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 | 2004-DEC-03: "Vigil for Peace" conducted in Tempe AZ: Straight Gate Ministries is concerned about what they call a: "NEO-CRUSADE, an unholy war against the entire Muslim world under the name of 'War on Terrorism'." They feel that it is finding support in conservative Protestant churches. They sponsored a peaceful demonstration at the Calvary Tri-City Church in Tempe. They talked to and gave peace literature to about 75 members of the congregation. The Straight Gate Ministries comments: "We have all learned there is no way to speak out, inside most churches. The pastor and deacon board maintain practiced control, and dissent is usually treated as apostasy. This was not so with the early Followers of Christ, where there was apostasy but there was also dialogue." The pastor of Calvary church received two demonstrators and exchanged literature. He also sent out coffee and donuts. |
| 2004-DEC-12: Mormon author disfellowshipped: A longtime Mormon
educator, Grant Palmer, 64, wrote a book "An Insider's View of Mormon
Origins." It questions the historical accuracy of church history.
After a church trial, he was disfellowshipped from The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. He is a fourth-generation Mormon; he says
that he still loves the church and its basic message. He remains a church
member, but loses his ability to go into the temple or serve a church calling.
In his book, he concluded that Joseph Smith actually wrote the Book of Mormon, incorporating passages from the King James version of the Bible, information from the Masonic Order, etc. Similar conclusions have been reached by academic researchers, and by computer specialists who have compared the text of the Book of Mormon with writings known to be by Joseph Smith. Church teaching is that Smith translated the Book of Mormon from a message inscribed on golden plates left by ancient authors. But this book may have been considered highly damaging by the Mormon church because of Palmer's high-profile role in the church and because the book was created for a general readership. Since 1993, a total of seven authors have been tried for writing unorthodox opinions about Mormon history, feminism and theology. Five were excommunicated; two were disfellowshipped. 12 |
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- DayWatch is a daily service of Maranatha Christian Journal. It provides "a daily summary of news headlines with a Christian perspective..." The newsletter is free on request. Their web site is at: http://www.mcjonline.com
- ReligionToday™ provides free newsletters to which you can subscribe at: http://www.ReligionToday.com. These summaries are part of GOSHEN.net, which also includes LiveIt.net, Devotionals.net, ChristianShareware.net, ChristianClassifieds.net, ChristianMessageBoards.net, BibleStudyTools.net, MediaManagement.net, WorldNewsToday.net, WebCastGuide.net, and ChristianCollegeGuide.net
- Reuters is "the world's leading financial information and news group. Their web page is at: http://www.reuters.com/
- Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR): E-mail: cair1@ix.netcom.com
URL: http://www.cair-net.org To join CAIR-NET, CAIR's read-only mailing list: Send subscribe cair-net in the body of a message to majordomo@cair-net.org - EWTN News carries Roman Catholic news from Catholic World News, Vatican Information Service, ZENIT, CWNews.com. See: http://www.ewtn.com/news/
- Ecumenical News International (ENI) in Geneva Switzerland distributes news free religious news highlights to subscribers. They can be contacted at PO Box 2100, CH - 1211, Geneva 2, Switzerland. Telephone: (41-22) 791 6087/6515. Fax: (41-22) 788 7244 Email: eni@eni.ch. Their web site is at http://www.eni.ch
- ZENIT.org is "an International News Agency based in Rome. Our mission is to provide objective and professional coverage of events, documents and issues emanating from or concerning the Catholic Church for a worldwide audience, especially the media." Their web site is at: http://www.zenit.org/english/
- Anglican Communion News Service provides information from an Anglican perspective. See: http://www.anglicancommunion.org/acns/index.html A companion Episcopal News Service is at: http://www.ecusa.anglican.org/ens/
- AANEWS is distributed by American Atheists.
- CNSNews.com -- Cybercast News Service -- is a conservative news source. Their home page is at: http://www.cnsnews.com.
- Charles E. Carlson, "PHARISEE WATCH: A Self-Liberating 'Vigil for Peace' in Tempe AZ," Straight Gate Ministries' newsletter. See: http://www.whtt.org
- Travis Reed, "Mormon author disciplined for book questioning church history," Associated Press, 2004-DEC-12.
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Copyright © 2004 by Ontario Consultants on Religious
Tolerance
Originally written: 2004-DEC-04
Latest update: 2004-DEC-04
Author: B.A. Robinson
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