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-Over 100,000 Britons Seek ‘Debaptism’

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Over 100,000 Britons have downloaded a ‘Certifcate of Debaptism’ from the National Secular Society (NSS) in the UK to publicly demonstrate their separation from Christianity. The majority were baptized into the Church of England as infants and now as adults have decided to reject the church. According to the article, similar movements are spreading to […]

-Tony Blair on the Marginalization of Christianity in the UK

Friday, March 6th, 2009

(-Picture by Getty Images via Daylife) Former Prime Minister Tony Blair recently spoke out about his faith and his concerns that Christianity is being marginalized in the increasingly secular UK. He is proposing that it is time for Christians to speak out in support of their faith. He admits that as Prime Minister he was […]

-NCC Church Membership Report for 2009: The Implications

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

<<Link to report for 2009>> According to the report, nearly every denomination of the top 25 in America and Canada either declined or recorded no change in membership during the last year. Only 4 saw increases and 2 were Pentecostal denominations:  Assemblies of God and Church of God of Cleveland, Tennessee. The other 2 were […]

-Faith and/or Evolution?

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

(-Charles Darwin via last.fm) With the coming of the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, the debate over science and religion has come to the forefront bringing dozens of articles with it about how faith and evolution are either compatible or mutually exclusive. The best that I have found on the issue was written by […]

-UK: Muslims Demand that Koran be on the ‘Top’ Shelf

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

(Image via Wikipedia) According to Muslim tradition, the Koran should always be placed upon the top shelf over all other common books. This is causing some controversy in the UK where Muslims are demanding that libraries follow that tradition. Some librarians have resolved the issue by placing all religious book on the top shelf. However, […]