... and the truth shall make you free

The Pope at Auschwitz: "They wanted to kill God"

Tue May 30, 2006 4:54 AM EDT

"By destroying Israel, they ultimately wanted to tear up the taproot of the Christian faith." A startling interpretation of the Holocaust in the words of the German pope.

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vatican, europe, religion, holocaust, christians, catholic-church, jews, bible, christianity, anti-semitism

Creation, Evolution, Human Dignity and Resurrection (addendum to Strict Monotheism Crash Course)

Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:58 AM EDT

The Holy Scripture asserts that "God created man in His image and likeness" (Gen 1:26-27). This, for the Church, has always been a central statement, because it qualifies in its essence the exclusive dignity that God attributes to man, unique among all creatures.

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evolution, father, son, science, jesus-christ, jesus, new-testament, christianity, trinity, creed

In the Apostles' Creed there is All That is Essential! (Crash Course on Strict Monotheism #3)

Wed Apr 19, 2006 7:14 AM EDT

This is the third instalment of the series initiated with the article Strict Monotheism: a "crash course" . The first instalment was: Trinity and Incarnation: the problem.

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father, son, science, jesus-christ, jesus, new-testament, christianity, trinity, creed, christ

Strict Monotheism: a "crash course". Lesson #2

Mon Apr 17, 2006 2:55 PM EDT

This is the second instalment of the series Strict Monotheism: a "crash course" . The first instalment was: Trinity and Incarnation: the problem. The first formulation of the problem goes back about 20 years.

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religion, father, son, jesus-christ, jesus, new-testament, christianity, trinity, creed, christ

Strict Monotheism: a "crash course".

Sat Apr 15, 2006 1:32 PM EDT

The following series of posts was originally posted by Servetus in the Beliefnet site. After an exchange with Aronoff at his post Does God Exist? A look at the earth, and patterns and why He's real , I promised him I would clarify my position and expand on it.

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religion, father, son, jesus-christ, jesus, new-testament, christianity, trinity, creed, christ

Can everything be voted on in a democracy?

Thu Apr 6, 2006 2:07 PM EDT

General Elections are imminent in Italy. Italians are called to the polls this weekend, on April 9-10.

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italy, vatican, education, family, school, rome, pope, romano-prodi, catholic-church, world-news

Italy's General Election: US Department of State playing with fire

Sat Mar 25, 2006 4:20 AM EST

Less than three weeks before Italy's General Election, scheduled for April 9-10, 2006, the U.S. Department of State, Office of the Spokesman, released, on March 21, 2006, a "Public Announcement" on "Italy, Holy See (Vatican City) and San Marino" .

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germany, france, italy, rome, romano-prodi, holy-see, george-bush, world-news, al-qaeda, aznar

Jacques Monod gives the lie to Theistic Evolutionism

Mon Mar 20, 2006 2:04 PM EST

There are two polar opposite pictures of Darwinism, when viewing evolution as a whole:

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evolution, debate, religion, education, intelligent-design, science, dna, id, fossils, nobel-prize

Dickerson's Rule No.1 : the rule of Science?

Thu Mar 16, 2006 1:56 PM EST

In his Darwin's Black Box, Michael J. Behe heavily criticizes (op. cit, Chapter no. 11, section "The Rule", pages 238-243) "methodological naturalism", which he sees epitomized by Richard Dickerson's Rule No. 1

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evolution, religion, intelligent-design, science, faith, michael-behe, christian, darwin, creationism, biology

Intelligent Design vs. Evolution: let's start an honest debate

Tue Mar 14, 2006 10:11 PM EST

When I dropped my latest comment in preaetor605's post The Evidence of Evolution at 12:04 AM CET, and then came back, I could not believe my eyes. I could not believe that, in just one and a half hour 20 new comments had been added, for a total count of 73.

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Cyprus, litmus test for Turkey

Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:31 PM EST

Cyprus was one of the first areas touched by the Apostle Paul, together with his companion Barnabas, in his missionary activity.

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turkey, europe, religion, united-nations, islam, world-news, cyprus, orthodox-christianity

Benedict XVI and his Lent Priestly Press Conference

Tue Mar 7, 2006 9:27 AM EST

Pope Benedict XVI, as is the tradition at the beginning of each Lent, on Thursday, March 2 in the Vatican met the priests of the diocese of Rome, of which he is bishop. He touched impromptu upon many subjects, in an open exchange with the convened clergy.

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vatican, religion, africa, rome, catholic-church, world-news, bible, christianity, koran, benedict-xvi

Darwin's Black Box, Vintage Edition

Mon Mar 6, 2006 5:42 PM EST

The Free Press (a Division of Simon & Shuster, Inc.) first published Darwin's Black Box in 1996. Now, in March 2006, they have issued a "10th anniversary" new edition. Like a very good quality wine, the book of Professor Michael J.

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evolution, religion, intelligent-design, science, faith, michael-behe, christian, darwin, creationism, biology

The Pope, the Scumbag and the Minion

Mon Mar 6, 2006 4:26 AM EST

This is a new instalment of the saga started with my post Were Soviets really Responsible for Papal Shooting?

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bush, turkey, italy, vatican, cia, europe, john-paul, assassination, shooting, john-paul-ii

Were Soviets really Responsible for Papal Shooting?

Sun Mar 5, 2006 4:05 PM EST

After appending my comments on the main AP article by Victor L. Simpson (Italians Blame Soviets for '81 Pope Attack), I have decided to write my own post on the subject, adding it to the other three Doppelganger™.

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bush, turkey, italy, vatican, europe, john-paul, assassination, shooting, john-paul-ii, pope

Cavemen preferred blondes. Mystery of evolution unveiled.

Tue Feb 28, 2006 10:08 AM EST

In Northern and Eastern Europe men chose women that would stand out: so fair hair multiplied.

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evolution, science, gender-roles, monogamy-pigmentation-polygyny, sexual-selection, upper-paleolithic

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