Candace Cameron Bure Takes Stand Against Foul Language on ‘The View’

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Candace Cameron Bure Takes Stand Against Foul Language on ‘The View’

Christian Post Report – Actress Candace Cameron Bure (L) and “The View” co-host Raven-Symone (R) on the show, October 19, 2015.

On Tuesday’s episode of ABC’s “The View,” the co-hosts talked about an obscene word recently said by Donald Trump at a recent campaign rally. The topic then led to “Fuller House” actress Candace Cameron Bure expressing her disapproval for foul language.<

While speaking at the New hampshire rally Monday night, Republican candidate Trump brought up Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and his hesitation when it comes to waterboarding. The incident became a point of discussion on “The View’s” Hot topics because the GOP candidate called attention to a woman in the crowd who used an obscene word to describe Cruz .

Trump immediately pointed out that “she just said a terrible thing,” and proceeded to ask her to do it again.

“You know what she said? Shout it out because I don’t want to say,” Trump instructed, but when he realized that most of the crowd could not hear the woman, he decided to repeat it.

The event, now a conversation on “The View,” evolved into a whole other topic altogether. Whoopi Goldberg argued that a lot of Americans feel they “should be able to say whatever” they want to.

As the conversation progressed, Bure pointed out that she has made it known to her fellow co-hosts that she “doesn’t like being called a b****.”

Goldberg acknowledge that Bure expressed her feelings and said that the ladies at the round table have quit using the word to describe a woman unless they can’t resist it.

Bure, however, insisted that she still hears it “around the table.” Joy Behar then tried to defuse the uncomfortable exchange with a joke.

“I have yet to call someone a skinny b****, and they say ‘how dare you call me a skinny b****?'”

People on Twitter immediately chimed in on the subject to express what they thought about using foul language as a term of endearment. See some of those comments below.

 

 

Bure has been heavily ridiculed for her Christian faith since she sprung back into the spotlight. After revealing that she was a submissive wife in her book Balancing it All, Bure was viciously attacked in the media for her views. She gracefully defended her stance by using scripture and went on to compete in Season 18 of “Dancing With the Stars.” While on the dance show, the actress also shared her modest values and went on to place third in the competition.

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Israeli Archaeologists Warn That New Western Wall Expansion Will Threaten Jewish History

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Israeli Archaeologists Warn That New Western Wall Expansion Will Threaten Jewish History

Christian Post Report – Workers remove notes from the cracks of the Western Wall, Judaism’s holiest prayer site, in Jerusalem’s Old City, September 9, 2015. Workers on Wednesday cleaned out the cracks and made room for more paper notes that Jews believe are notes to God, ahead of the Jewish New Year that starts on September 12.A team of Israeli archaeologists have criticized plans to build a non-Orthodox prayer area at the Western Wall, arguing that the addition will destroy antiquities and Jewish history.

Nine prominent archaeologists recently penned a letter to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, imploring him to stop plans to build a plaza at the Western Wall that would allow for non-Orthodox gatherings, including mixed-gender prayer, to take place.

The new proposal is part of a larger plan to ease tensions between the country’s Orthodox and liberal populations.

Previously, only Orthodox Jews have been permitted to worship at the Western Wall, which is considered to be the most holy prayer site for the Jewish religion. Mixed-gender gatherings and female-led prayer are forbidden.

The Western Wall serves as “the most important archaeological site for the Jewish people,” the letter argues, and renovations will mar the “diamond in Jerusalem’s archaeological crown.”

Specifically, the letter suggests that the new plaza will botch the historic value of the 7th Century Umayyad Palaces, located in the Western Wall’s southern area, where construction is expected to take place.

The letter was signed by nine well-known Israeli archaeologists and historians, including excavator and scholar Ronny Reich and Amihai Mazar, who serves as a professor at the Institute of Archaeology in Jerusalem.

Muslims have also spoken out against the new plan, with the country of Jordan and the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf group, which controls Muslim sites in Jerusalem, voicing their discontent.

The groups have argued that the mixed-gender plaza will encroach on Muslim attractions in the region.

Jordanian Media Affairs and Communications Minister Muhammad Momani recently encouraged Israel not to “meddle” with the Umayyad Palace area, arguing that the site should be returned to his country’s jurisdiction due to its value to Islam.

