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Religion and Ethics: Down Syndrome - 0 views

Ebey Soman on 14 Sep 09

Down syndrome is a genetic disorder (involving an extra copy of chromosome 21) that leads to moderate intellectual disability, as well as a range of physical and health problems. Screening for Down syndrome during pregnancy can be done in a number of ways. The religion and ethics program presents two different women and the tough decisions they had to make after screening their babies for Down Syndrome. Are their actions morally right? or ethically allowable? or religiously authorized?

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Down syndrome is a genetic disorder (involving an extra copy of chromosome 21) that leads to moderate intellectual disability, as well as a range of physical and health problems. Screening for Down syndrome during pregnancy can be done in a number of ways. The religion and ethics program presents two different women and the tough decisions they had to make after screening their babies for Down Syndrome. Are their actions morally right? or ethically allowable? or religiously authorized?</div>

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Why do Americans claim to be more religious than they are? - By Shankar Vedantam - Slat... - 0 views

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Americans are hardly more religious than people living in other industrialized countries. Yet they consistently—and more or less uniquely—want others to believe they are more religious than they really are.
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When you ask Americans about their religious beliefs, it's like asking them whether they are good people, or asking whether they are patriots. They'll say yes, even if they cheated on their taxes, bilked Medicare for unnecessary services, and evaded the draft. Asking people how often they attend church elicits answers about their identity—who people think they are or feel they ought to be, rather than what they actually believe and do.
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self-reported church attendance has been held up as proof that America has somehow resisted the secularizing trends that have swept other industrialized nations. What if those numbers are spectacularly wrong?
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actual "church attendance rates for Protestants and Catholics are approximately one half" of what people reported.
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nearly 50 percent more people claimed they attended services when asked the type of question that pollsters ask: "Did you attend religious services in the last week?"
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in reality about 21 percent of Americans attended religious services weekly—exactly half the number who told pollsters they did.
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Brenner found that the United States and Canada were outliers—not in religious attendance, but in overreporting religious attendance. Americans attended services about as often as Italians and Slovenians and slightly more than Brits and Germans. The significant difference between the two North American countries and other industrialized nations was the enormous gap between poll responses and time-use studies in those two countries.
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Sonny Craig's Religion and Society Columns at Examiner.com - 0 views

Sonny Craig delves deeply into today's issues facing the Church in society, and offers views rarely seen in American media.

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started by Sonny Craig on 29 May 10 no follow-up yet

Where is The Church? « Reflections in the WORD - 0 views

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IN Too on 04 Oct 11

The question to ask is 'Where is the church? Why are the salt and light of Jesus Christ not permeating and changing our society?'

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The question to ask is 'Where is the church? Why are the salt and light of Jesus Christ not permeating and changing our society?'</div>

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Loudio - Audio Page: Come to Jesus by Paul David Washer - 0 views

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Ebey Soman on 14 Sep 09

Paul Washer is a powerful man of God with a powerful message to the modern Church and for those that claim to be Christians. Return to God and to re-evaluate your life. This message is based on the book of prophet Isaiah chapter 55.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Paul Washer is a powerful man of God with a powerful message to the modern Church and for those that claim to be Christians. Return to God and to re-evaluate your life. This message is based on the book of prophet Isaiah chapter 55.</div>

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Loudio - Audio Page: Miracles Around The Cross by Bro.colin D'crouz - 0 views

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