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Bloggers get a new Ten Commandments, for reals
The Evangelical Alliance is concerned about religious blogs turning from virtue into bitter musings. So, dear bloggers, they have set out a new set of commandments for you.
Thou shall not "make an idol" of your web space (you might think you're godly in your blogging skills, but GOD is the only idol you may worship).
Thou shall not misuse your screen name by using anonymity to sin.
Thou shall not forget the Sabbath, so thou shall take one day off a week from blogging.
Thou shall not use the web to commit or permit adultery in your mind (you dirty birdies).
More at the link. The Evangelical Alliance is concerned about religious blogs turning from virtue into bitter musings. So, dear bloggers, they have set ... more -
Gay sex is a sin, say most Protestants in the U.K
"Most Protestant Christians in Britain believe gay sex is a sin and that practising gays should not be ordained, according to a new survey.
A survey of 517 Christians found that only 3% of non-Catholic Christians believe homosexuality is not a sin, while 81% say it is and 15% say “it is more complicated than this”, reports The Times.
Taking into account all Protestant denominations, 81% believe that gay sex is sinful.
The survey was published as the Government granted asylum to a leading Nigerian gay Christian activist, Davis MacIyalla.
The Archbishop, preaching at St Dunstan's Church in Canterbury this week, had some criticism for the Church: "Our Anglican family badly needs to find some ways of resolving its internal tensions that will set it free to be more confidently what God wants it to be.""
How does your religion affect your view of gay people? "Most Protestant Christians in Britain believe gay sex is a sin and that practising gays should not be ordained, according to a n... more -
"Sinful" dancing insults Islam
"Indonesian songstress Inul Daratista will face more controversy when she performs at Stadium Bukit Jalil here on Sunday, just 10 days after the contentious cancellation of her concert in Johor Baru.
This is because members of Pas Youth are planning to disseminate 10,000 flyers which state that the concert is not in line with Islamic values and those watching it are committing a sin.
Federal Territory Pas Youth chief Kamaruzaman Mohamad said this yesterday at the City Hall headquarters in Jalan Raja Laut.
Earlier, he had presented a memorandum to Kuala Lumpur Mayor Abdul Hakim Borhan to cancel the concert this weekend.
Kamaruzaman and four other Pas Youth members presented the memorandum to the mayor's special officer, Shaari Ahmad Junid, who accepted it on behalf of the mayor.
On Pas Youth's reason for going all-out to protest Inul's concert, Kamaruzaman said:
"Have you seen her in action? Just go to the YouTube website and type her name and you will see that her shows are quite obscene. Even I can't bear watching her."
He said her concerts were known to make the crowd go "wild sexually" and that this could lead to social problems.
"Once they go wild, some will resort to sex by the roadside. So it's best that her concert does not go on," he said.
He added that City Hall must stop her concert as it did not adhere to rulings by the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim).
"In Indonesia, although Inul is now known as 'Hajjah' (having performed the Haj), she has also been labelled an obscene dancer by the Indonesian Ulama Council. So what more can I say?"
When asked to comment on the perception of Pas Youth as being "Taliban-like and orthodox" in opposing concerts such as Inul's, Gwen Stefani's and Beyonce's, he said the party had a valid reason for doing so.
"In Islam, you cannot just watch others committing sin.
"As long as you are able, you should let those committing sin know that what they are doing is wrong and if possible, stop them from doing so," said Kamaruzaman." "Indonesian songstress Inul Daratista will face more controversy when she performs at Stadium Bukit Jalil here on Sunday, just 10... more -
Heaven We Have A Problem by David Dj James featuring Senistar
Artist: David Dj James
Featured Artist: Senistar
Directed by Senistar
Cameras: Pdadon
Music: Bobby Ruckuss
This song addresses the strong issues of poverty, oppression and world suffering. We intend to share this with the world for the best of societies gain under a flag of unity and peace! Artist: David Dj James Featured Artist: Senistar Directed by Senistar Cameras: Pdadon Music: Bobby Ruckuss ... more -
Pope: Want to be a Priest? Pedophiles need not apply
"We will absolutely exclude pedophiles from the sacred ministry," he told reporters accompanying him on his first trip as pope to the United States. "We will absolutely exclude pedophiles from the sacred ministry," he told reporters accompanying him on his first trip as po... more
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Vatican Releases List of New Sins, But Are They Clear On The Law of Attraction?
by Malayna
The Vatican has come up with a new list of sins for the modern age. These include pollution, experiments in genetic manipulation, recreational drug use, and causing social and economic injustices, such as poverty, by amassing too much wealth (something the Church could be considered guilty of themselves).
