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Aired July 5, 2009 on BBC One
Saturday, July 11, 2009
Friday, July 10, 2009
Florida Church Sign: 'Islam is of the Devil'
July 7, 2009
See also: An Update on the story and interview with the church pastor [July 10]
Baseball Players Fear "Haunted" Hotel
July 10, 2009 on AP
Does the Brewers' home-field advantage include a supernatural sense of "team spirit"? Some players swear a hotel used by many of them is haunted.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
C-Street: Secretive Christian Group Connects Gov. Mark Sanford and Sen. John Ensign
July 9, 2009 on MSNBC
*Title Updated
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Canadian Prime Minister Under Fire For Pocketing a Communion Wafer
July 8, 2009 by The Canadian Press
From Telegraph Journal:
A senior New Brunswick Roman Catholic priest is demanding the Prime Minister's Office explain what happened to the sacramental communion wafer Stephen Harper was given at Roméo LeBlanc's funeral mass.(via The Star and Pharyngula)
During communion at the solemn and dignified service held last Friday in Memramcook for the former governor general, the prime minister slipped the thin wafer that Catholics call "the host" into his jacket pocket.
In Catholic understanding, the host - once consecrated by a priest for the Eucharist - becomes the body and blood of Jesus Christ. It is crucial that the small wafer be consumed when it is received. Read more
Scientists Create 'Artificial Human Sperm'
July 8, 2009 on Sky News
A team of British scientists claim to have achieved a world first by creating human sperm in a laboratory. The researchers believe it could eventually help men with fertility problems to conceive. But other experts have questioned the breakthrough. Skys health correspondent Thomas Moore reports.
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Egyptian Philosopher: Secularism is a Cultural Necessity
Aired June 22, 2009 on ON TV (Egypt)
From Transcript:
Interviewer: You have said that the term "secularism" is taboo among the Arabs.
Murad Wahba: Any person who says he is secular they either slaughter him or accuse him of apostasy. This happened to Sheik 'Ali Abd Al-Razeq in 1925, to Taha Hussein in 1926, to Naguib Mahfouz, and to Farag Fouda, who they killed. Nevertheless, I feel secularism is a cultural necessity. I call for secularism now, and we have held four conferences about it, which were peaceful, except for some minor threats.
Interviewer: You recently said that fundamentalism has led Egypt to sterility.
Murad Wahba: The most important thing in fundamentalism is adherence to the literal religious text, rather than using the mind [to interpret] the text. In other words, it paralyzes the mind. The fundamentalists lead the paralyzing of the mind, which means the paralyzing of creativity and of thought, which leads to backwardness.
Monday, July 6, 2009
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