US church plans on burning Bible, other Christian books on Halloween!

October 14th, 2009 NC church plans to burn Bibles, Christian booksCANTON, N.C. — A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers.

October 11th, 2009 Madoff mask a natural for HalloweenNEW YORK — Don't be alarmed if Bernard Madoff comes knocking this Halloween. The real Madoff pleaded guilty to a decades-long Ponzi scheme that cost investors millions of dollars.

September 30th, 2009 Halloween-themed attractions at amusement parksALEXANDRIA, Va. — Eighty-one percent of amusement parks will hold Halloween or fall-themed events this year, according to the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions.

August 22nd, 2009 LONDON - Professor Richard Dawkins, author of books on evolution as well as religion, has said that popularising evolution in the Islamic world, where creationist beliefs are strong, was a challenge and he is keen to take up. Professor Dawkins' books have never been translated into Arabic.

August 14th, 2009 NEW YORK - Several Pakistani Christians took to the streets here and staged a demonstration in front of the United Nations to protest against the Gojra riots in which nine Christians were killed and several others injured. People held placards that read: "Stop killing innocent Christians," "Don't kill or destroy in Allah's name", "Cruelty against humanity is blasphemy", and "Stop burning Christian Churches" shouted slogans against the Pakistan government.

July 13th, 2009 BAGHDAD - Iraqi Christians remained defiant in the wake of Sunday night's attack on a church in eastern Baghdad that left at least four dead and 18 injured. "If anyone thinks that these terrorist attacks will force us or our friends from our home, they must be crazy," Nahla Sabbah, a 34-year-old Christian civil servant told DPA.

July 6th, 2009 LONDON - The oldest surviving Christian Bible has been launched on the Internet, thanks to a painstaking conservation project involving institutions in the UK, Germany, Egypt, and Russia. High-resolution digital images of the pages in the fourth-century book, considered to be one of the most important texts in the world, have been created to view online.

June 28th, 2009 LONDON - A Church of England bishop has said that Britain is no longer a Christian nation. Right Reverend Paul Richardson warned that declining church attendance and the rise in multiculturalism meant that "Christian Britain is dead".

June 21st, 2009 LONDON - In an attempt to treat Fathers' Day in the same way as Mothering Sunday, bottles of beer will be given to fathers who attend a church in Britian. While backing the move, which is part of a Church of England initiative to put a Christian emphasis on the annual celebration of fatherhood, Rt Rev John Inge, the Bishop of Worcester, said that it's an attempt to attract more men, The Telegraph reports.

June 10th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama has mentioned Jesus Christ in a number of high-profile public speeches, something his predecessor George W. Bush rarely did, reports Politico.

May 12th, 2009 LONDON - A controversial Muslim programme-maker has been appointed as the BBC's new head of religious broadcasting. According to the BBC, Aaqil Ahmed will move to the corporation from Channel Four.

April 28th, 2009 MELBOURNE - New Hope Church has infuriated officials at the school where they hold their meetings, after they mailed tens of thousands colourful fliers posing the question "Is Your Sex Life A Bore?" The school is now contemplating to boot the congregation off its property, after it sent the fliers to residents in Melbourne, Florida, and also invited them to go to the school to "learn how to have the Great Sex that God created you to enjoy!" The program, which is for three-weeks, kicked off at the weekend inside the school hall, with pastor Bruce Cadle preaching that the Christian church has been "shamefully silent" on the typically taboo topic. "Sex between married believers is a holy activity.

April 27th, 2009 Church giving 'great sex' sermons might get bootedMELBOURNE, Fla. — A church giving sermons about sex may have to find a new home.

April 23rd, 2009 Hindus and Jews have asked Norway to treat all major religions evenly while teaching religion in its schools. Rajan Zed, acclaimed Hindu statesman; and Rabbi Jonathan B.

April 21st, 2009 LAHORE - Pakistan based Christian missionaries have predicted that the Taliban takeover of Swat will extend to more parts of the country, which will further worsen the conditions for Christians. "This is bad, as it is, and will only worsen if sharia law spreads further than the Swat Valley.