Humanists say Catholic donations to new education secretary ‘represents inappropriate influence’

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Humanists say Catholic donations to new education secretary ‘represents inappropriate influence’

As Humanists UK campaign against the involvement of religious organisations in the running of state schools, they say this money from the Catholic church “represents inappropriate influence.”

Damian Hinds, the Conservative MP for East Hampshire, supports the removal of the 50% cap on religious selection at Catholic schools, meaning he would be happy if they limited the number of non-religious pupils in favour of children from Catholic backgrounds.

Hinds’ support of Catholic schools is documented in a speech in April 2014 where he says: “If they [Catholic schools] were open to all, they would lose their distinctive character-not immediately, but over time” and “a half-Catholic school is not the same thing as a Catholic school”.

Humanists UK show that the Freedom of Information website Theyworkforyou.com reveals that Damian Hinds received: “an educational allowance of £5,116.25 and accommodation provided for an intern in my parliamentary office for 10 months” in October 2014.

The group add that Hinds is not the only one receiving money from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, they claim Labour and the Liberal Democrats were also donated money in return for interns in their offices.

They say: “In the months prior to becoming Labour’s Shadow Schools Minister in October 2016, Mike Kane was gifted £5,218.55 by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, also to cover the costs of a parliamentary intern for 10 months.”

They added that Lib Dem’s John…

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Investors Demand Apple Combat ‘Youth Phone Addiction’ as Mental Health Risk for Kids Grows

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A rising number of influential voices are sounding the alarm about the dangers of smartphone technology, as major investors in Apple urge the company to address the public health crisis of youth phone addiction.

The Wall Street Journal reported this week that Jana Partners LLC and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, also known as Calstrs, are leveraging their influence with Apple. Together these two large shareholders, which control approximately $2 billion in company stock, submitted a letter on Saturday stressing that Apple needs to build new software tools to assist parents in limiting phone use. The letter also called on the company to further research how excessive use of smartphones impacts mental health.

“Apple can play a defining role in signaling to the industry that paying special attention to the health and development of the next generation is both good business and the right thing to do,” the shareholders’ letter reads.

“There is a developing consensus around the world including Silicon Valley that the potential long-term consequences of new technologies need to be factored in at the outset, and no company can outsource that responsibility.”

The iPhone is considered Apple’s “backbone,” the WSJ noted. The company turned a $48.35 billion profit in its most recent fiscal year, and the iPhone helped turn the business into the world’s largest publicly listed company by market value. Apple’s stock grew by 50 percent in the past year, and approximately 86 million Americans older than 13 now have an iPhone.

“The investors believe that Apple’s highflying stock could be…

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Police Arrest Elder After Pastor Wife’s Body Found in a Field .

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Crime scene investigators discovered a pastor’s body left in a Missouri field over the week. Police have arrested her husband, a church elder, on suspicion of first-degree murder.

Elder Robert Harris told police he played a role in Tanisha Harris’ disappearance.

“I just can’t believe it,” Minister Hopelizette says. “She was…

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Federal Judge Rules DACA Must be Reinstated

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Federal Judge Rules DACA Must be Reinstated


Federal Judge Rules DACA Must be Reinstated


A California federal judge has decided the Trump administration must reinstate former President Barack Obama’s DACA program, which granted amnesty to some illegal immigrants.


San Francisco-based U.S. District Court judge William Alsup said the Trump administration must restart the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The ruling said that the U.S. could exclude any new enrollments, however.


It’s unclear when DACA recipients can resume applying for renewals of work permits.


“They can’t go back and renew today,” said Marielena Hincapié, executive director of the National Immigration Law Center. “We expect there to be a lot of confusion in communities about what that means.”


In response, the White House said the decision was “outrageous.”


“An issue of this magnitude must go through the normal legislative process,” said White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders. “President Trump is committed to the rule of law, and will work with members of both parties to reach a permanent solution that corrects the unconstitutional actions taken by the last administration.”


Trump had said he would end DACA after six months to give Congress the chance to pass legislation that would protect the “Dreamers,” or DACA program members.


But this week, he also said that he would sign a bill to grant amnesty to the DACA program recipients if Republicans and Democrats…

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Top 10 worst places for a Christian to live in 2018

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Top 10 worst places for a Christian to live in 2018

Christian anti-persecution charity Open Doors has revealed its 2018 World Watch List.

