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		<title>Catholic fury over The Times&#8217;s coverage of Pope Benedict XVI</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m posting this one as I feel that this is an important clarification on some recent news media confusion:-
Damian Thompson &#8211; Telegraph
Catholic fury over The Times&#8217;s coverage of Pope Benedict XVI
There is international outrage in Catholic circles over a headline in  The Times this morning that many people regard as utterly misleading  and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The National Association of Muslim Police (NAMP) received £90,000 in grant aid in the last two years while the Christian Police Association (CPA) received just £15,000 in the last five years.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following article from the Telegraph is majoring on the fact that the Home Office has been accused of discriminating against police Christian groups in favour of a Muslim police group, however, the real issue for me is whether religious groups should receive government funding at all.
A while back I posted in relation to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Priests ought to focus on sin, not climate change. The worst way to ‘connect’ with parishioners is to offer secular fads, says Dominic Scarborough</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 08:08:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting observations in the Catholic Herald.
I&#8217;m glad the headline mentions climate change in relation to churches as recently I came across the term eco-theologian. This term was used in all seriousness on a so called Christian website. Now tell me that Anthropomorphic Global Warming is not a religion in its own right.
In my &#8216;umble opinion [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Georgia have announced a scheme to let prisoners shorten their jail terms by spending time in a monastery instead.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/13/georgia-announced-scheme-prisoners-shorten-jail-terms-spending-time-monastery/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Mar 2010 07:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I simply found this one from the BBC intriguing. Imagine this scheme in the UK and the shock and dismay when prison inmates discovered that time actually moves slower in some churches than in prison  
BBC
Georgian monasteries offer to take in prisoners
Officials in the ex-Soviet republic of Georgia have announced a scheme to let [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roundup of Information on The Presbyterian Church (USA) Israel Debate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:56:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAMERA
The Presbyterian Church (USA), which has lost approximately 1 million members over the past 25 years, is preparing to debate a number of resolutions regarding Israeli policies at the church&#8217;s upcoming General Assembly. One resolution calls for the church to convict Israel of the crime of “apartheid” while others call on the church to rebuke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenten Discipline: Bash Israel &#8211; Groups like Churches for Middle East Peace seem determined to put Israel as well as fish into the frying pan this Lent says IRD President Mark Tooley</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:50:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From the Institute on Religion &#38; Democracy:
Church groups centered on Middle East peace are marking the time of Lent with criticism of Israel. A season of penance and fasting traditionally associated with preparing for Easter, Lent is being promoted as a time to single out Israel as aggressor.
Lenten reflections issued by Churches for Middle East [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Letter-writer in National Secular Society mailout says Bulger killers went to a Church of England school where they were &#8216;fed violent Bible stories&#8217;.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/12/letterwriter-national-secular-society-mailout-bulger-killers-church-england-school-fed-violent-bible-stories/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:46:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barbara Smoker has written an open letter to the National Secular Society as follows:
In all the media coverage on the character of John Venables [one of the  murderers of Jamie Bulger] I have yet to read or hear any mention of the fact  that he and his co-murderer were, at the time of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Question: How do you read the Bible</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/12/friday-question-read-bible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend Polycarp has posted his &#8220;Friday Question&#8221;:-
What is the proper way to read the bible?
Be sure to pop over and share your thoughts.
If you have stumbled onto this blog and are not a Christian, get yourself a hot drink, pull up a comfy chair and then tuck into the following article written by one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is entirely sensible that ministers have ruled out a ban on teachers being members of the BNP</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/12/ministers-ruled-ban-teachers-members-bnp/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[George Pitcher over at the Telegraph shares his thoughts on the news that Ministers have ruled out banning teachers who are members of he BNP.
The BNP are predictably eminently jubilant with this news and have said:
The Maurice Smith review ruling that teachers may be members of the British National Party means that democracy has “just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ekklesia has today teamed up with democracy campaign Power2010 in an initiative to urge Church of England bishops to take a lead in reforming the House of Lords.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/12/ekklesia-today-teamed-democracy-campaign-power2010-initiative-urge-church-england-bishops-lead-reforming-house-lords/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 10:20:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#8220;religion and society think-tank&#8221; Ekklesia is heavily promoting a campaign called Power2010, which is an initiative to urge Church of England bishops to take a lead in reforming the House of Lords.
Just for clarification purposes, this &#8220;reforming&#8221; would effectively banish Bishops from the House of Lords. Ekklesia are pushing for an &#8216;all elected&#8217; second [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Father Raymond J. de Souza: Saving Iraq&#8217;s Christians &#8211; This new decade has gotten off to a rough start for Christians living in the Islamic world.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[National Post
This new decade has gotten off to a rough start for Christians living in the Islamic world. Just this week, hundreds of Nigerian Christians were killed by Muslims, though the religious dimension of that event is disputed. Just yesterday, in Manshera, Pakistan, suspected Islamists attacked the World Vision office, killing at least five people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than 2,000 atheists from around the world are gathering in Melbourne, Australia, to celebrate their lack of religious belief.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/12/2000-atheists-world-gathering-melbourne-australia-celebrate-lack-religious-belief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I only want to highlight the BBC headline for this one:-
BBC &#8211; Atheists meet in Melbourne to celebrate lack of faith
Is this not hilariously paradoxical?
If you have stumbled onto this blog and are not a Christian, get yourself a hot drink, pull up a comfy chair and then tuck into the following article written by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celibacy to blame for sex abuse cases, says Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn, leader of the Catholic Church in Austria</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today we are seeing headlines like this one:-
Daily Mail &#8211; Celibacy to blame for sex abuse cases, says cardinal tipped for papacy
National Post &#8211; Cardinal claims celibacy linked to sex abuse
I&#8217;ve been informed that these headlines are misleading and that Cardinal Christoph Schoenborn said no such thing:
Catholic Culture:
Vienna&#8217;s Cardinal Christoph Schönborn has said that the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is baffled and angry at Israel</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/12/archbishop-canterbury-rowan-williams-baffled-angry-israel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps Rowan should read this.
