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World-Ending Earthquake Predicted for May 21, 2011 by Oakland Minister Harold Camping and Followers Are Set to Ascend to Heaven

Staff writer Justin Berton, San Francisco Chronicle, did a decent job presenting an impartial article about 89-year-old Harold Camping’s May 21, 2011 forecast that the biblically ordained rapture would arrive in the form of a world-ending earthquake, striking New Zealand … Continue reading

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Another Case of Religion Clashing with Human Rights and Losing to a Secular Court Ruling

Afua Hirsch, legal affairs correspondent for the Guardian.co.uk / The Observer, has put together an article that illustrates a growing trend in British cases that pit the rights of religious communities against the ban on discrimination. This latest case, the … Continue reading

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Does Diversity Equal Conformity?

An April 21st blog by Dr. J, The Western Tradition, entitled Diversity=Conformity? Christian Colleges and Homosexuality, was found disturbing and Human Factor felt compelled to respond. The dictionary defines ‘university’ as an institution for higher learning with teaching and research … Continue reading

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Evangelical Pastor Burns Koran after Televised Mock Trial

Terry Jones, a 59 year-old pastor of a Gainesville, Florida church, now faces death threats, has a contract out on his life, is basically broke, and his membership is down to the last 20 or 30 faithful followers. Lizette Alvarez, … Continue reading

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God’s Roll in Natural Disasters: A New Survey

A new poll conducted by Public Religion Research Institute (PRRI) and supported by Religion News Service (RNS) taken after Japan’s recent earthquake/tsunami shows most Americans believe in a personal God who controls everything that happens in the world but are … Continue reading

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