Category: Christianity
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Three key figures in Texas’ Chaplains Bill stand out as far-right Christian extremists
A CO-AUTHOR of the Bill—passed this week to allow public schools to replace professional counselors with unlicensed chaplains—is Senator Mayes Middleton. In a recent statement, Middleton—widely described as a Christian nationalist—declared: Our founders certainly never intended separation of God from government or schools, despite the lefts’ attempts to mislead people on this fact. The statement…
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Founder of Florida’s Christian Coalition Family Church faces multiple abuse charges
FOLLOWING his his arrest this week Crawford was described by Clovis Watson, Jr, head of the Alachua Sheriff’s Office as “one of the most heinous and vile human beings he has ever seen.” On Tuesday Crawford was initially arrested after an investigation was launched into reports of sexual abuse of a child at the Christian…
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Evangelical teacher who espouses abhorrent biblical views is banned indefinitely from classrooms
JOSHUA Sutcliffe, above, who believes that homosexuality and Islam are “abominations” and that people who sin should be put to death, has been banned from teaching. Labelled “intolerant” by the Teaching Regulation Agency (TRA), the bigoted street preacher was this week found guilty of unprofessional conduct and banned from teaching in any capacity indefinitely. The…
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Fundraiser launched for funeral of devout Christian wrestler and millionaire Superstar Billy Graham
VARIOUS sites, including this one, estimate Graham’s net worth as $5-million at the time of his death aged 79 on May 17. Despite this, $25,000 is being solicited for his funeral and hospital expenses via GoFundMe. An update to the appeal posted yesterday (Monday) says: 25 thousand is needed by Friday for funeral related expenses,…
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Money-laundering probe launched against a pastor who ‘disrespected’ Lord Buddha
Bling’s the thing in “The Miracle Dome” in Sri Lanka, and authorities now want to know where self-styled prophet Jerome Fernando, above right, got the dosh to pay for it all. Fernando hurriedly left the Buddhist country on May 16, ahead of an overseas travel ban placed on him by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID)…
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US church that lost almost $800,000 to a scammer started a fundraiser to recoup its losses. Response is dismal.
IN a heartfelt plea for $793,848, pastor Johnny Blevins, above, of North Carolina’s Elkin Valley Baptist Church, relates in a GoFundMe video how the church had “prayerfully saved toward a new worship center for over ten years”, then lost more than half of its savings. But the appeal, launched after the church fell victim to…
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Same-sex marriage was only introduced to ‘own’ Christians, says Islamophobic, neo-fascist gay commentator
MUSLIMS are bent on using America’s religious liberties to further the Islamisation of the country, “conservative commentator” Pax Hart, above, told a Proud Boys member in a video back in 2017. Speaking to Proud Boy New York Resident Geoff Young during a “Ride for Homeland Security” Hart declared: The worst thing we have going for…
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Top UK cleric suspended from active ministry over the way he handled abuse claim
JOHN Sentamu, former Archbishop of York and a member of the House of Lords, has reacted with anger to his suspension, claiming that “safeguarding is very important but it does not trump Church Law.” The suspension of the “arrogant bully” is centred on Sentamu’s mishandling of a rape allegation made against Anglican priest Trevor Devamanikkam. Devamanikkam,…
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Holocaust school text books are the latest to fall foul of Florida’s anti-education laws
GOVERNOR Ron DeSantis’s administration’s crackdown on “woke” teaching and “indoctrination” took a worrying new turn when it was reported that two new Holocaust textbooks have been rejected, and another— The Hebrew Bible— was compelled to alter a passage. Modern Genocides was rejected, in part, for its discussion of “special topics” prohibited by the state. The…
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Euthanasia law passed in Portugal despite strong religious opposition and a presidential veto
BACK in March of this year, Portugal’s Catholic bishops got a bit ahead of themselves when they congratulated the country’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, above, for vetoing a proposed euthanasia bill. De Sousa is a “devout churchgoer.” Their joy was short-lived. Despite the veto, the lawmakers yesterday (Friday) passed a law that will enable…
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