http://antichurch.aimoo.comAimoo CityAimooen-USAimoo http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Degenerating-church-leads-degenerating-society-1-989841.html franknhonest 2007-07-12 16:42:32.0 Church and Society When the church becomes useless, this affects the moral climate of society. In my opinion much of the blame for the degeneration of society over the last 100 years can be laid at the foot of the churches. They have let down this nation, and if there is a hell I hope they roast for it! http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/2000-School-wants-to-ban-Harry-Potter-because-he-undermines-religious-ethos-Harry-Potter-the-fickle-Christians-1-969768.html merciful evans 2007-07-24 14:22:41.0 Church and Society 2000 School wants to ban Harry Potter because he undermines religious ethos.http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/693779.stm?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />2001 Some even burn Rowling's books in Americahttp://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/1735623.stm200 http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Interesting-video-on-religion-and-society-1-957246.html franknhonest 2006-11-18 09:36:21.0 Church and Society Take a look at this:*The Naked Truth*Enjoy! http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Poland-probes-quot-gay-quot-Teletubbies-1-953365.html snakechic 2008-03-26 03:28:38.78 Church and Society Uh-oh! Teletubbies under gay probe againPoland official warned department may be turned into 'laughing stock'Well Yeah!Updated: 11:03 a.m. PT May 28, 2007WARSAW - Poland's conservative government took its drive to curb what it sees as homosexual propaganda to the small screen on Monday, taking aim a http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/San-Marino-Council-of-Europe-1-929839.html merciful evans 2007-05-22 06:59:49.0 Church and Society This was e-mailed to me last Friday. I have omitted the paper itself (see bottom paragraph), but can post it up later if anybody wants.Terry & Keith make waves in San MarinoWhen the Council of Europe announced that it was hosting a conference with the title "The Religious Dimension in intercultu http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Fundamentalism-in-America-1-920749.html franknhonest 2008-09-10 23:17:53.873 Church and Society I watched an interesting programme on TV tonight (Channel 4) called "The Doomsday Code". It was about the influence of fundamentalist endtime beliefs on the political scene in the USA and in wider society. Depressing stuff really. As far as I can see, the events in the book of Revelation are based http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/God-s-witnesses-call-again-1-859804.html merciful evans 2007-07-22 16:43:06.0 Church and Society Had the god squad around again this Saturday morning (JWs, a rolled up copy of the Watchtower in the clutches of the one behind). These ones gave up pretty easily.?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" />GS: Good morning, we have established a church here and ...(blah b http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/faith-schools-1-744402.html Anonymous 2007-05-07 14:19:58.0 Church and Society Here is an extract from an online publication on faith schools. Elsewhere recently was an argument on state funding of religion. Faith schools were overlooked then. Anyway, heres the slices of (our) pie:The government is due to publish proposals in the autumn which will make it easier for independen http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/The-Lords-Prayer-at-council-meetings-1-682297.html Aushawster 2007-03-26 00:01:08.0 Church and Society Un-Deleted---The region where I actually live, just east of Torontois having a debate about continuing the lords prayer at council meetings.Although it is only a problem at the local regional level, I thinkit setsis a dangerous precedence.http://www.thestar.com/article/172326Although I am not new to http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Hospital-Chaplains-1-679956.html merciful evans 2007-01-10 15:14:14.0 Church and Society This is from the NNS Newsline:-Editorial by Terry Sanderson PERHAPS WE CAN HELP THE GOVERNMENT OUT ON HOSPITAL CHAPLAINSWhen NSS honorary associate Graham Allen MP asked a parliamentary question seeking to discover how many full time hospital chaplains there were in the UK, and what they cost the He http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/ATHEIST-MISSIONARY-TO-USA-1-662635.html merciful evans 2007-09-26 19:39:05.0 Church and Society See this angry Australian atheist who is sick to the back teeth of being woken up by door-knocking evangelists on Saturday morning. He gives the mormons some of thier own medicine.This is a funny video. See ithere(scroll down). http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Life-after-church-1-635611.html franknhonest 2007-04-26 10:38:58.0 Church and Society I've learnt a lot from my experiences in church and from life outside the sphere of religion. For many people, church provides a structure, a foundation for life and a sense of purpose. Leaving can therefore be quite traumatic, as all these things have to be thought through again. I know from expe http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Poland-s-Transition-from-Communism-to-Fundamentalism-good-for-some-but-not-for-others-the-tyranny-of-the-OTHER-1-381619.html snakechic 2007-05-18 17:17:45.0 Church and Society I found this article online some time ago...wondered what you think of it. I'm a little on the back foot here...being so far way from what's happening in Europe these days....I do believe that Poland has sold out to the States in a lot of ways....here it is:-Poland went from communism to fundamental http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/First-Openly-Nontheistic-Member-of-Congress-1-380515.html Shadowself 2007-03-13 17:07:41.0 Church and Society For all the attempts of the Religious Right-wing in America to take over our government and nation, we have had some good news lately. In the last election, the right-wing suffered a backlash when more liberals were voted in. We also saw two Buddhists, and our first Moslem, elected to the national l http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/The-Pope-in-Brazil-BBC-1-378389.html merciful evans 2007-05-16 23:54:47.0 Church and Society Pope in Brazil (BBC report)fficeffice" />?