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End-Time Prophecy Of Zechariah And The Neutron Bomb An Introduction "The Prophetic Visions of Zechariah" provides a glimpse "above history and time", peering into Israel's immediate and far distant future. Zechariah, like Jeremiah and Ezekiel was a priest as well as a prophet.  His prophetic writings focus primarily upon the restoration of the second temple in Jerusalem after the 70 year Babylonian captivity, but also foretells the coming of the Messiah to suffer an atoning death and later to reign as King over all the Earth. On the 24th day of the 11th month (Shebat), in the second year...

LONDON (The Catholic Herald) - Plans to rebury Cardinal John Henry Newman have been thrown into disarray after it was discovered that his body has disintegrated in its grave. Undertakers attempted to exhume the body of the Victorian cardinal on Thursday last week in preparation for his likely beatification later in the year.Officials were hoping to transfer his remains from a small rural cemetery in Rednal, Worcestershire, to a marble sarcophagus in the Birmingham Oratory, Edgbaston, where he could be better venerated by pilgrims. Plans had been announced for the cardinal to lie in state for three days in the...

What is the Stigmata?FR. WILLIAM SAUNDERSI am so happy about Padre Pio being beatified. I know that he had the stigmata, but I have had some trouble explaining it to my Protestant friends. Could you please explain what that is and if any other saints have had it. The stigmata is the spontaneous appearance of the wound marks of our crucified Lord on a person's body. These marks include the nail wounds at the feet and the hands, the lance wound at the side, the head wounds from the crown of thorns, and the scourge marks over the entire body, particularly...

Before Thursday night’s highly anticipated vice-presidential debate, an equally intense discussion was taking place in Battell Chapel — on the reconciliation of science and spirituality. Francis Collins, who won the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007 for his work as director of the Human Genome Project, spoke to more than 100 members of the Yale community on the conflict that arises when combining spirituality with a trust and faith in science. “I don’t think that science has to win and God has to lose or that God has to win and science has to lose,” he told the audience. Collins...

Death Wish The Impending Suicide of a once great nationView the Video on YouTube! Just see below Click here for the printable PDF "Their complaint was humble and it was simple. They were not distressed by rising gas prices, or the deteriorating economy in general. They were not even frightened by the exponential increase of natural disasters. The threat of global warming or global terrorism did not greatly disturb them. They had become an endangered species, and little had been done to answer their terrified and silent screams from the womb... "---An excerpt from Father Corapi's new article and video entitled...

New Scientific Evidence For The Shroud of Turin Photo negative of Shroud of Turin Scriptural Reference To The ShroudJohn 19:38-42 After this Joseph of Arimathe'a, who was a disciple of Jesus, but secretly, for fear of the Jews, asked Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus, and Pilate gave him leave. So he came and took away his body. Nicode'mus also, who had at first come to him by night, came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds' weight. They took the body of Jesus, and bound it in linen cloths with the...

BIG BANG Recreated!!! That's fantastic!!! Someone recreated the big bang, or a model, rather. But hey, ya can't have a recreation without an original creation. Perhaps scientist will realize, if their INTELLIGENCE has brought them to this point of modeling a big bang, then there must exists an INTELLIGENCE, who many years ago gave ignition to the original, and could only endow it with life to boot!

JERUSALEM: A quest is under way on four continents to find the missing pages of one of the world's most important holy texts, the 1,000-year-old Hebrew Bible known as the Crown of Aleppo. Crusaders held it for ransom, fire almost destroyed it and it was reputedly smuggled across Mideast borders hidden in a washing machine. But in 1958, when it finally reached Israel, 196 pages were missing — about 40 percent of the total — and for some Old Testament scholars they have become a kind of holy grail. Researchers representing the manuscript's custodian in Jerusalem now say they have...

