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Bryan Fischer: Gun rights based on Christ’s teachings
Though the Bible and church historian Eusebius both tell of early Christians gleefully accepting death in the face of persecution, American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer said Tuesday that Jesus instructed his followers to use deadly force to defend themselves. “This whole concept of using a weapon for self-defense is rooted…
Pope publishes final volume of Jesus biography
Pope Benedict XVI has published the third and last volume of his biography of Jesus Christ, a highly personal work written under the theologian pope’s own name of Joseph Ratzinger. The tome devoted to Jesus’s childhood is being published in nine languages with a first edition of around a million…
‘Wife’ of Jesus theory attracts scepticism
A US professor has caused a sensation in Rome where she spoke about an ancient papyrus fragment that refers to the “wife” of Jesus, but the theory that Christ could have been married is seen with great scepticism in the Vatican and by historians. Professor Karen King, who teaches at…
Early Christians believed Jesus wed: Harvard expert
Some early Christians believed Jesus was married, a Harvard professor told the 10th International Congress of Coptic Studies, according to the Harvard Gazette. Professor Karen King, who teaches at Harvard Divinity School, announced the existence of an ancient Coptic text on papyrus including the words: “Jesus said to them, my…
The Only Way To Win Is To Not Play Jesus’ Game At All
If our black Muslim president doesn’t use religious symbols at his official events, he hates Jesus. If our black Muslim president appears in front of religious symbols at his official events, it’s because he wants to be Jesus. The clear solution to this is to just start Armageddon now so…
Bigger Than Jesus
Apparently, the new Republican line on the stimulus is this: To give the proposed economic stimulus plan some perspective, “if you started the day Jesus Christ was born and spent $1 million every day since then, you still wouldn’t have spent $1 trillion.” Now, there’s a bit about this that…
Stevens is crookedest one there is*
From Jesus’ General Thought for the evening morning: Do you suppose Ted Stevens declared his Marvel freebies correctly? * For the moment, anyway.…
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How could Christians not hate Jesus, on some level?
Feeling ambivalent is painful, but Christians must learn to manage contradictory emotions I hate Jesus. Yes, you read that right. I do. I hate Jesus. Three little words that you may think it absolutely impossible for any Christian to say, especially just before Easter Sunday. Well, I disagree. These words are…
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