It took the catholic church over 200 years to admit Galileo Galilei was right, and another almost 150 years to apologise and lift the edict of the Inquisition. (in 1992)
You know, about saying the earth rotates around the sun instead of the other way around being formally heretical.
My Deep Hospitality Keynote, part of the Testimonies to Mercy series, is now available to watch online. It touches on community, acceptance, and real welcome. "This keynote knocked my socks off!" according to Michael Willett Newheart on Facebook.
Check out this photograph / digital artwork that would look great framed and hanging on your wall in your home or office or produced on a variety of products.
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral is a Gothic Revival three-spire cathedral in the city of Cork, Ireland. It belongs to the Church of Ireland and was completed in 1879.
My #MidweekMuseum today is the Norsk Folkemuseum (or Norwegian Museum of Cultural History) at Bygdøy in Oslo, Norway. It's an open-air museum housing dozens of historical buildings relocated to this area for preservation, and home of the Gol Stave Church (circa 1200 CE), one of three stave churches we've now visited in Norway when travelling. Who doesn't love a stave church?
When it comes to the Right’s obsession with combating pedophilia and child molestation—the call is coming from inside the Church.
The people they trust to help them get into Heaven were molesting their children and covering it up for centuries.
The cognitive dissonance that one has to maintain in order to project like that is a good reminder that the road to atrocity is paved with good intentions.
Churches’ Role in Local Election Prompts Calls for Investigations
West #Texas#voters rejected three conservative Christian candidates who sought to infuse religious values into local politics. But the campaign support the candidates received from local churches has prompted calls for state and federal probes.
I just read a pretty typical statement of beliefs from a fairly typical #Baptist#church, and one thing that struck me is that most of it was pure tradition.
By which I mean that if we were to take seriously the very first paragraph (all about the absolute perfection and authority of the Bible), very little of the entire statement could be rigorously defended from the pages of that selfsame Bible.
And I think that's the neatest trick the church every pulled.
Ancient ruins, I love them. Stepping back in time, walking where others have walked but are no longer with us. Thought provoking #history. This is the Pecos ruins in New Mexico, adobe church or what is left of it. Fascinating history between the Pecos Indians and the Spanish.
Milano Duomo, Santa Maria Nascente at Night in Black and White. A marvel of gothic architecture, the cathedral well deserves its position as the center of attraction in Milan.
Trio of Texas Churches Donated to Political Candidate Despite Clear IRS Prohibition
The law prohibits churches from endorsing political candidates, but in a City Council race already beset by claims of church electioneering, one candidate in #Abilene said three #churches made an honest mistake by donating to his campaign and that he is returning the money.