In the media, Catholicism is the religious tradition most frequently, and misleadingly, held up for approbation as having no problem reconciling Darwinism with theistic faith. The tradition next most often cited as Darwin-friendly is my own, Judaism. You can bet a new Rabbis’ Letter in support of evolution will garner the usual uncomprehending applause. Boasting 305 signatures so far, the letter holds that "It is possible to be inspired by the religious teachings of the Bible while not taking a literalist approach and while accepting the validity of science including the foundational concept of evolution." The Open Letter Concerning Religion...

Is it just a coincidence the VP debate is scheduled during the week of prayer and fasting,, Sept 28-Oct 4! Or is God encouraging His church to pray?Please consider joining with us and setting some time aside to pray and/or fast during that week! America needs a church in revival!Please visit our website, 7DaysForOurNationJames Madison“ We’ve staked our future on our ability to follow the Ten Commandments with all of our heart.” “We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We’ve staked the future of all our political institutions upon...

Letter from Charles Darwin to Rev. Dr. Malcolm Brown, the Church of England's head of public affairs, re. their apology. Dear Malcolm, I must write thanking you for your apology. You made quite a creation when my little theory was publish at least your ancestors did. You have evolved, naturally, and adapted to be stronger and fitter than ever before. You have survived. When St. Peter brought me the news he asked me to pass on kudos from the boss over the gay thing, he was quite impressed, I think your lot are his favourites. Between you and me we’re...

The two go hand and hand here in the Northwest, as columnist Joel Connelly points out in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer (September 22, 2008): IN AN AMERICA where any remark hinting of prejudice can force its maker into endless mea culpas, the mocking of a world religious leader ought to invite political suicide. But one religion, the Catholic Church, seems to be exempt -- at least by some advocates of Initiative 1000, which would legalize physician-assisted suicide. Pope Benedict XVI took an anti-euthanasia message to Lourdes last week, saying, "A society unable to accept its suffering members and incapable of helping...

Pain relief to believe in By Bruce BowerWeb edition : Wednesday, September 17th, 2008 Text Size Religious faith may prompt the brain to put a hurt on painPAIN OR PEACEA new study demonstrates religiously inspired pain relief in Catholic individuals, accompanied by changes in a pain-regulating brain region. Participants viewed images taken from paintings either of a woman depicted by Leonardo da Vinci, left, or of the Virgin Mary, right, before and during applications of painful electrical pulses. Full StoryWiech, et al. Brain researchers have begun to explore what might be called faith-based analgesia. Stimulating a religious state of mind...

Scientific Scenario Of A Comet's Impact With Earth And The "Wormwood Star" Prophecy by Marshall Beeber An Introduction In the First Century AD, the Apostle John wrote an apocalyptic book called "Revelation" in which he described among many "end-time" events the collision of a star called Wormwood with Earth. Revelation states: Rev. 8:10-11: The third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star, blazing like a torch, fell from the sky on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water-- the name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter, and many people...

Can A Black Hole Created By The Large Hadron Collider Fulfill Bible Prophecy? If a black hole was created by the Large Hadron Collider,could it devour one third of the earth, then be spun out of the earth into near earthy orbit, so as to block light for four hours of daylight and four hours of night, say at either dawn or dusk, and still stay in the same orbit pattern around the sun as earth? If this were possible ... wouldn't it cause a great earthquake, and unbalance the earth in its' orbit, as well as block all...

Seeing evidence of the divine in the theories of Charles Darwin meant that Gerson did not hesitate to sign an open letter drafted by a suburban Chicago rabbi this summer supporting the teaching of evolution in public schools. The two-paragraph letter, written by Rabbi David Oler of Congregation Beth Or in Deerfield, Ill., has attracted 235 signatures since its completion in July, with Jewish leaders from across the United States supporting its cause.

For Rabbi Gary Gerson of the Oak Park Temple B'nai Abraham Zion, evolution does not oppose religious belief but strengthens it. "If anything, it all the more underscores the magnificence of creation as the expression of some highest order," Gerson said. "We as Jews every day praise God for the times and seasons and the order of being, and that perhaps is the greatest miracle of all. This is not caprice. There is a natural order to things." Seeing evidence of the divine in the theories of Charles Darwin meant that Gerson did not hesitate to sign an open letter...