Cross-post from Anglican Samizdat:
From here:
The Archbishop of Canterbury has said that despite believing Israel has a right to defend itself, he is “baffled and angry” at some of its methods.
Dr Rowan Williams spoke in conversation with Times editor James Harding in front of more than 200 people at a JC-sponsored event [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Christians of the Holy Land</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/12/christians-holy-land/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-post from Solomonia:
Received from a reader:
[This] is written by an acquaintance of mine, and older woman who is Catholic. Who somehow got roped into attending something that from her description sounds like some Friends of Sabeel meeting. And she came away very upset, disappointed and confused. She wrote down her thoughts and sent them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Facts the American Humanist Association (AHA) Might Not Know, part 2 of 4</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/11/interesting-facts-american-humanist-association-aha-part-2-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 16:16:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross post by Mariano over at Atheism is Dead. This is part 2 and part 1 can be found here.
The American Humanists Association is one of the groups that collected donated money to fund self-serving ad campaigns instead of helping people in need during a time of worldwide recession. The 2008 AD ads read “Why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than 40 Christians have been kicked out of Morocco this week, including members of a group that helped run an orphanage in the country.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Moroccan authorities are really ratcheting up the intimidatory pressure on Christians, which is disturbing. I posted about this back in February and wrote:-
This is a worrying escalation against the Christian community in Morocco.
Morocco is strategically very important for the Gospel, as it is the entrance point to Islamic North Africa and being geographically so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Presbyterian Church (USA) will debate numerous proposals regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict at its upcoming General Assembly scheduled to take place in Minneapolis in early July 2010.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous posts on the The Presbyterian Church&#8217;s anti-Israel stance; here and here.
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The Presbyterian Church (USA) will debate numerous proposals regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict at its upcoming General Assembly scheduled to take place in Minneapolis in early July 2010. One overture submitted to the General Assembly by the San Francisco Presbytery declares Israel guilty of the crime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taliban gunmen have stormed into an office of the charity World Vision in Pakistan.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bastards.
From Harry&#8217;s Place:-
They took the staff into a separate room and executed them one by one, according to a news report on ABC.
The charity said they thought the office was targeted because it was running programmes to help women.
World Vision has decided to suspend its programmes and pull out of the country following the “brutal and senseless” attacks on its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>British Humanist Association (BHA) issue Local and General Election Manifesto</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:09:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The British Humanist Association has put together their election manifesto, which can be found on the following PDF Links:-
BHA &#8211; Local Manifesto
BHA &#8211; General Manifesto
Personally I can&#8217;t be bothered to read them as I am politically depressed and apathetic currently, however, here are a couple of links from folks that could be bothered:-
The Church Mouse [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hundreds of villagers have voiced their anger over plans by Gary Neville, the Manchester United footballer, to build a &#8220;Teletubby&#8221; style eco home in the Lancashire countryside.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/10/hundreds-villagers-voiced-anger-plans-gary-neville-manchester-united-footballer-build-teletubby-style-eco-home-lancashire-countryside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This headline caught my eye:-
Telegraph &#8211; Gary Neville&#8217;s plans for &#8216;Teletubby&#8217; home opposed by neighbours
A few years ago, I spent 6 months recuperating from meningitis and as my son was very young, I happened to watch a lot of CBeebies, and of course the Teletubbies.
Ever since this time, I have secretly yearned to live in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As churches continue to close, the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia is being urged to turn to social media to evangelize</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/10/churches-continue-close-anglican-diocese-british-columbia-urged-turn-social-media-evangelize/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:10:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m popping this one on the blog, because it covers one my pet subjects, namely, the Internet and Christianity and also because this report relates to the demise of the Anglican Diocese of British Columbia, which my favourite Anglican blog &#8211; Anglican Samizdat &#8211; who happens to be Canada based, has blogged about recently; here [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe Biden, the US vice president, has condemned an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in east Jerusalem &amp; Benjamin Netanyahu snubs Joe Biden to meet with John Hagee</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/10/joe-biden-the-us-vice-president-has-condemned-an-israeli-plan-to-build-hundreds-of-homes-in-disputed-east-jerusalem-benjamin-netanyahu-snubs-joe-biden-to-meet-with-john-hagee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a furore over the Israeli governments announcement of plans to build    hundreds of homes in east Jerusalem. To make matters worse the timing of the announcement coincided with the official state visit of US vice president Joe Biden, to begin indirect negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian authorities.
Telegraph:-
Israel&#8217;s controversial announcement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Proverbs 26:17 &#8211; Like one who seizes a dog by the ears is a passer-by who meddles in a quarrel not his own.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 08:44:05 +0000</pubDate>
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If you have stumbled onto this blog and are not a Christian, get yourself a hot drink, pull up a comfy chair and then tuck into the following article written by one of the best in the business:-
All Of Grace by Charles Spurgeon]]></description>
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		<title>The King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, has signed a bill into law legalizing abortion on demand for the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy. Will he now face Catholic Excommunication?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous post here.
Cross-post by Polycarp:-
The King of Spain, Juan Carlos I, has signed a bill into law legalizing abortion on demand for the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy.
The law, which was recently passed by the Spanish Congress and Senate, also declares abortion as a “right,” allows minors as young as 16 to obtain abortions without [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Most Rev Dr BA Kwashi Archbishop of Jos Nigeria: Open letter following the murder of more than 500 people</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/09/rev-dr-ba-kwashi-archbishop-jos-nigeria-open-letter-murder-500-people/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:16:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous posts here, here and here.
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Following the murder of more than 500 people in the latest shocking violence in the Jos area, we reproduce here in its entirety an open letter from the Rt Rev Benjamin Kwashi, Archbishop of Jos. He describes local peace moves and rails against lack of government action.
