According to the conclusion of a new research by University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA), it would appear that teens maintain their religious beliefs steady throughout high school, while most other aspects of their lives change.
High school is known to be the place and time where young adults find their ni... |
18 June 2011
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In March this year, singer Ricky Martin came out as gay after years and years of speculation. Since then, he’s been increasingly more open about his orientation, even doing a documentary for an Eurovision affiliate detailing some aspects of his personal life – it is now subject of a church protest.The Adv... |
20 December 2010
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The Church has undoubtedly lost a lot of its importance in society over the last centuries. As science and its ideas progressed, more and more people with access to books started questioning the established dogmas. Once the state got separated from the Church, the institution's role has decreased even further. I... |
8 October 2009
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A mixed Syrian-Polish group of archaeologists has come upon the remains of an old church, dating back approximately to the 8th century AD in the ancient city of Palmyra in central Syria, reports the Associated Press. The experts explained that they believed the 1,200-year-old Christian church to be the largest of it... |
14 November 2008
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An ongoing five-day scientific gathering on themes of evolution housed by the Vatican provided a clash of titans during the close encounter of the 3rd kind which is always the result of religion and science sharing the same space. During the meeting organized by the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, Pope Benedict... |
3 November 2008
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Less than a week ago, a somewhat peculiar idea, proposed by a writer from The Guardian publication, Ariane Sherine, in a June blog post, has been brought to life. As she suggested, the freedom of religious affiliation should be publicly displayed on local buses in the form of a message stating “There's pro... |
27 October 2008
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Bell Mobility, the second largest Canadian mobile operator, is having some problems lately in improving its cellphone reception in Toronto, the largest Canadian city. At the end of 2007, the CDMA carrier closed a deal with the Presbyterian Church from Guildwood (a neighborhood in Toronto), in order to build a cellph... |
17 July 2008
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Astronomer Rev. Jose Gabriel Funes, director of the Vatican Observatory, revealed in an interview published yesterday that the Vatican believed that alien life might exist and that it didn't necessarily mean it contradicted the belief in God. Makes you remember the cheerful days of the middle ages, doesn't ... |
14 May 2008
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Ethiopia is the only African country that kept its own language and writing for over 25 centuries and the only African country with a strictly national writing system. Christianity rooted in Ethiopia starting the 4th century. The kingdom of Aksum was at its peak. Ezana, the most illustrious king of this dynasty, chos... |
8 April 2008
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We've seen lots of ID thefts and credit card scams but when they're conducted by a former pastor who's here to represent God, that's pretty shocking news. A recent report by Associated Press reveals that Rev. Raymond Clayton from Northumberland County has pleaded guilty to charges of using parishi... |
2 April 2008
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For over 7 centuries, the tightly woven linen strip, displaying the vague image of a bearded man, has been worshiped as the burial shroud of Jesus. Texts signal the existence of the shroud since the first century. Two decades ago, radiocarbon dating showed that the Shroud of Turin had been just a medieval hoax. It is... |
24 March 2008
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It's that time of the year again when the male gaming public gets to drool on something that's not a brand new title. The December issue of Playboy has just been made available and for the fourth time it features the annual tribute to the hottest videogame babes. The images were created with the aid of gam... |
5 November 2007
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Now a Da Vinci Code-style hunt for the Holy Grail has been triggered by recent statements made by Alfredo Barbagallo, an Italian archaeologist. He claimed that the cup is buried underneath a chapel-like room of the Basilica of San Lorenzo Fuori le Mura, one of the seven Rome churches visited annually by Christian pi... |
23 June 2007
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This is a figure that entered from legend into literature and media. The 19-year-old illiterate farm girl from Lorraine (northeastern France) is the most famous heroine of France. She led the French, while disguised herself as a man, to several victories over the English troops (notable the conquest of Orleans) durin... |
5 April 2007
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