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Christians - at least C of E members - may agree. The Church's website assures us there is nothing in natural selection that "contradicts Christian teaching". I beg to differ: Christianity demands a rational being capable of moral choices. It can accept that such a being may take time to evolve and share ancestry with chimpanzees. It can even accept that the being might not take a human form, though I'm not sure what that does to the stuff about "made in the image of God". But unless something like us comes along eventually, and unless things are designed for...

A professor at a Vatican-sponsored university expressed dismay Tuesday that some Christian groups reject the theory of evolution — implicitly criticizing the literal interpretation of the Bible. Further emphasizing the official Catholic stance, a Vatican official restated the Church position that evolution is not incompatible with faith. Both men spoke at a press conference ahead of a March event aimed at fostering dialogue between religion and science, and appraising evolution 150 years after Charles Darwin's landmark "On the Origin of Species."

A Texas-based physician has released a book that attempts to examine Jesus’ miracles, analyze the causes and effects of each Divine moment, and provide relevant applications to help readers live more fully today. Dr. Roberto Estevez, who has practiced medicine for nearly 40 years, says the hope he has for his book, A Physician Examines the Miracles of Jesus, is that by dissecting the miracles of the Bible, “readers will come to know the power and character of Jesus in a new and profound way.� “My patients’ feelings and concerns are basically the same as those who needed a miracle...

There is no "a priori incompatibility" between the theory of evolution, biblical teaching, and theology, but there is a need to "clarify", 150 years after its publication, the work of Charles Darwin, which today "is too often discussed more in an ideological than in a scientific context", generating confusion to the point of frontal opposition between "evolutionism" and "creationism", present above all in the United States. This is the objective of the international conference "Biological Evolution: Facts and Theories. A Critical Appraisal 150 years after ‘The Origin of Species'", which will be held in Rome from March 3-7, 2009. It...

Produced by Mission and Public Affairs in association with the Communications Office Statue outside Shrewsbury Library, formerly Shrewsbury School - © Shropshire County Council Introduction As the world of science prepares to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Charles Darwin, and the 150th anniversary of the publication of the seminal 'On the Origin of Species', an opportunity arises to look back on the relationship between Darwin, his supporters and the Christian Church. What is extraordinary is that Darwin was surrounded by the influence of the Church his entire life. Having attended one of the best Church of England boarding...

Pols Talk Faith, Bishops Talk Fact There's a startling irony in the Bishop's statement concerning Senator Joe Biden's remarks on abortion on last week's Meet The Press. When asked when life begins or when rights are granted Joe Biden, Barack Obama and Nancy Pelosi all awkwardly dragged their religion into the debate. I think it's safe to say that the reason they're on the Sunday morning shows is because they're politicians. The question of when life begins is put to them because they're lawmakers, not because they're great Christian thinkers. Yet oddly, they insist on answering the question solely on...

I've been arguing with a pro-choice relative of mine, and she made the following statement: "If life begins at conception, do identical twins only have half a soul?" I know the science of how "twinning" occurs. A single fertilized egg splits and then both halves implant in the uterus. But since conception involved one egg and one sperm only, if life began at that moment, wouldn't that indicate only one soul? I'm interested in any theological arguments that have been made in this area. Thanks

Fundamental Evolution: a Biologist reads Genesis Everybody should read the Bible. Several times. When I was a child, I had to: my mother insisted. So I read. But soon I became so entangled with who begat unpronounceable who, I lost interest. For a time I struggled with seemingly endless tales of pillage, rape, massacre, genocide, and tedious ritual, but eventually I put the book on the shelf, and there it remained for thirty years. The Jehovah's Witnesses drove me back to scripture. My wife and I were living in the Florida Keys. Every so often a group of earnest ladies...

Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin wants creationism taught in science classes. In a 2006 gubernatorial debate, the soon-to-be governor of Alaska said of evolution and creation education, "Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of education. Healthy debate is so important, and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both."

The issue that won't go away Posted Aug. 23, 2008 9:36 AM || by Phil Lawler || category Commentary With another pro-abortion Catholic on the Democratic national ticket, we can be quite sure that the issue will not go away this year.It's remarkable: 25 years after Roe v. Wade, there's no realistic prospect for overturning that appalling decision, at least in the short term. There's no federal legislation currently under consideration that would ban abortion or even significantly curtail the slaughter of the unborn. Nevertheless it continues to be an important issue in every national campaign. In an odd way, the...

In Cohen's opinion, the relationship between science and religion is a clear one. The two work together and Jews should openly welcome both. "When I first joined the organization, it was in the '60s, and there were strong issues with regard to the question of the synthesis of science and religion," Cohen commented. "Science was quite dominant at the time and people had religious doubts. The issue of whether an Orthodox scientist could really support much of the religious doctrine as viewed from a scientific point of view was something that people saw to be problematic. The early articles dealt...

Imagine the Eucharist, the body and blood of Jesus, with some genes derived from bacteria that repel certain common pests? No? You obviously are not alone. Fr Sean McDonagh says that if gluten-free hosts are verboten, then you can count on genetically modified wheat being off limits as well.Genetically-modified (GM) wheat may not be be suitable under canon law to be used to make hosts for the Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist, it's been claimed. Fr Sean McDonagh, a Columban priest and well-known commentator on environmental issues, questions whether the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith which oversees Catholic...

Turin shroud controversy envelops pair The tie that binds John and Rebecca Jackson is about 4 feet by 14 feet, woven of herringbone twill linen. It once led to their romance; years later, it dominates their thoughts and fills their conversations. By DeeDee Correll Los Angeles Times COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — The tie that binds John and Rebecca Jackson is about 4 feet by 14 feet, woven of herringbone twill linen. It once led to their romance; years later, it dominates their thoughts and fills their conversations. It brought Rebecca, an Orthodox Jew, to the Roman Catholic Church; it led...

What Darwin Didn't Know an RTB conference in our nation's capital. February 12, 2009 marks Charles Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his book, On Origin of Species. People worldwide will engage in Darwin Day celebrations honoring Darwin’s influence on science and culture. The Reasons to Believe, Washington D.C, Network and Christ Church on Embassy Row are proud to announce an RTB Regional Conference addressing this all-important event. Hear RTB scholars Fuz Rana, Kenneth Samples, Jeff Zweerink and Hugh Ross present the latest evidence that challenges Darwinism and supports the Christian faith. October 24-25 2008 Register at http://www.cconembassyrow.com/rtb.html...

Can Science Give Us Eternal Life? Man has made great strides in technology and medicine, raising the hope that human immortality may be just around the corner. How have these advances come about, and what do they mean for you? by Larry Walker From our earliest history, mortal man has sought in vain for immortality. Spanish explorer Ponce de León is famous for his futile search for the fountain of youth. Most other names are lost in history. The searchers had one thing in common: They all failed. Medical science is on a path that some feel will succeed in...

Jer. 18:7-8 “If at any time I declare concerning a nation or a kingdom that I will pluck up and break down and destroy it, and if that nation, concerning which I have spoken, turns from it’s evil, I will repent of the evil I intended to do to it.” Matt. 7:26 “And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:”Noah Webster: Let it be impressed on your mind that God commands you to choose for rulers just men who will rule...

The Aug. 7 editorial "Not yet safe" makes an interesting assumption: Intelligent design as an explanation of origins contradicts good science. The editor fails to clarify just how this actually works. I believe the following questions are pertinent to the issue: Is this primarily a religious issue, or is it also a question of honest scientific inquiry? How is Darwinism different than atheism? Is it scientifically credible to assume that popular opinion is the final word? Does the teaching of Darwinism in public schools produce a youth culture that we idealize? What would be lost to acknowledge an infinite God...

