Afghan journalism student sentenced to 20 years for insulting Islam (The Rise of Islam)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments An Afghan journalism student sentenced to death for allegedly ’insulting Islam’ had his conviction upheld but his sentence reduced to 20 years in prison by an Afghan central appeal court today. The prosecution alleged that Sayed Perwez Kambashkh, 24, downloaded from the internet and distributed an article by an Iranian writer questioning some of the tenets of Islam relating women’s rights. He has always denied the charges. He is alleged to have added three paragraphs to the offending article himself, one of which read: “This is the real face of Islam... the prophet Mohammad wrote verses of the Holy Quran just for his own benefit.” At his appeal court trial today five professors of Balkh University, where the defendant was a student, claimed that Kambakhsh disrupted classes by asking “anti-Islam and insulting questions.”

 


Commemoration of Munich massacre “may offend Muslims” (The Rise of Islam)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Specialist advice is being given to Scotland Yard on how to reduce tensions between police and Muslims during the London Olympics because of growing concerns about the Games clashing with the holy month of Ramadan, when Muslims fast during the day, The Times has learnt. Experts will also warn the Metropolitan Police to ensure that the planned commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the massacre of Israeli athletes by Palestinian terrorists at the Munich Games does not offend local and travelling Muslims. The recommendations have been made by inter-faith advisers to Scotland Yard, where antiterrorism police are preparing to combat any possible Islamic terrorist threat to the Games. Community tensions in the lead-up to the games have already been raised by a controversial Muslim movement, Tablighi Jamaat, which plans to build Britain’s largest mosque and Islamic complex near the 2012 Olympic stadium site. Michael Mumisa, an Islamic scholar, and one of four experts hired by Scotland Yard who began training the police this week on inter-faith issues, said that the commemoration of the 11 Israeli athletes, killed by Palestinian militants from the Black September Organisation at the 1972 Munich Games, could become a national security threat if it was not managed properly and was perceived by Muslims to be “hijacking” the Games. Edward Kessler, executive director of the Woolfe Institute, which deals with inter-faith dialogue, teaching and research, said that police needed to have a “minimum level of faith literacy” to help them deal with religious issues during the London Games.

 


Sharia Banking On The Rise (The Rise of Islam)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments The swift rise of the Islamic finance industry could hit a wall in the coming years as the sector struggles to find enough experts to do the job, an industry official said yesterday. Shariah banking’s sudden popularity has created a scramble for bankers, scholars and lawyers conversant in both conventional finance and Islamic economics, and produced a shortage that sometimes compromises the quality of products, experts say. The Islamic industry’s rapid growth has outpaced the rate at which the sector is able to churn out workers, said Agil Natt, CEO of Kuala Lumpur-based INCEIF, which says it is the world’s only dedicated Islamic finance university.

 


Australia to implement mandatory internet censorship (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Australia will join China in implementing mandatory censoring of the internet under plans put forward by the Federal Government. The government has declared it will not let internet users opt out of the proposed national internet filter. The plan was first created as a way to combat child pornography and adult content, but could be extended to include controversial websites on euthanasia or anorexia. Communications minister Stephen Conroy revealed the mandatory censorship to the Senate estimates committee as the Global Network Initiative, bringing together leading companies, human rights organisations, academics and investors, committed the technology firms to "protect the freedom of expression and privacy rights of their users".

 


One Web ID To Rule Them All (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments A scheme to allow people to use one name and password on lots of different websites has got a boost from Google and Microsoft The two tech giants have unveiled plans that will sign-up their users into the Open ID scheme. The move means the scheme will soon be able to add more than 400 million users to the initiative. The two firms join others, such as Yahoo and AOL, as backers of the single sign-on scheme. Open ID was dreamed up as a way to ease the mental and administrative burden of having a different login identity and password for almost every website.

 


Designer babies: Creating the perfect child (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Bring your partner, grab a seat, pick up your baby catalog and start choosing. Will you go for the brown hair or blond? Would you prefer tall or short? Funny or clever? Girl or boy? And do you want them to be a muscle-bound sports hero? Or a slender and intelligent book worm? When you're done selecting, head to the counter and it's time to start creating your new child. Does this sound like a scary thought? With rapid advances in scientific knowledge of the human genome and our increasing ability to modify and change genes, this scenario of "designing" your baby could well be possible in the near future

 


‘Big Brother’ bothers Britain (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Each day, the average London resident is filmed 300 times as he or she walks their children to school, takes the train to the office or relaxes after work at a sidewalk cafe. Britain has 4.2 million closed-circuit surveillance cameras, one for every 15 people in the country, security experts say. But a new round of government proposals—to dramatically expand surveillance and data collection and to strengthen other anti-terror measures—has some public officials warning that the government must not go too far in this city where George Orwell set "1984," the famous novel about the dangers of an all-seeing "Big Brother" government.

