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@ Earthweek map: http://www.cnn.com/NATURE/9911/12/diary.planet/
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# Man cuts pregnant girlfriend in devil sacrifice act. ALBUQUERQUE. A man
pleaded guilty to slashing his girlfriend with a 13-inch knife after she
resisted his attempts to cut a 3-month-old fetus from her womb, as a
sacrifice to the devil. http://www.abqjournal.com/news/1news11-11-99.htm
: Have you sacrificed anyone lately? Are your offerings gladly accepted? Do
paranormal entities reward you for your offerings, or d'ya just get a rush?
# Vampire role-players develop creative talents:
http://news.excite.com/news/uw/991111/university-142
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# 'AIR CULT' PAIR ON TRIAL OVER DEATH AGONY. An elderly couple are tried for
manslaughter after the agonising death of a woman who believed she could
live on air alone. Jim & Eugenia Pesnak initiated Lani Morris into their
cult, "breatharianism." When Lani went comatose after a week without food
or water, Pesnak stuck a tube down her throat. He told cops he believed Ms
Morris was suffering a "spiritual blockage." She died on a hospital life-
support machine. http://www.ic24.net:80/mgn/THE_MIRROR/NEWS/P16S2.html
: Does your belief system eschew nourishment? Will/should you die pure? Do
you help others reach your state of grace? Do voices in your head help you?
# Chimps review new tv season: www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/11135.html
# Gore's diet makes him stupid: www.nationalenquirer.com/stories/11142.html
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# NEW PHONE CARDS TO CARRY POPE JP2'S IMAGE. A U.S. telephone-services firm
that makes phone cards carrying images of the Virgin Mary announced a deal
with the Vatican to sell Pope John Paul II phone cards. The phone cards
will come only in a $15, 75-minute denomination and will be sold first in
the US and elsewhere in 2000. The Vatican will receive $1 for each of the
cards, limited to a maximum of 4 million monthly. Vatican to get $1 for
each $15 card sold: http://cnnfn.com/1999/11/11/news/wires/pope_wg/
: Would you prefer phone cards with pictures of Popes, Ayatollahs, Televan-
gelists, Mary, Buddha, Jesus, Mohammad, Isis, Kali, Priapus, Artemis, Loki,
Kokopeli, Aphrodite, Prince, Madonna, Art Bell, Spiderman, Xena, Scully, me?
@ Modular Framework for Artificial Intelligence Based on Stimulus Response
Directives: http://www.gamasutra.com/features/19991110/guy_01.htm
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# Prayer-pusher drags 50-pound cross around U.S. The 48-year-old arthritic
man set off on his 700-mile trek three months ago and he hopes to get to
Colorado this month. Garlin Newton logs 20 miles a day with the cross and
takes plenty of abuse on the road from people who order him out of the
way. The poor wife follows Newton in a very slow-moving car. Heal him,
Jesus. Heal his mind, too. http://www.denverpost.com/news/shot1112.htm
: How far can/should/will you haul a cross? How big a cross can/should/will
you haul? Will you obstruct traffic? Wouldn't it be more efficacious to just
visit a sacred shrine, like at Chimayo NM, and eat some holy chile peppers?
@ Melodramatic animation of Crucifixion: http://mightyagape.com/walk.html
@ Guide to current Dublin slang: http://www.clubi.ie/nobyrne/situations.htm
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# Tolerant Baha'is battle misconceptions. Christy Besozzi was in a booth
offering educational materials on the Baha'i faith during Perrysburg's
recent Harrison Rally Days when she overheard someone say, "Don't bother,
that's a cult." It is a characterization that is familiar, but still
frustrating, to the followers of Baha'i (ba-HIGH), a world religion
founded in 1844 in Iran and known for its emphasis on the unity of all
faiths & races. http://toledoblade.com:80/editorial/religion/9k06baha.htm
: Is an ecumentical religion better than no religion at all? Are pacifist
religions doomed to be obliterated by aggressive faiths? Does BOB save all?
@ Cool chart of top four recording artists in many different countries:
http://www.thenation.com/issue/991129/1129mcchesneychart3.shtml
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# Iranian cleric found guilty. (BBC) Abdullah Nouri, former Iranian interior
minister & close associate of Pres. Mohammad Khatami is found guilty on 15
unspecified charges. Verdict didn't specify what Mr Nouri was guilty of:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/middle_east/newsid_516000/516423.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/olmedia/515000/images/_516342_charge_sheet_fctbx.gif
# Jury finds Iranian reformist guilty. (AP) A clerical jury in Iran found
a noted reformist guilty on 15 counts of publishing sacrilegious articles
& insulting the Islamic revolutionary govt. The trial is seen as part of a
power struggle between hard-liners & reformist supporters of Pres.Khatami.
See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2562032739-684
: Is your theocracy devouring itself? Do all theocracies devour themselves?
How do you punish heretics, dissidents, trouble-makers, reformists, wonks??
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FalungGongaRama:
# Falun Gong leaders get 12 years - mass trials, mass jailings:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_517000/517024.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_509000/509476.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_500000/500282.stm
# Text of Chinese parliament resolution banning "heretic cults":
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/monitoring/newsid_499000/499137.stm
# China Details Falun Gong Arrests, Denies Beatings (Reuters)
http://news.excite.com:80/news/r/991108/01/international-china-religion
# China Warns U.S. of New Difficulties Over Sect (Reuters)
http://news.excite.com:80/news/r/991109/05/international-religion-china
# China Jails Four Falun Gong Leaders (Reuters)
http://news.excite.com:80/news/r/991112/04/international-religion-china
# China to Western Press: Shut Up (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com:80/sections/world/DailyNews/falungong991111.html
# Falun Gong Keeps Reappearing (ABC News)
http://abcnews.go.com:80/sections/world/DailyNews/falun991108.html
# Cracks in China's Crackdown (Washington Post)
http://washingtonpost.com:80/wp-srv/WPlate/1999-11/12/083l-111299-idx.html
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