OLD Do you believe in angels? About 7 in 10 U.S. adults do, a new AP-NORC poll shows Compared with the devil, angels carry more credence in America The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2023
Man Who Threatened To Burn Holy Books In Sweden Ditches Plan In a last-minute about-face, a Muslim activist who received permission from Swedish police to burn the Bible Zenger · Jul 28, 2023
A former pastor is charged with murdering an 8-year-old girl nearly 50 years ago David Zandstra, 83, has been charged with criminal homicide, first-degree murder and other crimes. Investigators say he admitted to killing Gretchen Harrington in 1975. WEKU · Jul 25, 2023
The Bible will stay in Florida's Palm Beach County schools, board decides A rabbi, a Baptist church pastor, a born-and-raised Catholic and an atheist walked into a Palm Beach County School Board meeting Wednesday. Tribune News Service · Jul 20, 2023
Religion shapes vaccine views – but how exactly? Our analysis looks at ideas about God and beliefs about the Bible Many scientists and public health officials were surprised that large swaths of the public were hesitant or outright hostile toward COVID-19 vaccines. “I never saw that coming,” Francis Collins, a former director of the National Institutes of Health, commented in 2022. Even today, three years after the start of the… The Conversation · Jul 17, 2023
Sweden protester abandons plan to burn Torah and Bible Ahmad Alloush says his intention was to denounce those who burn sacred books such as the Quran in the Nordic country. Al Jazeera · Jul 15, 2023
The man who threatened to burn holy books outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden abandons the plan The man who said he would burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Stockholm gave up his plan and instead held a one-person demonstration against burning holy books The Independent UK · Jul 15, 2023
Swedish Police Approve Burning Of Bible Outside Israeli Embassy Controversial decision follows Koran burnings, sparks outrage in Islamic world Zenger · Jul 14, 2023
Swedish police authorize protest by man who plans to burn Torah, Bible outside Israeli Embassy Stockholm police say they have authorized a protest this weekend by a man who has stated that he wants to burn the Torah and the Bible outside the Israeli Embassy in Sweden's capital The Independent UK · Jul 14, 2023
Missouri public schools will be allowed to teach electives on the Bible under new law Missouri public schools will be allowed to offer elective courses on the Bible under a new law signed by Republican Gov. Mike Parson this week. Tribune News Service · Jul 7, 2023
Rishi Sunak gives Bible reading about feeding the hungry and inviting in strangers The Prime Minister read a famous passage from Matthew's Gospel where Jesus teaches the disciples about the importance of helping strangers Daily Mirror · Jul 5, 2023
Utah district returns Bible to school libraries after reversal of parent-led ban Davis school district, north of Salt Lake City, voted unanimously to accept recommendation by subcommittee to reinstate book The Guardian - US · Jun 21, 2023
Retired solicitor completes 17-year translation of the Bible into Doric A RETIRED solicitor says he is "elated" after finishing an epic 17-year project to translate the full Bible into Doric. The National (Scotland) · Jun 21, 2023
Utah school district returns the Bible to shelves after appeals and outcry The Bible will return to the shelves in a northern Utah school district that provoked an outcry after it banned them from middle and elementary schools last month The Independent UK · Jun 21, 2023
The Conversation · Jun 20, 2023 The tree of life has been a powerful image in Jewish tradition for thousands of years – signifying much more than immortality After weeks of wrenching testimony, jurors delivered a guilty verdict June 16, 2023, for the gunman who killed 11 worshippers in a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 – the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history. The next phase of the trial will focus on sentencing, and whether Robert Bowers should face…
Evening Standard · Jun 15, 2023 ‘Highway to Hel’ bus journey in Poland banned after religious groups oppose ‘Satanic’ 666 bus route In the Bible 666 is identified as the “number of the beast”
WEKU · Jun 13, 2023 Arizona Republicans try and fail to expel Democratic lawmaker over Bible prank Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Stahl Hamilton, who is a minister, was investigated after hiding Bibles in the Arizona House lounge. Republicans narrowly voted to censure – but could not expel – her.
Zenger · Jun 9, 2023 Bible Found Opened To Psalm 106 And 107 One Of Few Objects To Survive Deadliest Fire In US History Peshtigo, Wisconsin was once a lumber boom in America's dairy land prior to the blaze that burned the town down.
The Independent UK · Jun 8, 2023 Bible-waving demonstrators gather outside Utah Capitol to protest its ban from school libraries Davis County school district announced earlier that those in middle and elementary school in about eight schools would lose access to the Bible
The Independent UK · Jun 7, 2023 Utah Republicans defend book removal law while protesting district that banned Bible Bible-toting parents and Republican lawmakers convened on Utah's Capitol to protest a suburban school district that recently announced it had removed the Bible from some schools
The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2023 Book bans are sweeping US schools. A surprising new victim? The Bible When Utah’s Republican lawmakers decided to clamp down on ‘pornographic or indecent’ texts, they won’t have had the Old Testament in mind, writes Arwa Mahdawi
Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 6, 2023 Make NASCAR’s street race better, the Chicago way A reader from Belmont-Cragin has some ideas to make NASCAR’s upcoming street course race a true Chicago driving experience.
The Guardian - US · Jun 3, 2023 Utah school district that banned Bible considers removing Book of Mormon Davis school district says it will assess text after complaint for ‘pornographic or indecent materials’ under law passed last year
WEKU · Jun 2, 2023 A Utah school district has removed the Bible from some schools' shelves After a parent's complaint, a school district in Utah banned the Bible from middle and elementary schools for containing "vulgarity or violence" inappropriate for the age group.
The Independent UK · Jun 2, 2023 Bible banned from Utah school district for ‘vulgarity and violence’ in revenge for conservative attacks on literature Bible removed from at least seven school libraries in district