i am taught their bible was corrupt. i felt like a spiritual midget as if i am lacking something. >> he began to doubt his faith. >> several years later al moved to the united states. >> this might be the time to open the door. >> dialogue began with a question, who is jesus christ? >> i am thinking he is talking about following a profit. by following the profit, jesus, he was transformed, i am following the best of the p profit. i began to realize jesus was a central person and character and point in their life. he was the source of the change. >> al's doubts about islam became overwhelming when he saw the crimes committed by jihadist and osama bin laden on september 11th, 2001. >> to watch people go that far, to take hundreds of lives. these are innocent people. >> al stopped practicing islam. he decided to visit a christian church. >> i began a comparison process, looked at the koran compareed to bible. looked at the person of christ. after six months i fell in love with this jesus. i couldn't resist the conviction of

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it's like you're melting. >> look for clarity, pacquiao turned to the bible. >> when you read the biblee successful. >> the awakening was crucial to the rebuilding of the boxer's bond with his wife, jinkee, following rumors of marriage problems that persisted for years. >> our life is like a roller coaster ride, yeah. now, it's very big difference than before. because before it's something like half-half, 50-50 trust and doubt, trust but now it's full trust. so, we have a happy life together. >> the couple owns a collection of buildings and businesses in general santos, team pacquiao souvenir stores, blue gray coffeehouse franchise, women's clothing shop called jinkee's fashion world but they closed other family owned enterprises. >> manny decide not to play pool anymore because if you go to the place there is drinking, smoking or betting and then girls, so he decided to stop that all and then focus on jesus. >> i'm changing what i'm doing before, gambling, drinking, drunkenness, i really turn back. if you don't read the bible, you don't know the manual of your life and to know how to f

i always know who knows their bible. cyrus of course was a persian king who rescued the jews in exile and restore them to their sovereignty after the destruction of the first temple period so he was cyrus. and america remains, believe not, america remains the most religiously observant country in the world. more americans attend one house of worship are ones strife for another, a church, a mosque, a synagogue. people reading the bible, the same thing that john adams, the same thing that abraham lincoln read and they came to same conclusion but that's why support for israel in this country is the close of all time high, between 71 and 70% of americans find themselves pro-israel the only one downside during the 1999 -- 1991 gulf war but israel was being pummeled by scud rockets. in support for israel, it is favor high and one reason is this great spiritual connection between the two countries. but israel comes into being 64 years ago not only as a jewish state, it is also a democratic state. the only functioning democracy,

god in the bible only speaks one language, he speaks hebrew. and he made them an interesting promise. he promised to rescue them from compile and to restore them to their promised land. the puritans read this book and they loved it. they loved the story. they became the new israel. england maim the new egypt. the atlantic ocean became the new sinai. and they landed in a new promised land. if you live in the northeast of this country, that's why there are about a thousand cities and toupds that have biblical hebrew names. that's why you have your sharons and jerichos and bethlehems, if you're from long island, you have bethany and bethpage, they're both in jerusalem. and they gave hebrew names to their children. sarah and rebecca and david and solomon and made hebrew a required language at all of their universities. you had to take hebrew. james madison was a hebrew major at princeton and he failed. he had to go back and spend an extra year at princeton, because it's a hard language, trust me. where's the hebrew teacher? i'm sorry, i shouldn't s

and gay activist calls parts of the bible an obscene name.we'll have reaction to that. >> stay tuned for th >> bill: did you know that 19 states banned happy hours at bars? utah was the most recent. and new york city bloomberg was going to outlaw happy hours here. and bloomberg says it's not true and john stossel. i know it's ridiculous because to ban happy hour. they will give it another name or promotion. >> have a happy day. >> they can have other things. >> but they ban the price discount. >> bill: i think it's foolish to ban happy hour but if my son or daughter were killed by a drunk driver, i would sue the bar. i'm not a big sue guy, but i would go after the person, the bartender and the establishment that served them enough to be inebriated. >> what if you couldn't tell. >> bill: i would put a 'p.i.'s on it because i don't believe you should anyone should contribute to somebody else's intoxication. am i wrong. >> bartenders contribute to intoxication all the time. >> bill: there is should be a line. we don't serve to intoxicated people

