Archive for the 'Religion' Category
BigBrother on Aug 18 2008 | Filed under: Asia, Babes, Cover Page, Crime, Filipina, Philippines, Photos, Politics, Religion, Violence, War
Fighting between the Muslim separatists in Southern Philippines and the Philippine military has intensified with recent simultaneous raids by the rebels in key cities in Mindanao. Videos uploaded by a certain Even de Mata captures the most intense videos ever to come out from the field.
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BigBrother on Apr 17 2008 | Filed under: America, Cover Page, Religion, Sex Scandals
Cases of sex abuse by Roman Catholic priests have overshadowed the Pope’s visit in the US.
Read FoxNews:
WASHINGTON — Pope Benedict XVI told America’s Roman Catholic leaders Wednesday evening that the clergy sex abuse scandal has sometimes been “very badly handled,” his harshest criticism yet regarding the crisis that has badly damaged the U.S. church.
Benedict’s [...]
BigBrother on Mar 05 2008 | Filed under: Religion
Moses was on psychedelic drugs when he heard God deliver the Ten Commandments and was probably also on drugs when he saw the “burning bush.” And when he went down Mount Sinai to talk to the Israelites, they believed him because they, too, were stoned.
This was the suggestion made by Benny Shanon, a professor of [...]
BigBrother on Feb 15 2008 | Filed under: Asia, Controversy, Religion
Reported in Independent:
A retailer in Singapore has withdrawn a cosmetics range with a religious theme after people complained that the products were “disrespectful” to Jesus.
The tongue-in-cheek range, named Lookin’ Good for Jesus, upset Catholics, who said the line trivialised Christianity. The cosmetics, made by a US company, include hand cream and bubble bath.
The [...]
BigBrother on Jan 29 2008 | Filed under: Religion, Science
Pope Benedict has warned of the “seductive” powers of science that relegate man’s spirituality
Addressing the Paris Academy of Sciences and Pontifical Academy on Monday, the Pope said:
“In an age when scientific developments attract and seduce with the possibilities they offer, it’s more important than ever to educate our contemporaries’ consciences so that science does not [...]
BigBrother on Dec 11 2007 | Filed under: America, Banner Stories, Religion, Weird
Do you need to balance your day? Do you want to balance your life? Grab a cold Balance Spiritual Water bottle, read the prayer, believe in God, believe in yourself and the sky’s the limit…
Spiritual Water helps people to “stay focused, believe in yourself and believe in God.” [Read story in Newsweek]
BigBrother on Nov 03 2007 | Filed under: Cover Page, Religion
What happens when you die? Do you go to heaven or to hell? The Bible, which is the Word of God, says: “…it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment”. God tells us too that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”. God also says that [...]
BigBrother on Oct 14 2007 | Filed under: Banner Stories, Religion, Scandals
In yet another scandal involving the Catholic Church, an Italian monsignor with a senior position at the Holy See has been suspended after a hidden camera caught him making advances to a young man and saying he “didn’t feel he was sinning” by having sex with gay men.
The video was aired by La7, a private [...]
BigBrother on Aug 23 2007 | Filed under: Asia, Controversy, Cover Page, Culture, Media, Religion
In Malaysia, a local newspaper has stirred furor over by publishing Jesus Christ smoking — the newspaper claimed its graphic artist was not aware that the Jesus image downloaded from the internet was holding a cigarette!
The Tamil-language newspaper Makkal Osai, in a frontpage apology, said the publication of the smoking Jesus Christ was a mistake. S.M. [...]
BigBrother on Jul 15 2007 | Filed under: America, Controversy, Cover Page, Religion, Sex Scandals
In the United States…
Los Angeles Cardinal Roger Mahony apologized Sunday to the hundreds of people who claim to have been sexually abused by Roman Catholic priests, acknowledging that the Archdiocese of Los Angeles’ $660 million settlement will not buy back their childhood. (CNN)
He says:
“There really is no way to go back and give them [...]
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Sony Computer Entertainment America (SCEA) today launches the company?s new video delivery service on PLAYSTATION Store for PLAYSTATION 3 (PS3) and PSP (PlayStation Portable) systems in the United States.
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Microsoft warns of new attacks
Microsoft is warning users of a newly reported attack on one of its ActiveX browser components.
The company said that it had received reports of a limited number of targeted attacks on a flaw in ActiveX control for Snapshot Viewer, a browser plug-in for Microsoft Office Access 2000, 2002 and 2003. The vulnerable control is not present in Office Access 2007.
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I rarely search for government websites, especially a agency as old as MArcos, like this one. The National Council on Disabled Affairs, however, as a physical therapist, I was drawn by this event...
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The entrance to the underground Svalbard Global Seed Vault juts from a hillside in the Norwegian Arctic. (Credit: John McConnico/Associated Press)
After several years of planning and digging, the world has its first secure, deep-frozen repository for backup supplies of seeds from hundreds of thousands of plant varieties that underpin agriculture.
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MANILA, Philippines - ?Yes we can. Maraming salamat po." This was a portion of a letter that was from a Filipino, but not just from an ordinary Pinoy. Eddie Charmaine Arivan Manansala wrote to leaders, family, and friends last June 24 encouraging them to help ensure Barack Obama?s victory in the 2008 US presidential polls.
?I look forward to working with you in the upcoming months as we engage the Asian American and Pacific Islander community nationwide, as well as in key battleground states," she told Obama supporters in her letter.
Mga pinoy nga naman. IDOL!!! PAPICTURE!
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Oh baby! Meet the 1-year-old Masche sextuplets and their proud parents.
A jumbo family
The Masches give new meaning to the phrase "one big happy family."
Bryan and Jenny Masche's sextuplets, Bailey, Blake, Cole, Grant, Molli and Savannah, were born on June 11, 2007, and life for the couple hasn't been the same since.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A powerful typhoon that weakened into a tropical storm blew Tuesday toward Japan, leaving at least 12 people dead in the Philippines, officials said.
- So is Frank's international name Mitag? The typhoon was weakened perhaps by egg offerings to Sta. Clara but it still continued to wreak havoc upon the rice-producing provinces of Luzon. I hoped the storm was too early for the plantings, or else rice hoarders will have a newer reason to drive Filipinos crazier.
http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/11/26/philippines.typhoon.ap/
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Flying saucers may soon be more fact than mere science fiction.
University of Florida mechanical and aerospace engineering associate professor Subrata Roy has submitted a patent application for a circular, spinning aircraft design reminiscent of the spaceships seen in countless Hollywood films. Roy, however, calls his design a ?wingless electromagnetic air vehicle,? or WEAV.
The U.S. Air Force and NASA have expressed interest in the aircraft, he said.
Illustration of proposed prototype mini-flying saucer.
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WAGA: A bizarre surveillance video is making the rounds on the Internet showing an office worker who suddenly gets violent and begins trashing not only his desk but the entire office, much to the shock of several coworkers. A healthy debate rages online as to the authenticity of the tape which has been widely circulated with the title "Office Worker Goes Absolutely Insane."
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MANILA, Philippines - Action star Rudy Fernandez succumbed to cancer early Saturday morning, ending a battle that lasted several months.
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