Word: christian
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Cataloging about 150 live-links, Gold- man's page is a bistro of hate. Users choosing to view hate by category are presented with nine categories: white supremacy, neo-Nazism, black racism, anti-Semitism, anti-gay, anti-Christian, anti-Arab, Christian identity and Holocaust denial...
...Christian man, I really find it offensive," he said. "They should research their own literature...
Halloween's peculiarity derives from its unique heritage. The holiday comes down to us from the remote past and should be understood as "twice-appropriated." The inhabitants of pre-Christian Britain and Ireland celebrated a festival on Oct. 31 in honor of Sambain, the god of the dead. This celebration also coincided with the beginning of the New Year (Nov. 1) in both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon observance. The festival was thought to represent a time of unparalleled interaction between the worlds of man and spirit; celebrants lit bonfires to ward off evil spirits and diviners claimed that...
...Christian festival of All Hallows' Eve maintained its connection to deep spiritual anxiety. Also inherited from pagan times was the belief that the vigil represented a relaxation of the border separating the world of the spirit from the human sphere. All Hallows' became associated with witches, elves, fairies and all their manifestations (e.g. black cats); it was thought to be a time of unprecedented, frightening spiritual interference in mortal lives...
...group planned to picket at the Fleet Center, where Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman was scheduled to play on Friday night. They were also scheduled to demonstrate at Memorial Church on Saturday afternoon against Rev. Peter J. Gomes, Plummer professor of Christian morals and Pusey minister in the Memorial Church, after their trip to Provincetown on Saturday morning. They did not appear...