Sheikh Azzam al-Khatib, who oversees Muslim holy sites in Jerusalem, added in a letter that the Umayyad Palaces should solely belong to Muslims, and all Jewish prayer should be forbidden from that part of the Western Wall.

“The Israeli police should remove all Judaization labels and pillars that have been entered into the site, and stop the Jewish religious prayers and parties,” Khatib said.

Israel’s Cabinet voted last week to expand the egalitarian prayer space.

As Al Jazeera News reports, the government’s decision to allow the wall’s expansion is meant to appease Jews at home and abroad in the U.S., where there is a larger liberal population.

“I know this is a sensitive topic, but I think it is an appropriate solution, a creative solution,” Netanyahu said during last week’s Cabinet meeting, when members voted to allow the common area.

While conservative and Muslim groups have denounced the decision, others have called the move revolutionary for inclusivity in the Jewish religion.

Batya Kallus, a member of the Women of the Wall group that helped arrange the new plan, told NPR that the decision was “groundbreaking,” adding, “We’ve reconceived what the Western Wall includes.”

“Any Israeli who wants to be with their family, to connect with the spiritual experience of being near the Western Wall can come and be fully welcomed,” Kallus added.

Kallus’ activist group has faced numerous arrests for praying at Orthodox areas of the wall where only men are allowed to lead prayer.

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Cam Newton’s Mother Cautions Him Not to Let the Devil Use His Platform

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Cam Newton’s Mother Cautions Him Not to Let the Devil Use His Platform

Christian Post Report – Panthers quarterback Cam Newton named MVP at NFL Honors Feb 7, 2016.

Before Cam Newton stormed out of his press conference following his Carolina Panthers’ Super Bowl 50 loss, the quarterback’s mother, Jackie, advised him to use his platform to promote Jesus Christ.

Newton, 26, has been a hot button issue in the NFL after critics have questioned his “Dab” dance endzone celebrations. However, his mother sent him a Christ centered text message before he entered the big game.

“I want you to understand that hot and cold water comes out of different fountains. You are either hot or cold,” she began her lengthy text message, shared by Newton on Instagram. “You have a big platform. Which fountain are you?”

While Newton was named the NFL MVP at the NFL Honors Saturday, his mother warned him against representing the devil with his public statements.

“Don’t let the devil win over your words or speech that represent the dark world. But represent the awesome God you serve through your words,” she wrote. “Don’t confuse the devil and the enemy of what you are on: so speak boldly to the nations that you represent Christ for the great things He has done. Through your language and actions, speak words to uplift and not tear down.”

She went on to tell her son not to promote the “devil’s workshop” and quoted Proverbs 18:21 which states, “death and life are in the power of the tongue.”

“The devil [doesn’t] like positive words. That’s why he keeps attacking because he ain’t happy,” she wrote. “You win with your character and powerful words that you speak.”

However, after Newton’s Panthers lost 24-10 in the big game against the Denver Broncos and lost two fumbles, completed only 18 of 41 passes for 265 yards without any touchdowns and an interception, he didn’t feel like speaking. After few words in the post game press conference, he decided to make a dramatic exit, which drew a great deal of criticism.

Deion Sanders, Hall-of-Fame-cornerback-turned-NFL-Network analyst, spoke out against Newton’s postgame behavior that left Super Bowl fans talking.

“I understand the emotions of losing, but you can’t do that. A Manning, a Brady – all these guys that have been a prototypical type of quarterback in our game, they’re not going to do that ever,” Sanders said, according to the Los Angeles Times. “You’re opening yourself for more criticism, because everybody is going to say you’re dabbing and smiling and smiling and styling. So this is how you go out when you lose?”

In his exit interview on Tuesday, Newton made it clear that he had no issues with the way he responded to losing.

“For me, nothing’s pretty much going to change. You get what you get,” Newton said during his exit interview. “I’ve been on record to say I’m a sore loser. You show me a good loser and I’m going to show you a loser.”

Still, he explained the emotions that many deemed as having poor sportsmanship.

“I’ve had a lot of time to think about. I’ve seen so much blown out of proportion,” Newton said in his interview. “At the end of the day when you invest so much time, when you sacrifice so much and things don’t go as planned, I think emotions take over. I think that’s what happens.”

Before the entire Super Bowl debacle, his mother’s “powerful” words let Newton know to rise above his critics’ comments.

“Cam, you are highly favored. God is on your side, why should you fear what man should do or say,” she wrote. “Remember God!”

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