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Subject: [BPR] - Sept 2, 1999 TV Programs
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 08:46:55 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

9:00 PM Eastern

 DISC - RAGING PLANET - "Lightning" - Lightning is the
   most powerful electrical force on the
   planet.(CC)(TVG)

 TLC - RETURN OF THE PLAGUES - Scientists fight deadly
   global epidemics.(CC)(TVG)

10:00

 ABC - NIGHTLINE IN PRIMETIME: BRAVE NEW WORLD - Scientists
   search for extraterrestrial life in the solar system;
   photographs of imaginary tourists on the moon.(CC)

 PBS - DELTA JEWS - The Jewish community in the Mississippi
   Delta goes back many years.(CC)(TVG)

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Subject: [BPR] - N. Korea says sea border invalid
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:40:27 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Thursday September 2 1:51 AM ET

N. Korea Says Sea Border Invalid, Will Draw Own Line

SEOUL (Reuters) - The North Korean army Thursday declared the sea
border separating the rival Koreas in the Yellow Sea was invalid and
said it would defend its own unilaterally demarcated line ``by various
means and methods.''

``We declare that the brigandish 'northern limit line' unilaterally
defined by the U.S.-forces side inside our territorial waters of the
West Sea (Yellow Sea) of Korea is invalid,'' the official Korean
Central News Agency (KCNA) said, quoting a statement from the Korean
People's Army.

``Our self-defensive right to the military demarcation line at the
West Sea of Korea will be exercised by various means and methods,'' it
said.

North and South Korean naval ships had a furious exchange of fire at
the disputed Yellow Sea border on June 15 in the bloodiest skirmish
since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.

Both sides blamed each other for provoking the clash, in which a North
Korean torpedo boat was sunk and several patrol boats heavily damaged.
The U.N. Command, which fought the Chinese-backed North Koreans in the
Korean War, unilaterally demarcated the line in 1953. The two Koreas
remain technically at war because their conflict ended in an armed
truce, not a peace agreement.

The KCNA report said the Korean People's Army wanted to find a
negotiated solution to the sea border issue, but the United States was
insisting on maintaining the present border.

The KCNA report said the North Korean army had delineated a new sea
boundary which was basically an extension of the land border out to
the Yellow Sea.

Some two million troops face each other across the world's most
militarized land border and the Cold War's last frontier.

Military generals from North Korea and the U.S.-led U.N. Command met
Wednesday for the sixth time since the June 15 clash to find ways of
reducing tensions in the Yellow Sea but failed to reach an agreement,
said reports from both sides.

The U.N. Command insists the border issue be discussed solely by the
two Koreas. Pyongyang, which refers to Seoul as the ``U.S. puppet,''
wants Washington included in the negotiations.

A separate communique from the Korean People's Army said an
''unstable, tense military situation persists on the Korean peninsula
in which a war may break out any moment.''

``This situation has been getting more grave since the June 15
exchange of fire at the West Sea of Korea,'' KCNA quoted it as saying.

The statement said the North Korean side ``expressed our generous
intention'' to allow South Korea to participate in the talks even
though Seoul was not a signatory to the armistice.

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/19990902/wl/korea_north_3.html

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Subject: [BPR] - Creation-evolution discussion breaks into presidential politics
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:40:28 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Creation-evolution discussion breaks into presidential politics

By Lee Weeks

TOPEKA, Kan. (BP)--The creation-evolution debate has begun to
stretch beyond the confines of the classroom, manifesting itself
in the political arena.

Both the Republican and Democratic presidential frontrunners, in
the wake of the Kansas State School Board's anti-evolution vote
Aug. 11, have said they support exposing school children to
evolutionary theory and biblical creation as explanations of how
life began.

Even more important than the views of those vying for the White
House is the opportunity to bring the century-old
creation-evolution debate to the forefront of the national
consciousness, said Hal Ostrander, associate dean and professor
of Christian theology at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary's
James P. Boyce College of the Bible, Louisville, Ky.

