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...applies more or less as well to Wahhabi beliefs as it does to Protestant Christianity, which rejected the Catholic Church’s teachings on much the same basis. A great many U.S. leaders—not least the current president—have been sincere advocates of Protestantism, but it would hardly be fair to associate all Americans with the terrible things that some people have done in the name of their Christian beliefs—remember that Christianity has been used to justify slavery, lynchings, Crusades and many other bloody wars, Balkan ethnic cleansing, etc. There are apparently...

Author: By John Schoeberlein, | Title: An Age of Righteous Innuendo | 4/5/2006 | See Source »

Imagine if Jesus were alive today. How might he react to the plight of an impoverished Mexican worker living just miles from America whose wife and two children are beginning to display signs of malnourishment because the worker’s wages are so paltry? If only the worker could...

Author: By Loui Itoh, | Title: The Gospel According to Hillary | 4/5/2006 | See Source »

Romney argues that this law is a “threat to religious freedom.” Apparently, denying gays and lesbians children is such a vital tenet of the Catholic faith that forbidding them to do so is tantamount to restricting their religious liberty. As a protestant, it is...

Author: By Loui Itoh | Title: Violating the Founders' Vision | 3/15/2006 | See Source »

Although she would have a hard time convincing many Harvard students, Meghan E. Grizzle ’07 says “abstinence until marriage is the most freeing, healthiest, and most beneficial decision men and women can make.” This passionate Christian, like more than 20,000...

Author: By Grace H. Lee, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: How Would Jesus Vote? | 3/8/2006 | See Source »

The district is named after Jan Zizka, a one-eyed Czech Protestant warrior who, in 1420, defeated Holy Roman Empire crusaders on Vitkov Hill. A granite equestrian statue of Zizka sits at the top of the hill; at the foot is the pub U vystrelenyho oka (The Shot-Out Eye...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bohemia's Bohemia | 3/6/2006 | See Source »

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