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Tuesday Godbytes: (Mis)spelling Hanukkah; Merry Christmas in Klingon; Rob Bell’s Grammar
Today marks the first day of the eight-day Jewish celebration of Hanukkah. It also marks the beginning of a struggle journalists and bloggers know well - how do you actually spell Hanukkah? God only knows, right?
Actually no. Apparently God doesn't.
Someone even wrote a song abo...
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Pope certifies miracles for two U.S. saints
VATICAN CITY (RNS) A 17th-century Native American woman who cared for the sick and elderly, and a Catholic nun who worked with lepers in Hawaii, are on the verge of becoming the newest American saints, after Pope Benedict XVI certified miracles due to their intercession, the Vatican a...
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On Dec. 25, Atheists celebrate a different birthday
(RNS) Deck those halls with boughs of apples and top that tree with a finger puppet of Sir Isaac Newton.
At least that's what Robin Zebrowski does at her home in Beloit, Wis., where she and her husband, Joshua, observe the birthday of the great 17th-century English scientist and mathe...
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Poll suggests believers can be swayed on nukes, environment
WASHINGTON (RNS) Most Americans believers do not see preventing climate change or the spread of nuclear weapons as "spiritual obligations," although they see both as important goals, according to a new poll.
Among respondents who said they believe in God or in "spiritual obligatio...
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UPDATE: N.J. hospital agrees not to force nurses to assist in abortions
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) A teaching hospital will hire additional staff to help perform abortions after a group of nurses claimed they were forced to participate in the procedures despite religious objections.
"No nurse is compelled to have direct involvement in a procedure to which she or...
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Friday Godbytes
If you're anything like me, you've been wracking your brain to figure out whether modern-day American Christmas traditions are anything like 18th-century Christmas services. What, you're not like me? Weird…Well, anyway, history.org has a whole webpage on just this topic in case you...
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Sexual abusers hard to profile or predict
(RNS) The grand jury report reads like a textbook profile of child sexual abuse.
Jerry Sandusky, former assistant football coach at Penn State, allegedly bought one boy golf clubs and a computer, took him swimming at a hotel pool, wrestled with him and invited him to sleepovers at his...
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Nurses say they were forced to assist in abortions
NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) Twelve nurses on Monday (Nov. 14) accused the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey of abruptly forcing them to assist in abortion cases, despite religious and moral objections to the procedures.
"In October, we were suddenly confronted with a choice be...
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COMMENTARY: What did Steve Jobs see at the end?
(RNS) In my daily readings of Leo Tolstoy and George MacDonald, one thought from each converged with the other. It reminded me of an old conversation with the late great Norman Mailer, and of the late great Steve Job's final words.
From Tolstoy: "We have measured the earth, the stars,...
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Congress considers conscience rights in health care
WASHINGTON (RNS) Catholic and other Christian health care providers got their day in Congress Wednesday (Nov. 2) at a hearing Republicans called to denounce an Obama administration rule that requires insurers to cover contraception.
The rule, part of the health care reform bill passed...
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