"The recent Topeka topsy-turvy provides biblical creationists
with the newly spawned opportunity to take what's happened to
date a step further," Ostrander, a biblical creationist, said.
"And if politicians should decide to help pave the way for even
another step or two, then more power to them."

The Kansas school board, by a 6-4 vote Aug. 11, adopted the
nation's most anti-evolution science standards by eliminating
references to evolution theory on state assessment tests designed to
measure student competency in science.

Since then, presidential candidates have been thrown into the
fray by questions about their position on the teaching of
evolution in public schools.

Republican frontrunner George W. Bush said in August: "I believe
children ought to be exposed to different theories about how the
world started." Bush spokeswoman Mindy Tucker told The Washington Post
that while the Texas governor believes that both evolution and
creationism should be taught, "he believes it is a question for states
and local school boards to decide."

Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic frontrunner and strong
advocate of science education, has voiced support for teaching
evolution as science and creationism as religion -- a view
described as "appalling!" by the executive director of the
National Center for Science Education, Eugenie Scott, according
to a Reuters report.

Beyond evolutionists in the scientific community being incensed
by such statements by Bush and Gore, groups such as the American
Civil Liberties Union, Americans United for the Separation of
Church and State and People for the American Way are threatening
to file lawsuits against school districts which attempt to teach
creation in violation of a 1987 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which
overturned a statute that prohibited the teaching of evolution
unless creation science was taught.

Ostrander said the scientific community is up in arms over the
escalation of the debate because they fear the controversy will
expose the weaknesses of evolutionary theory.

"[T]o out-teach the evolutionists regarding scientific facts is
to lay bare for everyone to see the logical and observational
inconsistencies inherent to evolutionary thinking," Ostrander
said. "Christian high school biology teachers can do this
presumably better than anyone else. So now they can pursue it, at
least in Kansas, with all the verve and expertise they can muster,
with other states to follow -- prayerfully."

Evolution, first proposed by 19th-century scientist Charles
Darwin, is the theory that all life derived from common ancestors
through mutation and adaptation over millions of years.

Creation advocates say Darwinism contradicts the biblical account of
the creation of life by God and they object both to the idea of a
theory being taught as fact and to the notion that human life evolved
from a lower life form such as apes. Creationists also argue that the
earth cannot be more than 10,000 years old.

Republican presidential candidates Elizabeth Dole and John McCain have
stated the decision to teach evolution should be left to local school
boards, while not mentioning their preference.

Steve Forbes has described textbook illustrations of evolution as
"massive fraud" but has stopped short of fully endorsing creationism.
"A lot of what we thought was true, it turns out, science is finding
is not true," Forbes told The Washington Post.

Pat Buchanan said he supports teaching children that the universe was
created by God, although he does not object to them learning about
evolution as theory, according to a Reuters report. Buchanan said he
"adamantly" objects to teaching "Darwin's theory of evolution of human
beings from animals without divine intervention."

Gary Bauer, who finished fourth in the Republican Iowa Straw Poll in
August, has openly criticized the "elite" reaction to the Kansas
school board decision and has said he doesn't teach his children they
are "descendant from apes."

"Evolution ... is taught with the idea that life arose
spontaneously and that there is no divine intelligence involved,
"Bauer told The Washington Post. "I just reject the basic tenet
of that theory ... and so do most Americans."

Researchers, meanwhile, in another fossil find sparking a wave of news
reports, reported Aug. 26 on fossils of an early ape which, they say,
lived more than 15 million years ago in north-central Kenya and which,
they speculate, can shed light on the links between early apes and
modern apes and humans.

Gallup polls show that about 44 percent of Americans believe in a
strict biblical creation view, according to The Washington Post. About
40 percent believe in "theistic evolution," the concept that God
guided millions of years of evolution that culminated with humans, The
Post reported, while only 10 percent of those surveyed expressed a
strict, secular evolutionist view.

