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Beliefwatch: Blasphemy

'Hi my name is Lindy and I deny the existence of the Holy Spirit and you should too.'

A website dedicated to daring God to send people to hell is up and running. Young people are challenging the idea of blaspehiming the Holy Spirit as the unforgivable sin by proclaiming his non-existence. Yikes! As if we didn't have enough trouble people are now ignorantly chasing after their own condemnation. More on this from MSNBC. Click Here.

Barna Lists the 12 Most SIgnificant Religious Findings from 2006 Survey

Poller extraordinaire, George Barna, has come up with sopme more interesting data regarding trends in the church. One of the more interesting ones to me is the move towards house churches and ecumenism as emerging generations have less and less interest in traditional streams of Christian faith.

"Barna released his list of the twelve most noteworthy results of 2006, and described a few themes that ran through this year’s surveys.Noteworthy OutcomesBarna selected the following dozen outcomes as the most significant findings of 2006."

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Oregon church set on fire during service

Yikes, it makes you think about the security at your church.

From Yahoo News-

"SALEM, Ore. - A man ranting about "the blood" burst into a church sanctuary during a service, sloshed fuel onto people and started a fire, police and church officials said Thursday.

Some parishioners were able to smother the flames with their coats while another group tackled the man, said the Rev. Scott Erickson, pastor of the Peoples Church. Two older women from the congregation were burned when their clothing caught fire." read more here.