In the past, the Church controlled it all by making themselves the only channel for messages from above and the enforcers of that law. But a recent study by Milan's Catholic University showed that 30 percent of Italian Catholics believed that there was no need for a priest to be God's intermediary. So how can the Church fight back, and make itself more relevant in today's world? By weighing in on what people are already worried about most. It's brilliant!
Godfather of Guilt Monsignor Gianfranco Girotti, the Regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary, the Vatican body that issues decisions on matters of conscience and grants absolutions, said in an interview with the Vatican's L’Osservatore Romano newspaper, "While sin used to concern mostly the individual, today it has mainly a social resonance, due to the phenomenon of globalization". In case you were worried, Girotti said the Catholic Church continued to be concerned by good old-fashioned sin, such as pride, envy, lust, anger, greed, sloth and gluttony. That's good to know.
Making pollution a sin is long overdue. Really. Pope Benedict has been focused on protection of the environment recently, saying that climate change has become gravely important for the entire human race. (Did God tell him that? Or was it Al Gore?) Benedict and his predecessor John Paul have made the Vatican increasingly "green" by installing photovoltaic cells to produce electricity and hosting a scientific conference on global warming and climate change. This green angle is a step away from the traditional Biblical interpretation that humans were given everything on Earth, including the animals, to do with as we please.
Though we're happy that the Vatican has finally got with the environmental program, perhaps the Catholic Church isn't clear on how the Law of Attraction works. Guilt, long a tool of Catholic parents and teachers everywhere, puts the focus on negative things and feelings. But we enlightened Daily Mantra readers know that to truly make changes, we need to focus on the positive. So instead of listing new sins, let's make new commandments (we can run them by God for approval, we're just co-creating here).
Thou shalt love and honor the Earth, your planetary home.
Thou shalt marvel at the wonders of nature.
Thou shalt be grateful for mental clarity and intelligence.
Thou shalt enjoy sharing the wealth you attract.
Thou shalt enjoy the pleasures of the body as a means uplifting the spirit and sharing joy.
If sins are meant to be things that could send us to hell, and we think of hell as a consciousness or state of being, then we can use these new and old lists as guidelines to make us think twice and connect to our spiritual center before making decisions that might make our lives and our world a living hell.
"Sin" in Spanish means "without," so we can think of sins as decisions made without checking in with our own spiritual guidance and connection, or as mistakes made from missing the target of our highest and best choices.
So my friends, go and sin no more! (And trade-in your S.U.V. for a Prius if you want a ride on the highway to heaven.)
http://www.dailymantra.com by Malayna ... more -
Saving Sin City
Ex-hooker Annie Lobert shares her compelling story about how she went from selling her body as a prostitute in Las Vegas, to becoming a preacher. Her ministry "Hookers for Jesus" is a non-profit organization that promotes the word of God to ladies of the night in Las Vegas, NV. Annie and her associates hope to save sin city by bringing God to prostitutes, drug addicts, pimps, and others involved in the porn industry. Ex-hooker Annie Lobert shares her compelling story about how she went from selling her body as a prostitute in Las Vegas, to becoming ... more
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When a blurred face isn't enough
A man is involved in a scandal in the Vatican after appearing on an Italian TV station talking about his homosexuality. Although they disguised his voice and blurred his face, his co-workers quickly recognized him, now he is being suspended from the Vatican. In the interview he says that he does not regard himself in a state of sin. A man is involved in a scandal in the Vatican after appearing on an Italian TV station talking about his homosexuality. Although they ... more
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