January 17th was a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Supreme Court has decided to hear the case of Snyder v Phelps &#8211; The Phelps in question is the Rev Fred Phelps, of the notorious Westboro Baptist Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:42:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t come across the Rev Fred Phelps of the US Westboro Baptist Church, then your life is all the better. To give you a hint, his website is called &#8220;GodHatesFags&#8221;.
Anyway, for those who do know about these despicable folk, you may be interested to know that the US Supreme Court has agreed to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC HARDtalk &#8211; Stephen Sackur talks with Michael Nazir-Ali, Former Bishop of Rochester</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/09/bbc-hardtalk-stephen-sackur-talks-michael-nazirali-bishop-rochester/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m no fan of the trend of &#8220;interviewers&#8221; to be disrespectful, arrogant, aggressive, insulting, deaf, and ill-informed in the nuances of the topic at hand, and for me Stephen Sackur fulfills all of the above, in his interview with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali.
BBC iplayer &#8211; HARDtalk &#8211; Michael Nazir-Ali, Former Bishop of Rochester
Michael Nazir-Ali is such [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family see Jesus image in Marmite</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:18:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can you believe this is the second most shared &#8220;news&#8221; item on the BBC website currently, and the fourth most popular read:-
It may not be immediately obvious to everyone, but one family are convinced they can see the face of Jesus on the lid of a jar of Marmite. Claire Allen, 36, said she was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday addressed a Christians United for Israel (CUFI) summit in Jerusalem and encouraged Christian Zionists around the world to stay the course in their defense of the Jewish state.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/09/israeli-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahuon-monday-addressed-christians-united-israel-cufi-summit-jerusalem-encouraged-christian-zionists-world-stay-defense-jewish-state/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:09:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little encouragement for Christian Zionists from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and let&#8217;s face it, we are in need of some positive gestures from Israel at times, it really does help.
Israel National News
Netanyahu reiterated the amazing turn of events that the presence of Israel-loving Christians in the Jewish state represents after centuries of Christian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Priest Reverend Frank Wainwright, a Catholic Deacon at St Gregory&#8217;s Church in Cheltenham apologises for joking that marriage is not for &#8216;Adam and Steve&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should the Reverend Frank Wainwright have apologised, and was this a &#8220;controversial comment&#8221; as highlighted in this Telegraph report.
Is it no longer prudent for Ministers to publicly declare that they believe Holy Matrimony is designed for a man and a woman, for fear of offence?
Finally, is it not striking that a short sermon from the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Messianic Jewish Levite on the New Priesthood According to Melchizedek</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:58:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very lucid guest post by Levitt over at the Rosh Pina Project. Levitt is a Messianic Levite and shares his thoughts on the priesthood, which I think is rather cool.
Guest post by Levitt
In the context of Galatians, Paul makes the point that the Torah given by Moses was an addition to the Abrahamic Covenant. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WORLDWIDE PERSECUTION OF CHRISTIANS BY MUSLIMS AND HINDUS INTENSIFIES</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/09/worldwide-persecution-christians-muslims-hindus-intensifies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-post by David at Virtue Online:-
There is a growing and intensifying attack on Christians around the world.
It is not just confined to the Middle East and Islamic countries.
Christians from Egypt to Iraq, from Pakistan to Nigeria are being attacked and killed by Muslims and Hindus.
For all its vaunted advances in technology, there is a growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lilian Ladele a Christian registrar who lost her job after she refused to carry out civil partnership ceremonies has been refused permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Previous posts here, here, here and here.
Telegraph:-
Lilian Ladele’s situation does not raise legal points of “general public    importance”, according to the highest court in the land.
She is now considering whether to try to take her case to the European Court    of Human Rights, as she believes it shows that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rifleman James McKie: Don&#8217;t throw your grenade at me, have it back!</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/09/rifleman-james-mckie-throw-grenade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:20:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I enjoyed reading this one:-
BBC
A British soldier has described how he picked up a Taliban hand grenade which landed at his feet and threw it back towards the enemy.
Rifleman James McKie was on a tiny rooftop in Sangin. He and two of his platoon could hear the bullets fired by the Taliban below bouncing off [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US: Refusal of lesbian couple&#8217;s child at Catholic elementary school in Boulder brings out dissenters</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/09/refusal-lesbian-couples-child-catholic-elementary-school-boulder-brings-dissenters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This one&#8217;s causing a stir in the US:-
CNA
After local media reported that the child of a lesbian couple was refused enrollment at an elementary school in Boulder, the Archdiocese of Denver told CNA that opposition to its decision comes from those “who disagree with the Church’s position on homosexuality in general” and want an “excuse” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Interesting Facts the American Humanist Association (AHA) Might Not Know, part 1 of 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:39:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-post by Mariano &#8211; Atheism is Dead
Edd Doerr, “former elected head of the American Humanist Association for 14 years” dissents from the current AHA campaigns.
This seemed like a good occasion to consider just how the AHA purposes that we be without God.
As for the AHA ads which read “No God?&#8230;No Problem! Be Good for goodness’ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christ-Centered or Just Religious? Three Ways to Tell</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/christcentered-religious-ways/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quick spiritual check-up, courtesy of CyberBrethren:-
Christ-Centered or Just Religious? Three Ways to Tell
1. Your reaction when things fall apart.
Do you catch yourself saying, “God, why is this happening? I’ve done x, y, and z?” Do suffering, difficulty, and obstacles provoke “why?” questions predicated on your goodness or effort? You’ve been working so hard, reading your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Utterly appalling violence by Muslims against Christians in Nigeria where the latest tally after weekend attacks on three mostly Christian villages is some 500 dead.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/utterly-appalling-violence-muslims-christians-nigeria-latest-tally-weekend-attacks-christian-villages-500-dead/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:13:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve already blogged twice in two days about the large-scale massacre of Christians in Jos, Nigeria, here and here.
