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Ancient Biblical City of the Giant Nephilim ‘Goliath’ Found in Israel

Ancient Biblical City of the Giant Nephilim ‘Goliath’ Found in Israel

Pope Francis To Followers: “Koran And Holy Bible Are The Same”

Pope Francis To Followers: “Koran And Holy Bible Are The Same”

On Monday the Bishop Of Rome addressed Catholic followers regarding the dire importance of exhibiting religious tolerance. During his hour-...

Archaeologists Uncover Gate to Biblical City Gath, Home of Philistine Goliath

Archaeologists Uncover Gate to Biblical City Gath, Home of Philistine Goliath

Archaeologists in Israel have announced the discovery of the gate to the biblical city of Gath, which was once the home of the notorious Ph...

Discovery of Snake Fossil with four legs confirms Bible Depiction

Discovery of Snake Fossil with four legs confirms Bible Depiction

What’s the difference between a snake and a lizard? If you answered “legs,” you are now officially dead wrong. A snake fossil with four lim...

Archaeologists Discover Remains of Egyptian Army From the Biblical Exodus at Red Sea

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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced this morning that a team of underwater archaeologists had discovered that remains of a large Egyptian army from the 14th century BC, at the bottom of the Gulf of Suez, 1.5 kilometers offshore from the modern city of  Ras Gharib. The team was searching for the remains of ancient ships and artifacts related to Stone Age and Bronze Age trade in the Red Sea area, when they stumbled upon a gigantic mass of human bones darkened by age. </span><br>
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Archaeologists Discover Remains of Egyptian Army From the Biblical Exodus at Red Sea

Egypt’s Antiquities Ministry announced this morning that a team of underwater archaeologists had discovered that remains of a large Egypti...

U.S. city looks to penalize Bible believers

<div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Think it’s hot in Texas these days? Just wait a few weeks, until the <a href="http://www.sanantonio.gov/Council.aspx" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(252, 215, 0); color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">San Antonio City Council</a> ends its summer hiatus and resumes work on a proposed change to its  nondiscrimination ordinances that apparently will discriminate against all who take the Bible at its word and follow it.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">That’s because the change creates a penalty for those who ever exhibit a “bias,” which clearly could include adopting the Bible’s condemnation of homosexuality, with a permanent ban on participation in city government, business or employment.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Opponents of the plan, which would add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the nondiscrimination ordinances, charge it is a violation of constitutional Article VI, paragraph 3, which states, “[N]o religious test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the United States.”</div><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img src="http://mobile.wnd.com/files/2012/03/girl-bible.jpg" /></span><br />
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The opponents explain that the ordinance would bar anyone from office who has “demonstrated a bias” against someone based on categories that include “sexual orientation.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The proposal, however, does not define “bias,” which, according to local church leaders, could mean someone who declares homosexual behavior is sinful.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The new ordinance would state: “No person shall be appointed to a position if the city council finds that such person has, prior to such proposed appointment, engaged in discrimination or demonstrated a bias, by word or deed, against any person, group or organization on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, age, or disability.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Anyone in office who demonstrates a bias would be considered guilty of “malfeasance” and removed from office.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://s3.amazonaws.com/FOCISpecialServices/Special+PDFs/white+sheet+v2.pdf" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(252, 215, 0); color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Church leaders who oppose the proposed change argue</a> it violates First Amendment rights to freedom of religion, freedom of speech and freedom of association. It also violates, they say, the Texas Religious Freedom Act and the Texas Constitution.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Pastor Charles Flowers of Faith Outreach International, who has been alerting city residents about the issue, told <a href="http://onenewsnow.com/culture/2013/07/23/%E2%80%98unprecedented%E2%80%99-language-targets-those-with-traditional-values" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(252, 215, 0); color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">OneNewsNow</a> that the reference to “bias” could mean anything.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“The ordinance … says that if you have at any point demonstrate a bias – without defining what a bias is or who will determine whether or not one has been exercised – that you cannot get a city contract,” Flowers said. “Neither can any of your subcontractors [who have demonstrated a bias] sign on to the contract.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">He called the measure “unprecedentedly wrong” and said “the citizens of San Antonio must stop it.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Many pastors are concerned, <a href="http://www.khou.com/news/texas-news/San-Antonio-pastors-oppose-citys-proposed-anti-discrimination-law--214134941.html" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(252, 215, 0); color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">reported KHOU-TV’s Joe Conger in Houston.</a></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“Ever have a Paula Deen moment – make an off-color joke or hold a religious belief?” Conger said. “[Pastor Steve] Branson [of Village Parkway Baptist Church] says keep it to yourself if you’re involved with San Antonio city government. Proposed changes to the anti-discrimination ordinance could get you fired.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://superstore.wnd.com/books/Paula-Deen" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(252, 215, 0); color: rgb(0, 51, 153) !important; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Get the best deals on Paula Deen’s books at WND’s SuperStore.</a></em></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“If you voice any opinion, no matter how many years back it’s been, it can be used against you,” Branson told the station. “City employees are going to be greatly affected by this.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The KHOU report said more than a dozen church leaders met to discuss the looming issue.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An analysis released by pastors said the “ordinance violates Texas and federal Constitutions by creating a religious test for involvement in city government.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The church leaders said it allows the city council “to prohibit those that speak their religious beliefs regarding homosexuality from serving on city boards.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“For example, if a person publicly expresses their religious belief that homosexual behavior is a sin – even if this expression is at a church service – that person could be frozen out of involvement with city government.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The analysis also contends businesses “run by people of faith will be subject to criminal penalties if they refuse to provide services that conflict with their religious beliefs relating to homosexuality.”</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-top: 15px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The council, which declined to advance the plan when it first was discussed, is scheduled to resume talks on the controversy in August.</div><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Helmet, Freesans, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br />
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U.S. city looks to penalize Bible believers

Think it’s hot in Texas these days? Just wait a few weeks, until the San Antonio City Council ends its summer hiatus and resumes work on a...

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