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In what could prove to be a landmark discovery, a leading paleontologist said scientists have dug up the 47 million-year-old fossil of an ancient primate whose features suggest it could be the common ancestor of all later monkeys, apes and humans.
Anthropologists have long believed that humans evolved from ancient ape-like ancestors.
Some 50 million years ago, [...]

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By John Blake
CNN
CNN — Just so you know, Bart Ehrman says he’s not the anti-Christ.

He says he’s not trying to destroy your faith. He’s not trying to bash the Bible. And, though his mother no longer talks to him about religion, Ehrman says some of his best friends are Christian.
Ehrman, a best-selling author and [...]

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by Michael Kranitz
from Examiner.com
People often equate the Old and New Testaments with morality and goodness. That is why one of my esteemed Examiner colleagues wrote about being “biblically correct” in a recent article about a beauty contestant who spoke her mind about gay marriage. I read the article waiting for him to discuss [...]

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BETHLEHEM, West Bank — 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.
Abu Saymeh never read a New Testament text before he [...]

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from http://www.1001uniquebabynames.com
This is a new series (1-3) of Verse No. in the Bible versus the Quran.
Verse No. 3 in the Old Testament says that God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light..
Verse No. 3 in the New Testament says that Judas begat Phares and Zara of Thamar; and Phares begat Esrom; and Esrom [...]

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by Stephanie Board
from www.spectatornews.com
It seems to me that the mention of Jesus is a common occurrence in our society today. I think it is safe to say I hear someone speak this name at least once a day, although the circumstances vary greatly.
Jesus comes up in discussions about politics, science and history, among a myriad [...]

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from http://www.gather.com
People, especially Christians need to stop blaming Satan for all the worlds’ problems. It is a cop out. Let us cast the blame where it belongs. On us. Yes us, the humans. For far too long people have anointed an escape goat for there depravity. I say lets all face the truth for once. [...]

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From Jack Kerwick, for About.com
President George W. Bush’s comments on ABC’s Nightline last Monday didn’t sit well with Chuck Baldwin.
Baldwin, who recently ran for president on the Constitution Party ticket, is a columnist, a weekly radio program host, and the pastor at Crossroads Baptist Church in Pensacola, Fla. In his most recent column, Baldwin takes [...]

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From the cross and crescent blog:
Christians are well known to think Jesus is the Son of God. But how can this be? Isn’t it blasphemy to say that God bore a son?
The answer is yes, and if Christians believed that God bore a Son, or had a son in the same way we humans do, [...]

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Keith Powell/ Arrow Lakes News
As a child, Christmas was all about getting the presents. My buddy Steve and I spent many hours sitting in the living room dreaming about the best gift we could receive. Store windows on Main Street beckoned, catalogues enticed, and my mind drifted every night as I resisted falling asleep. One [...]

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