As is sadly the case when blogging about the decimation of Christian communities across at the hands of Islamic extremists, it rarely drives much Internet traffic to our blog, simply because there is a high degree of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pew Research Center&#8217;s Project for Excellence in Journalism: Understanding the Participatory News Consumer</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/pew-research-centers-project-excellence-journalism-understanding-participatory-news-consumer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:51:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very interesting research from the Pew Forum surveying people&#8217;s use of the Internet as a news source.
But check this comment out:-
Asked what subjects they would like to receive more coverage, 44% said scientific news and discoveries, 41% said religion and spirituality, 39% said health and medicine, 39% said their state government, and 38% said their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ekklesia: Church of Scotland says now is the time to end the nuclear threat</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/church-scotland-time-nuclear-threat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This headline from Ekklesia:-
Church of Scotland says now is the time to end the nuclear threat.
Well thank goodness for that. I have dedicated my life to warning as many folk as will listen, of the threat posed by the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, in the hands of Iran the Church of Scotland.
It&#8217;s about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vegans, teetotallers and atheists are to be given the same protection against discrimination as religious groups, under Harriet Harman&#8217;s controversial new equality laws</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/vegans-teetotallers-atheists-protection-discrimination-religious-groups-harriet-harmans-controversial-equality-laws/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:38:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More absolute madness from Harriet Harman&#8217;s &#8220;Equality&#8221; drive:-
Mail:-
Vegans, teetotallers and atheists are to be given the same protection against discrimination as religious groups, under Harriet Harman&#8217;s controversial new equality laws.
People who do not eat products and refuse to wear leather have been singled out for inclusion under the new legislation by Labour&#8217;s super-quango &#8211; the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>80% think that Internet Access is a basic Human Right</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/80-internet-access-basic-human/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:13:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does anyone else find odd the idea of access to the Internet as a fundamental human right? Of all of the &#8220;human rights&#8221; is this not somewhat intriguing?
Still it goes to show that my comments a couple of days ago were right:-
BBC
Internet access is &#8216;a fundamental right&#8217;
Almost four in five people around the world believe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In a few days there will be an international gathering of atheists in Melbourne. Richard Dawkins and many other misotheistic heavyweights will be there.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/days-international-gathering-atheists-melbourne-richard-dawkins-misotheistic-heavyweights/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:17:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bill Muehlenberg has put together an interesting post looking at the correlation between religion, democracy, morals and freedom.
As a quick caveat, I will say that when Bill uses the term &#8220;Religion&#8221; I suspect he&#8217;s referring explicitly to the Christian faith. I make this caveat as the problem nowadays is that whenever the word &#8220;Religion&#8221; is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From Bishop Ben Kwashi in Jos, Nigeria, on recent Muslim violence against Christians in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/from-bishop-ben-kwashi-in-jos-nigeria-on-recent-muslim-violence-against-christians-in-jos-plateau-state-nigeria/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:20:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Please bear in mind that this harrowing letter comes from Bishop Ben Kwashi, who is &#8220;on the ground&#8221; in Jos, Nigeria. If you need to catch up on recent events from Jos, then click; here, and here.
Anglican Mainstream:-
People were in deep sleep and woken up by about three this morning to meet with death. Men [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A study by Satoshi Kanazawa of the London School of Economics claiming that liberals and Atheists are &#8220;more intelligent&#8221; than religious believers is causing a buzz in the news media and academic circles.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/08/a-study-by-satoshi-kanazawa-of-the-london-school-of-economics-claiming-that-liberals-and-atheists-are-more-intelligent-than-religious-believers-is-causing-a-buzz-in-the-news-media-and-academic-cir/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you read this one, do have a quick look at this link from a very recent post, in which it is proffered that there is no good evidence that education leads to secularisation, in fact, the opposite may be true.
Opposing Views &#8211; by American Atheists

A study claiming that liberals and Atheists are &#8220;more intelligent&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More than 100 people were dead after an attack on a predominantly Christian group in central Nigeria, officials told CNN on Sunday.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/07/100-people-dead-attack-predominantly-christian-group-central-nigeria-officials-told-cnn-sunday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 19:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-post from Calvin L Smith (Principal of King&#8217;s Evangelical Divinity School) and nuff said:-
Why Does the BBC Do This?
See this story on the BBC News website concerning horrific violence in Nigeria overnight leading to the death of over a hundred people, mainly women and children, macheted to death. Now read the same story as reported on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joel Osteen: the new face of Christianity</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/07/joel-osteen-face-christianity/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You know what, I&#8217;ll stick with the original face of Christianity, namely, Jesus!
Guardian:-
Forget Billy Graham and Jimmy Swaggart – the most popular and influential pastor in the US is Joel Osteen. On the surface he is modest and quietly spoken, but his belief in the &#8220;prosperity gospel&#8221; is changing the way people pray.
The praise and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>At the Evangelical theological conference I&#8217;ve been attending I am struck by how a substantial number of people I&#8217;ve listened to at debates or chatted with lean towards the political left.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/07/evangelical-theological-conference-attending-struck-substantial-number-people-listened-debates-chatted-lean-political-left/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Calvin L Smith (Principal of King&#8217;s Evangelical Divinity School) is &#8220;live blogging&#8221; his trip to the US, and I found his latest post to be an interesting follow up to yesterdays post entitled: Why Christians should be politically conservative:-
The Christian Academy and Christians in Politics
At the Evangelical theological conference I&#8217;ve been attending I am struck by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christian Zionist Theology and End-times Theology</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Harry&#8217;s place have an interesting post looking at the phenomenon of US support for Israel.
Within the post Gene makes this comment:-
Now American non-Jews support Israel for a lot of different reasons, some of which (like Christian end-times theology) make me squirm.
