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# Is a religious portrait caked in elephant dung 'art'? The Sunday Times of
London calls it "unmissable," but the Catholic League for Religious and
Civil Rights < http://www.catholicleague.org/ > dubs the picture "morally
repugnant." Better go early. http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/14324.htm
: Is the worst/best (religious) art always caked in dung, whether visible or
not? Is your religion caked in dung? Are all religions? Should they be? Why?
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# Trial of Scientologists begins. MARSEILLE, France (AP) - A controversial
trial of 7 members of the Church of Scientology began in southern France
but was immediately bogged down by a scandal over missing evidence. The
Scientologists' defense demanded the trial be postponed because of the
"dreadful climate" created after relevant documents vanished from court.
Scientology leaders came under investigation in 1990 for fraud, illegal
practice of medicine & premeditated violence. The two latter charges have
now been dropped. Founded in 1954 by science-fiction writer L.Ron Hubbard,
the group teaches that technology can expand the mind and help solve human
problems. http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2561237002-143
: Are you human? Can your problems be solved by technology? Do you belong to
a techno-church? Are you expensive? Do you defraud? Do y'r documents vanish?
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# Iranian newspaper director 'guilty'. (BBC) The director of one of Iran's
leading moderate newspapers has been found guilty of "insulting the sanc-
tity and tenets of Islam". Sanctity: holiness; saintliness; godliness.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_452000/452950.stm
: Is your belief system holy, saintly, godly? Do you punish those who injure
your belief system's sanctity? Do you prefer stoning, mutilation, burning??
# Jordan: Stop attacking Islam:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_453000/453060.stm
# Famous Arab belly dancer dies:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_452000/452755.stm
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# Public school says praying over intercom might not fly. A Kansas school
board has revoked a week-old policy that allowed praying over the school's
intercom. It's asked lawyers to find a "legally defensible policy" that
would let kids practice religion in school. Said one mom at a meeting:
"The Christian kids -- it's time for them to stand. I can guarantee the
kids of Columbine are standing. Why wait for the atrocity to happen?"
Yes, ma'am, praying really helped those kids in Fort Worth, u-betcha:
http://www.wichitaeagle.com/news/local/learning/augusta0921.htm
: Are you Xian? Do you pray in public? Have you ever read Matthew 6:1-8? Do
prayers affect your life? Does prayer protect you? Do you believe in magic?
# Prozac found at Ft. Worth killer's house - anti-depressant prescribed:
http://star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:TOPSTORY/1:TOPSTORY092199.html
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# Police swoop on Ugandan cult. (BBC) Police in Uganda have raided the head-
quarters of a so-called doomsday cult, following allegations that members
were involved in rape and kidnap. The raid followed complaints by people
living near the compound of the World Message Last Warning Church in the
central Ugandan town of Luwero. The cult had predicted that the world
would end last June, but have adjusted their forecast to next year.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/africa/newsid_452000/452590.stm
: What's your favorite doomsday cult? Do you belong to a doomsday cult? Do
you kidnap and rape? Have you revised the date of doomsday more than once?
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# LDS Church restoring Mormon landmarks. PALMYRA, NY. In a cabin built of
hand-hewn logs, Sister Marilyn Baird points to the cramped attic space
above a straw-mattress bed where Joseph Smith said an angel appeared to
him one autumn night in 1823. Sightseers crowd onto the rear porch as
she directs their gaze to a nearby grove. While praying there in 1820,
the unschooled farmer's son told of sensing the power of Satan before
encountering God and his son, Jesus. Neighbors are driven to drink by
the crowds: http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,115008966,00.html
: Have you been visited by any archangels lately? How do you know? Did they
loan you precious-metal artifacts? Did they take you away, bring you back?
Do deities channel their messages thru you? Do those messages change? How?
# PBS documentary to tell the Joseph Smith story:
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,115009733,00.html
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# Beanie-baby maker sues Holybears. HOUSTON (UPI) Using teddy bears to help
spread the word of God does not sit well with the maker of Beanie Babies
products. Ty Inc. has filed a lawsuit against HolyBears Inc. HolyBears
makes bean-bag teddy bears that honor religious themes, sacraments, life-
cycle occasions & family values. Like plagiarism, intellectual theft, etc.
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990921/09/news-bear-suit
# Biblical Angelic Beans reaching out to thousands. (OCR) Abraham, Mercy and
Truth - sounds like a WWF wrestling card, doesn't it? Guess again. They
are some of the Angelic Beans, a collection of beanbag bears, lions and
other animals based on Bible stories. The creator, ProTech Products Inc.,
hopes Angelic Beans will have a positive influence in a violent society.
The Angelic Beans have almost 600 retailers and distributors worldwide.
The suggested retail price for the average Angelic Bean - $8-10. Sacred
fart-power: http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,115009751,00.html
: Do you design/make/market/use dolls for religious purposes? Do you stick
needles into them? Do you steal the designs, the dolls, the evil spells??
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@ TIBETAN BUDDHISM & NEW AGERS. Mostly Gringos embracing Tibetan Buddhism &
NewAgers popping off little bits of "wisdom," altho the occasional well-
written fable finds its way to this newsgroup. Book reviews, philosophical
discussions, and prayer practices are also discussed, though less so than
folks talking of "I..." this & "I..." that. News:alt.buddha.short.fat.guy
: Would you rather be a Buddhist or a Nudist? Are you either, both, neither?
Are you a NewAger, Sewager, wisdom-monger, joke-monger, rumor-monger? Why??
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