By Thomas Jefferson The Smithsonian is restoring the “Jefferson Bible.” a unique volume the third president cut and pasted himself — omitting lots of theology — from portions of the New Testament. Thomas Jefferson assembled his version of the Christian bible in 1820, after [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Religion’
March 18th, 2011 - 10:41 pm § in Religion, Saudi Arabia
Sunday Revelations: Islam’s Two Angels
Listen to Ayaan Hirsi explain the two angels of Islam. If you need to understand where Ms. Ali’s realities came from, read further: in the famous hadith known as Hadith Jibril, the Prophet, sallallahu ^alayhi wa sallam, when asked by Angel Jibril to inform him about the belief, said al-Iman (t[...]
March 18th, 2011 - 11:17 am § in Politics
Assisted Suicide Law: Birthing Pains
Ed. Although I support the right of people to make this choice, I oppose Washington State’s assisted suicide law because of the way it was written. I suspect the cost far exceeds any benefit and worry that this is a slippery slope toward the state over riding medical ethics I treasure. T[...]
March 18th, 2011 - 4:40 am § in Saudi Arabia
The King is Kind
Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah. By ARAB NEWS Published: Mar 18, 2011 00:23 Updated: Mar 18, 2011 01:44 RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah will address the nation at 2 p.m on Friday, a statement of the Royal Court said on Thursday. The king will also issue a numb[...]
Archbisop of Canterbury, “Shahbaz Bhatti ‘a martyr'”
Shahbaz Bhatti died a martyr, says the Archbishop of Canterbury Click for full BBC story Mr Bhatti was killed in an ambush by Taliban gunmen as he drove away from his mother’s home on 2 March. He had been the Pakistan government’s only Christian cabinet minister until his assassination i[...]
Florida’s Repricans* have come to the defense of the Bill of Rights!
Sen. Alan Hays of Florida :“I filed a bill that says in the courts of Florida the laws of no other country can be used to influence the decisions of Florida,. If it’s Sharia law or any other law — I don’t care what law it is — if it’s not a Florida law and [&helli[...]
March 6th, 2011 - 11:55 am § in Politics, Saudi Arabia
Saudi Government Says Demonstrations, Marches Prohibited by Kingdom’s Laws
from Bloomberg News: Saudi Arabia’s Interior Ministry said that : Protests “contradict” Islam and the values of society, the Riyadh-based news service cited the official as saying. They harm public interest, infringe on the rights of others, spread “chaos” and lead to bloodshed, the offici[...]
March 2nd, 2011 - 1:25 pm § in Politics
We NEED Al Jazeera
During the Egyptian crisis I have been VERY well served by Al Jazeera. This network, however, has long been on my desktop not just because I am interested in the middle east, but because the quality of its world wide reporting. If you do not have a desktop link, get one! Wadah Khanfar, director [...]
March 1st, 2011 - 7:28 am § in Uncategorized
Saudi Clerics Reject Calls for Support to Ghaddafi Regime,
DUBAI (Reuters) – Sons of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have failed to persuade prominent Saudi clerics to issue religious rulings against a revolt that is threatening to bring down the veteran leader, Al Arabiya television said on Monday. The Saudi-owned channel said on its website that Gaddafi&#[...]
First Amendment vs. Congress
R. Albert Mohler, Jr., president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary — the flagship school of the Southern Baptist Convention and one of the largest seminaries in the world, reassures us that “In God We Trust” is safe . . . for now. “The United States Court of Appeals for the Ni[...]