Sunday, August 28, 2011

Assorted links, vol. 40

--How do you feel about a 9/11-themed wine, part of the profits of which go to 9/11 charities?
--Perhaps the elusive Higgs boson doesn't exist after all.
*--Is Ramadan helping the Libyan rebels win?
--Sri Lanka plans to conduct a census of its population... of elephants.
*--More evidence that the PC(USA) is following closely behind TEC about dividing over gay and lesbian clergy.  Also, where do you suppose these ideas might have come from?
"Leaders of the conference have floated such options as creating an informal network of traditional congregations and pastors, organizing regional groups of congregations -- what the church calls presbyteries -- that would be based not on geography but on social and theological leanings, or creating a 'new reformed body' -- that is, a new denomination."
--And while on the subject of Christian conflict over sexuality, these United Methodists believe that they will have a better shot to change their denomination's policies next time around.
*--In a hopeful (if symbolic) step, the Israeli ambassador to the U.S. hosted an iftar dinner in his residence.  :-)

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