 


‘There’s probably no God’: atheists start advertising (Christian Worldview/Issues)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments British atheists have raised a pile of cash to tell Londoners there's probably no God and to get on with life. The nation's first atheist advertising campaign has beaten its funding target in less than 24 hours, raising nearly nine times the amount it needed to posts its ads on public buses in London. Organisers hope to run more than 5,000 ads in the city over a month, telling people: "There's probably no God. Now stop worrying and enjoy your life". Writer Ariane Sherine suggested the idea in a blog carried on The Guardian website. She believes an atheist advertising blitz will provide a reassuring counter-message to religious slogans threatening non-Christians with hell and damnation.

 


GodTube-Banned Pastor Tackles the “Anything But God” Church (Christian Worldview/Issues)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments An Emmy award-winning pastor who was banned from GodTube has released a book about his “absurd religion,” challenging today’s Christian and Evangelical leaders and churches with the question “Is religion to blame for the current American crisis?” Though the idea behind My Absurd Religion may itself be absurd, as author Steve Gray himself admits, the Kansas City pastor says his goal is to help people get away from the clutter and get down to where they can really encounter God. What people need is to encounter God, Gray insists, an encounter that many churchgoers are not able to experience in most traditional churches and even newer, seeker-friendly churches, which he claims are “trying anything to get people interested.” “People are going to church and not actually encountering God,” Gray said in an appearance on the Christian Broadcasting Network’s 700 Club. “They’re encountering inspiration, they’re encountering good friends, they’re encountering groups and supports groups but not encountering God.”

 


Disturbing Stories Expose Dark Realities of Christian Persecution (Christian Worldview/Issues)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments A solemn atmosphere descended upon a room full of culturally diverse evangelical leaders on Wednesday as disturbing accounts of religious persecution poured forth from those living in anti-Christian hotspots. One by one, panelists shared stories of attacks against Christians in their country that included atrocious acts such as beheadings, gang rape, and genocide. Stories were especially poignant because of the speakers’ closeness to the actual persecution, of which some were personally experienced. The Rev. Godfrey Yogarajah of Sri Lanka, the new director of the World Evangelical Alliance (WEA) Religious Liberty Commission, shared that just a few days prior to his arrival in Thailand for the WEA General Assembly, one of the WEA pastors in his country of Sri Lanka was murdered and the pastor’s body thrown in a river. A Vietnamese pastor named “Daniel” (full name cannot be disclosed for security reason) on the panel spoke about his father, a pastor, who was imprisoned for six years for his faith following the communist takeover in 1975. The Vietnamese government now continues its persecution of his family for a second generation by denying Daniel citizenship because of his leadership in a major house church organization.

 


Poll-Should parents be allowed to create their babies?

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments This weeks poll

Should parents be allowed to create their babies?:

*Yes
*No
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Poll Result-Influence of Christian Media - which of the following do you think is currently having the most impact on our society:

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - November 1, 2008 on 10:12 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Results of last poll

Influence of Christian Media - which of the following do you think is currently having the most impact on our society:

*Christian DVD's/Movies - 14%
*Christian Books/Literature - 85%
*Christian TV - 28%
*Christian Websites - 24%
*Christian Radio - 21%

 


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The Dangers of a Diminished America (Where is the U.S. in Bible Prophecy?)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments In the 1930s, isolationism and protectionism spurred the rise of fascism. With the global financial system in serious trouble, is America's geostrategic dominance likely to diminish? If so, what would that mean? One immediate implication of the crisis that began on Wall Street and spread across the world is that the primary instruments of U.S. foreign policy will be crimped. The next president will face an entirely new and adverse fiscal position.

 


US intelligence: Iran will be able to build first nuclear bomb by February 2009 (Where is the U.S. in Bible Prophecy?)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments US intelligence’s amended estimate, that Iran will be ready to build its first bomb just one month after the next US president is sworn in, is disclosed by DEBKAfile’s Washington sources as having been relayed as a guideline to the Middle East teams of both presidential candidates, Senators John McCain and Barack Obama. The information prompted the assertion by Democratic vice presidential nominee Joseph Biden in Seattle Sunday, Oct. 19: “It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy.” McCain retorted Tuesday, Oct. 21: “America does not need a president that needs to be tested. I’ve been tested.

