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Nowadays, faith is a loaded word. But when hasn?t that been true? People have been getting themselves killed for one faith or another since earliest times. In ancient Rome, the emperor Nero lit the Vatican Gardens with torches made of Christians dipped in tar. During the middle ages, the Inquisition burned Cathars, Jews, witches and just about anybody who was denounced by anybody else, all for faith. Or against it. Then the Reformation came along, and soon Protestants were merrily burning their own heretics.

Nowadays, the Moslem faithful are blowing themselves up to kill the Jewish and Christian faithful, and the image of the firebrand Ayatolla has replaced that of the firebrand Inquisitor.
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As part of our new Communion Letters series, Chip writes that after listening to Russell Targ on Dreamland, he discovered his doorbell might be controlled by ETs. Then he read the articles about cars refusing to unlock on unknowncountry.com and this started happening to him too. What kind of influence are we having on our listeners?

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On April 1st, we ran our traditional joke page. In our latest poll, we asked you, “Should we do this again next year?or stop?” We were glad to find out that most of our readers have a good sense of humor. Over 87% of you said we should continue with our April Fool’s Day page. A little over 12% said we should cease and desist.

In our latest poll, we ask you, “How do you feel about Whitley’s current journal entry on faith?” Don’t miss his incredible Easter message!

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Astronomers say that half the planetary systems in our galaxy could contain Earth-like worlds that can sustain life. In 15 years, we’ll have space telescopes that will be able to observe these planets and detect any life that may be on them. But will we be able to contact them?
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