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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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Penn Jillette’s 10 Commandments for atheists
(RNS) In his new book, "God, No!" atheist magician Penn Jillette tells how he was challenged by conservative radio host Glenn Beck to come up with an atheist's version of The Ten Commandments.
"I wanted to see how many of the ideas that many people think are handed down from (G)od rea...
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Friday’s Religion News Roundup
The NYT takes a stroll down Memory Lane into Michele Bachmann's formative years in constitutional law at Oral Roberts University. CNN takes a look at the Presidential Prayer Team which, curiously, costs $30,000 a month to operate.
Let's say you're Rick Perry and one of your big backe...
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Epitaph for Steve Jobs: Too great to be good?
NEW YORK (RNS) The death of Apple founder and creative genius Steve Jobs has prompted the kind of veneration usually reserved for saints, inspired by his almost religious idealism and the lofty goals he had for technology and himself.
Not to mention the flat-out awesomeness of his pro...
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Rabbis stand in solidarity with burned mosque
WASHINGTON (RNS) More than a thousand rabbis from around the world have signed a statement denouncing the burning of an Israeli mosque as police arrested a suspect who is alleged to be a Jewish extremist.
"We condemn those in Israel who exacerbate conflict and strife, and who insist t...
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