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Pope Benedict IX - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pope Benedict IX (c. 1012 – c. 1056), born in Rome as Theophylactus of Tusculum , was Pope on three occasions between 1032 and 1048. [ 1 ] One of the youngest popes, he was the only man to have been Pope on more than one occasion and the only man ever to have sold the papacy. [ edit ] Biography Benedict was born the son of Alberic III , Count of Tusculum , and was a nephew of Pope Benedict VIII and Pope John XIX . His father obtained the Papal chair for him, granting it to his son in October 1032.
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Going Godless: Does Secularism Make People More Ethical? - SPIEGEL ONLINE - News - International
Non-believers are often more educated, more tolerant and know more about God than the pious. A new wave of research is trying to figure out what goes on in the minds of an ever-growing group of people known as the "Nones". Barry Kosmin is a different kind of market researcher.BBC News - Dutch rethink Christianity for a doubtful world
The Exodus Church is part of the mainstream Protestant Church in the Netherlands
Ezekiel 23:19-21 - Passage Lookup - New International Version, ©2011 - BibleGateway.com
19 Yet she became more and more promiscuous as she recalled the days of her youth, when she was a prostitute in Egypt. 20 There she lusted after her lovers, whose genitals were like those of donkeys and whose emission was like that of horses. 21 So you longed for the lewdness of your youth, when in Egypt your bosom was caressed and your young breasts fondled.
Our Founding Fathers Were NOT Christians
One of the many attacks on our country from the Religious Right is the claim that our country is a Christian Nation...not just that the majority of people are Christians, but that the country itself was founded by Christians, for Christians. However, a little research into American history will show that this statement is a lie.
Abraham Lincoln's Humanistic Religious Beliefs
As a young man, Lincoln read the theological works of the deist Thomas Paine.