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Tag Archives: sex abuse
1minion invites God in – a tender welcoming home
Here we are at page 34 of Joyce Rupp’s book, Inviting God In. …with great tenderness I will take you back…says the Lord, your redeemer. Isiah 54:7-8 Joyce’s point for this devotion is the return of the penitent, essentially. That … Continue reading
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Tagged Inviting God In, sex abuse
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A search for Billy Graham leads to Cliff Richard and sex abuse
I usually just find the advice column he still has at the Kansas City Star but today, something a little less fun to read. This from the Guardian the other day: A police raid on a home owned by Cliff … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrties, Cliff Richard, controversy, scandal, sex abuse
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Sexual assault scandal hits religion TV – again
The Trinity Broadcasting Network is under fire at the moment on account of a lawsuit going on. It involves a granddaughter of the network’s founders. Carra Crouch, age 19, is claiming she was raped by a 30 year male employee … Continue reading
Posted in In the Media, religiosity
Tagged controversy, lawsuits, money, scandals, sex abuse, televangelists
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Former Saskatoon priest charged with sexual abuse
CBC Radio 1 mentioned 89 year old William Hodgson Marshall this morning so I went hunting for more information. From CBC I learn he’s in custody in Kingston, Ontario and awaiting trial: Marshall was a priest, basketball coach and mathematics … Continue reading
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Tagged children, lawsuits, priests, Saskatoon, scandal, sex abuse
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Weighing in on a sexism issue
There’s been a discussion/airing of grievances going on regarding a recent panel discussion at an atheist conference and the treatment of women there and elsewhere. Things got testy after some suggestions were made about women and men, and how each … Continue reading
Posted in Awareness Issues, culture
Tagged culture, gender, gender issues, human rights, journalism, language, media, sex abuse, sexuality
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Jesus Onetouch jailed, human rights advocates thrilled
Onetouch (real name Nana Kofi Yirenkyi) made headlines last year after accusations that he’d slept with his daughter, who was 10 at the time. The congregation of the church he founded, Jesus Blood Prophetic Ministries at Oblogo, Ghana, filled the … Continue reading
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Tagged abuse, children, faith, faith-based delusions, sex abuse, superstition, traditions, witchcraft
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Lest my atheist blogger status get revoked, a post on topic
But what topic? I suppose could write about impotent prayer tactics, like the government requesting that everyone beg for supernatural aid to the continued BP gushing oil crisis. The Freedom from Religion Foundation already tore a strip out of people … Continue reading
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Tagged advertising, atheism, crime, ethics, morality, prayer, religion, science, sex abuse
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Polish film “Mall girls” sparks debates over morals and consumerism
The New York Times has an article about the film by Katarzyna Roslaniec and the teenage girls tarting around the shops looking for sugar daddies, or whatever they’d be called in Polish. She got to know some of these girls … Continue reading
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Tagged children, consumerism, money, movies, sex, sex abuse
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Daniel Cormier the “self described” pastor convicted of sexual assault
Turns out not to be a repeat from last year. The same disgusting preacher dude is making headlines once more and once more I acknowledge Mojoey for mentioning it: Pastor Daniel Cormier was convicted of sexual assault Friday in Canada … Continue reading
The idea is to be good, with or without god
With or without belief in a god. A nice opinion piece was found via Atheist Ethicist today. It’s by Greg M. Epstein, the Humanist Chaplain of Harvard University, about the need for everyone to aim for goodness, regardless of religious … Continue reading
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Tagged atheism, bible, books, children, crime, education, humanism, sex abuse
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