I thought the term &#8220;Christian end-times theology&#8221; was of particular interest. I am assuming that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool: Evangelical Atheist?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/07/james-jones-bishop-liverpool-evangelical-atheist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 08:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just to keep you abreast of &#8220;happenings&#8221; in the Anglican Church.
The Bishop of Liverpool &#8211; James Jones &#8211; is in serious hot water after a speech he gave to the to Liverpool Diocesan Synod, in which he said some stuff about gays that has riled the conservatives. This has caused much activity in the conservative [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Six years ago, the nearly 3 million member Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) became the first and only U.S. religious body to adopt a divestment policy against Israel.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/07/years-3-million-member-presbyterian-church-usa-religious-body-adopt-divestment-policy-israel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 07:58:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh Dear.
Weekly Standard:-
PCUSA Tempted to Divest from Israel &#8211; The church&#8217;s leadership takes a pro-Palestinian stance.
Six years ago, the nearly 3 million member Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) became the first and only U.S. religious body to adopt a divestment policy against Israel. After a large uproar from Christians and Jews, including a personal appeal from Presbyterian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In general, the more devout a community, the greater the racism, according to the authors of new analysis, led by Wendy Wood, Provost Professor of Psychology and Business at USC College and the USC Marshall School of Business.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/06/general-devout-community-greater-racism-authors-analysis-led-wendy-wood-provost-professor-psychology-business-usc-college-usc-marshall-school-business/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hat-tip Polycarp:-
Study Links Religious Groups and Racial Bias
In the parable of the Good Samaritan, Jesus warned religious listeners against what today would be called “ingroup prejudice”: the tendency to think less of outsiders, especially those of another race.
The Samaritan, a member of a group despised by Israelites of that time, proves himself more charitable to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Christians should be politically conservative</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/06/christians-politically-conservative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 16:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I thought this to be an excellent post from David over at the Anglican Samizdat Blog, in which he articulates a very important and salient point, relating to the correlation between our general perception of the &#8220;human condition&#8221;, and our political and theological worldview.
Anglican Samizdat
Some friends recently returned from a stay at a kibbutz in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Tyranny of the SEO Church, Revisited</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/06/tyranny-seo-church-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 14:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting post over at Hacking Christianity for Christian webmasters, looking at search engine optimisation and the church. This follows on nicely from a post yesterday about the religious blogosphere, in which I wrote:-
The truth is, whether for good or for ill, the Internet is a medium that the Church must master and utilise, as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The kangaroo court of militant atheism is a toxic, anti-reason fallacy</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/05/kangaroo-court-militant-atheism-toxic-antireason-fallacy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a fantastic cross-post by bananabrain over at the Spitoon:-
the kangaroo court of militant atheism is a toxic, anti-reason fallacy

On a recent visit to the natural history museum, i was struck by the number of hijabs, kippot and crucifixes on display. unfazed by fossils, geological displays of the age of the earth, australopithecine skulls [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Catholic Herald: Interview with Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/05/catholic-herald-interview-bishop-michael-nazirali/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/05/catholic-herald-interview-bishop-michael-nazirali/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting interview in the Catholic Hearld with my old Bish Naz:-
&#8216;One has to speak the truth regardless&#8217; 
Rory Fitzgerald meets the controversial former Bishop of Rochester and unofficial leader of conservative Anglicans
In the August heat of Karachi in 1949 a little boy was born in to a Shia Muslim family. Pakistan was only two years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said the 2003 war was &#8220;right&#8221;, as he gives evidence to the UK&#8217;s Iraq inquiry.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/05/prime-minister-gordon-brown-2003-war-evidence-uks-iraq-inquiry/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:59:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I still shudder when I remember back to the speech Colin Powell gave to the UN in order to make the case for Saddam Hussein&#8217;s weapons of mass destruction.
I was sitting in a hotel room in Egypt watching CNN and Colin Powell looked like a broken man. He seemed unconvincing and I perceived that he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Labour deselect Methodist councillor George Reynolds for refusing to canvass on a Sunday</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/05/labour-deselect-methodist-councillor-george-reynolds-refusing-canvass-sunday/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This from Cranmer is an absolute disgrace by the Labour party against one of their own and does not bode well for them in relation to floating Christian voters, if it&#8217;s true.
Labour deselect Methodist councillor George Reynolds for refusing to canvass on a Sunday
UPDATE: For the sake of balance and transparency, please also view the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Persecute me I’m after the Brownie points &#8211; We Christians thrive as a minority. A bit of strict us-and-them keeps up the quality</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/05/persecute-im-brownie-points-christians-thrive-minority-bit-strict-usandthem-quality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a fantastic, &#8220;must read&#8221; article in the Times, which is so refreshing and uplifting and quite funny too:-
I’m a Roman Catholic and I go to church every Sunday. Towards the end of Mass, there’s a thing called the Sign of Peace. We all shake hands with everyone in shaking distance and say “peace [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blogs are a growing but still relatively underutilized influence on today&#8217;s religious discourse, according to a study of the religious blogosphere by the Social Science Research Council.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/05/blogs-growing-underutilized-influence-todays-religious-discourse-study-religious-blogosphere-social-science-research-council/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 08:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I did actually manage to read through the 63 pages of the new report on the religious blogging world from the Social Science Research Council, and although interesting, I couldn&#8217;t identify anything revelational to blog about.
Coincidentally, during the week I attended a &#8220;Bible study&#8221; in which the subject of the Internet and Christianity arose, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where do atheists come from? Time to accept that atheism, not god, is odd</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/04/atheists-time-accept-atheism-god-odd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:53:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oftentimes we receive comments on this blog that correlate intelligence with faith in God, and I don&#8217;t mean in a positive way.
Today I came across a very interesting article in which it is proffered that there is no good evidence that education leads to secularisation, in fact, the opposite may be true.
