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• Oregon Faith-Healing Couple Acquitted In Daughter’s Death: The jury forewoman in the trial of an Oregon couple acquitted of manslaughter in their daughter’s pneumonia death says she felt the pair were “loving people” who didn’t mean to harm the 15-month-old girl. Read more at Yahoo! News
• ‘Debaptism’ Takes Root With American Atheists: In a type of mock ceremony that’s now been performed in at least four states, a robed “priest” used a hairdryer marked “reason” in an apparent bid to blow away the waters of baptism once and for all. Several dozen participants then fed on a “de-sacrament” (crackers with peanut butter) and received certificates assuring they had “freely renounced a previous mistake, and accepted Reason over Superstition.” Read more at Religious News Service
• President Obama Says He Now Prays ‘All The Time’: The leader of the free world must bear a bit more responsibility in his every day life than most of us do. So perhaps it’s not surprising that Barack Obama has swerved towards God since becoming the first black president of the United States. Mr Obama has admitted that while he used to pray every night, he now prays all the time – because, he admitted, ‘I’ve got a lot of stuff on my plate’. Read more at Daily Mail
• Christian Woman Reportedly Publicly Executed For Distributing Bible: North Korea publicly executed a Christian woman last month for distributing the Bible, which is banned in the communist nation, South Korean activists said Friday. Read more at Fox News
• NYC Nurse Claims Hospital Forced Her To Do Abortion: A Roman Catholic nurse in New York is taking legal action after her employers forced her to assist with a late-term abortion. Read more at The Christian Institute
• Popular Christian Athlete Says He’s Saving Himself For Marriage: For those who have wondered whether Tim Tebow walks the talk Biblically, the answer is yes, at least in terms of saving sex for marriage. Read more at The Examiner