Phillip Johnson, a law professor at the University of California
at Berkeley and architect of the "intelligent design" movement,
is an ardent advocate of teaching evolution and creation in
public schools.

"The right thing for the schools to do is to teach the
controversy," Johnson told Baptist Press. "Of course, students
should learn the orthodox scientific position on evolution. They
should also learn why it is so controversial and what arguments
the critics are making against it. These arguments should be
taken from the best critics, and stated fairly. They should not
be presented in straw-man fashion. Students should be given
enough information so that as they mature they will be able to
evaluate the ongoing controversy intelligently.

Johnson recommended a resolution to the controversy in a position
taken by the American Scientific Affiliation and founded on "sound
educational grounds and also politically acceptable to the American
people." The ASA, based in Ipswich, Mass., is an organization of 2,500
evangelical Christian scientists from around the country as well as
Canada and Great Britain.

According to a prototype resolution which ASA circulates to
school officials across the country: "The State Board of
Education and local boards of education shall ensure that
evolution is taught as science, not as ideology. The State Board
of Education and the local boards of education shall encourage
teachers to make distinctions between the multiple meanings of
'evolution,' to distinguish between philosophical materialism and
authentic science, and to include unanswered questions and unresolved
problems in their presentations."

John Wiester, chairman of the ASA's science education commission, said
science teachers are often guilty of failing to distinguish between
"evidence" and "inference."

Convinced that asking the right questions is often more important than
the answers, the ASA has published a booklet titled, "Teaching Science
in a Climate of Controversy," that challenges teachers to seek answers
to the following questions:

1) "Did the universe have a beginning?"

2) "Did life on earth arise by chance?"

3) "Where do the first animals come from?"

4.) "What is known of the earliest hominoids?"

"It's not authority that counts, it's evidence "Wiester said,
taking aim at the popular scientific community's "fraudulent"
handling of the evidence of how life began.

Meanwhile, a Louisiana school district's "critical thinking"
approach to teaching the origin of life has been rejected by a
federal appeals court.

In an Aug. 13 ruling, the Tangipahoa Parish schools may no longer read
a district-approved disclaimer before teaching evolution.

The disclaimer stated the "Scientific Theory of Evolution" should be
"presented to inform students of the scientific concept and [is] not
intended to influence or dissuade the Biblical version of creation or
any other concept."

The statement also declared "it is the basic right and privilege
of each student to form his/her own opinion and maintain beliefs
taught by parents on this very important matter of the origin of
life and matter. Students are urged to exercise critical thinking and
gather all information possible and closely examine each alternative
toward forming an opinion."

Judge Fortunato "Pete" Benavides wrote for the court: "We
conclude that the primary effect of the disclaimer is to protect
and maintain a particular religious viewpoint, namely belief in
the biblical version of creation."

Ostrander said as the battles continue over the origin of life,
Southern Baptists have "no excuse for not getting involved in
this unique corner of kingdom work. ...[I]t's a 'carpe diem,'
seize the day, kind of thing."

"Personally, I believe we should collectively get involved at
every level, at the level of primary and secondary public
education in our communities, at the level of probing into what
our Baptist college and university departments are actually
teaching our students," Ostrander said. "... Southern Baptists
need to realize that the whole creation/evolution controversy, in or
out of the schools, runs far deeper than politics alone; essentially,
it's a spiritual matter over against a scientific one ... more
explicitly an apologetic [defense of the faith] concern.

"Evolutionists' outrage that certain politicians could be so
supportive of a 'teach the controversy' approach only
demonstrates to careful observers that creationists are doing
something right, that a return to well-reasoned models for life
origins apart from materialist philosophy is imminent," Ostrander
said.

