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28804. jexster - 11/7/2006 7:02:37 PM I highly recommend the PBS show. Islam for Dummies. History and religious teaching of the Prophet combined with comments from American muslims, black, white, dune coon, historians etc
Learned something kewl myself..when he returned to Mecca with his followers to perform the Hajj, Muhmmad had a nigra slave mount the Kaba to give the call to prayer.
Seems the Meccans were not only pagans but also bigots.
Drove em crazy 28805. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/12/2006 12:55:14 AM Terminator-Jesus . . .
28806. wonkers2 - 11/12/2006 3:50:41 AM Pretty good! Prepared by the Committee to Elect Arnold no doubt. 28807. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/12/2006 6:10:07 AM I always wondered if Jesus was a Girly-Man. 28808. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/12/2006 6:15:38 AM And then again . . .
 28809. jexster - 11/12/2006 8:37:34 PM Available November 14
JUST IN TIME FOR CRIMMUS!!!
My parish choir's first CD....
Palestrina for Eight Voices , the first CD by Schola Adventus, our own resident professional choir, will be released by the Four Winds label on November 14th. It is the world premier recording of this work! Recorded at St. Stephen’s, Belvedere in July last year, it features the music of the Italian Renaissance master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. The centerpiece of the CD is his great Missa Confitebor tibi, which is based on his own motet of the same name (also heard on this recording), of which it is a parody. It was published in 1585, and is a remarkable work, capturing brilliantly all the contrasting “affects” of the mass text, from the reverential intimacy of Et incarnatus est and Benedictus qui venit to the climactic breathlessness of Et vitam venturi and dance-like ebullience of Hosanna in excelsis! Palestrina’s consummate mastery of scoring and antiphonal contrast for eight voices is shown to great advantage here, as he reveals himself to be the equal of the Venetian polychoral masters, Gabrieli and Monteverdi. Also included are several eight-part motets and his eight-part settings of Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis
Some of you may remember the last time it was heard here — in the context for which it was written — at our Corpus Christi High Mass in 2005, and also in concert in June that year.
On sale at Amazon and other venues! 28810. arkymalarky - 11/13/2006 3:23:00 AM That's cool, Jex! 28811. prolph - 11/13/2006 3:58:14 AM I've been listening to Richard Dawkins on cspan books tonight, Good idea for some of youse guys to read him too, (sorry couldn't resist}
28812. jexster - 11/14/2006 1:48:45 AM I know this won't seem earthshaking to most but the world of the Catholic Church operates on a different clock and uses a different language.
This is significant believe it or not
Bishops may alter language on gays
Baptism urged for kids of same-sex parents
While continuing to stress that same-sex relationships are immoral, America's Roman Catholic bishops may approve new guidelines this week that absolve gay Catholics of any obligation to try to alter their sexual orientation.
The guidelines for ministering to homosexuals, to be reviewed when bishops convene Monday in Baltimore for their annual fall meeting, also will urge clergy to baptize the adopted children of gay couples who agree to raise them Catholic. 28813. wonkers2 - 11/14/2006 4:05:18 AM They've still got a long way to go. 28814. jexster - 11/14/2006 4:21:21 AM It'll take 100-200 years. Different sense of time
Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelical's Lament (Hardcover)
28815. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 11/16/2006 7:04:03 PM 
28816. Ronski - 11/16/2006 9:34:52 PM NC Baptists Vote to Toss Out Gays and the Churches Who Love Them
"....homosexuality is the only sin that has its own advocacy group."
28817. wonkers2 - 11/16/2006 11:43:21 PM My impression is that homophobia has a much bigger advocacy group. 28818. wonkers2 - 11/19/2006 4:18:58 PM First Muslim Congressman 28819. wonkers2 - 11/21/2006 3:55:57 PM Science and Religion--Time to Take the Gloves Off 28820. judithathome - 11/22/2006 3:08:21 PM Colbert: Paleontology vs. Naileontology 28821. wonkers2 - 11/22/2006 4:47:33 PM Pretty funny! 28822. Jenerator - 11/25/2006 5:33:37 AM Women Asked to Leave Seminar
RIYADH, 22 November 2006 — A presenter from King Saud University at an international medical seminar at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center caused a stir yesterday when he insisted that all women — including medical and media professionals — leave the room before he would enter the room to give his presentation. Initially some women expressed consternation at the request, but later relented and left the room so the doctor and orthodox man could give his presentation about Islam and the ethics of organ donation and end-of-life issues.
Prior to the presentation by Dr. Yousef Al-Ahmed, the audience was informed that the doctor would not be in the same room with women when he spoke about medical ethics.
...After Al-Ahmed persisted on his request that women not pollute his presentation with their presence, event coordinators began urging women to leave so the event could continue. Two women reporters from Saudi Arabian Television Channel One and Saudi satellite channel Al-Ekhabriya were also told to leave the hall.
28823. jexster - 11/26/2006 11:13:55 AM VIa TPM...how does that make Pastor Ted feel!
Focus on the Family's James Dobson is too busy to help cure disgraced evangelical leader Ted Haggard's gayness because the process could take years.
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