Topic: Glaubensfragen - on September 1, 2004 at 4:20:00 PM CEST
Schlimme Früchtchen?
Das katholische Internat in St. Blasien im Schwarzwald und der deutsche Süßwarenhersteller Haribo können im Augenblick unter Zuschriften nicht klagen. Grund ist ein Schülerscherz zur neuen Maoam-Verpackung. In einem Brief hatten sich drei Schüler über die sexuellen Anzüglichkeiten auf der neuen Maoam-Verpackung empört.
"Wir sind schockiert über die schamlose Darstellung von sexuellen Praktiken auf der Verpackung. Hier werden unter anderem der Coitus, Fellatio und Cunnilingus angedeutet."
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on September 1, 2004 at 11:03:00 AM CEST
Fruity sweet wrappers spark complaint
A Catholic college has complained about new Haribo sweet wrappers which it claims portray fruit in sexual positions.
"We are shocked at the shameless presentation of sexual practices on the wrapping, which includes not only sexual intercourse but also fellatio and cunnilingus," wrote the St Blasien Jesuit College near Bonn.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 28, 2004 at 12:30:00 PM CEST
British bishop hopes chocolate, invites will bring back worshippers
A bishop in northern England hopes to draw worshippers back to church with chocolate bars and invitations, a British newspaper reported. Under the scheme, new church-goers will receive a brochure about the Church and 'fair trade' chocolate at the end of the service, the newspaper said.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 10, 2004 at 11:04:00 AM CEST
Website offers prayer by proxy for pope's visit to Lourdes
Want to be part of Pope John Paul II's pilgrimage to the French "miracle" town of Lourdes but can't make the trip? A religious website is offering prayer by proxy and long-distance candle lighting. Croire.com (croire means 'to believe' in French) has launched a service for the Internet-savvy faithful -- all e-mail prayers received by Saturday will be taken in hard-copy form to the grotto of Massabielle in Lourdes.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 14, 2004 at 3:52:00 PM CEST
First the church, then the steeple, then 'your logo here'
Over the past decade, giant commercial billboards have changed the look of many European cities. Whether at Berlin's Brandenburg Gate or Rome's Trevi Fountain, ads on historic structures have become a key way to finance their repair.
But Germany has taken the trend to new - and controversial - heights. In Frankfurt, the scaffolding of the famed 15th-century Gothic steeple of Bartholomew Cathedral now sports a Panasonic poster.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 13, 2004 at 12:19:00 PM CEST
Let us drink a little and drive, pray priests
Zagreb - Croatian priests are calling for their exemption from a bill banning drivers from drinking before getting behind the wheel, since they have to imbibe wine while on the job, a local paper reported on Monday.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on June 17, 2004 at 11:39:00 AM CEST
Protest over whale 'chief' disrupts capture
An effort to re-unite a lonely orca swimming off Canada with its family has been disrupted by native Indian protesters who believe the animal is the spirit of a dead chief and do not want it to leave.
Members of the Mowachaht-Muchalaht band used canoes to lure the curious killer whale, nicknamed Luna, away from a boat that scientists had hoped the animal would follow into a floating capture pen.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on June 10, 2004 at 7:22:00 PM CEST
Danish pastor who refused to believe in God suspended
A pastor in Denmark's state Lutheran Protestant Church who caused a stir last year by saying he did not believe in God has been suspended from his duties for a second time, Bishop Lise-Lotte Rebel revealed.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on June 9, 2004 at 4:05:00 PM CEST
Harrods apology over Hindu bikinis
London's famous Harrods department store has apologised to its customers for selling controversial underwear bearing images of Hindu goddesses.
Harrods removed the underwear and swimwear range from sale after a protest by a Hindu pressure group.
Hindu Human Rights said the garments, created by Italian designer Roberto Cavalli, insulted the religion.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 12, 2004 at 10:00:00 AM CEST
3D church opened to woo Internet faithful
Christians in Britain have opened a zany 3D Internet church, billed as a first chance for believers to log on and worship interactively.
Bishop of London Richard Chartres gave the inaugural sermon - via a speech-bubble from his cartoon persona - at the first service on the "Church of Fools".
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 29, 2004 at 10:20:00 AM CEST
The Secrets of Scientology
The Church of Scientology is a rich and vengeful religious cult, or as one critic puts it, "a cross between the Moonies and the Mafia." But it would be a mistake to dismiss its underlying technology as harmless or ineffective. Scientologists know a great deal about thought control, social control, rhetorical judo (defeat by misdirection, deft use of logical fallacies) and high pressure sales, though as victims of their own technology, they wouldn't characterize it that way.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on February 3, 2004 at 9:42:00 PM CET
Yezidism
The Encyclopaedia Britannica 1986' explains : "The Yazidi religion is a syncretic combination of Zoroastrian, Manichaean, Jewish, Nestorian Christian and Islamic elements. The Yazidi themselves are thought to be descended from supporters of the Umayyad Caliph Yazid 1. They themselves believe that they are created quite separately from the rest of mankind, not even being descended from Adam, and they have kept themselves strictly segregated from the people among whom they live. Although scattered and probably numbering fewer than 1,00,000, they have a well-organized society, with a chief shaykh as the supreme religious head and an amir, or prince, as the secular head.
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