Authorities Raid Evangelist's Compound on Suspicion of Child Porn, Abuse

"We don't go into pornography; nobody in the church is into that," Alamo said. "Where do these allegations stem from? The anti-Christ government. The Catholics don't like me because I have cut their congregation in half. They hate true Christianity."

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,425697,00.html

Word of God

Sept. 11, 1822: Church Admits It's Not All About Us

Galileo was greatly influenced by the Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus, who not only posited that the Earth revolves around the sun but that it makes a complete turn on its axis every 24 hours. The Catholic Church, however, considered the theory heresy, and Galileo was convicted by the Inquisition in 1633 and remained under house arrest for the rest of his life.

Nearly two centuries later, however, the weight of scientific evidence was so overwhelming that the College of Cardinals finally reversed itself and allowed the teaching of heliocentrism. Still, it would take another 170 years, until 1992, for a pope -- in this case, John Paul II -- to officially concede that, yes, the Earth isn't stationary in the heavens. Eight years after that, in 2000, John Paul apologized for the way the Catholic Church treated Galileo.

http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2008/09/dayintech_0911

Logic

God, Intellect and Universal Truth

This guy is good. Here are some excerpts:

(Full article on the link)

You’re essentially told: accept the faith as it is or meet eternal damnation.

If you have the same spiritual convictions as your parents, chances are you’ve exposed the issue to about as much intellectual light as your choice of socks this morning.

Fear prevents most people from even peeking behind the spiritual curtain.

http://www.cosmictap.com/god-intellect-and-universal-truth/

Muslim quits over bare arm policy

A Muslim radiographer has resigned from a Berkshire hospital over the NHS's "bare below the elbows" hygiene policy.

The unnamed agency worker claimed she was being discriminated against over her religious beliefs by the policies at Reading's Royal Berkshire Hospital.

This included the Islamic teaching that women should cover the body in public.

The NHS dress code was introduced in January to combat superbugs such as MRSA. The trust said the policy was explained when she first began work.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/berkshire/7593827.stm

It wasn't the diaper...it was God

"It wasn't the diaper that saved him," Massaneiro told the newspaper. "It was God."

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26444404/