March 2008 » Archive

Trevor Blake: Christianity in the News

30 March 2008 » In christianity

The following is a summary of Christianity in the news…

Minister Accused Of Wanting To ‘Play Doctor’ With 15-Year-Old Girl Fired: Investigators said music minister Jack Aldrich from First United Methodist Church in Winter Park made contact with an undercover officer posing as an underage girl.
The Frederick News-Post Online: An ordained minister has been arrested on charges of sex offense and child abuse of a female church choir member in Gaithersburg who was 14 at the time.
Pastor jailed for using evil spirits to force unprotected sex on woman: pastor who impregnated a woman he terrorized into a sexual relationship by threatening curses was sentenced yesterday to four years in prison.
Pastor gets 4 years for sex assault on woman: Toronto pastor sexually assaulted and deliberately impregnated a parishioner, threatening her with evil spirits unless she yielded to his demands.
NWAnews.com: Minister Keith Daniel Kiger, 31, of 94 U. S. 71 South in Winslow, faces a felony charge of first-degree sexual assault.
The Longmont Times-Call: Minister Peter Kim, 40, pleaded guilty to violating bail bond conditions, sexual exploitation of a child and attempted sexual assault of a child by a person in a position of trust.
Priest pleads guilty to charges from sex sting: Father Michael Royce Penland, 46, pleaded guilty to soliciting crimes against nature and was ordered to pay court costs and stay away from Haywood County recreation property.
They sought help, but got exorcism and the Bible: A secretive ministry has been deceiving troubled young women into signing over months of their lives to a program that offers Bible studies and exorcisms to treat mental illness.
50 people looking for solar image of Mary lose sight: At least 50 people in Kottayam district have reportedly lost their vision after gazing at the sun looking for an image of Virgin Mary.
Ex-foster father guilty of molesting 2 boys: A jury found [Minister] Jaysen W. Bell of Union Township guilty of sexual battery and three charges of sexual imposition.
Internet sex sting snares Conneautville minister: The Rev. Steven Richard McGuigan, 39, of 905 Washington St., Conneautville.
Pastor accused of child rape ruled with an iron hand: Pastor Harper was charged with multiple counts of child rape stretching back at least to 1994.

All of these articles were gathered by one person in his spare time over a single month using only English-language news sources. It is not unreasonable to suggest that there are many more articles to be found. The abusive clergy listed here are mostly Protestant and appear to have acted in isolation. It is the Roman Catholic Church that has systematically protected abusive clergy from legal action under the guise of diplomatic immunity for decades. My means to lessen the number of those abused is to tear away the veil the abusers most successfully hide behind – religion. My means to lessen the number of those who make self-destructive choices based on fearful superstitions is to reason against and ridicule the root superstition – religion.

MIO – Green Design For Everyone

30 March 2008 » In paper

One 24 Module Set creates a 4.5 ft x 4.5ft section with the open configuration and a 3 ft x 4.5 ft section with the closed configuration.

MIO – Green Design For Everyone

Do red light cameras work too well? – Crime & courts- msnbc.com

30 March 2008 » In transportation

Dallas officials reviewed the numbers and decided that a quarter of the cameras they had installed to catch motorists running red lights were too effective. So they shut them down.

Do red light cameras work too well? – Crime & courts- msnbc.com

When a disease is donated — Diseases, Virginia, Illinois Institute of Technology — chicagotribune.com

30 March 2008 » In science, sperm

Preserve the anonymity of sperm / egg donors, or warn the recipient families / resulting children of genetic diseases? What if disease is discovered after donation? This is the 21st Century.

When a disease is donated — Diseases, Virginia, Illinois Institute of Technology — chicagotribune.com

Australia denounces anti-Islam film – Breaking News – National – Breaking News

30 March 2008 » In film, islam, theocracy

“In Australia we believe in the right to freedom of expression but we don’t believe in abusing that right to incite racial hatred.” [Fitna bad! Bad Fitna! It's racist to quote the Qu'ran or Muslims!]

Australia denounces anti-Islam film – Breaking News – National – Breaking News

Jihad Watch: One Muslim Leftist's time could have been better spent!

30 March 2008 » In film, islam

Is it too much to ask that Muslims who condemn terrorism not be involved with it themselves, or approving of it in other contexts? [Fitna commentary]

Jihad Watch: One Muslim Leftist’s time could have been better spent!

MTV: Fascism Happened…

30 March 2008 » In prohibition, television, video

These two videos from think MTV [1] [2] are presented as a warning of what could happen in the United States of America. But they look to me like nothing so much as a depiction of what has been happening for quite some time as part of the war on drugs.