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Turning Cyberspace into Sacred Space
Google Tech Talks
May 31, 2007
ABSTRACT
In a recent survey conducted by the PEW Internet and America Life Project it was found that 64% of wired Americans use the Internet for religious and spiritual activity. People are going online to do everything from searching for religious information and answers, to joining in online prayer groups, undertaking virtual pilgrimages, and even participating in online rituals. Dr. Christopher Helland, one of the foremost authorities studying religious activity on the World Wide Web, will present a summary of his current research, demonstrating the unique ways people are utilizing Internet technology so that it can meet their religious and spiritual needs. As...
Tags: cyberspace, google, howto, into, sacred, turning
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Pentecostal Public Opinion: 10-Country Survey Results
The results of a 10-country survey of public opinion among Pentecostalists are released at "Spirit in the World: The Dynamics of Pentecostal Growth and Experience" on October 6, 2006.
Presented by the John Templeton Foundation and the USC Center for Religion and Civic Culture, this international symposium examines the global Pentecostal movement.
Results and analysis are presented by Luis Lugo, director of the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, and John C. Green, senior fellow in religion and American politics at the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, as well as professor of political science and director of the Ray C. Bliss Institute of Applied Politics at the University of Akron.
Tags: and, center, civic, college, crcc, culture, for, foundation, pentecostalism, religion, templeton, usc
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Bad Religion - American Jesus lyrics
Words and music by Mr Brett and Greg Graffin.
According to Brett, he wrote all the music and the lyrics in the chorus, while all Greg wrote was the verse and bridge lyrics. The chorus says: In god we trust / because he's one of us / break down, cave in / we can redeem your sins / strong heart, clear mind / and infinitely kind / you lose, we win / he's our champion. The guys from Loss, who did a cover version for the album Fuck Hell -This is a Tribute to Bad Religion, didn't know the chorus lyrics; they only got the most obvious lines right and made up the rest. At the end they keep repeating "one mission, one god" while the main vocalist repeats three times the bit from "he's the farmer's..." to "he's inside me". There is a 7" single but no CD single. There are two promo CDs, one of...
Tags: america, authority, Bad, deity, for, God, hate, jesus, leader, lyrics, nationality, politics, President, Punk, recipe, Religion, Rock
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Major poll finds US Muslims Mostly Mainstream - VOA Story
Despite their deep dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq and U.S foreign policy, a major new survey found U.S Muslims--most of whom are immigrants--are largely integrated into U.S society. And the Pew Research Center reports the estimated 2.3 million American Muslims are moderate in their views on many of the issues that have divided others of their faith and Westerners around the world.
Tags: America, faith, Iraq, Islam, Muslim, USA, War
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Koukl : Greatest murders ? Apologetics
Christian Thinker Greg Koukl answers the claim that God should be held liable for crimes against humanity .
Here is a link to the short 2 minute podacasts by greg koukl on all apologetics topics
http://www.pluggd.tv/audio/channels/stand_to_reason_daily_podcast
and here is the Greg Koukls official web
page one of the best apologetics page on net.
http://www.str.org/site/PageServer
here is a fun article on Atheism at conservapdia
http://www.conservapedia.com/Atheism
here is the article on DEMOCIDE at wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democide
Here is the book DEATH BY GOVERNMENT At amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/Death-Government-R-J-Rummel/dp/1560009276/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1225662811&sr=8-1
Here is the largest survey on American religious landscape the...
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