Baptist Press for Wed Sept 1, 1999
http://www.religiontoday.com

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Subject: [BPR] - Celebrate Jesus 2000 spots
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:40:28 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Celebrate Jesus 2000 spots going national; churches have
opportunity to participate

By James Dotson

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP)--Mary Lou Retton's proud proclamation of
"Jesus Christ -- the perfect 10" is already familiar to many
residents of Salt Lake City, Atlanta and other areas, but now her
message is going national. And local churches, associations and state
conventions have the opportunity of a millennium to participate.

The commercial featuring the former gymnast will be included in a
national television and radio advertising campaign scheduled for Oct.
4-24, sponsored by the North American Mission Board. It is a critical
part of the Southern Baptist agency's strategy for Celebrate Jesus
2000, the interdenominational effort to share Christ with and pray for
every person in the nation by the end of 2000.

The campaign will reach more than half of all individuals in the
country between the ages of 18 and 54 at least twice, said Toby
Frost, manager of event evangelism and chairman of NAMB's
Celebrate Jesus 2000 task force.

More importantly, it will serve as leverage for thousands of
churches, associations and state conventions to sponsor
complementary efforts -- creating a synergy that could result in
thousands coming to faith in Christ.

"Conventional wisdom in media promotion is that a message must be
heard or seen at least six times to get through to the audience. Thus,
we will be depending on our state, association and church partners to
provide an average of four exposures to our message," Frost said.

Using a military analogy, Frost said the national effort can be
compared to the "air war" that can only be effective if
supplemented by the "ground forces" in churches and associations.

The national advertising creates a climate that "softens the
ground" for evangelism, he said. "But if it is not accompanied by the
Christians going in and taking the land, the place of media is highly
overestimated."

Local participation can include a variety of Celebrate Jesus 2000
promotional materials offered by NAMB, including broadcast and print
advertising. The national spots will be tagged with the line, "A
message from Southern Baptists."

The campaign also will be bolstered by evangelistic events such
as block parties, crusades and revivals, along with door-to-door
efforts already planned as part of Celebrate Jesus 2000.

"Just think of the effect of churches putting up Celebrate Jesus
2000 yard signs and banners, as well as distributing bumper
stickers for cars to display, and CJ2000 pins for members to wear
during the campaign," Frost said.

The national television advertising will be placed primarily on
four cable networks. The strategy was to target both men and
women, and an emphasis on news and sports programming was chosen
because these programs generally are more effective for
advertising in which a viewer is asked to call and make a
response.

The two ads chosen for the national campaign are the Mary Lou
Retton spot and a spot based on Christ's promise, "Whoever drinks the
water I give will never thirst again."

On radio, the full set of Celebrate Jesus 2000 spots will be
placed on nationally syndicated programs such as Rush Limbaugh,
Dr. Laura and Daybreak USA.

All of the ads will offer a national toll-free number for callers to
receive more information on how to receive Jesus. Those calls will be
fielded by NAMB's Evangelism Response Center, which allows interested
callers to talk with volunteer "telephone encouragers" throughout the
country.

Frost said the fall campaign offers churches an opportunity like
no other in history -- both because of the synergistic effect of
the Celebrate Jesus 2000 efforts and the increased spiritual
interest of the Christ's 2000th birthday.

"It's up to the churches," he said. "But we must not lose this
moment. After years of promotion of Celebrate Jesus 2000, this is
where the rubber meets the road."

Celebrate Jesus 2000 promotional materials are available through
LifeWay Christian Services, 1-800-233-1123.

Baptist Press for Wed Sept 1, 1999
http://www.religiontoday.com

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Subject: [BPR] - Weekend News Today (9/1/99)
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 09:40:28 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

Syria to accept UN forces in the Golan following Israeli withdrawal

Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: IsraelWire

Wed Sep 1,1999 -- Canada's ambassador in Damascus, Alexandra
Bugailiskis, quoted Syrian FM Farouk al-Sharaa as saying that Syria is
ready to accept UN forces in the area which will be disarmed along the
two sides of the borders following the Israeli withdrawal from the
Golan to beyond the June 4, 1967 border lines. The Canadian ambassador
added that al-Sharaa's statement was made following his meeting with
the ambassadors of Canada to Syria, Israel, Jordan and Lebanon on
Saturday, following the periodic meeting held by the ambassadors. The
Canadian ambassador added that the two sides exchanged special ideas
and developments concerning the future of the peace process and
bilateral relations. The ambassador stressed that an important move
will be made within the next two months following the visit of US
Secretary of State Madeleine Albright to the region.

