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Subject: [BPR] - From the mouths of babes...
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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 17:53:28 -0500

From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>

Children believe in God regardless of whether they are exposed to
religious faith, a study found. Oxford University psychologist
Olivera Petrovitch and her research assistants found that
children they studied in Britain and Japan gave similar answers
when asked who created various natural objects, she reported in
the magazine Science & Spirit. The children, who had not been
influenced by concepts of God from organized religions, had
abstract notions of a creator. Petrovitch's researchers in Japan
said they were surprised at the children's responses. "My
Japanese research assistants kept telling me, 'We Japanese don't
think about God as creator - it's just not part of Japanese
philosophy,' " she said.

http://www.religiontoday.com
Tuesday, Nov 2, 1999

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Subject: [BPR] - Daywatch items
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Date: Tue, 2 Nov 1999 18:41:05 -0500

From: "research-bpr" <research-bpr@philologos.org>

NEW YORK -- A Swiss-based human rights group insists that its
part in buying back the freedom of more than 15,000 Sudanese
slaves has caused it to lose United Nations status. The U.N.
Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) removed Christian
Solidarity International's consultative status on October 26
by a vote of 26-14 with 12 abstentions.
Full Story: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/news3577.htm

LONDON -- A play depicting Jesus Christ as a homosexual has
drawn outrage, not so much from British Christians, but from
Muslims, including a scholar who has issued a religious edict
(fatwa) condemning the playwright to death for blasphemy. Sheikh
Omar Bakri Mohammed, a judge of the UK Shari'a (Islamic law)
Court said he was surprised and disappointed Christians had not
come out more strongly against the play.
Full Story: http://www.mcjonline.com/news/news3578.htm

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