Religion

Gibson's movie unlikely box-office hit in Arab world

By Nicholas Blanford | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor

BEIRUT, LEBANON - Gone was the incessant ringing of mobile phones and the loud background chitchat of patrons typical of the Beirut moviegoing experience.

Instead, the audience sat in rapt silence, punctuated by moments of sobbing.

Mel Gibson's controversial movie "The Passion of the Christ," is breaking box office records across the Middle East. With the approach of Easter, Arab Christians identify primarily with the religious message. But it's the film's popularity among Muslims - even though it flouts Islamic taboos - that's turning it into a phenomenon. More at csmonitor.com...

More Christians seek quiet relief in the practice of solitary piety

• 44 percent of Americans surveyed in 2004 said they read the Bible weekly outside church, up from 36 percent in 1999, according to Barna Research Group.
• 83 percent of those surveyed in 2004 said they had prayed to God in the past week, up from 77 percent in 1999, also according to Barna Research. More at csmonitor.com...

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Should he follow the plan or follow his heart?

When the legal thing isn't the right thing
Should she zip into the breakdown lane or languish in traffic?

If a kid's diary is online, should mom peek?
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Grade inflation is not a victimless crime
The first line of defense needs to be faculty.

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Habitual hoarding should be stopped as soon as possible, even if your mother is the one who does it.

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