Category: theology
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four sins
There are four sins against God, each equal in consequence and potency, and into which all sin falls.
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Blue Laws
I’m not sure what is more absurd – that Massachusetts has laws that prohibit stores from opening on Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s or that the Massachusetts Attorney General is enforcing them. The AP story: Mass. investigates defiance of Blue Laws1 The absurdity of these laws, aside from their age (c. 1600s), is further emphasized…
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fatwa issued against bin Laden
A Spanish clerical council issued a religious decree today, the anniversary of the Madrid train bombings, saying Osama bin Laden has forsaken Islam. Neither it, nor the anniversary of the bombings, made the top stories on NBC News. Will this free other moderate clerics to doing the same? Will this open the door for Iraqi…