Are their negotiations for Cave of the Patriarchs?

Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: IsraelWire

Wed Sep 1,1999 -- According to the Haaretz daily, one of the clauses
in the soon-to-be-signed agreement between the PLO Authority (PA) and
Israel states as follows: "Israel will remove limitations at three
sites in Hebron, in accordance with the agreements: Shuhada (King
David) Street, the wholesale market, and prayer arrangements at Cave
of the Patriarchs." As a result of this article and information from
other sources, the Hebron leadership urgently requested that Rabbis,
MKs, and other public figures make immediate inquiries into the
possibility that the impending agreement with Arafat includes
concessions regarding the Cave of the Patriarchs

Sept. 9 will be indicator of possible Y2K glitches

Weekend News Today
By Kelly Pagatpatan
Source: AP

Wed Sep 1,1999 -- Government agencies, banks, electric utilities and
other companies around the United States will be watching closely for
Y2K-like computer trouble next week when the date 9-9-99 arrives. The
fear is that some computers may translate Sept. 9, 1999, as a ``9999''
stop-program command. Few Y2K planners expect major disruptions such
as widespread electrical outages next Thursday. But no one is ruling
out the possibility of glitches. Y2K planners and some industries are
taking advantage of the situation to test their readiness and backup
systems for New Year's Day, when the real Year 2000 bug may hit.

NATO opens command center in Greece

Weekend News Today
By Kelly Pagatpatan
Source: AP

Wed Sep 1,1999 -- NATO officials opened a command center today in
central Greece, a day after more than 300 demonstrators clashed with
riot police outside the complex amid widespread anger toward the
United States and NATO over the air strikes against Yugoslavia this
spring. Many Greeks feel the Serbs, fellow Orthodox Christians, were
unjustly treated by the alliance -- even though Greek leaders
authorized the bombing along with other NATO partners. The protesters,
mostly from communist parties, burned U.S. and Turkish flags late
Tuesday in Larissa, 120 miles northwest of Athens. Police fired tear
gas to disperse the protesters. No injuries were reported. The new
center will share responsibilities for parts of southeastern Europe
with a NATO post in Izmir, Turkey. While that's a sign of possible
increased cooperation with Greece's regional rival, it has also stoked
nationalistic fervor here.

Israeli official calls for abolition of Religious Law in Israel

Weekend News Today
By Andra Brack
Source: IsraelWire

Wed Sep 1,1999 -- In an exclusive interview with vjradio com, the new
Israeli Minister for Diaspora Affairs, Rabbi Michael Melchior, has
advocated the abolition of religious legislation in Israel. Rabbi
Melchior, who is responsible for healing the rifts within Israeli
society, cited religious legislation as the number one cause of
disunity in the country. Vjradio.com is a new feature of Virtual
Jerusalem.com, a Virtual Communities Inc. website, and the largest
community on the Internet for Jewish and Israel related content.
Speaking from the Prime Minister's Office, Rabbi Melchior said: "There
has been a notion that religious legislation makes Israel more Jewish,
I think the opposite is true - that religious legislation_ has caused
the split in our society and does not make anyone more Jewish. There
was a suggestion of a law for brit milah - (circumcision) in the
1950's that never went through. If we had had that law we would today
not have 99 point something percent having their sons circumcised but
instead we would have 40 to 50 percent of the Israeli population
against brit milah because it is a law. Religious law does not bring
more people to Judaism. " {Editor's note = This is incredible. He is
advocating throwing away all of the Law that their God gave to them.
Add this to them preparing to give away the land for the first time
since God promised it to them and we can see that the "time of Jacob's
troubles" must be soon indeed.}

