http://www.religionnewsblog.com Religion news about religious cults, sects, world religions, and related issues Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:15:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23590/maybe-religion-is-the-answer-claims-atheist-scientist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23590/maybe-religion-is-the-answer-claims-atheist-scientist#comments Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:38:14 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23590 Lord May, the president of the British Science Association, said religion may have helped protect human society from itself in the past and it may be needed again.

Speaking on the eve of the association’s annual conference, the committed atheist said he was worried the world was on a “calamitous trajectory” brought on by its failure to co-ordinate measures against global warming.

He said that no country was prepared to take the lead and a “punisher” was needed to make sure the rules of co-operation were not broken.

The former Government chief scientific advisor said in the past that was God and it might be time again for religion to fill the gap. ]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23590/maybe-religion-is-the-answer-claims-atheist-scientist/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23470/religion-versus-immunization http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23470/religion-versus-immunization#comments Sat, 16 May 2009 13:30:00 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23470 A West Virginia mother says it would be sacrilege and a health risk to immunize her daughter against childhood diseases, and she wants a federal judge to order public school officials to admit her without the required shots.

"I sincerely believe that (it) is wrong to immunize and that it is a sacrilege,'' Workman said in her lawsuit filed in the Southern District of U.S. District Court.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23470/religion-versus-immunization/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23436/science-and-religion http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23436/science-and-religion#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 17:04:23 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=23436 The revelation that everything in the Bible may not have happened exactly as written can be startling. And when the discovery comes along with scientific evidence of evolution and the actual age of planet Earth, it can prompt a full-blown spiritual crisis.

That's where Francis Collins would like to step in. A renowned geneticist and former director of the Human Genome Project, Collins is also an evangelical Christian, and he has spent years establishing the compatibility between science and religious belief. [video]]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/23436/science-and-religion/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22406/catholic-church-to-hold-debate-on-god-and-evolution http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22406/catholic-church-to-hold-debate-on-god-and-evolution#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:03:08 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22406 The day after the Church of England issued an “apology” for having “misunderstood” the work of Charles Darwin, the Vatican has announced that it will organise a debate on the thorny question of Christian belief and the theory of evolution.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22406/catholic-church-to-hold-debate-on-god-and-evolution/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22403/michael-reiss-creationism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22403/michael-reiss-creationism#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:53:28 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22403 Michael Reiss, a biologist and ordained Church of England clergyman, agreed to step down from his position with the national academy of science after its officers decided that his comments had damaged its reputation.

His resignation comes after a campaign by senior Royal Society Fellows who were angered by Professor Reiss’s suggestion that science teachers should treat creationist beliefs “not as a misconception but as a world view”.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22403/michael-reiss-creationism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22347/church-england-evolution http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22347/church-england-evolution#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:47:36 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22347 Opposition to evolutionary theories is still "a litmus test of faithfulness" for some Christian movements, the Church will admit. It will say that such attitudes owe much to a fear of perceived threats to Christianity.

The comments are included on a Church of England website promoting the views of Charles Darwin to be launched on Monday.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22347/church-england-evolution/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22328/creationism-michael-reiss http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22328/creationism-michael-reiss#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 07:33:45 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=22328 Professor Michael Reiss, director of education for the Royal Society, said banning creationism from the classroom could backfire at a time of growing religious fundamentalism.

Professor Reiss, a Church of England minister and former biology teacher, said he strongly believed in teaching the theory of evolution to children.

But rather than dismiss creationism as wrong or stupid, teachers should be prepared to discuss it as another 'worldview'.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/22328/creationism-michael-reiss/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21940/islamic-creationism http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21940/islamic-creationism#comments Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:11:10 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21940 Richard Dawkins, the Oxford professor and evolutionary scientist, has criticised Muslim parents for "importing creationism" into British schools.

Prof Dawkins, a well-known atheist, also blamed the Government for accommodating religious views and allowing creationism to be taught in schools.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21940/islamic-creationism/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21689/muslim-creationist-preaches-islam-and-awaits-christ http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21689/muslim-creationist-preaches-islam-and-awaits-christ#comments Wed, 25 Jun 2008 09:13:32 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21689 Harun Yahya is one of the most widely distributed authors in the Muslim world. His glossy books and DVDs on religion and science sell in Islamic bookshops around the globe. He gives away thousands of expensive volumes and lets readers download much of his work from his websites for free.]]> http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21689/muslim-creationist-preaches-islam-and-awaits-christ/feed 0 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21426/vatican-says-aliens-could-exist http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21426/vatican-says-aliens-could-exist#comments Wed, 14 May 2008 10:19:13 +0000 Religion News Blog http://www.religionnewsblog.com/?p=21426 http://www.religionnewsblog.com/21426/vatican-says-aliens-could-exist/feed 0