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10/23/2009American Belief in Global Warming Takes a Dive
The percentage of Americans who say there is solid evidence that the earth is warming dropped sharply over the past year, according to the latest national survey by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press.
- 10/22/2009
Lutheran World Federation to Elect New General Secretary
The Lutheran World Federation is expected to elect a new general secretary Thursday as its governing body opens a six-day meeting in Geneva.
Tags Church Bodies - 10/18/2009
3rd Lausanne Evangelization Congress Less Than a Year Away
Leaders of a Christian movement focused on world evangelization marked the one-year count down to their third major gathering in over three decades Friday.
- 10/13/2009
Dawkins Refuses to Debate Intelligent Design Scholars
Atheist author Richard Dawkins has made it loud and clear that he believes faith has no place in science and that a public debate between him and a creationist – of any type – is out of the question.
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10/12/2009'Brick Testament' Illustrates Over 400 Bible Stories with Legos
An eccentric atheist from the San Francisco Bay Area has illustrated over 4,450 scenes from 412 stories in the Bible almost entirely with Lego blocks.
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10/11/2009Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Win Draws Varied Reactions
News of President Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize win Friday generated a flurry of reactions across the nation and the world – from high praise and approval to criticism and disbelief.
Tags Barack Obama - 10/09/2009
Franklin Graham Halts Funds to Retirement After 'Unusual Reporting'
Franklin Graham will no longer accept contributions to his retirement plan from the two organizations he leads – at least until the current economic climate changes for the better.
Tags Grahams - 10/06/2009
Creationists: Ardi Poses No 'Threat'
While a media outlets around the world are touting a nearly two-decade-old find as the oldest known skeleton of a potential human ancestor, creationists point out that even the team of researchers who unveiled the reconstructed fossil cannot refute the possibility that it might be simply that of an extinct ape.
Tags Evolution - 10/02/2009
Over 400 Leave Famed Megachurch After Failed Ouster
More than 400 people from the late D. James Kennedy’s famed Florida megachurch have left to form their own congregation following an unsuccessful effort to ouster their new pastor.
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10/02/2009'Ardi' Reverses Common Understanding of Human Evolution
A team of researchers unveiled Thursday research findings on the skeleton of a hominid who is now being touted by some as the earliest known human ancestor of modern-day man.
Tags Evolution - 10/01/2009
'Blasphemy Day' Draws Fire from Event Sponsor's Founder
An institution devoted to promoting science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values organized the first observance of Blasphemy Day on Wednesday, supposedly as part of a larger campaign for free expression.
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10/01/2009Quake in Indonesia Kills Over 500, Stretches Int'l Relief Efforts
A powerful earthquake rocked western Indonesia Wednesday, killing more than 500 people and exasperating international relief groups that have been juggling between two other disasters that struck in the past week.
Tags Relief - 09/28/2009
Ariz. Megachurch Cuts Ties with ELCA
A megachurch in Glendale, Ariz., unanimously voted Sunday to cut ties with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and will be joining the smaller Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ.
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09/27/2009Oral Roberts University Inaugurates 3rd President
Oral Roberts University inaugurated its new president Friday during a ceremony attended by over 4,000 students, faculty, staff, and alumni, with community leaders and friends.
- 09/23/2009
ORU Clears Off Over $50M in Debt; Paves Way for New President
Oral Roberts University has resolved all of its long-term debt, according to an announcement Wednesday, just two days before the historically charismatic school inaugurates its third president.
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