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Man Shot Dead over Heaven and Hell Argument Tue Jul 30, 2002 GODLEY, Texas (Reuters) - An argument over who was going to heaven and who was going to hell ended with one Texas man shooting another to death with a shotgun, police said on Monday. Johnny Joslin, 20 was allegedly shot by Clayton Frank Stoker, 21, on Sunday. The two had spent Saturday with two other men night bar hopping in Fort Worth, about 40 miles northeast of Godley. Johnson County Sheriff Bob Alford said a witness who was the designated driver for the group told police the four...

<p>GODLEY, Texas (Reuters) -- An argument over who was going to heaven and who was going to hell ended with one Texas man shooting another to death with a shotgun, police said Monday.</p> <p>The man charged in the slaying is a corrections officer.</p>

Torture, pain, and (worst of all) feeling abandoned by every other creature and the Creator besides. These experiences of countless victims -- particularly during and since the Holocaust-can hardly be compared with the experiences of well-fed and even overfed consumers in highly developed democratic societies. Whereas the twentieth century is often regarded -- especially by those of us too young to remember most of it -- as a golden era of prosperity, it was also an epochal graveyard filled with the collateral damage of ideological tyrants. Adolf Hitler's "final solution" was the most infamous, but there was also Bosnia, and...

Islamic terrorists linked to al-Qa'eda plotted to destroy Bologna's 14th century cathedral because it contained a medieval fresco depicting the Prophet Mohammed in hell.The plan was foiled by Italian paramilitary police according to the Corriere della Sera newspaper. The group was identified after police intercepted telephone conversations between several Tunisians and Moroccans with links to a Libyan known as Amsa, considered one of Osama bin Laden's chief operatives in Europe.The cathedral, in the city's central Piazza Maggiore, is dedicated to Bologna's patron saint, San Petronio. The 15th century Mohammed fresco, in the Bolognini chapel, shows the Prophet being set upon...

Report Says Islamic Militant Cell Plotted Attack on Bologna Church The Associated PressPublished: Jun 23, 2002 ROME (AP) - Suspected Islamic militants were plotting an attack on a northern Italian church that has been the subject of protests by Muslims in the past, a newspaper reported Sunday. The Milan daily Corriere della Sera said the San Petronio basilica in Bologna was targeted apparently because it contains a 15th century fresco that depicts Islam's prophet Muhammad in Hell, being devoured by demons. Last year, a group of Italian Muslims appealed unsuccessfully to the Vatican to have the fresco by Giovanni da...

CONCORDIA, Argentina (Reuters) - In Argentina's poorest city, people rummage through trash for scraps of food alongside pigs and wild dogs, unemployment tops 40 percent and even the mayor says ''hell'' is just around the corner. Desperate and hungry as Argentina suffers its worst economic crisis, dozens of jobless gather every day at Concordia's city dump to sift through mounds of plastic bags, shards of glass and cigarette butts in search of lunch. ''You used to be able to find some chicken skins or maybe a piece of potato to take home to your kids, but now too many...

<p>A new Doom for a new millennium is on the way, and it promises to be as groundbreaking — and as controversial — as its previous incarnations.</p> <p>More than eight years ago, id Software unleashed Doom on an unsuspecting world of PC video game players. The game, which took the first-person perspective of an armed-to-the-teeth marine attempting to annihilate hordes of demons, was heavy on action and notably light on storyline.</p>

Part One - The Propaganda of Fear • Religious Tyranny The common hell theory is an amalgimation of pagan beliefs. With it, religious leaders through the ages learned that they could use fear to control people. This fear entered the world through the serpent's deception that God is evil. Adam described his mistrust of God in Genesis 3:10, saying, "I heard Thy voice in the garden and was afraid and hid myself." The question is, 'Does God rule by fear, or does fear hinder our relationship to God?' Before Adam fell, we see him in perfect communication with God, his...

When A Sinner Goes To Hell by James L. Melton "....the rich man also died, and was buried; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame." Luke 16:22-24. "Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil...

The Everlasting Home of the Damned Dr. W. Herschel Ford, 1969 Luke 16:19-31 We have come to a time when few people believe in a literal hell. Yet it is still in the Bible, and it is still true because the word of God is true. Men change their ideas but God's truth is always the same. The great eternal God tells us that there is an eternal hell for all those who reject Christ and live without God. Preaching on hell has diminished. We hear many light, fluffy sermons about peace, goodness, brotherhood, and the social gospel, but some...

They show up in all religions, sooner or later. Christians have had them. Jews have had them. Today it is Islam's turn. We found this moron in our email. Ignore the English mistakes and focus on the abject stupidity of the author. "q" is short for "question" in his text. I have interjected running commentary...(snip) ----Original Message---- From: BRIAN: Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 1:59 PM To: diupk@yahoo.com Subject: Re: To clarify Three verses of john's original manuscript; From Ajmaal I would like for you to answer one question for me. Did the terrorists who flew the planes into the...