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U.S. says Iran sending missiles to Iraq

Brzezinski: U.S. in danger of 'stampeding' to war with Iran

However ....

Iran leader plays down 'US war'

Wasn't Persia mentioned in the Bible somewhere near the Apocalypse?

Labels: Armageddon, belief, Bible, Christianity, Iran, Iraq, Islam

This week, Second Life will feature Easter events and Passover celebrations, as well as the usual meditation meet-ups, Muslim prayers and legions of gatherings for spiritual freelancers.

Evangelists will preach the Gospel, secure in their belief that sin is sin, by persons or by pixels, and that Jesus saves online as well as anywhere.

"Worship is always between you and God, wherever you are," says Ben Faust, 34, of Harrisonburg, Va., founder of Abundant Living Ministries, known as the ALM Cyber Church in Second Life.

Labels: Bhuddism, Christianity, Easter, Islam, Jesus, Judaism, Passover, religion, Resurrection, Second Life, SL, virtual

I'm not taking sides here, because all information sources have biases, if only from the gateway effect, but now we have Conservapedia.

An alternative Wikipedia written by conservative Christians has become a major target of mockery on the web.

Conservapedia, a wiki-based encyclopedia that offers the historical record from a conservative perspective, is attracting lots of derisive comments on blogs and a growing number of phony articles written by mischief makers.

Conservapedia brands itself on its main page as "a much-needed alternative to Wikipedia, which is increasingly anti-Christian and anti-American." (Source)

Labels: bias, Bible, blog, Christianity, Internet, reference, religion, research, Wikipedia

More on the big news. No, not Anna Nicole Smith.

NEW YORK - Filmmakers and researchers on Monday unveiled two ancient stone boxes they said may have once contained the remains of Jesus and Mary Magdalene, but several scholars derided the claims made in a new documentary as unfounded and contradictory to basic Christian beliefs.

"The Lost Tomb of Jesus," produced by Oscar-winning director James Cameron and scheduled to air March 4 on the Discovery Channel, argues that 10 small caskets, called ossuaries, discovered in 1980 in a Jerusalem suburb may have held the bones of Jesus and his family.

One of the caskets even bears the title, "Judah, son of Jesus," hinting that Jesus may have had a son, according to the film. The claim that Jesus even had an ossuary contradicts the Christian belief that he was resurrected and ascended to heaven.

(The source has more material. Also see the Discovery TV site on this topic.)

Labels: Archaeology, Archeology, belief, Bible, burial, Christianity, controversy, history, Jesus, Resurrection, science, tomb

ExtremeTech Staff - ExtremeTech
Sun Feb 25, 1:10 PM ET

James Cameron is expected to hold a press conference Monday morning to announce that he has found the grave of Jesus Christ, as well as Judah, the son of Jesus.

Cameron, who filmed a fictional movie as well as a documentary about the Titanic, will also unveil a documentary about his discovery, according to a blog entry on Time.com on Feb. 23.

The crypts were found in a Jeruslaem suburb, and Cameron reportedly claims it took twenty years to confirm their occupant, through DNA and other analysis.

"Let's go back 27 years, when Israeli construction workers were gouging out the foundations for a new building in the industrial park in the Talpiyot, a Jerusalem suburb. of Jerusalem," Tim McGirk of Time.com blogged. "The earth gave way, revealing a 2,000 year old cave with 10 stone caskets. Archologists were summoned, and the stone caskets carted away for examination. It took 20 years for experts to decipher the names on the ten tombs. They were: Jesua, son of Joseph, Mary, Mary, Mathew, Jofa and Judah, son of Jesua.

Other archaeologists haven't confirmed Cameron's claim.

(Source)

Also see source mentioned in article.

Labels: Archeology, belief, Bible, Christianity, controversy, history, Jesus, Judah, religion, Resurrection, son, tomb