Topic: Glaubensfragen - on July 3, 2009 at 11:26:00 AM CEST
Famous prostitute's gravestone deemed too 'slutty'
The 77-year-old artist Tomi Ungerer’s parting gift to his friend Domenica Niehoff was to be a gravestone featuring two ample pink marble boulders in homage to her famously top-heavy figure. But those responsible for the Garden of Women cemetery, resting place of Hamburg’s most famous women, turned his design down, the paper reported.
Ungerer, who declared his interest in designing her gravestone immediately after her death, reacted bitterly to the decision.
“Domenica would have liked my design. She was not ashamed of herself,” he said.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on June 25, 2009 at 8:43:00 AM CEST
Newspaper exposes Church of Scientology
High-ranking defectors provide an unprecedented inside look at the Church of Scientology, its leader David Miscavige, and the Lisa McPherson case. Expose from the newpaper in Clearwater, Florida, the "worldwide spiritual headquarters" of Scientology, in three parts.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on June 16, 2009 at 2:29:00 PM CEST
LIVE H2O: Concert For The Living Water!
Thanks to the availability of LIVEH2O.tv that is broadcasting now internationally continuously, participants worldwide are encouraged to conduct their own spiritual services on this holy day, in a manner that best suits their hearts, venue logistics, and local needs; AND continue broadcasting over the LIVEH2O.tv NETWORK into Water(s) all day, for 24 hours, regardless of time zone or location. This way, we can all be sure, whereever people are praying, chanting, or dumming for peace, health, and prosperity, this global prayer shall surely be transmitted into Water(s) internationally.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on June 12, 2009 at 12:00:00 PM CEST
The 6 Best 2012 Apocalypse Theories (Are All Bullshit)
You may have noticed a recent trend of trying to fit every hackneyed doomsday prophecy into the same red-letter year of 2012. The theories are obtuse, their connections are flimsy and the perceived consequences are completely unsubstantiated.
Unsurprisingly, these prophecies are enormously popular.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on June 1, 2009 at 1:48:00 PM CEST
Norwegian government considers prosecuting Scientology
The Norwegian Ministry of Health and Care Services is considering prosecuting and banning some Scientology practices, in particular the use of the Scientology personality test to sell courses. State Secretary Rigmor Aasrud said that the activities in question might be prosecuted as fraud or as violations of existing healthcare regulations. A Norwegian Member of Parliment (MP) whose daughter killed herself after taking such a test, supports the idea of prosecuting illegal practices rather than trying to ban the movement as a whole.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 30, 2009 at 9:05:00 AM CEST
Wikipedia bans Church of Scientology
Exclusive In an unprecedented effort to crack down on self-serving edits, the Wikipedia supreme court has banned contributions from all IP addresses owned or operated by the Church of Scientology and its associates.
Closing out the longest-running court case in Wikiland history, the site’s Arbitration Committee voted 10 to 0 (with one abstention) in favor of the move, which takes effect immediately.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 30, 2009 at 9:04:00 AM CEST
Scientology Trial in France: Can a Religion Be Banned?
As a fiercely secular nation, France has always had an awkward relationship with religious groups. Officials often find themselves struggling to strike the delicate balance between maintaining church-state separation and honoring the right of citizens to express their faith. But in the current case against the U.S.-based Church of Scientology, authorities have abandoned their usual attempts at fine-tuning religion's standing in French society — instead, they want to ban Scientology from France altogether.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 27, 2009 at 1:33:00 PM CEST
Church of Scientology goes on trial in France
French branch accused of preying on vulnerable people for financial gain in second fraud case in six years
France's Church of Scientology today went on trial on charges of organised fraud in a case that could lead to the nationwide dissolution of the controversial organisation.
The Church's "celebrity centre" spiritual association and its Scientology Freedom Space bookshop in Paris stand accused of targeting vulnerable people for commercial gain.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on May 11, 2009 at 12:18:00 PM CEST
Welcome to The Amaz!ng Meeting London
Join James Randi, Phil Plait and special guests for a fundraising celebration of science, critical thinking and entertainment in the heart of the city.
TAM London will be held on 3 - 4 October 2009 at the Mermaid Conference Centre, Blackfriars. Registration is not yet open, but you can join our mailing list, Facebook group or Twitter feed to be notified.
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 24, 2009 at 11:53:00 AM CEST
American Atheists Convention 2009 with Richard Dawkins (video)
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 13, 2009 at 2:27:00 PM CEST
Phallic Veneration at Kanamara Matsuri
Kanamara Matsuri is a yearly festival in Kawasaki, Japan, where throngs of onlookers gather to cheer on a parade of giant phalluses. Legend has it that in the olden days, a sharp-toothed demon hid inside a Kawasakian girl’s vagina, and a local blacksmith built an iron penis to break its teeth and free the young woman. The penis resides in the local temple most of the time, but one day a year, it is taken out and paraded around the town, its carriers shouting “deka mara (big penis)!”
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Topic: Glaubensfragen - on April 13, 2009 at 2:26:00 PM CEST
Girls Gone Wild' Ad Interrupts Broadcast Of Pope's Good Friday Service
A Philadelphia cable television network's early morning broadcast of a Good Friday service at the Vatican abruptly changed to something wildly different...a racy 30-second "Girls Gone Wild" ad.
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