Barak to be first foreign leader to visit Germany's restored capital

Weekend News Today
By Kelly Pagatpatan
Source: AP

Wed Sep 1,1999 -- Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, the first leader to
govern all of Germany from Berlin since Adolf Hitler, marked the 60th
anniversary of the outbreak of World War II by announcing Wednesday
that Israel's premier would be the first foreign leader welcomed to
Germany's restored capital. At his first news conference since moving
to his temporary quarters in Berlin last week from his previous office
in Bonn, Schroeder noted that the Sept. 1, 1939, Nazi invasion of
Poland -- ordered from Berlin -- began ``one of the most awful crimes
of German history.'' ``Especially in light of this history,'' he said
he was ``happy to announce'' that his first foreign guest in the
capital would be Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Barak will make
the one-day visit Sept. 21, he said.

via: bible_prophecy-news@onelist.com

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Subject: [BPR] - Misc news
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:01:42 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

NUCLEAR SUBMARINES FROM RUSSIA TO BE SOLD TO CHINA TO DETER
U.S. 7TH FLEET NEAR TAIWAN September 1, 1999

Agence France Presse reported today: "China has reached
agreement with Russia to buy two nuclear-powered submarines to
deter any U.S. presence in the Taiwan Strait as relations
between Beijing and Taipei worsen, a report said Wednesday. The
billion dollar deal for the Typhoon-class submarines, capable of
launching nuclear warheads, was reached during Russian deputy
prime minister Ilya Klebanov's recent visit to Beijing, the Hong
Kong Standard said citing mainland diplomatic sources. Chinese
President Jiang Zemin and his Russian counterpart Boris Yeltsin
endorsed the sale during their talks in Bishek, Kyrgyztan, last
week, the English-language daily said. The sources said the
submarines were aimed at deterring the U.S. Seventh Fleet from
intervening in the intensified cross-strait relations following
Taiwanese president Lee Teng-hui's call for "state-to-state"
ties with Beijing..."

NUCLEAR WEAPONS STILL IMPORTANT TO RUSSIA September 1, 1999

Reuters reported: "Prime Minister Vladimir Putin vowed on
Monday that Moscow would maintain its nuclear arsenal to protect
Russia, a day after the country celebrated its 50th anniversary
of the first atomic test. (Nuclear weapons) remain fundamental
for the country's security, a guarantee for keeping peace in
modern geopolitical conditions" Putin, whose country is the
second largest nuclear power, was quoted as saying by Russia's
Interfax news agency. The development and improvement of the
nuclear arsenal is one of the most important demands for our
government...if we do not keep them (weapons) over the coming
five to seven years, then the situation in our country will
change in a radical way," he was quoted as saying at a ceremony
commemorating the test..."

60 MILLION RUSSIANS LIVE IN POVERTY September 1, 1999

Agence France Presse reported: "About 60 million Russians, or
40 percent of the population, live below the poverty line, while
average life expectancy in the country is 66 years for women and
60 for men, the daily Segodnya said Monday. The paper, which
quoted statistics from the science academy's institute for socio-
economic research, noted that the poverty figures were
noticeably worse than those published in November 1998 by state
statistical committee. The state committee had said 28.6 percent
of the population, or about 42 million Russians, were living
below the poverty line. According to the research institute, 15
percent of the population have income less than half the
necessary minimum. It also said the average monthly salary was
$60, and that 14 percent of the population was unemployed."

