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Looks like there’s one less “Melrose Place” mystery. Sure, fans are still scratching their heads about that whole “who killed Sydney Andrews?” thing, but at least those wondering why Ashlee Simpson-Wentz recently got the axe have their answer. According to on-set sources, the sometimes-singer-sometimes-actress was just plain awful as the show’s not-so-naïve Violet Foster.
The Warriors of Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe High took the field on Friday night without any Bible verses written on the cheerleaders' banner.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is publishing its own edition of a Spanish-language Bible.
A public charter school is suing Idaho officials, saying the state illegally barred use of the Bible as an instructional text.
The top-selling Bible in North America will undergo its first revision in 25 years, modernizing the language in some sections and promising to reopen a contentious debate about changing gender terms in the sacred text. The New International Version, the Bible of choice for conservative evangelicals, will be revised to reflect changes in English usage and advances in Biblical scholarship, it was announced Tuesday. The revision is scheduled to be completed late next year and published in 2011.
In a story Aug. 27, The Associated Press reported that the family of a student who said a science teacher burned a cross on his arm settled a federal lawsuit with the school district. Their attorney, Doug Mansfield, described it as an effort by the family to move past the incident.
The surviving pages of the world's oldest Christian Bible have been reunited — digitally. The early work known as the Codex Sinaiticus has been housed in four separate locations across the world for more than 150 years. But starting Monday, it became available for perusal on the Web at so scholars and other readers can get a closer look at what the British Library calls a "unique treasure."
President Barack Obama said Friday the biblical command to "love thy neighbor as thyself" is as pertinent now as ever.
A bomb squad used a disrupter gun to blast a suspicious package left on the counter of the Leavenworth post office, but only a Bible was found inside. Police said the person who left the package on Friday night took off in a hurry and probably didn't put enough stamps on it to get it delivered.
An Ohio school teacher fired over accusations that he preached Christianity in class says in a $1 million lawsuit that his free speech and civil rights were violated.
A U.S. court says a kindergartner's mother cannot read Scripture during show and tell, even if the Bible is the boy's favorite book.
A Republican House member wants President Barack Obama to make 2010 the year of the Bible.
Muslim calligrapher Yasser Abu Saymeh has dedicated the past two months to Christian art, writing the Gospel of Luke in ornate Arabic script to be presented to Pope Benedict XVI when the Roman Catholic leader visits the Holy Land next month.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday turned away a challenge from a Texas death row inmate who claimed his constitutional rights were violated by jurors who consulted a Bible.
Police investigators say they found the recipe for making methamphetamine in an odd place: in a Bible on the last page of the Book of Revelation. Officers made discovery as they searched an apartment after arresting two people on methamphetamine possession and manufacturing charges Tuesday night. Police Lt. Ed Windbigler said the recipe was handwritten on the bottom of the page.
President-elect Barack Obama will use the same Bible at his inauguration that Abraham Lincoln used for his swearing in.
The Supreme Court on Monday refused to consider a murder case in which a jury foreman read passages of the Bible to hold-out jurors who subsequently voted to impose the death penalty.
More than 31,000 Americans will have a hand in publishing a new edition of the Bible.
The oldest surviving copy of the New Testament, a 4th century version that had its Gospels and epistles spread across the world, is being made whole again — online.
Demonstrations on the town square show how divided people are over the school board's decision to fire a science teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs in the classroom and burning crosses on students' arms.
The school board of a small central Ohio community voted unanimously Friday to fire a teacher accused of preaching his Christian beliefs despite staff complaints and using a device to burn the image of a cross on students' arms.
That woman on the cover of America's best-known pregnancy advice book doesn't have a name — she's only a sketch, after all. But countless women have come to know this expectant mom over the years, with her dowdy clothes and nondescript haircut, staring placidly into space from the safety of a rocking chair.
A Saudi blogger has made a short video featuring alleged Christian extremists preaching violence and a Bible passage calling for war, in response to an anti-Quran film that sparked protests across the Muslim world.
Both sides in a lawsuit challenging a school district's Bible course claimed victory after they agreed to allow the course to continue but with curriculum developed by a superintendent-appointed committee of local educators.
Israeli scientists have inscribed the entire Hebrew text of the Jewish Bible onto a space less than half the size of a grain of sugar.
The Man Who Never Died (Not Many Mighty Series)Though essentially unknown even by many Christians, Elijah holds several interesting distinctions in Scripture. Yet as we have seen already with Moses, even the giants of the Bible had flaws, and both these flaws and how they dealt with them can be of encouragement to us today.
Freshwater Update: Day 21-- on School PolicyThis was the last of three October hearing sessions. The next sessions are scheduled for November 17-19.
Akeda The binding of Issac illustration by Phillip RatnerThis illustration is courtesy of International Artist Phillip Ratner. This is one of a series that Israel Seen has been fortunate to receive from the artist for exclusive internet use. This is one of the major moments in this weeks Torah, Bible reading.
