Brad Harper Montgomery Advertiser Published 11:00 AM EDT Sep 29, 2018 Master guitar maker Hank Teuton is renovating a space inside the 19th-century train station in downtown Montgomery, where he plans to spend the next few years creating instruments of praise. They just won’t all be guitars. “We build worship instruments,” Teuton said. “Some are wood, and some are flesh.” The former Wells Fargo bank building at Union Station sat empty for months before Teuton took it over. With the help of a local contractor, he’s converting the space into a home for him and several apprentice luthiers who want to learn how to build and repair string instruments. Teuton, a 31-year Coast Guard veteran, has traveled the world learning the craft and wants to pass on that knowledge, along with his love of Christ. He said two apprentices from South Africa should arrive in January to bunk in the new home. “The idea is to take these young men and mold them … [Read more...] about God and guitars: Crafting ‘worship instruments’ in Montgomery
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Actor to be prosecuted for allegedly insulting God, Virgin Mary in Facebook post
Spanish actor Willy Toledo is accused of insulting God and the Virgin Mary in a Facebook post. (Getty) A well-known Spanish actor and activist will answer to accusations that he insulted God and the Virgin Mary in a profanity-laced Facebook from more than a year ago, a judge decided this week. It’s the latest high-profile case in Spain to raise freedom of speech fears in the Iberian county. The accusations against Willy Toledo, a film and television actor from Madrid, stem from a Facebook post he shared on July 5, 2017, in which he criticized the prosecution of three women who had paraded around the southern city of Seville holding a large model of female genitalia, El Pais reported. FREE SPEECH ORGANIZATION HIGHLIGHTS ART CENSORED ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES In his post, 48-year-old Toledo said: “I sh** on God and have enough sh** left over to sh** on the dogma of the holiness and virginity of the Virgin Mary. This county is unbearably shameful. I’m disgusted. … [Read more...] about Actor to be prosecuted for allegedly insulting God, Virgin Mary in Facebook post
Spirit on Tap speaker says humor and God go together like ham and eggs
Friday September 28, 2018 04:16 PM The Rev. Dr. Christopher Anderson: It's no sin to exercise your funny bone. If you go What: Spirit on Tap, sponsored by the DoubleTree by Hilton hotel and by individual contributions, has released its speaker's list for the rest of the 2018-19 season. When: Events are usually held the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. at the hotel, 701 Penn St.Oct. 23: “Balancing Life Through Meditation,” Dr. Sudha Allitt. director of Kula Kamala Foundation.Nov. 27: “Higher Education in Contemporary Culture,” Dr. Kenneth Hawkinson, Kutztown University president.Jan. 29: “The Future Isn't What It Used To Be,” Dale Graeff and the Rev. Dr. Harry L. Serio.Feb. 19: “A New Christianity,” the Rev. Dr. Monica Dawkins-Smith, conference minister of the Pennsylvania Central Conference of the United Church of Christ.March 26: “The Opioid Crisis,” Dr. C.J. Rhoads, professor at Kutztown University.April (date to … [Read more...] about Spirit on Tap speaker says humor and God go together like ham and eggs
Bill Maher Says Trump Is a Lot Like God (It’s Not a Compliment) on ‘Real Time’
Maher rolls out a Trump-accented version of the Ten Commandments to show the similarities Ross A. Lincoln, provided by Published 9:07 pm PDT, Friday, September 28, 2018 Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 Bill Maher Says Trump Is a Lot Like God (It’s Not a Compliment) on ‘Real Time’ 1 / 1 Back to Gallery On Friday’s “Real Time,” Bill Maher said Donald Trump’s popularity with evangelical Christians is due to how much Trump resembles God. That wasn’t a compliment, as Maher demonstrated with an extremely Trump-esque reading of the Ten Commandments. The segment came during “New Rules,” where Maher first took a victory lap over the increase in nonreligious Americans since the release 10 years ago of his anti-religion movie “Religulous.” He then rebutted the argument that atheistic societies like the Nazi Germany, Stalin’s USSR and … [Read more...] about Bill Maher Says Trump Is a Lot Like God (It’s Not a Compliment) on ‘Real Time’
God Versus Science: Atheists Aren’t As Rational As You Might Think
Opinion ReligionMany atheists think that their atheism is the product of rational thinking. They use arguments such as “I don’t believe in God, I believe in science” to explain that evidence and logic, rather than supernatural belief and dogma, underpin their thinking. But just because you believe in evidence-based, scientific research—which is subject to strict checks and procedures—doesn’t mean that your mind works in the same way.When you ask atheists about why they became atheists (as I do for a living), they often point to eureka moments when they came to realise that religion simply doesn’t make sense.Oddly perhaps, many religious people actually take a similar view of atheism. This comes out when theologians and other theists speculate that it must be rather sad to be an atheist, lacking (as they think atheists do) so much of the philosophical, ethical, mythical and aesthetic fulfilments that religious people have access to—stuck … [Read more...] about God Versus Science: Atheists Aren’t As Rational As You Might Think