http://evangelicals.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for evangelicals en Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:15:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035824 unknown@Netscape.com Bill Cooper, president of ChristiaNet.com, says there is an escalation in Internet pornography addiction among evangelicals. The survey found that 50 percent of men who regularly attend church are addicted to pornography, and 20 percent of female churchgoers are also addicted. Sat, 09 Jun 2007 17:15:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2035824evangelicalspornNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2029550 unknown@Netscape.com A review of the book "American Fascists" by Chris Hedges. In it he notes that televangelists like Robertson, Benny Hill & others "rule their fiefdoms as despotic potentates" which some adherents might think isn't God's way of doing things. They travel in kingly luxury on private jets and have amassed huge personal fortunes Wed, 06 Jun 2007 04:44:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2029550americanFASCISTSextremismrightwingevangelicalsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2026065 unknown@Netscape.com .. it seems to me that those who resist creation care sometimes are motivated by a misreading of scripture. He goes on to name three other factors that have led to this conservative opposition to protecting our earth: a "profound mishandling of science," an "inordinate loyalty to laissez-faire capitalism," and an "inordinat Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:31:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2026065evangelicalschristianityconservativeenvironmentPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2026016 unknown@Netscape.com A group of religious leaders and liberal media critics on Tuesday criticized what they view as a media bias in favor of conservative evangelicals and against "progressive" Christianity. Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:04:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2026016conservativeevangelicalsprogressivechristiansmediaPoliticsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1005224 unknown@Netscape.com The struggle against torture and cruel treatment of prisoners by the U.S. received a major boost this week. In its recently concluded meeting, the National Association of Evangelicals board of directors last weekend endorsed an important new statement - An Evangelical Declaration of Torture: Human Rights in an Age of Terror. Thu, 15 Mar 2007 19:07:16 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1005224tortureinjusticeevangelicalsterrorismdetaineesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/981913 unknown@Netscape.com The uncoupling of American evangelism from the administration of George Bush gathered pace yesterday when one of the largest national umbrella groups of socially conservative Christians issued a statement critical of US policy towards detainees and repudiating torture as a tactic in the war on terror. Tue, 13 Mar 2007 19:03:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/9819138thAmendmenttortureevangelicalsdetaineesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/862695 unknown@Netscape.com Once again, the hard-core Religious Right has gone on the attack, orchestrating a new campaign to advance their Far Right political views.And even more bizarre, there was another report this morning that in his sermon last Sunday, Jerry Falwell claimed the debate over global warming is a tool of Satan being used to distract churches from their prim Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:04:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/862695globalwarmingReligionevangelicalsethicsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/593685 unknown@Netscape.com Sigmund Freud would have something to say about the ways in which we evangelicals seem to be fixated on homosexuality. That fixation became abundantly clear to me recently when I was doing radio interviews upon the publication of my most recent book, Letters to a Young Evangelical. The book has 21 chapters, yet on every one of the two dozen intervi Thu, 15 Feb 2007 05:17:34 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/593685evangelicalschristianityhomosexualityrightwingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/338406 unknown@Netscape.com Like the Oscar-nominated documentary, Jesus Camp, Pelosi's movie lets evangelicals speak for themselves. She films people ruminating on everything from salvation and theology to abortion and creationism to family and politics. She introduces viewers to a host of regular folks, big name Religious Right leaders, a Christian wrestler, and a (self-bill Sat, 27 Jan 2007 07:13:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/338406evangelicalschristianitygospelNews http://web2announcer.com/go/176282 unknown@Netscape.com If you want to understand what makes the Christian Conservatives of the U.S.A. tick, then you must begin by understanding the theology of that part of the country variously known as "the Bible-Belt", "the Confederacy" or "Dixie". And here is why : Tue, 16 Jan 2007 01:41:13 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/176282ReligionevangelicalschristianityconservativebiblebeltNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1101 unknown@Netscape.com Some influential evangelical leaders are lobbying for an attack on Iran. But it's not about geopolitics -- it's about bringing about the End Times. Fri, 04 Aug 2006 01:50:30 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1101PoliticsevangelicalswariranNews