Dr. John and Rebecca Jackson (Photo credit: The Tablet, newspaper for the Diocese of Brooklyn) Colorado Springs, Aug 19, 2008 / 03:00 am (CNA).- The Shroud of Turin Center in Colorado Springs is preparing linen samples similar to the materials used in the Shroud of Turin in an attempt to determine whether or not the carbon dating tests of the shroud could have been skewed by contamination from atmospheric carbon monoxide.The Shroud of Turin is considered by some to bear an image of the face of Jesus Christ. Made of herring bone linen, the shroud has dimensions of about...

Continuing her push for a comprehensive energy plan that includes increased oil drilling, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., reminded Americans that the Democrats message to save the planet doesn’t add up. The world has been saved already, she says. Responding to Democratic Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s comment about creating an energy policy to help save the planet, Bachmann added religion to the energy crisis during her interview with OneNewsNow, a Web site run by Christian American Family News Network. “[Pelosi] is committed to her global warming fanaticism to the point where she has said that she’s just trying to...

A federal judge says the University of California can deny course credit to applicants from Christian high schools whose textbooks declare the Bible infallible and reject evolution. Rejecting claims of religious discrimination and stifling of free expression, U.S. District Judge James Otero of Los Angeles said UC's review committees cited legitimate reasons for rejecting the texts - not because they contained religious viewpoints, but because they omitted important topics in science and history and failed to teach critical thinking.

Lourdes, Aug 11, 2008 / 01:59 pm (CNA).- A Spanish man said this week that the pilgrimage he took in 2003 to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes was the beginning point of his conversion and the basis for a new book on his testimony.Fifty one year-old Antonio Escobedo Garcia’s book “What Joy!” recounts that after suffering a “a grave lesion in the lumbar zone” of his back, a friend invited him to make a pilgrimage to Lourdes. “I agreed not because I thought I was going to be cured, but because I just wanted to get out and...

Introduction: An Exercise in Pseudoscience Ray Rogers, a retired chemist who formerly worked at the Los Alamos national laboratory, recently published a pro-authenticity Shroud of Turin paper in a legitimate and peer-reviewed chemistry journal, Thermochimica Acta (hereafter TA). The Rogers paper makes two claims: First, the piece of the Shroud linen that was age-dated using radiocarbon technology in 1988 was actually a much-younger patch of cloth that allowed the radiocarbon labs to reach an incorrect medieval date. Second, using his own age-dating method, Rogers claims that the Shroud is actually much older than the early 14th century radiocarbon date. This...

Angus-Reid Poll shows majority of Canadians believe in Evolution, but.... Terry Beh recently brought this poll to my attention (Terry operates an excellent "Fossil news" e-newsletter than anyone can sign up for - just email him at TPBeh@aol.com) http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/canadians_choose_evolution_over_creationism/ Two polls were conducted in July 2008 & June 2007. Here's the average results from across Canada for the July 2008 survey: "Human beings evolved from less advanced life forms over millions of years:" 58% "God created human beings in their present form within the last 10,000 years:" 22% "Not sure:" 20% Source: Angus Reid Strategies Methodology: Online interviews with 1,007...

MEXICO CITY (CNS) -- When French scientist Bertran Auvert was studying male circumcision in South Africa, he made a curious discovery: About 85 percent of the young men who believed they had been circumcised in tribal rituals were not. They just had just gone through painful ceremonies. However, after he offered the young men real circumcision, he made a second find, with much wider implications. The circumcised men were 60 percent less likely to contract HIV when having sex with women. While some scientists had speculated about such an effect, it had never been proven, and the results were one...

QUEBEC CITY, Canada, August 7, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com) - With an electrifying speech from the Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus on Tuesday, the Catholic fraternal organization has begun mobilizing its members for one of the most ambitious political operations since Roe v. Wade: liberating the Catholic vote from pro-abortion politicians. Supreme Knight Carl Anderson addressed the 126th annual convention of the Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal organization, in Quebec City and pledged the Knights to fight abortion promoting politicians, who buy Catholic votes with their stand on other issues. "We have heard a great deal this...

