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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

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Human Factor

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

Posted on April 27, 2011 by Human Factor

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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Humanist Bible – Thirty Years in the Making

Posted on April 18, 2011 by Human Factor

English philosopher A. C. Grayling spent thirty years compiling “The Good Book: A Humanist Bible”, a collage of irreligious rather than religious wisdom. The “Humanist Bible” is divided into books, each organized into chapters and verses, but without divine attribution. … Continue reading →

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Evangelical Pastor Burns Koran after Televised Mock Trial

Posted on April 4, 2011 by Human Factor

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

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Human Factor

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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