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BANGALORE, India (UCAN) — Christian groups should use social networking websites more for information exchange, the Young Men’s Christian Associations (YMCAs) in India say.
They want members to use sites such as Facebook,  Orkut, YouTube,  Ebay and Twitter.
The recent consultation in Bangalore urged members to give the technology a “human element.”
Social networking sites “are sure to serve [...]

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BANGALORE, India (UCAN) — Christian groups should use social networking websites more for information exchange, the Young Men’s Christian Associations (YMCAs) in India say.
They want members to use sites such as Facebook,  Orkut, YouTube,  Ebay and Twitter.
The recent consultation in Bangalore urged members to give the technology a “human element.”
Social networking sites “are sure to serve [...]

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eHarmony agrees to make site "welcoming" to gays and lesbians, ending LA lawsuit Los Angeles Times The eHarmony site currently provides links for Christian, black, Jewish, Hispanic, senior and local dating. California residents who have filed written … EHarmony settles lawsuit over gay matchmakingSan Francisco Chronicle E-Harmony Settles Gay Discrimination LawsuitKTLA eHarmony agrees to settle gay discrimination suitWashington Post Reuters -Ecommerce Journal -Courthouse News Service all 180 news articles »

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Man’s mastery of nanoscience and nanotechnology will not diminish the attraction of religion, a Jesuit scholar says. (more…)

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With the popularity of the new movie Avatar, you may be amazed that Bible translators may need to use that type of technology to aid in Bible translation. In fact, this technology could help people groups all over the world in some of the most difficult places for evangelism with deaf speakers/listeners, reports MNN.

Julia, with Wycliffe Bible Translators, says she wants to make sure these people can understand God’s Word clearly. She says while most people use sound to communicate, the deaf… >>

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Technology has come to praying the rosary.

The Catholic Sentinel, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Portland, Ore., recently reported that a new iPhone app, iRosary, helps guide the faithful through the rosary and the mysteries on any particular day. It also allows a user to stop the prayer and return at a later time in case you’re interrupted.

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In James Cameron’s new film, Avatar, the Titanic director creates a world where humans take on the form of avatars to exist on a planet called Pandora. The humans that belong to these avatars control them through technology, but some use their powerful avatar bodies for evil as they try to ruin the resources of the planet.

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DALLAS, Nov. 23 /Christian Newswire/ — Forget your dreams? You’re not alone. Studies will tell you if you don’t write down your dreams when you first wake up, the details will fall through the cracks of your consciousness like sands through an hourglass.

“Dreams really are written with invisible ink,” says John Paul Jackson, an author and public speaker who has devoted much of his adult life to the study of dreams, their Source: Streams Ministries

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National Catholic Youth Conference , which typically draws about 20,000 Catholic teens, was able to engage students, parents and parish supporters this year via streaming video and chatrooms."Clearly,…

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Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) — Advanced Cell Technology is at it again. The human cloning company that thrives on overstated press releases that capture the media’s attention and temporarily drive up its stock prices is announcing yet another attempt at launching a trial with patients receiving injections of embryonic stem cells.

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Vatican Engineered Victory For PelosiCare Post Chronicle The headline over the blog carried the headline, "Is the Pope a Marxist?" This papal Encyclical explained that the "dreadful living conditions" described by … Looking for bigger role on Web, bishops meet Google, Facebook repsCatholic News Service Vatican seeks advice from Facebook, YouTube and Co.Deutsche Welle Catholic Church needs more Internet savvy: bishopAFP San Diego Gay & Lesbian News -Norwich Bulletin -BCS all 236 news articles »

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Vatican City, Nov 12, 2009 / 04:51 pm (CNA).- The president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, shared this week that the Holy Father has an appreciation for new developments in technology and is comfortable surfing the internet and using email.

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We’ve seen all sorts of tissueengineering examples — from bone, to brain tissue, to nerves,to vasculartissue, and even muscles — but a new study from the Wake ForestUniversity’s Institute of Regenerative Medicine has surpassed allof these in pure strangeness.  The study used advanced tissueregrowth techniques to create and endow lab rabbits with fullyfunctional replacement penises.

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MITYANA Diocese Bishop Stephen Kazimba has advised church leaders to use technology to spread the gospel.

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The U.S. bishops’ proposed document on the relationship between sex and procreation and the moral issues concerning infertility treatments will be debated and voted on by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) at their fall assembly in Baltimore, reports Catholic News Agency.

The draft of the document, “Life-Giving Love in an Age of Technology,” expresses the Church’s compassion to couples suffering from infertility but rejects some “reproductive technologies” as non-legi… >>

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Researchers announced a scientific breakthrough yesterday in which the progenitor cells to human ova and sperm have been created out of embryonic stem cells. Pro-life commentators have responded to the news by highlighting the massive ethical pitfalls involved in the technology: not only does the process result in the death of embryos, but it potentially leaves both men and women, as well as natural sexual relations, out of the human reproductive picture, reports Hilary White, LifeSiteNews.com…. >>

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A Swiss firm is using tissue from aborted babies to make anti-wrinkle creams.

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The social networking site, Facebook, has become extremely popular in the last three years, as it offers individuals the opportunity to find lost friends, socialize, post images and videos and a host of additional information sharing opportunities. AG General Superintendent George O. Wood encourages Christian leaders to be on the “cutting edge” of technology in order be better connect with today’s youth.

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(10-11) 04:00 PDT Cairo — Whether it’s seen as a clever little gadget to help a woman keep a secret or a devilish deception that threatens Islam, the Artificial Virginity Hymen Kit is not welcome in Egypt. The kit allows a bride who is not a virgin to pretend she is on her wedding night. A pouch inserted into the vagina ruptures and leaks a bloodlike liquid designed to trick a new husband into believing that his wife is chaste. It’s a wink of ingenuity to soothe a man’s ego and keep the dowry intact. Egyptian conservatives condemn the device as technology that…

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