Monthly Archives: August 2006

Toronto church refuses to release transcripts

Jeri at Blog on the Lilypad is fearless in her ongoing exposure of abuses in what is called the Fundamentalist Independent Baptists in the US. And coming out of that background, her on going exposure has put her under abuse. … Continue reading

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A mystery, a scam, a story without an ending yet?

Richard Bott of looking back…looking forward is a master story teller. Unfortunately he seems to be involved in a real life misadventure and true to his story telling skills, readers of his blog don’t know if this misadventure has a … Continue reading

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Softwood lumber and White House slush fund

About a week and a half ago I was talking to a friend in the softwood lumber industry who was quite irked at what he had watched earlier that day on CPAC. (August 21,2006) During the committee hearings (Standing Committee on International … Continue reading

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Will Warren Jeffs arrest affect Canadian Mormons?

VANCOUVER (CP) – It’s too early to say whether the U.S. arrest of a polygamous leader will have an impact in Canada on an investigation into the sect’s Bountiful, B.C. community, says an RCMP spokesman. Sgt. John Ward said Warren … Continue reading

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Canada’s Religious Right

    Election        # of candidates       # of votes       % of popular vote       % of popular vote CHP ridings   1988 63 102,533 0.78% 3.56% 1993 58 30,455 0.22% 1.09% 1997 53 29,085 … Continue reading

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Northern University gains world wide attention with Bush ‘Yale Smale’ ad

Lakehead University is a small academic setting in Thunder Bay – about 850 miles north of Toronto and situated at the top of Lake Superior. The ad was designed by a Toronto firm and features the current US President with … Continue reading

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Inuit Heritage carvings defaced – Arctic neo Pentecostalism

Bartholomew’s Notes on Religion has religious background on the rise of Pentecostalism due to mission efforts in the Arctic and why Inuit converts would perceive the Qajartalik Island petroglyphs as defiling their ‘pentecostal land’ as opposed to being a major archaeological … Continue reading

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Jews for Jesus sued

Jews for Jesus is being sued.  This is really offensive to me. It is not the gospel (the good news of who Jesus is) that offends me, it is the obvious and blatant pot shot at a celebrity. Without. his. permission. There … Continue reading

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