New Scientist:-
HERE&#8217;s a fact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gordon Brown says that he will change the law to prevent the abuse of ‘universal jurisdiction’ through threats to arrest visiting Israeli dignatories for ‘war crimes’</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you remember the shameful episode last December when it looked as though an arrest warrant would be issued against former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni for &#8220;war crimes&#8221; on visiting the UK? Or do you remember the shameful episode last September when a London judge had to reject a call to issue an arrest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catholic Bishops of England and Wales launch their pre-election document &#8211; Choosing the Common Good</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/04/catholic-bishops-england-wales-launch-preelection-document-choosing-common-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone that&#8217;s interested the below PDF download link is the new pre-election publication from the Catholic Church:-
Choosing the Common Good (pdf)
Archbishop Cranmer has now posted his thoughts:-
Choosing the Common Good: the emergence of the Conservative Catholic Fellowship
Here is the blurb from the Catholic Church website:-
Catholic Bishops of England and Wales launch their pre-election document
The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;The New Testament lies hidden in the Old Testament and the Old Testament is unveiled in the New Testament&#8221; (St. Augustine)</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/04/testament-lies-hidden-testament-testament-unveiled-testament-st-augustine/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 08:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I remember quite a few years ago the Anglican church published statistics that analysed the average congregants Bible reading patterns, and the results were revealing. One-third had read the New Testament in full and only one-fifth had the read the Bible in its entirety.
Although these results were dismal at best, it highlighted the fact that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In a book of memoirs released in February, the noted Italian exorcist Fr. Gabriele Amorth affirmed that &#8220;Yes, also in the Vatican there are members of Satanic sects.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/03/book-memoirs-released-february-noted-italian-exorcist-fr-gabriele-amorth-affirmed-vatican-members-satanic-sects/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I simply found this article morbidly fascinating and I have no idea why, so here it is:-
Rome, Italy, Mar 3, 2010 / 04:20 pm (CNA).- A renowned exorcist in Rome recently released a book of memoirs in which he declares to know of the existence of Satanic sects in the Vatican where participation reaches all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Philosophy tutor and atheist Harry Taylor in court for leaving anti-religious cartoons in John Lennon airport</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The telegraph is covering the news of &#8220;militant atheist&#8221; Harry Taylor who left leaflets mocking Jesus Christ, the Pope and the    Koran in the prayer room of an international airport, and has now gone on trial    charged with religious harassment.
Telegraph:-
The materials dumped by Harry Taylor at Liverpool&#8217;s John Lennon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gentiles in the Messianic movement: Bnei Noach or Bnei Avraham?</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/03/gentiles-messianic-movement-bnei-noach-bnei-avraham/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph over at the Rosh Pina Project has put together some interesting thoughts on the role of Gentiles within the Messianic movement.

Gentiles in the Messianic movement: Bnei Noach or Bnei Avraham?

This extract sums up nicely how I view myself as a Gentile believer in Yeshua:-
The bnei Avraham are exactly who God intended Gentile believers and Christians [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Amnesty UK Promotes Ben White Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ben White is traversing the blogosphere currently.
I posted yesterday about Ben White in relation to the so called &#8220;Israeli Apartheid Week&#8221; and Jonathan Bartley of Ekklesia. Then a commentator pointed out (thanks Canon Peter) that Mr White is currently &#8220;on tour&#8221; in the US and has aroused the wrath of Pamela Geller.
And now this from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>German Bishop Margot Kaessmann resigns over drink driving charge: Better late than never?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The appointment of Bishop Margot Kaessmann as head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Germany (EKD) towards the end of last year, led to the Russian Orthodox Church threatening to suspend ecumenical relations.
Bishop Margot Kaessmann was a controversial choice to lead 25 million German Protestants for a number of reasons, most notably, being female, liberal, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Equality Bill: Lord Alli&#8217;s amendment succeeds. The House of Lords has voted to allow the use of religious premises and religious language in same-sex civil partnerships.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/03/equality-bill-lord-allis-amendment-succeeds-the-house-of-lords-has-voted-to-allow-the-use-of-religious-premises-and-religious-language-in-same-sex-civil-partnerships/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can already predict the responses from both sides of the camp on this news that the House of Lords has voted in favour of allowing civil partnership ceremonies to take place in &#8220;religious&#8221; buildings such as churches. I&#8217;m sure you can too.
As a result, I&#8217;m going to post a few links reporting this news, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Australians stunned by weird weather: Hundreds of spangled perch fell on the town of Lajamanu</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/03/australians-stunned-weird-weather-hundreds-spangled-perch-fell-town-lajamanu/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[An amazing and strange world at times:-
(Catholic Online) – Hundreds of spangled perch fell on the town of Lajamanu, population of 650. &#8220;These fish fell in the hundreds and hundreds all over the place. The locals were running around everywhere picking them up,&#8221; resident Christine Balmer.
&#8220;The fish were all alive when they hit the ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Science Research Council: The New Landscape of the Religion Blogosphere</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone interested the Social Science Research Council have released a report on the top 100 religious blogs. I haven&#8217;t read the report yet, however, the 63 page PDF can be found on this link:-
The New Landscape of the Religion Blogosphere PDF
I do intend to read the report and will report back anything of particular [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simon Luke A bible student who threatened a dustman with a knife during a road rage incident has been jailed for 15 months.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/02/simon-luke-bible-student-threatened-dustman-knife-road-rage-incident-jailed-15-months/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 19:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can feel the BBC glee from here.
Take a look at this article about some bloke who completely lost the plot in a road traffic incident and started waiving around a fishing knife, which ended up cutting the victim on the hands.
Cornish bible student jailed in road rage knife row
Cornish Bible student, uh huh, that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Reading from the Book of Dawk</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/02/reading-book-dawk/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know that I have already rambled on about the Dawkins forum debacle, here, and the subsequent New Humanist&#8217;s gaff here, but you must indulge me one last time.
