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  • Who Really "Changed" the Sabbath?0

    "The Catholic Church for over one thousand years before the existence of a Protestant, by virtue of her divine mission, changed the day from Saturday to Sunday. We say by virtue of her divine mission, because He who called Himself the 'Lord of the Sabbath,' endowed her with His own power to teach, 'he that

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  • Acts, Declarations, and Decrees0

    In 1948 the United Nations adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Included was Article 18, which reads: "Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest

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  • John Paul's Pseudo-Sabbath0

    On May 31, 1998, Pope John Paul II issued a lengthy Pastoral Letter Dies Domini, a passionate plea for a revival of Sunday observance. Though this document has enormous historical significance because it addresses the critical problem of Sunday profanation at the threshold of the Great Jubilee Year (2000), it is flawed, both theologically and

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  • Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth0

    Paula Jones and Monica Lewinsky don't appear in the following case. Not a breath of illicit sex taints the record. Nobody's going to get kissed or propositioned against his or her will. If your kids sneak a look at this article, they won't ask about words you don't want in their vocabulary until they're senior

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  • The Good Old Days0

    The summer of 1886 was a bad time for Charles B. Reynolds. The iconoclastic religious skeptic (and former Methodist minister) took his free-thought message to Boonton, New Jersey. If Reynolds expected Boontonians to abandon Christianity and embrace free thought, he must have been disappointed. Instead, an unruly mob pelted him with rotten eggs, tore down

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  • Blank Check?0

    The Wisconsin Supreme Court recently approved the participation of religious schools in Milwaukee's Parental Choice Program, which provides low-income parents with a $4,900 voucher for children to attend a private or parochial school. The highly criticized decision raises a number of important questions regarding the flow of tax dollars to religious schools. Can religious schools

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