A permanent tent may be erected in St. Paul’s

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From here:

He [Richard Chartres] said the encampment, that is currently fighting eviction orders, should leave some kind of tribute to the anti-capitalist message the protesters have been trying to get across.

It has been suggested a tent could be erected in the church itself where people can come together to discuss a more fair way to distribute income from the banks and work with companies to improve corporate responsibility.

The Rt Rev Chartres has called for the protesters to move on but he has also talked about the importance of listening to the powerless and looking after the poor, especially during a recession and at Christmas.

It’s taken 20 centuries to progress from the money changers to the money redistributors, so it’s high time the church which has made a religion of socialism installed an idol to its god.

Going to church lowers your blood pressure

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From here:

Going to church at Christmas may have been good for the soul, but scientists have discovered that it may also be good for the body.

Researchers found that attending services lowers blood pressure – and the more often you go the lower it becomes.

Unless, that is, you belong to the Anglican Church of Canada and are an unwitting recipient of the Anglican Journal, in which case, if you are a Christian, articles like this will undoubtedly increase your blood pressure:

As for the New Testament, Spong rejects the 4th-century Augustinian interpretation of Christ the Redeemer of sinners. Christ should be reconstrued not as “the divine invader but as the human life who broke through consciousness to a new level of understanding, and people perceive that as the presence of God in him. A hundred years from now I’m quite sure that view will be almost universal.”

In his non-theistic universe, Christianity is about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. “I am tired of seeing the Bible being used, as it has been throughout history, to legitimize slavery and segregation, to subdue women, to punish homosexuals, to justify war and to oppose family planning and birth control.” For him, that is a perversion and travesty that must be challenged and changed.

 

Have yourself a bland little Christmas

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Stephen Harper’s Christmas message didn’t mention the miraculous appearance of God in history or Mary or Joseph or the shepherds or the wise men or the angels or the star… well, you get the idea.

Instead, he sputtered on about jobs, growth, “gathering” while looking backwards and forwards, Canada’s economy and the government. At least he wished us “Merry Christmas.”

 

Next year he should try this:

Ricky Gervais tries to be funny by picking an easy target

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Ricky Gervais has become a target for Christian outraged by his views on religion.

The unapologetic atheist is being targeted on Twitter by a host of believers who have taken offence at his view.

The Office creator, 50, has often spoken of his lack of faith, but his appearance on the cover of New Humanist magazine in a Jesus Christ-style pose has pushed a few over the edge.

For the shot, he uses a microphone stand for his cross, dons a crown of thorns and has the word ‘atheist’ daubed across his chest in blood red.

Like most atheists, Ricky Gervais is arrogant, egocentric, not as rational as he would like us to think and not particularly original or outrageous. If he were, he would have dressed up as Mohammed eating a pork chop swilled down with Johnny Walker.

It would be better for Christians to ignore the little twerp than be offended by him.

Giving birth in a burqa

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A Muslim man who punched a nurse for trying to remove his wife’s burqa during childbirth has been jailed in France.

Nassim Mimoune, 24, had already been expelled from the delivery room for branding the midwife a ‘rapist’ as she carried out an intimate examination of his wife.

Then through a window he spotted the nurse taking off his wife’s burqa as she prepared to give birth.

He smashed open the locked door and hit the woman in the face, demanding she replace the full Islamic face veil.

It takes a peculiar logic – Islamic logic, I suppose – to insist that a woman’s face be covered while her nether regions are being aired.

Dangerous Bible wielding Christians arrested in Calgary

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From here:

CALGARY — A controversial street preacher and some of his followers have become enmeshed in another feud with city hall, after they were arrested Tuesday for trespassing following a short-lived prayer circle in the atrium of the Municipal Building.

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Church members were escorted out by police, but then returned in an attempt to speak to Mayor Naheed Nenshi.

That’s when six people were arrested for trespassing, which carries a $287 fine. All were released and issued court summonses.

I’m sure I speak for us all when I say that I sleep easier at night in the sure knowledge that Municipal Buildings will remain prayer–free zones thanks to the unyielding vigilance of our intrepid constabulary.

Jimmy Carter wishes Kim Jong-il’s successor every success

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The odious peanut farmer from Georgia, having tired of denouncing Israel for apartheid, has sought a balm for his sensibilities in the roseate ambience of North Korea, whose practices appear to meet his full approval since he wishes their new dictator every success in their continuance.

Is Carter barking mad? Of course he is.

From here:

Former President Jimmy Carter has sent North Korea a message of condolence over the death of Kim Jong-il and wished “every success” to the man expected to take over as dictator, according to the communist country’s state-run news agency.

A dispatch from the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Mr. Carter sent the message to Kim Jong-un, Kim Jong-il’s son and heir apparent.

“In the message Jimmy Carter extended condolences to Kim Jong Un and the Korean people over the demise of leader Kim Jong Il. He wished Kim Jong Un every success as he assumes his new responsibility of leadership, looking forward to another visit to [North Korea] in the future,” the KCNA dispatch read.