Heresy Corner has produced a blog post of pure class and brilliance, which had me spellbound and laughing my socks off. You must pop over and read [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The River Severn Bore</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/02/river-severn-bore/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:11:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am blessed to live on the riverbank of the River Severn, which is famous worldwide for the Bore. If you&#8217;re not sure what the Bore is, then have a quick look at this Wiki link:-
Wiki, Severn Bore
Today&#8217;s Bore was a biggie and our usually quiet area becomes a mecca for surfers as they attempt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Israeli Apartheid Week (IAW) a Christian response?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sixth international Israeli Apartheid Week kicked off yesterday, with the “week-long” festivities taking place over 14 days in over 40 cities across the globe.
Organizers say this year’s events are meant to “educate people about the nature of Israel as an apartheid system and to build Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions campaigns as part of a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Palestinian Authority on Monday called on the international community to stop Israel from placing the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron and Rachel&#8217;s Tomb in Bethlehem on its list of national heritage sites</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/02/palestinian-authority-monday-called-international-community-stop-israel-placing-cave-patriarchs-hebron-rachels-tomb-bethlehem-list-national-heritage-sites/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday Bataween over at the Point of no Return blog, articulated a salient point relating to the furore over Israel placing the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron, and Rachel&#8217;s Tomb in Bethlehem, on its list of national heritage sites and their plans to renovate the tombs.
There has been condemnation after condemnation of Israel for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If you were counting on a robust offensive from U.S. churches to stop in its tracks the incursion of Islamism in America, perhaps you should save up to pay your jizya</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/02/counting-robust-offensive-churches-stop-tracks-incursion-islamism-america-save-pay-jizya/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a hard-hitting piece from the FrontPageMag by Faith J. H. McDonnell.
This article follows hot on the heels of an email  that went around yesterday from the Institute of Religion and Democracy, which featured the thoughts of Faith McDonnell (Faith is the IRD Religious Liberty Director) on the upcoming &#8220;Christian-Muslim summit&#8221;, in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What to Do When Your Faith Feels Weak</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/01/faith-feels-weak/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:48:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Popping this one on the blog as it is timely and beneficial for me personally at the moment:-
CyberBrethren
When our faith is experienced very weakly in our hearts, we should, as God’s Word itself teaches us, do the following things:
1. Recognize that faith is God’s work and his gift, 1 Thess. 3.; John 6.
2. Inquire and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The force driving Iran&#8217;s foreign policy is ideology: a Shi&#8217;ism that considers Jews &#8216;unclean&#8217; and the unauthentic Jews and Christians of today &#8216;infidels&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/03/01/force-driving-irans-foreign-policy-ideology-shiism-considers-jews-unclean-unauthentic-jews-christians-today-infidels/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting article from The Point of no Return blog, affording us an insight into the psyche of the Iranian regime, especially in relation to how they view Jews and Christians.
Point of no Return
The Sh&#8217;ia prejudice behind Iran&#8217;s foreign policy
The force driving Iran&#8217;s foreign policy is ideology: a Shi&#8217;ism that considers Jews &#8216;unclean&#8217; and the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The European Union has reportedly formed an association to protect the rights of Christians in countries where they face persecution.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is of course a positive move and is indicative of how bad things have got for some Christians, especially in Islamic lands.
Christian Today:-
The European Union has reportedly formed an association to protect the rights of Christians in countries where they face persecution.
&#8220;We’ve set up a working group and are defining what bilateral action can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EXCLUSIVE: &#8216;The IFE (Islamic Forum Europe) have become influential in East London&#8217;</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[More analysis on the breaking news of the &#8220;infiltration&#8221; of the IFE (Islamic Forum Europe) from the Telegraph and this:-
by Shiraz Maher from Standpoint

The Sunday Telegraph is full of stories about the Islamic Forum of Europe’s (IFE) growing influence in East London. It says the group has effectively infiltrated the local Labour Party and brought [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ACTION ALERT for Christian leaders: Write to the Christian Allies Caucus</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/28/action-alert-for-christian-leaders-write-to-the-christian-allies-caucus/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-post by Joseph at the Rosh Pina Project:-
If you are a Christian in leadership, please copy and amend the following letter with your name, and email it to the Knesset Christian Allies Caucus at: christianalliescaucus@gmail.com. 
Do also write to the Israeli embassy in your country.
Dear Sir,
We write to you as Christian leaders who are staunch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Islamic Forum Europe (IFE) has infiltrated The Labour Party</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a fair bit of online activity in response to a Sunday Telegraph article by Andrew Gilligan, claiming the Labour party has been &#8220;infiltrated&#8221; by Islamic extremists, in the form of Islamic Forum Europe (IFE).
This from the Spitoon
The Telegraph has published news of a six-month investigation which it undertook with Channel 4’s Dispatches on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Richard Dawkins forum closure: the true reason according to the New Humanist</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/28/richard-dawkins-forum-closure-true-reason-humanist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 16:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following the announcement about the &#8220;revamping&#8221; of the Richard Dawkins forum, which created a global wave of panic, alarm, anger and frightened responses from atheists, the New Humanist website revealed a sinister plot was a afoot.
The New Humanist&#8217;s discovered a Christian website called Christwire attributing the closure of the forums to the power of prayer; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dozens of young Arab Muslims holed up in the Al Aqsa Mosque atop Jerusalem&#8217;s Temple Mount attacked visiting Jews and Christians with stones on Sunday morning.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Israel Today:-
Dozens of young Arab Muslims holed up in the Al Aqsa Mosque atop Jerusalem&#8217;s Temple Mount attacked visiting Jews and Christians with stones on Sunday morning.
Two Israeli police officers and at least 10 of the Muslim rioters were injured in the ensuing clash.
The riots then spread to Arab areas outside the Old City, where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The case for, and against, the canonization of Pope Pius XII</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/27/case-canonization-pope-pius-xii/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 15:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[An interesting and informative article in the National Post today looking at the controversy surrounding the move to canonize Pope Pius XII.
