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To: Graystone who wrote (11679)	3/17/2002 12:45:33 PM
From: Graystone	Respond to of 28931

Episcopalians : In the News or Forward in Faith PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An Episcopal rector who opposes the ordination of women and homosexuals has been suspended for six months and could be removed from the priesthood. The bishop of the Episcopal Church USA's Diocese of Pennsylvania barred longtime critic Rev. David L. Moyer from officiating following a decade of tension between the suburban Philadelphia priest and church leaders. Bishop Charles E. Bennison Jr. supports the ordination of women and homosexuals who are in committed relationships. Moyer who leads a 19,000 member national convention called Forward in Faith has said the group's members don't condone what they regard as a lifestyle that is contrary to the Christian religion...Last week the diocese's 10 member Standing Committee found that Moyer had "abandoned the communion of this Church" and charged him with violations of canon law...If Moyer does not "make a good faith retraction of his canonical failures" within six months, including allowing the bishop to visit the church, he faces being removed from the priesthood...March 16, 2002

To: Graystone who wrote (11679)	3/17/2002 1:03:33 PM
From: Graystone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 28931

The Worlds Great Religions or US News and World Report - Nov 2000 <<The cover of the November issue of US News & World Report announces an article about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, popularly known as the Mormons. One of the article’s main points is the remarkable growth of the Utah-based religion, and the interesting observation that the emergence of Mormonism represents the first world-wide invention of a new religion since the prophet Mohamed gave the world Islam. Among the article’s more remarkable statements is a prediction about the growth in Church membership. It says: "If current trends hold, experts say Latter-day Saints could number 265 million worldwide by 2080, second only to Roman Catholics among Christian bodies. Mormonism, says Rodney Stark, professor of sociology and religion at the University of Washington, "stands on the threshold of becoming the first major faith to appear on Earth since the prophet Mohammed rode out of the desert." >> ref link : lds-mormon.com The Mormons now place 5th among US Churches in number of believers, the Catholic Church is the largest body of Christian believers in the US, standing at approximately 65,000,000.

To: Graystone who wrote (11679)	3/18/2002 6:25:28 AM
From: Giordano Bruno	Respond to of 28931

The Bono/Helms Axis Or Having found what you're looking for... Suddenly, Bono found he had access to a swathe of strongly Christian Republicans compelled by his Biblical theme - what Bono calls "the melody line" of his pitch. "We knew we had to get both sides," he explains. "So we got Billy Graham and the Pope and I went to people like Jesse Helms, who had been very tough on the the concept of foreign assistance and very bleak on Aids. He's a religious man so I told him that 2103 verses of scripture pertain to the poor and Jesus speaks of judgment only once - and it's not about being gay or sexual morality, but about morality. I quoted that verse of Matthew chapter 25: 'I was naked and you clothed me.' He was really moved. He was in tears. guardian.co.uk My hat is off to the "policy wonk". So the band might cringe, I might wince, but I went to Washington to get a cheque and I'm going back to get a bigger one."