The Great Dialogue

SEE:  http://www.reuters.com/video/2014/11/14/national-cathedral-hosts-its-first-musli?videoId=347502274

SEE:  http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/13/religion-in-latin-america/

http://gu.com/p/42gqz/sbl

See:   http://www.pewforum.org/2014/11/05/how-the-faithful-voted-2014-preliminary-analysis/

From USA TODAY American says N. Korean detention over Bible worth it http://usat.ly/1tKbYh6 Get USA TODAY on your mobile device: http://www.usatoday.com/mobile-apps

Compelling...SEE: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/09/23/is-religions-declining-influence-good-or-bad-those-without-religious-affiliation-are-divided/

Pope opens synod on family life http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29495835

Hello,   I have been impressed by the international activity on the Great Dialogue Blog-Site, and want to encourage those of you in Europe and The East who have been reading to join us and participate in the Dialogue; if you have a gmail account I can sign you up--just email me at: 4chandre@gmail.com ...Thanks for Reading! Dr Wayne David Schmoyer

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2014/09/24/record-share-of-americans-have-never-married/

More Americans Favor Mixing Religion And Politics, Survey Says      http://www.pewforum.org/2014/09/22/public-sees-religions-influence-waning-2/      http://n.pr/1pqm5RG

http://www.crossmap.com/news/will-pakistani-christian-asia-bibi-finally-get-justice-and-her-freedom-12020    

...One of the many things that "progressive" versions of the Christian Church appear to have dropped from their tenets is that Jesus was the Christ…here are just a few of the several hundred verses in scripture that refer to The Christ…it seems that the apostles uniformly agreed on this and held Jesus' Christhood as a fact: Matthew 16:16 NIV Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." Mark 8:29 NIV "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "You are the Christ. " Luke 9:20 NIV "But what about you?" he asked. "Who do you say I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God." John 1:41 NIV The first thing Andrew did was to find his brother Simon and tell him, "We have found the Messiah" (that is, the Christ). John 11:27 (New International Version) 27 "Yes, Lord," she told him, "I...

See: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/08/20/who-are-the-iraqi-kurds/

A Sad Bit of News...He was  a Great Healer: http://www.npr.org/blogs/goatsandsoda/2014/08/21/342188856/weakened-by-tb-and-malaria-iyengar-took-the-yoga-cure?utm_source=npr_email_a_friend&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20140822&utm_campaign=storyshare&utm_term=

...Breaking News from Pew Research...Implications for Biases in thinking... http://www.pewforum.org/2014/07/16/how-americans-feel-about-religious-groups/

SEE:   https://www.barna.org/barna-update/faith-spirituality/648-is-evangelism-going-out-of-style#.U8PBevldV8E

"Fifty-seven percent of Americans say that religion can answer all or most of today's problems, a view less commonly held today than in past decades. Meanwhile, 30% say that religion is largely out of date." To view the entire story, visit  http://www.gallup.com/poll/171998/majority-says-religion-answer-today-problems.aspx?utm_source=email-a-friend&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=sharing&utm_content=morelink  

Addendum:  The Presbyterian Church in America [PCA] and the Evangelical Congregational Church also  prohibit Same Sex Marriage. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2014/06/18/where-christian-churches-stand-on-gay-marriage/

Methodists Reinstate Minister Who Officiated At Son's Gay Marriage http://n.pr/1nB2EpJ    

The Runner-Up Religions Of America http://n.pr/1kKaTgq