Why is a 2,000-member New Jersey church with no building planning a $30,000 “reverse offering” followed by $60,000 more donated back to the community? “Washington is broke, people are broke, and folks have lost faith that government can provide a lasting solution to economic issues,” says Tim Lucas, pastor of Liquid Church, an evangelical congregation which…

A 1,245-page Bible that once visited the lunar surface is expected to be auctioned off for $50,000. “A rare Bible that’s been to the moon and back will have a new owner Thursday night – the complete King James version, framed in gold leaf, is under the hammer at an auction house in New Hampshire,” reports Richard Allen Green for…

Negative press coverage continues for the Church of Scientology as an Australian rugby figure has denounced the church’s practices. “A former rugby league star has attacked the head of the church of Scientology, David Miscavige, describing him as a ‘violent man’ who sent him to a re-education camp for 2 1/2-years where he was paid…

Kenza Drider was one of the first to be arrested for appearing in public in a traditional Muslim robe that covers everything but her eyes and hands — and she’s running for president of France. The a mother of four wears a niqab — which is only slightly different than a burqa. Both are Islamic full-body veils — and wearing them is now illegal in…

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