Bethlehem is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, for the time being. Soon there will be no Christians left at all. In 1948 the city of Bethlehem was 80% Christian - today it is only 20% Christian. The city is the birthplace of David and the location where he was crowned as the king of Israel. In addition, most Christians believe the city to be the birthplace of Jesus.
Posted on February 14, 2010 07:46 PM
Bethlehem is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, for the time being. Soon there will be no Christians left at all. In 1948 the city of Bethlehem was 80% Christian - today it is only 20% Christian. The city is the birthplace of David and the location where he was crowned as the king of Israel. In addition, most Christians believe the city to be the birthplace of Jesus.
Bethlehem is one of the oldest Christian communities in the world, for the time being. Soon there will be no Christians left at all. In 1948 the city of Bethlehem was 80% Christian - today it is only 20% Christian. The city is the birthplace of David and the location where he was crowned as the king of Israel. In addition, most Christians believe the city to be the birthplace of Jesus.
Posted on November 10, 2009 03:06 PM
The Intelligence Squared Debate aired 7 Nov 2009 on BBC World. The question: Is the Catholic church a force for good in the world?
Read the Rest: In a fair Debate Catholicism Loses
Posted on November 6, 2009 02:45 PM
Muslims would like infidels to accept two mutually exclusive notions: one, that Islam is a sister religion to Christianity and Judaism because the Quran is based on the Torah and the Gospels; and two, that the Torah and the Gospels that exist today are corruptions of the original holy texts.
Muslims would like infidels to accept two mutually exclusive notions: one, that Islam is a sister religion to Christianity and Judaism because the Quran is based on the Torah and the Gospels; and two, that the Torah and the Gospels that exist today are corruptions of the original holy texts.
Read the Rest: Is the Quran Based on the Bible?
Posted on August 29, 2009 10:10 PM
Every week I get an email asking me how I can write that Islam promotes savagery and brutality when in fact Christianity is guilty of many evils yet I say nothing.
Every week I get an email asking me how I can write that Islam promotes savagery and brutality when in fact Christianity is guilty of many evils yet I say nothing.
Read the Rest: AIDS victims buried alive in Papua New Guinea
Posted on February 19, 2009 09:59 AM
I have a problem with people who think that 'God rains down fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest' whenever an Earthling does something wrong. We are an insignificant species on a small planet in an equally small solar system, only one of 400 billion other solar systems in a small galaxy, only one out of 100 billion other known galaxies in a universe that is easily one tiny universe out of trillions of others. We are like ants in Africa ignorant of all the other anthills outside own little square foot of sand. I have no doubt there are millions of planets just like ours and shit happens on them because it just does and for no other reason.
I have a problem with people who think that 'God rains down fire and brimstone, and a horrible tempest' whenever an Earthling does something wrong. We are an insignificant species on a small planet in an equally small solar system, only one of 400 billion other solar systems in a small galaxy, only one out of 100 billion other known galaxies in a universe that is easily one tiny universe out of trillions of others. We are like ants in Africa ignorant of all the other anthills outside own little square foot of sand. I have no doubt there are millions of planets just like ours and shit happens on them because it just does and for no other reason. Read the Rest: When God is Angry - Kangeroos Die
Posted on July 22, 2008 10:13 PM
A reader left a comment to my article Islam is a Phony Religion making the argument that just as we do not judge all of Christianity by the actions of a few psychopaths (giving the example of the bombing of abortion clinics), so should we not judge Islam by the acts of some of its followers.
Read the Rest: When Christians go Wild
Posted on March 31, 2008 06:19 PM
The future should be very bright for men and bad for car makers. Currently we in the West buy expensive cars just to obtain the women we desire. Under Islam we can bypass the car altogether and buy our women directly.
The future should be very bright for men and bad for car makers. Currently we in the West buy expensive cars just to obtain the women we desire. Under Islam we can bypass the car altogether and buy our women directly.
Read the Rest: Vatican: the Muslims have overtaken us
Posted on January 29, 2008 05:27 PM
global population will peak near 7.5 billion around 2040 and begin to decline thereafter. However, Muslims continue to have a high birthrate and so, in a few decades after 2040, we can expect the world to be majority Muslim.
Read the Rest: The Italian Firemen
Posted on December 22, 2007 10:35 AM
Wouldn't it be ironic if some mother in China is telling her children: "Enjoy Christmas, my little ones, as much as you can, for there are children in America who are starving to hear the words, "Merry Christmas!"
Wouldn't it be ironic if some mother in China is telling her children: "Enjoy Christmas, my little ones, as much as you can, for there are children in America who are starving to hear the words, "Merry Christmas!"
Read the Rest: Americans Cannot Celebrate Christmas
Posted on December 9, 2007 02:26 PM
Just as the Christians had their 12 days of Christmas, the Jews had to have their holiday but at wholesale, not 12 days bubele, but for you, only 8 days.
Read the Rest: A Light Unto All the Nations
Posted on December 5, 2007 09:44 PM
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the trailer
Not a creature was stirrin' 'cept a redneck named Taylor...
Twas the night before Christmas, and all through the trailer
Not a creature was stirrin' 'cept a redneck named Taylor...
Read the Rest: Twas the night before Hanukkah
Posted on April 24, 2007 07:19 PM
In 1900 Muslims constituted 32 percent of Africa's population; in 1950 they had increased to 37.3 percent [Ecumenical Review, The, July, 2001], and by 2005 they passed the 50% mark.
Read the Rest: OTA - The Sunset of Christianity
Posted on August 13, 2006 11:37 AM
So what's all the buzz about Muhammad al-Mahdi, August 22nd, and our favorite raving lunatic President of Iran?
So what's all the buzz about Muhammad al-Mahdi, August 22nd, and our favorite raving lunatic President of Iran?
Read the Rest: August 22 - End of the World -12th Imam - Muhammad al-Mahdi
Posted on July 7, 2006 01:07 PM
Bayonne, with its tree-lined streets and quiet, safe neighborhoods never pushed its Catholicism in your face. So when you see these arrogant out-of-towners on the corner of 23rd and Broadway handing out fliers you know they can't be native Bayonnites.
Read the Rest: You Have to Be Catholic to Get to Heaven
Posted on February 10, 2006 03:34 PM
Given that we are a "Christian" nation, why are we the only civilized country that still has the death penalty? We are in the same camp as Iran, North Korea, China, Saudi Arabia, Vietnam, and other barbaric, backward, brutal and uncivilized nations. Let me answer: because American Christian fundamentalists are no different than the Taliban.
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