Is Pope Pius XII the The Nazi pope who facilitated Nazi aims, or is he the misunderstood and much maligned protector of the Jews, in a harrowing period of history? You decide:-
Holy Post:-
The road [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Roman Catholic Church’s guide to voting in the next general election</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/27/roman-catholic-churchs-guide-voting-general-election/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:50:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two articles in the Times today looking at the &#8220;Catholic vote&#8221;.
Ruth Gledhill &#8211; Times
Roman Catholic bishops enter pre-election fray
The Roman Catholic Church will wade into the general election campaign next  week with a controversial document condemning the loss of virtue in public  life.
In their pre-election manifesto, Catholic bishops are expected to take a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An interesting week for secularism &#8211; Editorial by Terry Sanderson</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/27/interesting-week-secularism-editorial-terry-sanderson/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:22:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Strangely, I found this to be quite an interesting and entertaining article by Terry Sanderson (National Secular Society President) reflecting on the goings on, of the last week:-
An interesting week for secularism &#8211; Editorial by Terry Sanderson
This week has been an interesting one for secularism in Britain. It began with the announcement by the Government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just to keep us updated on the plight of our brothers and sisters in Iraq today</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/27/updated-plight-brothers-sisters-iraq-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:08:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christian Today &#8211; Christian families in Iraq are fleeing the northern town of Mosul in droves after a string of unprovoked murders left at least 10 believers dead, a ministry working with persecuted churches have reported.
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Catholic News Agency &#8211; Bishops in Iraq urge government to halt slaughter of Christians
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Spero News &#8211; The Vatican newspaper, Osservatore [...]]]></description>
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		<title>J Street Slanders Evangelical Christian Supporters of Israel Once Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[CBN - Erick Stakelbeck (Hat-tip Solomonia)
Have you ever heard of a supposedly &#8220;pro Israel&#8221; group that has issued more press releases condemning Christian Zionists than it has Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadenijad, Hezbollah and Syria combined? No? Then welcome to J Street, the self-described &#8220;pro Israel, pro peace&#8221; lobbying group that bends over backwards to insult Israel&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Atheists Invited to Vatican Outreach Initiative</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/26/atheists-invited-vatican-outreach-initiative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I noticed earlier from Catholic news feeds that the Pontifical Council for Culture had announced that it is creating a foundation to focus on relations with atheists and agnostics. I didn&#8217;t report on it at the time, however, as P Z Myers has done so, I thought I&#8217;d give you his take on this:-
Where&#8217;s my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Catholic Church of Brazil seems to be under the impression that it owns any image of the famous Christ the Redeemer sculpture which stands high above Rio de Janeiro, and is suing Columbia Pictures for using it in last year’s blockbuster 2012.</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/26/catholic-church-brazil-impression-owns-image-famous-christ-redeemer-sculpture-stands-high-rio-de-janeiro-suing-columbia-pictures-years-blockbuster-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:44:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This beggars belief, Cross-post MediaWatchWatch:-
Brazil Catholics sue Hollywood for crumbling Redeemer image
The Catholic Church of Brazil seems to be under the impression that it owns any image of the famous Christ the Redeemer sculpture which stands high above Rio de Janeiro, and is suing Columbia Pictures for using it in last year’s blockbuster 2012.
The apocalyptic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>THANK GOD FOR THE REALITY OF HARD CASH</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/26/god-reality-hard-cash/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cross-post Cranmers Curate:-
This by Cranmer&#8217;s Curate first appeared on the US-based news service for Anglican Communion orthodoxy, VirtueOnline:
Thank the good Lord the Holy Spirit did not inspire &#8216;money is the root of all evils&#8217; to be written but rather &#8216;the love of money is the root of all evils&#8217; (1 Timothy 6v10 &#8211; RSV).
As postmodernism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Question of the Day: Is Hell a Necessary Christian Doctrine</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just wanted to draw your attention to a fascinating discussion over at The Church of Jesus Christ.
Question of the Day: Is Hell a Necessary Christian Doctrine
If you have stumbled onto this blog and are not a Christian, get yourself a hot drink, pull up a comfy chair and then tuck into the following article [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why there’s Nothing British about the BNP’s (British National Party) “Christian values”</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/26/british-bnps-bristish-national-party-christian-values/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There has been an inordinate amount of outrage online relating to this small article in Dutch News today:-
Christians can&#8217;t vote for Wilders, say vicars
A Christian cannot vote for Geert Wilders&#8217; anti-immigration party PVV, say 75% of church leaders in a poll of 1,200 ministers and church workers in the Nederlands Dagblad.
The ministers represent a cross-section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Response to the Director of Public Prosecutions’ Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Encouraging or Assisting Suicide</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the Director of Public Prosecutions has just released the long anticipated new guidelines on assisted suicide, I anticipate quite a bit of interesting analysis, so I&#8217;ll post links here.
As I was musing over the the stark differences between the Christian community&#8217;s view of euthanasia and many non-believers, I suddenly realised that many non-believers tend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Governments sex education scheme</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/25/governments-sex-education-scheme/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two quite depressingly realistic posts on &#8220;sex education&#8221;:-
Cranmer &#8211; Teaching abortion in an ‘enlightened’ and ‘non-judgmental’ way
Aunti Joanna &#8211; Much discussion today, at a pro-life working group which tackles such matters, about latest developments on the Govt&#8217;s sex education scheme.
Whilst I&#8217;m linking, Ruth Gledhill has been the first to comment on the new guidelines on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mosab Hassan Yousef a man of rare courage</title>
		<link>http://blog.echurchwebsites.org.uk/2010/02/25/mosab-hassan-yousef-man-rare-courage/</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Melanie Phillips &#8211; Spectator
I have been following for some time the remarkable journey of Mosab Hassan Yousef, about whom I wrote here last year. Yousef, the son of a Hamas leader, renounced not just terrorist violence but his family and his faith to become a Christian and move to California. Since apostasy from Islam carries [...]]]></description>
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