AMERICAN DEFENSE COMPUTERS HAVE EXTENSIVE SECURITY GAPS
September 1, 1999

CNN reported: "Despite countless warnings dating to 1996, the
Defense Department's information networks continue to be plagued
by serious security flaws and weaknesses that have opened up
almost every area of the department to cyberattacks and fraud,
according to a new General Accounting Office report. Released
today, GAO's report, DOD Information Security: Serious
Weaknesses Continue to Place Defense Operations at Risk, comes
just weeks after deputy secretary of Defense John Hamre
officiated over the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the Joint Task
Force for Computer Network Defense. The JTF-CND, which was
formed last December, serves as the focal point for DOD to
organize the defense of DOD computer networks and systems. When
cyberattacks are detected, the JTF-CND is responsible for
directing department wide defenses to stop or contain damage and
restore DOD network functions operations..."

via: pre-trib-news <rapture77@bigfoot.com>

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Subject: [BPR] - Pro-life group provides evidence of aborted baby parts trade
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:04:06 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

PRO-LIFE GROUP PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF ABORTED BABY PARTS TRADE

Culture/Society News Keywords: ABORTION
Source: EWTN News Brief
Published: 30-Aug-99

PRO-LIFE GROUP PROVIDES EVIDENCE OF ABORTED BABY PARTS TRADE TORONTO
(CWNews.com) - A pro-life group on Friday released evidence that
abortion clinics and other companies are actively marketing baby parts
from aborted children to medical researchers in the US and Canada.

The Campaign Life Coalition had previously claimed that researchers
were buying the parts from a price list, and has now has reproduced
the full baby parts price list from the Opening Lines company on its
web site. The price list is available on the Internet at
(http://www.lifesite.net/clc/press/1999/ aug24,99grislytrade.pdf)

In a press release on the recently exposed trade in aborted baby body
parts, the Canadian pro-life group issued a national alert. "Does
society know that Canadian researchers sort through aborted bodies
obtained from local abortion sites and ship body parts, eyes, hearts,
livers, and cardiac blood to research facilities throughout the
country?" asked CLC in it press release. They noted that partial birth
abortion is the way researchers obtain "ideal research specimens."

CLC demanded that the use of body parts from aborted babies
cease, that cross-border trade in these body parts be stopped,
and that the traders be prevented from operating in Canada.

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Subject: [BPR] - Vegetarians say Jesus was one of them
From: bpr-list@philologos.org(BPR)
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 10:14:32 +0000

From: "Moza" <moza@butterfly.mv.com>

         Vegetarians Say Jesus Was One Of Them

          TAMPA, FL (CHARISMA) -- Blessed are the peacemakers, but not
          the meat eaters. At least that is how People for the Ethical
          Treatment of Animals (PETA) say the Sermon on the Mount
          should read. They have enlisted Jesus for a campaign message
          aimed at the 40,000 people due at next week's National
          Baptist Convention U.S.A. annual gathering in Tampa, Fla.

          "Jesus Was a Vegetarian," declares a giant billboard going
          up in the city, reported "The Tampa Tribune." A portrait of
          Christ framed by an orange-slice halo is accompanied by the
          admonition: "Show respect for God's creatures--follow Him."
          It also details the organization's Web site address:
          "www.JesusVeg.com."

          PETA officials admit the Bible contains no clear "no meat"
          message, but argue that Jesus' views on showing mercy
          clearly endorse a vegetarian lifestyle, said the newspaper.
          "We all understand that it's not Christian to hurt a cat or
          dog," said campaign coordinator Bruce Friedrich. "We're just
          asking Christians to take the commonsense step and extend
          that to all animals."

          The group is paying $4,200 for the 48-foot sign, which
          Friedrich says was used effectively earlier this year during
          the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in Atlanta and Pope
          John Paul II's visit to St. Louis.

          Rev. Stewart Cureton, interim president of the National
          Baptist Convention U.S.A., said he didn't mind PETA's
          religious pitch, but did not think it would change many
          minds. "Everybody has his own philosophy. It doesn't bother
          me at all," he told the "Tribune." But Jesus "ate fish, and
          He prepared fish for His disciples."

          (c 1999, Charisma News Service)

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