreach Center: Bethel World Outreach […]
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Posted on July 27, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
Another Russian church leader has warned against any emulation of the Ukrainian “Orange Revolution” in Russia. Last month it was Sergei Ryakhovsky, one of the country’s main Pentecostal leaders; this time it’s Vsevolod Chaplin of the Russian Orthodox Church, as reported in the Moscow Times: “Russia has already lived through one colored revolution — a […]
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Posted on July 26, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
A small victory for Larry Caldwell, the California lawyer who believes he has a right to dictate science education in his school district. Caldwell is an anti-evolutionist, and his Quality Science Education for All was set up to promote a science education that exposes students to the scientific strengths and weaknesses of evolutionary theory. Eugenie […]
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Posted on July 25, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
Back in June commentator “Dave” left a comment on my first entry on conservative pastor and columnist Doug Giles: I think it’s just a case of a guy using the media (in a poor and unoriginal way) to present his notions, provide for his family and perhaps get something done. I understand the Giles phenomenon and I […]
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Posted on July 24, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
Anti-Semites in the Ukraine appear to have learnt from their co-ideologists in Russia. The Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports: Leading Ukrainian intellectuals condemned a recent surge of anti-Semitism in the media and criticized authorities for not doing enough to stop such ideas. A group that included leading journalists, authors and philosophers made its position public at […]
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Posted on July 23, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
The Foreign & Commonwealth Office has just published its 2005 Human Rights Annual Report. The report lists particular concerns with “China, Iran, Russia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam”; India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka also come under scrutiny.
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Posted on July 21, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
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Posted on July 20, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
Just when it looked like it was dead, the campaign by Russian anti-Semites to use ancient Jewish literature as a means to ban Jewish groups is back in action. The AP reports: MOSCOW – A group of Russian nationalists has asked a Moscow court to order an investigation of Jewish leaders over the abridged halakhic […]
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Posted on July 18, 2005 by Richard Bartholomew
An oddity from the New Scientist (links added): Virtual computer characters more accustomed to battling deranged alien monsters are about to take part in a unique social experiment. The project, known as New and Emergent World models Through Individual, Evolutionary and Social Learning – or NEW-TIES – brings together experts in artificial intelligence, computer science […]
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