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South Korean court abolishes punishment for extramarital affairs
It’s time to engage in extra-marital sex without fear of prosecution, South Korea’s constitutional court has ruled, effectively ending a 62-year ban. Condom stocks soared immediately after the ruling.
South Korea, until Thursday, was one of the few non-Muslim countries which struggled with the law on this matter. North Korea and Taiwan are among the others.
The Constitutional Court believes the...
ISIS kidnaps at least 90 Assyrian Christians in northeast Syria
The ISIL terrorist group has kidnapped at least 90 Christians in northeast Syria.
The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday that the abductions were carried out in Assyrian Christian villages near the town of Tel Tamer in the province of Hasakah.
It said the Takfiri militants attacked the villages after dawn.
Tel Tamer, home to the ancient Christian minority, is located in...
America Has Been At War 93% of the Time, 222 Out of 239 Years, Since 1776
In 2011, Danios wrote:
Below, I have reproduced a year-by-year timeline of America’s wars, which reveals something quite interesting: since the United States was founded in 1776, she has been at war during 214 out of her 235 calendar years of existence. In other words, there were only 21 calendar years in which the U.S. did not wage any wars.
To put this in perspective:
* Pick any year since 1776...
German company brings 3D selfies which are little statues 3D printed
The selfie mania has reached a whole new level, with a German company, offering people to buy real 3D models of themselves. Fifty-four cameras take a body scan, with the image being sent to a 3D printer. The result: A real life statue of yourself!
The 3D-printing craze has already seen designers create real life houses and even guns. So it was probably only a matter of time before we would see a technique...
Yoga may lead to Satanism - Catholic Church Warns Practitioners
A Catholic priest in Northern Ireland cautioned against practicing yoga and receiving Indian head massages, saying that those who take such risks with their “spiritual health” are opening themselves up to “Satan and the Fallen Angels.”
Father Roland Colhoun warned that those partaking in the ancient practice may be led into the “Kingdom of Darkness.”
“Pope Francis said ‘do not...
ISIL video, claims execution of 21 Egyptian Christians
ISIL Takfiri terrorists have released a new video showing the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians kidnapped in Libya following an earlier announcement of the terror act in an issue of their magazine, Dabiq.
The five-minute video, released on Sunday, shows the handcuffed hostages dressed in orange jumpsuits, similar to previous ISIL victims, kneeling down along the seaside in the Libyan capital...
Germany commemorates 70 years since the Dresden Holocaust
Please share this video around to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the greatest single act of terror during World War II.
More people died in the fire bombing of Dresden on February 13th to 14th, 1945 than in the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined.
Holocaust (noun) – “Great destruction resulting in the extensive loss of life, especially by fire.”
Instead of viewing this mass...
Grandfather Could Be Exhumed After Burial Location 'Offends' Muslims
Pamela Geller: UK is being “subsumed by Islam”.
A grieving family may have to exhume their grandfather and move his body to a different location after a Muslim family who owned a plot next to the burial site complained that the man was a non-believer.
After more than 400 people showed up to pay their respects to 89-year-old Shadrack Smith, who was buried on January 30, the family were...
Obama's Religious History Unmasked
Why would President Obama, who professes to be a Christian, apparently harbor such animosity toward what he claims is his own faith?
The latest example came during his remarks Thursday at the National Prayer Breakfast, but it was hardly the first time Obama has criticized Christianity or defended Islam.
In order to better understand what Obama truly believes, WND looked at the history of Obama’s...
Mysteries of history: Greek fire, Damascus steel and beam weapon
It is generally believed that mankind of the XXI century is much more progressive than our predecessors, who lived hundreds and thousands of years ago. However, in ancient times, there were technologies that could come in handy in our days. Unfortunately, though, the secrets of those technologies have been irretrievably lost.
Mysteries of History: Greek fire
Let’s take the period of antiquity....
Church of England warns over three-parent babies
The Church of England has expressed opposition to an amendment on a bill up for debate next week that would allow so-called “three-parent babies.”
Introducing laws to allow in vitro fertilization (IVF) babies to be born with DNA from three different people would be “irresponsible,” said medical ethics adviser to the Church of England, Rev Dr. Brendan McCarthy.
An amendment to the Human Fertilization...
Anti-Islamist sentiments rise by 110% in France
There has been a huge increase in anti-Muslim incidents in France following the Islamist attacks in Paris two weeks ago. At 116 confrontations this month, it’s more than double the amount recorded for the whole of January, 2014.
The National Observatory Against Islamophobia said over one hundred incidents have been reported to the police since the terrorist attacks of January 7-9. Three French Islamists...
Good Catholics don't need to breed 'like rabbits' - Pope Francis
Pope Francis (L) flanked by Padre Federico Lombardi speak to journalist sitting onboard a plane during his trip back to Rome, on January 19, 2015 from the Philippines.
Pope Francis defended the Catholic Church’s ban on contraceptives, stating that followers of the faith don’t have to breed “like rabbits” and there are other ways, including natural family planning, that could be used to regulate...
Churches torched as Niger's anti-Charlie Hebdo protest escalates
Residents watch a ransacked church that burned after thousands of protesters gathered following Friday prayers to vent anger at the depiction of the prophet in the publication of a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed in the latest edition of the French satirical weekly, Charlie Hebdo, on January 16, 2015 in Zinder.
Police fired tear gas as hundreds of Niger Muslims came out to yet again protest Charlie...
What is the human soul?
Christianity and many other religions sets forth the tenet that God gave all humans a soul, the “breath of life,” which is the essence of consciousness (the ability to be aware of the past, present and future) and the essence of their awareness of being. Christians believe that we were created in God’s image and are a part of God, the Creator of our Universe and probably many more...