Conservatives Are Rewriting the Bible to Free It From "Liberal Bias"Schlafly has a new project: rewriting the Bible to free it from liberal bias. The new translation will be free of "emasculated" and "dumbed-down" language as well as "liberal wordiness." So-called "later-inserted liberal passages" will be deleted entirely.
Moses Wasn't Charlton Heston Because of the 1956 film The Ten Commandments, for several generations now when people think of Moses, the face they see is Charlton Heston's. But the real Moses was no Hollywood he-man.
Freshwater Update: Day 20-- The 'Pro-Freshwater' FactionTerri Mahan testified earlier in the hearing when the Board was putting on its case in chief. Hamilton elected not to cross examine at that time because he would call her now.
Freshwater Update: Day 19 - Dave Daubenmire's AnticsThe main burden of Daubenmire's testimony was that he took responsibility for having organized the April 16, 2008, public demonstration in Mt. Vernon to bring attention to the Freshwater situation.
Halloween Came Early This YearThe lid was lifted off of the cauldron, known as The House, in Washington DC. Trusty aides lifted out a whopping 1990 pages of a HealthCare Bill! Jaws dropped. Hands went up in the air.
Not Many MightyWe have a tendency to place the great men of the Bible on a pedestal, to look back on those who were truly giants of the faith as better than we could ever be.
The Attributes of GodMany people have no clue what the Bible says about the attributes of God, and this includes many professing Christians. God is typically seen either as a kindly old grandfather who loves everyone or as a vengeful force bent on destruction.
Conservatives Want a Less Liberal Bible - UpdatedAs if the King James version of the Bible weren't bad enough already, there's a merry band of wingnuts at Conservapedia who think it's way too liberal and needs a good rewritin'. Here are direct links to Conservapedia and to the Conservative Bible Project.
Joel Osteen…Meet JobThe Biblical account of Job emphasizes that throughout his ordeal Job did not sin against God by cursing him.
Noah by Phillip RatnerThis is a special illustration by international artist Phillip Ratner for Israelseen. Enjoy the work
Proklame Playlist by Proklame on MySpace Music - Play Playlist Songs & Download TracksThis new artist is proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus through rap music.
The Cost of Taking the Bible for GrantedIn America we take a great many things for granted: abundant food, clean water, electricity, universal primary education, freedom of religion, and many more things that I've likely forgotten because I take them for granted.
Biblical sex row over explicit illustrated Book of GenesisA sexually explicit illustrated Book of Genesis by controversial artist Robert Crumb, which features Bible characters having intercourse, has been condemned by religious groups.The book, which is released this month, carries the warning "adult supervision recommended for minors", …
Texas man faces execution after jurors consult Bible to decide fate Amnesty International has appealed to the state to commute the sentence on Khristian Oliver, 32, who is due to die on November 5.
US authorities urged to overturn death sentence after jury consulted BibleA clutch of jurors huddled in the corner with one reading aloud from the Book of Numbers: "The murderer shall surely be put to death" and "The revenger of blood himself shall slay the murderer."
Amazing Grace Baptist Church to Burn Bibles, Other Books for Halloween; King James Bible 'Only True Word of God'The pastor of the Amazing Grace Baptist Church in Canton, North Carolina plans to celebrate Halloween by leading his fourteen member congregation by burning Bibles. Pastor Marc Grizzard is not a Satan worshiper or a militant atheist.
Conservapedia's project to eliminate 'liberal bias' in Bible is only one of this site's gems of ridiculousness...lost in conservative translation. The Conservapedia project to eliminate 'liberal bias' in the Bible is one of the shinier gems of ridiculousness from that website
Stephen wants to be a biblical figure on ConservapediaStephen wants to be a biblical figure on Conservapedia, the Louvre announces its plans to install a McDonald's, and Honda introduces a unicycle of the future.
Conservative Bible Project Aims to Delete 'Liberal Bias' from the Bible"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing." That famous line, attributed to Jesus in Luke 23:34, could well apply to the folks at Conservapedia -- the "conservative version" of Wikipedia -- who have embarked on a project to rewrite the Bible.
Conservatives Editing the Bible?Some folks I know have been surprised at the level of violent and vitriolic rhetoric they have worked themselves into since Obama took office.
Salon Fixes the Bible's Liberal Bias-- "Blessed are the GOP, for theirs is the kingdom of Heaven."Liberal bias can be found in the unlikeliest of places these days, and it's often the people you'd least suspect who are responsible for it.
And Jesus said "Love thy neighbor, unless your neighbor is black, or gay, or a Democrat": Conservapedia works on ConservaBibleexcerpt: "" The eager young men at Conservapedia are p.o.'d that the Bible might be seen as too liberal. So they've come up with the Wiki-style Conservative Bible Project, to make sure the Lord doesn't go all wobbly on us. ""
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