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Atheists: “Do Troops Have Our Backs?”
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By Kay Campbell Religion News Service HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — In the midst of their fight to bring freedom to Iraq and Afghanistan, some American soldiers say they are finding their own freedoms threatened by the troops on their own side. Though the U.S. Constitution mandates that the government apply no test of faith for employment…
Accusations Against Son Shock Oral Roberts
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Patton Dodd
By JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Oral Roberts was blind-sided by allegations that the university he founded was being exploited by his son and daughter-in-law, the aging televangelist said Tuesday in his first public comments on the case. Roberts phoned CNN’s “Larry King Live” to weigh in on the accusations leveled in…
Bishop Pleads Not Guilty to Contempt
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akornfeld
By Christine Hanley Associated Press Bishop Tod Brown of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange pleaded not guilty today to contempt of court and apologized to the four women who settled their molestation lawsuits against the diocese last week. Lawyers made opening statements in the contempt case, which was then continued until December. “I want…
Man Takes the Bible Literally for a Year
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akornfeld
By Shona Crabtree Religion News Service Imagine spending a year of your life without telling a single lie, coveting thy neighbor’s iPhone or touching women. Author A.J. Jacobs did all that and more — stoning suspected adulterers with pebbles gathered in Central Park, worshipping with snake handlers at a Tennessee church, sacrificing chickens — while…
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