Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 30, 2009 at 12:17:00 PM CEST
Penn and Teller - Bullshit - The Vatican
Penn & Teller discuss the Catholic Church and their involvement in anti-homosexuality efforts, condom use, and the cover up of the priest abuse sex scandal. They talk with an Italian comedian that was punished for criticizing Pope Benedict the XVI.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 27, 2009 at 1:36:00 PM CEST
Ramadan 2009
In Muslim nations and regions around the globe, this is the first week of the holy month of Ramadan, a time for followers to abstain from eating, drinking, smoking and sexual activity during the day, breaking their fast each sunset, with traditional meals and sweets. During this time, Muslims are also encouraged to read the entire Quran, to give freely to those in need, and strengthen their ties to God through prayer. The goal of the fast is to teach humility, patience and sacrifice, and to ask forgiveness, practice self-restraint, and pray for guidance in the future. This year, Ramadan will continue until Saturday, September 19th. (39 photos total)
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 18, 2009 at 2:12:00 PM CEST
Wir wollen, dass du mit uns kommst
Aliens mit zitronenförmigen Köpfen, Laserstrahlen und Entführungsversuche von Außerirdischen: Das britische Verteidigungsministerium hat erneut Akten über angebliche Ufo-Sichtungen veröffentlicht. SPIEGEL ONLINE dokumentiert einige rätselhafte Fälle.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 18, 2009 at 2:10:00 PM CEST
UFOs made 600 visits to the UK in a single year, according to MoD 'X-Files'
Hundreds of Britons had 'close encounters' with UFOs, according to previously-classified documents released by the Ministry of Defence today.
The sightings were made between 1981 and 1996 from observers including police officers, fighter pilots and school children. They range from lights in the sky to close contact with aliens with 'lemon-shaped heads', and include detailed analysis on some of the UK's most well-known cases.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 16, 2009 at 2:17:00 PM CEST
The Salmon of Doubt - Douglas Adams
Man the maker looks at his world and says, “So who made this, then?” Who made this?—you can see why it’s a treacherous question. Early man thinks, “Well, because there’s only one sort of being I know about who makes things, whoever made all this must therefore be a much bigger, much more powerful and necessarily invisible, one of me, and because I tend to be the strong one who does all the stuff, he’s probably male.” And so we have the idea of a God. Then, because when we make things, we do it with the intention of doing something with them, early man asks himself, “If he made it, what did he make it for?” Now the real trap springs, because early man is thinking, “This world fits me very well. Here are all these things that support me and feed me and look after me; yes, this world fits me nicely,” and he reaches the inescapable conclusion that whoever made it, made it for him.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 4, 2009 at 5:20:00 PM CEST
I'll die before the endgame, says Terry Pratchett in call for law to allow assisted suicides in UK
Sir Terry Pratchett has made an emotional plea for the right to take his own life, saying: 'I live in hope I can jump before I am pushed.'
The fantasy novelist gave his views following last week's landmark House of Lords controversial judgment in the case of Debbie Purdy.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 4, 2009 at 11:48:00 AM CEST
Strange New Air Force Facility Energizes Ionosphere, Fans Conspiracy Flames
Todd Pedersen had to hustle—the sky was scheduled to start glowing soon, and he didn't want to miss it. It was just before sunset, a cold February evening in deep-woods Alaska, and the broad-shouldered US Air Force physicist was scrambling across the snow in his orange down parka and fur-lined bomber hat. Grabbing cables and electronics, he rushed to assemble a jury-rigged telescope atop a crude wooden platform.
The rig wasn't much, just a pair of high-sensitivity cameras packed into a dorm-room refrigerator and pointed at a curved mirror reflecting a panoramic view of the sky. Pedersen had hoped to monitor the camera feed from a relatively warm bunkhouse nearby. But powdery snow two feet deep made it difficult to string cables back to the building.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on August 1, 2009 at 9:53:00 AM CEST
Geffen Records Signs New Artist: Pope Benedict XVI
He'll be home for Christmas. Pope Benedict XVI will, according to reports, release an album in time for the Christmas season.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 31, 2009 at 12:12:00 PM CEST
Pope: Creation vs. evolution clash an ‘absurdity’
Pope Benedict XVI said the debate raging in some countries — particularly the United States and his native Germany — between creationism and evolution was an “absurdity,” saying that evolution can coexist with faith.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 24, 2009 at 11:51:00 AM CEST
Deluxe Miracle Jesus Action Figure
Hier eine Jesus Actionfigur, die 5000 Leute mit fünf Broten und zwei Fischen ernähren kann und obendrein noch Glow-In-The-Dark-Hände hat. Ein Glow-In-The-Dark-Hands-Jesus!
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 17, 2009 at 11:23:00 AM CEST
Ungläubiges Staunen über Gesetz gegen Gotteslästerung
Es wirkt wie ein Rückfall ins Mittelalter: Gotteslästerern drohen in Irland künftig bis zu 25.000 Euro Strafe. Weil es die Verfassung so vorschreibt, argumentiert die Regierung. Doch schon bildet sich Widerstand. Kritiker wollen das Gesetz absichtlich brechen.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 3, 2009 at 11:30:00 AM CEST
Grabstein: Domenica soll "nicht auf ihre Brüste reduziert werden"
Eine schlichte Stele wird das Grab von Domenica Niehoff, einst Deutschlands bekannteste Hure, auf dem Ohlsdorfer Friedhof zieren. Am kommenden Sonntag wird der 80 Zentimeter hohe, schmale Stein aus der Werkstatt von Steinmetz Ulrich Beppler im "Garten der Frauen" eingeweiht. "Damit wollen wir die Kämpferin für die Rechte der Huren und St. Paulis großes Herz ehren", sagte Rita Bake vom Verein "Garten der Frauen".
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