 


Hard times have some flirting with survivalism(Where is the United States in Prophecy?)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Atash Hagmahani is not waiting for the stock market to recover. The former high-tech professional turned urban survivalist has already moved his money into safer investments: Rice and beans, for starters. “I hoard food,” says Hagmahani, 44, estimating that he has enough to last his family a year or two. “I’m not ashamed to admit it.” “People keep asking when this (economic crisis) is going to clear up,” says Hagmahani, who agreed to be interviewed on the condition that he be identified only by this pseudonym, which he uses for his survivalist blog, or by his first name, Rob.

 


Has the financial meltdown defused military options on Iran? (Where is the United States in Prophecy?)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments The global financial crisis has eclipsed Western jitters over Iran's nuclear program and may have put paid to the possibility of the United States or Israel resorting to preemptive military strikes. To bomb Iranian sites now, diplomats and analysts say, would risk triggering an even more intolerable tumult should Tehran choke off oil exports -- something neither U.S. President George W. Bush nor his imminent successor looks likely to countenance.

 


Egypt drafts Palestinian unity paper (Israel - God’s Timepiece)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Egypt on Monday called on rival Palestinian factions to form a unity government and restructure their security forces in a bid to end hostilities that have undermined efforts to reach a statehood deal. Cairo presented a four-page proposal, a copy of which was obtained by Reuters, to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah faction and Islamist Hamas, outlining steps the groups should take to end their power struggle.

 


Israel: ‘We’re in the midst of preparing the home front for war’ (Israel - God’s Timepiece)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments According to Deputy Defense Minister Matan Vilnai, the country is in one of the most complicated and dangerous periods of its history. And though he does not believe that Israel can be "wiped off the map," in spite of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's threats, he is increasingly concerned about the current political instability here, which he blames for delays in projects he deems essential, such as the revamping of the Home Front. This week Vilnai gave The Jerusalem Post a lengthy interview, during which he covered a wide range of topics, from Labor's coalition talks with Kadima, to how Hizbullah chief Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah is a target, to the danger of holding public demonstrations calling for the release of Gilad Schalit.

 


Israeli air force planning answer for missile war (Israel - God’s Timepiece)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments The Israel Air Force has been preparing for massive missile strikes by Iran and Syria. Officials said the air force has sought to enhance capabilities that would enable fighter-jets to take off and land during missile and rocket strikes from such countries as Iran, Lebanon and Syria. They said the air force began the planning effort soon after the Hizbullah war in 2006, which paralyzed at least one major base.

 


Barak: Israel giving serious thought to Saudi peace plan (Israel - God’s Timepiece)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Defense Minister and Labor Party Chairman Ehud Barak said this week that Israeli leaders have been discussing pursuing a comprehensive Saudi peace plan, an initiative touted by the moderate Arab elements across the Middle East. Barak told Army Radio that with individual negotiations with Syria and the Palestinians making little headway, it may be time to pursue an overall peace deal for the region. "There is room in the Israeli coalition for the Saudi initiative," he said.

 


Israel mulling non-aggression treaty with Lebanon (Israel - God’s Timepiece)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments The Foreign Ministry is examining an initiative aimed at reaching a long-term non-belligerence pact with Lebanon to prevent renewed fighting along the northern border. The initiative was first revealed two weeks ago during a strategic discussion over the future of the Middle East peace process that was held as part of the ministry's evaluation of regional developments. The evaluation is the first of its kind, and was initiated by ministry director-general Aharon Abramovich, and later supported by Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni.

 


Large-scale Iranian Air force exercise simulates attack on Israel (The Gog/Magog War)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments DEBKAfile’s military sources report that the drill in northern Iran, is Tehran’s rejoinder to Israel’s big aerial maneuver last June. Then, more than 100 Israeli fighter-bombers went through their paces over the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas, roughly the same distance from Israel as Iran. Tehran’s media claim the exercise will test its air force’s ability to fly to Israel and back without refueling. The Iranians say they will be practicing their “state-of-the-art military equipment and flight tactics,” meaning an attempt to jam US and Israeli electronics and radar.