Extraterrestrials: Do they exist? The head of the Vatican Observatory thinks there’s a good chance they do, and that their existence would be in keeping with the faith. In a May 14 interview with the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano May 14, headlined “The Extraterrestrial Is My Brother,” astronomer Jesuit Father José Gabriel Funes said that according to his “scientific judgment,” the existence of extraterrestrials is a “possibility.” “Astronomers contend that the universe is made up of a hundred billion galaxies, each of which is composed of hundreds of billions of stars,” he said. “Many of these, or almost all of...

Thursday, August 7, 2008Oxford view on Shroud of Turin eagerly awaited UNDER THE MICROSCOPE: Is the Turin Shroud real or a medieval forgery? The centuries-old question may soon be answered, writes William RevilleTHE TURIN SHROUD (TS) poses a fascinating mystery. It is a linen cloth (4.42m x 1.13m) bearing the image of a man that many believe is the crucified Jesus Christ. The cloth has been investigated scientifically but the jury is still out as to the age of the TS and the identity of the man whose image it carries. Much has been written on the TS. I would...

Dear sir/madam, i am nelson kua yong huat . i would like to share some view over the religion issue In our world ,we have many religions . that means we have many gods at the same time. is it possible to find out which gods has more super natural power of transforming or all the gods has the great super natural power to transform to anythings? if the answer is [yes] they can,so ,is possible there is one god who can transform to become all the religions of gods becuase when the time thousand years ago there was hard...

Steven W. Mosher is president of Population Research Institute (www.pop.org) and author of the book Population Control: Real Costs, Illusory Benefits (Transaction Publishers, New Brunswick, NJ, 2008). Michael J. Miller interviewed him on the subject of his book. Miller: Dire scenarios about imminent overpopulation, from Malthus to Paul Ehrlich’s The Population Bomb, have not materialized. Where are the mistakes in their calculations? Steven Mosher: In some cases they were deliberately exaggerated, even fabricated, in an attempt to frighten individuals into having no more than one or two children, and legislatures into funding population control programs. Assuming that the alarmists...

Evidence for Creation     The Logic of Biblical Creation by Henry Morris, Ph.D. This month, creation scientists from all over the globe are gathering in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, for the sixth International Conference on Creationism. The modern creation movement is largely considered to have been launched by the 1961 publication of The Genesis Flood by Dr. Henry Morris and Dr. John Whitcomb. In honor of our founder, ICR is featuring the following article in which he clearly and succinctly presents the reasons we can believe and defend the Genesis account of creation. The biblical account of creation is ridiculed...

“The historicity of Christ is as axiomatic for an unbiased historian as the historicity of Julius Caesar. It is not historians who propagate the ‘Christ-myth’ theories.”~F.F. Bruce. Historian Durant: “In the enthusiasm of its discoveries the Higher Criticism has applied to the New Testament tests of authenticity so severe that by them a hundred ancient worthies—e.g., Hammurabi, David, Socrates—would fade into legend.” Greco-Roman historian Michael Grant, who certainly has no theological axe to grind, indicates that there is more evidence for the existence of Jesus than there is for a large number of famous pagan personages - yet no one...

This item is available on the Apologetics Press Web site at: http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/3762 - it was originally published in Reason & Revelation, 28[8]:57-63 AP Content :: Reason & Revelation The Bitter Fruits of Atheism [Part II]by Kyle Butt, M.A. [EDITOR’S NOTE: Part I of this two-part series appeared in the July issue. Part II follows below, and continues, without introductory comments, where the first article ended.] SEXUAL DEVIANCE AND PERVERSION Not only does atheistic evolution devalue human life, it also taints many of the most important areas of human interaction. Sexuality is one area of human behavior that has been completely...