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Monday, October 27, 2003
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This article is worth a 5-minute read. Christianity Transformed? An Important New Look. Here's a sample paragraph of this critique of popular, consumerist Protestant evangelical religion:
Wolfe traces the pattern of church-swapping and denomination-switching. This "circulation of the saints" is a pattern tied to consumerist religion. Worship is no longer dictated by theological conviction, but rather by personal taste. Heavily influenced by an entertainment culture, modern evangelicals are looking for worship that is experienced with the thrill and excitement of the latest musical styles and video technology.
8:57:57 PM 
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Try this, trivia buffs and Bible types. Your host got 8 of 10 on the tough quiz (hint: eating shellfish is an abomination). Bible Content Quiz / Level 2 / More Difficult. Warning, this is a more difficult version of our Bible Content Quiz. Think you can handle it? Difficult version of the Bible Conent Quiz For those who would like to start with the more basic version....
8:46:02 PM
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Writing himself into history: October 27, 1838. Missouri Governor Lilburn W. Boggs signed the "extermination order", declaring, "The Mormons must be treated as enemies, and must be exterminated, or driven from the State, if necessary for the public peace." Gee, if it hadn't been for Gov. Boggs, Utah would have been just like Nevada. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
8:33:55 PM
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A whole town of lawbreakers and who gets arrested? Polygamy critic arrested by Colorado City police. SALT LAKE CITY - Lenore Timpson Holm, a polygamy critic, former plural wife and successful plaintiff in a suit against the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been arrested by Colorado City police on a domestic violence charge. Holm, 40, was arrested Wednesday night ...
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