 


Top Iran officials recommend preemptive strike against Israel (The Gog/Magog War)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Senior Tehran officials are recommending a preemptive strike against Israel to prevent an Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear reactors, a senior Islamic Republic official told foreign diplomats two weeks ago in London. The official, Dr. Seyed G. Safavi, said recent threats by Israeli authorities strengthened this position, but that as of yet, a preemptive strike has not been integrated into Iranian policy. Safavi is head of the Research Institute of Strategic Studies in Tehran, and an adviser to Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

 


‘Third Jesus’ Author to Discuss ‘What Jesus Really Taught’ in Web Series (Apostate Christianity)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments The author of controversial book The Third Jesus will be discussing “what Jesus really taught” and how it can be applied in today’s world through a six-part Web series that will be aired by an equally controversial group. The online radio series is set to begin Wednesday, according to Paula Coppel, vice president of Communications at Unity School of Christianity in Unity Village, Mo. Unity School of Christianity and its affiliated organizations, like author Deepak Chopra, have been criticized for their belief that Jesus was only a man who attained a higher mental state, among other controversial ideas. "We came up with the idea for this series after Oprah Winfrey's successful webcasts last spring with Eckhart Tolle on his book ‘A New Earth,'" said Coppel in a released statement, referring to another book that has drawn criticism from the conservative Christian community.

 


Christian leader urges Islamic control of Temple Mount (Apostate Christianity)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments A top Christian Palestinian leader here yesterday urged Islamic control of the Temple Mount while claiming Israel was threatening the site's famous Al Aqsa Mosque."Regarding threats against the Al Aqsa Mosque from fanatic Jews, what is threatening you is threatening Christians. One who is attacking you is attacking Christians. We are one family and one people, and we belong to the Palestinian national cause," said Attallah Hanna, archbishop of Sebastia from the Greek Orthodox Church of Jerusalem. Jerusalem's Greek Orthodox Church is regarded by Orthodox Christians as one of the most important churches in Christendom.

 


Taliban Kill Christian Aid Worker for Proselytizing to Muslims (The Rise of Islam)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Taliban gunmen on a motorbike killed a Christian aid worker in the Afghan capital on Monday, and the militant group said it had targeted the woman because she was proselytizing. The woman, a British national, worked with handicapped Afghans and was killed in the western part of Kabul as she was walking alone around 8 a.m., police said. Zabiullah Mujahid, a Taliban spokesman, claimed responsibility for the slaying, saying the woman was killed because she was spreading Christianity. "This woman came to Afghanistan to teach Christianity to people of Afghanistan," Mujahid told the Associated Press. "Our (leaders) issued a decree to kill this woman.

 


Malaysians Warned Not to Question Islam(The Rise of Islam)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments An influential council of Malaysia's state rulers has warned people not to question the supremacy of Islam or the special privileges enjoyed by the country's ethnic Malay majority. Racial and religious tensions have increased in the past year as minorities have become more vocal in their complaints about an affirmative action program that they say unfairly favors Malays. They also complain that their religious rights are being ignored.In an unprecedented comment on current affairs, the sultans of nine states did not directly accuse the Chinese and Indian minorities of stoking anti-Malay feelings, but said recent statements and forums "held by certain quarters" had "caused provocation and uneasiness among the people.

 


Ultraconservative Islam on rise in Mideast(The Rise of Islam)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments The Muslim call to prayer fills the halls of a Cairo computer shopping center, followed immediately by the click of locking doors as the young, bearded tech salesmen close shop and line up in rows to pray. Business grinding to a halt for daily prayers is not unusual in conservative Saudi Arabia, but until recently it was rare in the Egyptian capital, especially in affluent commercial districts like Mohandiseen, where the mall is located.

 


UK looks to extend powers of surveillance with mobile phone registration (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Everyone who buys a mobile telephone will be forced to register their identity on a national database under government plans to extend massively the powers of state surveillance. Phone buyers would have to present a passport or other official form of identification at the point of purchase. Privacy campaigners fear it marks the latest government move to create a surveillance society. A compulsory national register for the owners of all 72m mobile phones in Britain would be part of a much bigger database to combat terrorism and crime.

 


Company develops Ink-based RFID Tags - first step to a RFID enabled Tattoo?(Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments California-based Kovio Inc. has unveiled a silicon ink-based RFID tag and an accompanying RFID platform. The first products based on the patented technology are printed silicon HF integrated circuits (PICs) with 128 bits of printed read-only memory, which will serve as the foundation for a low-cost HF RFID tag family. Kovio’s new product was announced during a presentation by the company’s CEO, Amir Mashkoori, at an EPC Connection 2008 event.

