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- U.S.A! The British Open is on-line here. The Tour de France is on-line here. The Miss Universe pageant is on-line here.
- The Rapture. The concept of the Rapture, which has reached a wide audience in recent years through the popular Left Behind series of books by Tim LaHave and Jerry Jenkins, holds that Jesus will take away devout Christians will be taken to Heaven before seven years of suffering that will precede Jesus's return to Earth and his rule for a thousand years. The basis for this concept is a reading of some parts of the New Testament, especially the Book of Revelation, and 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17, which holds that "the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout … and the dead in Christ shall rise first : Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord." However, some religious leaders dispute the entire Rapture concept as well as the Left Behind series. The Illinois Conference of Bishops (on-line here) has said that the Rapture concept "is not supported in Scripture" and has criticized the Left Behind series as "a vehicle for anti-Catholic sentiments" and for "reinforce[ing] an unhealthy and immature belief in a harshly judgmental God whose mercy we earn by good behavior."
- The Word: Moral Minority. Ralph Reed, the former executive director of the Christian Coalition, lost the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor in Georgia, getting 44 percent of the vote to Casey Cagle’s 56 percent.
- Threat Down: Camp Quest! Religion in School! La Porte, Indiana! Shyamalan! Kix! Camp Quest is on-line here. An article about schools arranging their holiday schedule for religious holidays is on-line here and a list of religious holidays approved by the New Jersey State Department of Education is on-line here.
- Reference to Jayson Blair. Former reporter Jayson Blair, 27, resigned from the New York Times in May 2003 amidst reports that he had falsified stories and committed acts of plagiarism.
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