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		<title>Tinseltown&#8217;s famously faithful</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:40:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Christianity to Kabbalah, there's no shortage of religious fervour in Hollywood.]]></description>
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		<title>No religion and an end to war: how thinkers see the future</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2007 13:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People's fascination for religion and superstition will disappear within a few decades as television and the internet make it easier to get information, and scientists get closer to discovering a final theory of everything, leading thinkers argue today.]]></description>
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		<title>The top religion stories of 2006</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Dec 2006 20:21:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Danish cartoons, a pope's ill-chosen words, and the worldwide Muslim reaction to both topped the list of 2006's biggest religion stories, according to the Religion Newswriters Association.]]></description>
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		<title>So a Buddhist, a Mormon and a Jew walk into a diner &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Guide to which faiths won&#8217;t eat which foods
So which religious groups are allowed to eat what? We checked with the Correctional Service of Canada, who find themselves catering to a wide variety of &#8220;dinner guests&#8221; from all walks of life.
- Buddhism: Variations depend on the specific school of Buddhism, and the country-of-origin to which followers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Societies worse off &#8216;when they have God on their side&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Religious belief can cause damage to a society, contributing towards high murder rates, abortion, sexual promiscuity and suicide, according to research published today.    
According to the study, belief in and worship of God are not only unnecessary for a healthy society but may actually contribute to social problems. 
The study counters the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MinistryWatch.com Releases &#8216;F&#8217; List Ministries</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/10072/ministrywatchcom-releases-f-list-ministries</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Refusal to release financial information is reason for donors to find other ministries to support – whether for tsunami relief or other purposes
MATTHEWS, N.C. –Wall Watchers, through its donor empowerment Website, www.MinistryWatch.com, has issued a Donor Alert for those ministries in the MinistryWatch.com database with a Transparency Grade of F.
Wall Watchers CEO Rusty Leonard explained, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A battle to save survivors&#8217; souls, too</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Muslims are handing out Qurans with the bags of rice and sugar they distribute to tsunami victims. Christian aid groups have also rushed in, quietly promising salvation in this predominantly Islamic region but fearful their presence could spark sectarian violence.
Across the Indian Ocean basin, dozens of religion-based groups have joined relief [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scientologists, Jews, Quakers, flock to give tsunami aid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[JAKARTA: The Church of Scientology is applying its mind-over-matter healing techniques to injured tsunami survivors in Aceh. Jews and Quakers are sending humanitarian aid. Radical Islamic groups are providing &#8220;spiritual guidance&#8221;.
Scores of religious and humanitarian groups have, quite literally, pitched their tents in Indonesia&#8217;s Aceh, after the province of 4 million people was pulverised by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religions are different, but grief is same</title>
		<link>http://www.religionnewsblog.com/9806/religions-are-different-but-grief-is-same</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims approach death in own ways
Members of the DFW Hindu Temple held a deepa puja Sunday morning. The &#8220;prayer of light,&#8221; honoring victims of last Sunday&#8217;s earthquake and tsunamis, felt something like a candlelight vigil in any church or synagogue.
But the Hindu religious response to massive human tragedy is essentially different. The flower-draped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Archbishop of Canterbury admits: This makes me doubt the existence of God</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Asian tsunami disaster should make all Christians question the existence of God, Dr Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, writes in The Telegraph today.
In a deeply personal and candid article, he says &#8220;it would be wrong&#8221; if faith were not &#8220;upset&#8221; by the catastrophe which has already claimed more than 150,000 lives.
Prayer, he admits, [...]]]></description>
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