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comMoments after arriving in Sao Paulo, the Pope stressed the need to respect life "from the moment of conception until natural death".He expressed his confidence that the bishops' conference would take http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Ethics-of-beliefs-1-375653.html snakechic 2007-09-18 23:10:57.0 Church and Society What does that mean to you?http://ajburger.homestead.com/files/book.htm http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Should-Britain-become-a-secular-or-multi-faith-society-1-362173.html TheWalrusofRock 2007-02-15 15:50:11.0 Church and Society I found this interesting article on the BBC news website - see what you think (I'm sure it's nothing new to many of us here, but I thought I'd post it anyway).http://newsforums.bbc.co.uk/nol/thread.jspa?threadID=4522&&&edition=1&ttl=20061028101709 http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Atheist-books-overtaking-Christian-titles-in-best-sellers-lists-1-351935.html merciful evans 2007-06-28 00:56:49.0 Church and Society Newsline: 1st June 07:-The Association of American Publishers (AAP), the national trade association of the U.S. book publishing industry, recently released its annual estimate of total book sales in the United States, and according to its findings, religious books had a "difficult year." The report, http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/blasphemy-laws-should-be-abolished-says-Council-of-Europe-1-331040.html merciful evans 2007-07-10 04:39:03.0 Church and Society Council of Europe says religious groups should be protected from violence but not from criticism - and blasphemy laws should be abolished everywhereThe Council of Europe passed a resolution last week calling on member states to repeal all laws relating to blasphemy. It also said that religious group http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Jerry-Falwell-is-DEAD-1-295805.html franknhonest 2008-09-10 23:09:36.983 Church and Society Is he burning in hell? Rejoicing in heaven? Or just no more? http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Separation-of-church-and-state-1-290640.html TheLadySidhe 2007-05-29 17:12:50.0 Church and Society It's simple. The Constitution mandates separation of church and state, as well as freedom of religion. We must have both, or we have neither. The to-dos that have been going on with reference to displaying the ten commandments in public, having prayer in public schools, drafting amendments to http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Still-the-Devil-s-music-1-287731.html merciful evans 2007-08-12 22:21:56.0 Church and Society At another forum, I playfully identified my mission as... To restore rock to the `Devil's Music' statusagain.?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comWhat follows are brief,very briefextracts from a site featuring the views of Terry Watkins. Terry is a former rock guitarist, who says http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Not-all-church-is-bad-1-253853.html Anonymous 2007-05-28 20:41:03.0 Church and Society $%*'`[Just1Post]%*'`@I'm a Unitarian-Universalist. We have no creed, no scripture, just 7 principles that guide us. These principles exist, but are not paramount, in nearly every modern religious group:The inherent worth and dignity of every personJustice, equity and compassion in human relationsAcc http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/A-Vision-for-the-Future-1-246200.html gordonliv 2007-10-30 05:53:32.0 Church and Society I had an almost "religious" experience today. I was weary with travel, so I lay down my head on but a stone, and saw a vision... Well, OK, perhaps not. But here's a vision for the future anyway... You know how these days we wander round ruins of castles and abbeys, and marvel at the architecture and http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/New-to-Site-Ex-corporate-church-pastor-evangelist-25-years-1-245110.html chuckbieller 2007-04-27 05:21:02.0 Church and Society I am a newbe. Icame across the antichurch site. It encourages me to know that there are others who have left the modern day churches. Looking to start an antichurch fellowship soon. Although I have been away from church for several years. God still is faithful to meet all my families needs. I still http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/AC-Grayling-blasts-zealots-extract-1-227639.html merciful evans 2007-03-26 04:02:45.0 Church and Society extract from Telegraph journalist AC Grayling:The absolute certainty, the unreflective credence given to ancient texts that relate to historically remote conditions, the zealotry and bigotry that flow from their certainty, are profoundly dangerous: at their extreme they result in mass murder, but lo http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Bishop-belongs-in-the-Bronze-Age-GALHA-says-1-124440.html merciful evans 2007-08-10 20:51:50.0 Church and Society The Anglican Bishop of Carlisle was mocked this week as a "bronze age primitive" by the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association (GALHA). GALHA's comments follow Bishop Graham Dow's pronouncement that the recent floods in Britain are a result of the introduction of pro-gay laws. He said that going again http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Abandoned-Churches-1-99346.html Shadowself 2008-03-27 12:55:02.043 Church and Society Visit these sites for pictures of abandoned churches.Hmmm, what happened to the devoted members? As the years go by, and Christian believers continue to shrink in numbers (as they are now, and will continue doing) what will we do with all the old church buildings? Some of course, are architecturally http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Jonestown-1-92812.html Anonymous 2007-05-28 20:56:53.0 Church and Society $%*'`[A Canuck]%*'`@I wonder if it is true that the Jonestown Flavoraid cult suicides in Guyana of nearly 30 years ago, is one illustration of the dangers of religion, and of religious cults in particular. http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Wearing-of-religious-symbols-1-36600.html franknhonest 2007-04-12 18:11:40.0 Church and Society Any ideas on this issue? I'm referring to the recent case about a lady who worked for British Airways but was refused permission to wear a small cross over her uniform. Personally I don't see anything wrong with it. If a Muslim can wear a veil, why shouldn't a Christian be able to wear a cross? http://antichurch.aimoo.com/category/Church-of-England-and-Child-Abuse-1-29447.html merciful evans 2007-05-18 17:21:44.0 Church and Society Church of England and Child Abuse Editorial by Alistair McBaySo, the Church of England, our established church and alleged moral compass, hushed up child abuse by its employees, putting the protection of its reputation before the protection of vulnerable children. In trying to explain away its actio