Noumenal News

Military veterans are entitled to have their headstones engraved by the government with a symbol of their religion. Families of the deceased may choose from emblems representing a variety of 18 Christian churches, a number of Buddhist sects, Judaism, Islam, Sikhism, Hinduism and atheism (represented by an atom with an A inside) — 38 religious […]

LONDON - Britain‘s Ministry of Defense sought to prevent the public from knowing about the work of a unit that investigated reported sightings of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, a published report said Monday.
A defense ministry official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in keeping with departmental policy, said that during the 1970s — at […]

Sept. 28 - Pastor Becky Fischer, director of an evangelical Christian summer camp featured in the controversial documentary “Jesus Camp,” told “Good Morning America” that she did not manipulate children’s emotions.
“I do not use guilt. I do not use shame or manipulation in those ways,” Fischer said. “This is a very intense moment. These children […]

SALEM, Mass. - Compared to this place, Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay are summer resorts. And the zealots who created it would make the Taliban seem like Unitarians.
Its prisoners were kept in total darkness, an absence of hope as well as light. The floor was made of rough stone blocks, and sometimes water from a […]

VOLUNTEERS at Worle Community Centre have been warned the building will be ‘plagued by evil spirits’ if plans to start occult classes there go ahead.
Congregations at churches in the area have been praying for the committee members and numerous letters have been sent calling for the course to be cancelled.
The classes will start at the […]

A WILMSLOW churchman wants Hallowe’en to come out of the shadows into the light.He is calling on kids to drop the dark side of the annual pagan festival.
Instead of focusing on spooks Reverend Simon Gales of St John’s Church, Lindow, is calling for a “positive alternative” with candles, hot dogs and fireworks.
This year he will […]

Sept. 27 - The documentary “Jesus Camp” is sparking debate with its portrayal of evangelical Christians and an extreme Bible camp.
Kids on Fire, a summer getaway for evangelical Christians, is a Bible camp nestled in Devil’s Lake, N.D.At Kids on Fire, children learn how to be true Christian soldiers.
Instead of telling ghost stories around […]

RENO - Wiccan widow Roberta Stewart announced Tuesday at the Americans United rally at Powning Park in Reno that an official notice was sent to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to respond within 14 days demanding the approval of the Wiccan symbol of the pentacle as a grave marker or a lawsuit would be […]

Sept. 6, 2005 — Human hands glow, but fingernails release the most light, according to a recent study that found all parts of the hand emit detectable levels of light.
The findings support prior research that suggested most living things, including plants, release light. Since disease and illness appear to affect the strength and pattern […]

It was one year ago tonight, on September 25th, that Sergeant Patrick Stewart of Fernley lost his life in Afghanistan.
More than two dozen family members and friends gathered for an interfaith ceremony on Monday night - Christian and Wiccan - to recognize the anniversary of the loss of Stewart and four other soldiers.
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