 


Interpol Details Plans For Global Biometric Facial Scan Database (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Global security authorities are to push for a huge biometric facial scan database of international travelers so they can cross-check everyone against a database of terror suspects, international criminals and fugitives. Interpol, the International Criminal Police Organization, is planning to expand its role into the mass screening of passengers moving around the world by creating a face recognition database to catch wanted suspects, reports the London Guardian. The database will hold the records of every citizen who has ever traveled in and out of the virtually every country in the world, representing intelligence agency style bulk interception of information and sounding alarm bells for civil liberties groups.

 


Real Time Advanced Video Increases Spying Capabilities (Increase in Knowledge/New Technologies)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Real-time streaming video of Iraqi and Afghan battle areas taken from thousands of feet in the air can follow actions of people on the ground as they dig, shake hands, exchange objects and kiss each other goodbye. The video is sent from unmanned and manned aircraft to intelligence analysts at ground stations in the United States and abroad. They watch video in real time of people getting in and out of cars, loading trunks, dropping things or picking them up. They can even see vehicles accelerate, slow down, move together or make U-turns.

 


Christian Reality TV Shows Burst on to the Scene (Christian Worldview/Issues)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Many say Christian entertainment is a good couple of years behind mainstream entertainment, with some placing Christian radio behind by about five years and others even claiming that Christian media in general is more than a decade behind. “I've always been frustrated by Christian media, which at best has lagged 10 years behind the mainstream and is often 30-40 years behind,” says Christian author and musician Jay L. Young of San Antonio, Texas.

 


The ‘how-to’ plan to criminalize Christianity (Christian Worldview/Issues)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments A growing movement that experts believe could end up in the criminalization of Christianity in the United States is being exposed in a new documentary being prepared for airing on October 26, officials at Coral Ridge Ministries have announced. "Hate Crime Laws" is a half-hour exposé that shows how Christians in America, Canada, Australia, and Sweden have been arrested and prosecuted for expressing opinions that are rooted in the Bible regarding homosexual conduct, Islam or other topics about which Scriptures express clear teachings.

 


TV Couple Seeks to Put God First, Network Edits Out References to Him (Christian Worldview/Issues)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Kate Gosselin and her husband, Jon, can’t stop TLC from editing prayers and references to God out of their hit reality TV series, Jon & Kate Plus 8. But the couple still manages to share their faith with viewers. “There are many times that we pray, and there are many times we make reference to God,” said Gosselin, whose book, Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving With Twins and Sextuplets, released Tuesday. “It is many times edited out, which is TLC’s prerogative. We had a really hard time with that at first, and challenged them about it. “But then the e-mails starting coming in where it would say, ‘We knew you were Christians when we went to your Web site, and we were right.’” Debuting in April 2007, the Gosselins’ show is the most watched program on TLC and chronicles their atypical life in central Pennsylvania, raising sextuplets—Aaden, Joel, Leah, Alexis, Collin and Hannah—plus twin daughters—Cara and Mady—who are now 4 and 7-1/2 years old, respectively.

 


World ill-prepared for next flu pandemic: UN (Other Events To Watch)

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Despite widespread awareness of the risks of the next flu pandemic, the world needs to drastically improve cooperation in preparing for what would be a major global crisis, a UN report said Tuesday. The report by the United Nations and the World Bank said that while most countries are planning for a flu pandemic, the worry was that "many plans have not been tested and may well fail once the next influenza pandemic starts." "Coming on the heels of a World Bank study suggesting that the economic cost of a pandemic could top a staggering three trillion dollars, this continuing lack of preparedness remains a cause of concern," it noted.

 


Poll-Influence of Christian Media - which of the following do you think is currently having the most impact on our society:

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments This weeks poll

Influence of Christian Media - which of the following do you think is currently having the most impact on our society:

*Christian DVD's/Movies
*Christian Books/Literature
*Christian TV
*Christian Radio
*Christian Websites Vote Now!

 


Poll Result-Did your college years influence you to become more Liberal or more Conservative?

Posted by Prophecy News Watch Update - October 23, 2008 on 4:33 pm | In ProphecyNewsWatch | No Comments Results of last poll

Did your college years influence you to become more Liberal or more Conservative?

*Liberal - 40%
*Conservative - 60%

 


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