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Abortion Is a Sacred Blessing .

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North Korea Tops 2018 Open Doors World Watch List; Islamic Extremism Expands at Alarming Rate

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North Korea Tops 2018 Open Doors World Watch List; Islamic Extremism Expands at Alarming Rate


North Korea Tops 2018 Open Doors World Watch List; Islamic Extremism Expands at Alarming Rate


North Korea claims the No. 1 spot on the 2018 Open Doors World Watch List—an annual ranking of the 50 countries where Christians face the most persecution. With more than 50,000 people in prison or labor camps, such a ranking is little surprise for the totalitarian regime that controls every aspect of life in the country and forces worship of the Kim family.


But the new report reveals an alarming trend as countries driven by Islamic extremism, such as Afghanistan (No. 2), reach persecution levels rivaling those in North Korea. Of the 50 countries on the Open Doors World Watch List, 30 saw an increase in persecution during the reporting period.


Within the countries on the Open Doors World Watch List, approximately 215 million Christians experience high, very high or extreme persecution. Trends show that countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East are intensifying persecution against Christians, and perhaps the most vulnerable are Christian women, who often face double persecution for faith and gender.


Every day six women are raped, sexually harassed or forced into marriage to a Muslim under threat of death due to their Christian faith. The 2018 Open Doors World Watch List documented 2,260 such incidences against women—a number that only covers those who had the courage to report such an incident, and is estimated to be a mere fraction of those…

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10 worst countries to be a Christian

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10 worst countries to be a Christian

Revised yearly, the list ranks the 50 countries where Christians face the most extreme persecution based on restrictions on private, family, community, national and church life, as well as the number of violent acts.

Here are the top ten:

1. North Korea

2. Afghanistan

3. Somalia

4. Sudan

5. Pakistan

6. Eritrea

7. Libya

8. Iraq

9. Yemen

10. Iran

North Korea has topped the list again as the most dangerous place for Christians to live.

Around 70,000 Christians are believed to be in labour camps after being caught worshipping.

A crackdown on Christianity also worsened last year in the secretive state due to the North Korean regime monitoring the border with China closely and raiding safe houses where Christian converts have sought refuge.

Top 50 countries for persecuted Christians

 

As well as expressing deepening concern for Christians in North Korea, Open Doors has also drawn attention to believers in Egypt and Turkey after “unprecedented levels of persecution and suppression”.

Egypt was placed 17th on the new Open Doors World Watch List nine places higher than its ranking 2014.

Turkey, which did not appear on the Open Doors World Watch List in 2014, entered the ranking in 2015 (ranked 41st), before rising to 31st in 2018.

Open Doors UK and Ireland CEO Lisa Pearce said the Christians in both countries are resilient despite extreme discrimination and intimidation.

She said: “It is hard for us here in the UK and…

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Pastor Says Christian Parents Can Guarantee Their Children Will Go to Heaven; Expert Disagrees

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In his new book, How to Guarantee Your Children Will Go to Heaven, youth pastor and Christian comedian the Rev. Jamar Haynes Lee says he was given a message by God to show Christians how they can guarantee their children make it to heaven. 

“First, we need to understand that we can ensure our children will get saved and live saved lives. I know this goes against mainstream theology, but that is what makes this message revolutionary. Test it by the Spirit and by the Word of God, as well as by your mind. God would not tell us to ‘bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord’ if we were not able,” Lee says in the opening of the book.

He launches into multiple verses from the Bible that promises salvation to those who embrace their guidance.

Proverbs 22: 6, which says, “Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it” is among them.

(Photo: Facebook)Rev. Jamar Haynes Lee with his new book, ‘How to Guarantee Your Children Will Go to Heaven.’

“Proverbs 22:6 has had a lot of controversy over whether it is a promise or a probability. God called me to preach that it is a promise, and everyone who follows the steps in this book will receive that promise,” Lee says.

He argues in the book that many Christians raised in the church as children have been abandoning their faith because they were not properly trained.

“The Lord told me that one major problem in the church is that we are not giving our children daily bread. Even though this is one of the most well-known passages quoted in the Bible, the majority of the body…

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Why You Won’t Want to Ignore These Scary Warning Signals .

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