i never got to that part in the bible. it is the third part in the bible.e is preaching on an international stage and he read two books of the bible. >> are you a lawyer. can you ban someone from a mall? >> it is bad form, but yes. if you put that sign out that says no shoes, no service, no homo phobia. >> no manny. no fan knee, no manny. if you don't like fanny, we don't like manny. >> he doesn't like the fact that he rhymes from fanny. >> his homo phobia is that his name rhymes with a body part. >> it is funny people pick and choose which to follow and which not to follow. i'm sure manny has been a saint his whole life. >> thou shall not punch people in the face. here is the deal. here is the deal, i am not sure religious bigotry is the same as regular bigotry of the maybe it is. if the mall chooses to say we don't want you here, that's a lot of people. a lot of hispanics and a lot of blacks don't believe in gay marriage. they will have a really white mall. >> i like how you say the intolerance is being intolerant. who is the hero and who is the eden? bot

there is room in the bible to accept the spirit of christ. there is a book called "red letter christians." what he really puts all his heart and soul in the bible are those things are written in red ink. they're the quotes of jesus. >> that's right. >> if you can find in that red letter some reference of this and we will have another discussion. but right now jesus didn't bother with it and neither am i. and i think we have got to get our hearts and mind on jobs and the economy and stop let iting these issues distract us from the main core issues. >> you signed on to this letter according to one source for cnn, the white house had another clergy meeting and that was yesterday. they are nervous before this polling of black folks. not what they thought it would be. so, you sign on to this letter. do you think it's going to make a difference? do you think it will hurt the president? >> i don't think so. martin luther king said you can't discriminate against some and not others. but he also said that america was a ten day nation. we get excited f

they say first of all, slavery is protected by the bible. they love that part of the bible that says servants obey thy masters. they quote that hundreds of times. servants obey thy master. they hardly ever quote in christ there is no male or female. they don't like that. they quote the parts of the bible that they say are pro slavery. they say the constitution is pro slavery. you know, that's also a kind of tricky argument to make. you can say the fugitive slave clause is pro slavery, the three fifth clause is ambiguous but somewhat pro slavery. then there the clause that ended the international slave trade, so that would seem to have an anti-slavery tendency. but they say the founders were pro slavery. they also start to say in the 1830s, this was the first time this argument is really made in any sustained way, they say that slavery is good for black people. that they are benefiting from the institution of slavery. they say that they are learning about the work ethic. well, yes. if you are forced to labor in the fields all day, six days a

do we want to use the bible the same way it was used against us. many white christians believing they were under the spirit of goonds the anointment of their faith believe that black people should be marginalized. not given communion because they were not human and they were not their brothers and sisters. they sited biblical texts to justify their bigotry. the great preacher said a bigot is a person that makes an idol of his or her commitment. black christians must be deeply rooted in their faith but not deeply especially trenched this bigotry. do we want to become sexual rednecks. do we want to extend the same trajectory of transgression and tragic suppression of the belief and faith of gay and lesbian and bisexual people. do we want to stand on the wrong side of history because we have a narrow conception of faith. i call upon all my clergymen and women, friends of the faith and thinkers to stand against this bigotry. come on sophia and roland and jamal, put down your covering in the name of faith when all you're doing is getting god to co-sign

in the sense of the bible in particular, i mentioned again that i teach it, i enjoy it, but i'm also frightened at what i learn because i recognize the incredible power in a sacred text such as the bible and how- to use our terminology- it defines identity, it defines relationship, and doctrine, bringing ethics into a social dimension. and yet it worries me that people aren't aware of how important cultural context really is in the case. jamie, let me get you in here. >> yes, in 1950, i was a student at depaul university, which was a catholic university. i wasn't catholic, but you had to take certain courses, and i got the shock of my life, being raised in a fairly fundamentalist baptist church, when the priest conducting the class, the religious class, said- and i can quote- "the bible is a book of history and nonhistory, of fact and of fiction." i almost fell out of my chair. i'd never heard that before. >> you know, believe it or not, that we are down once again to less than a minute. i mean, it just, it goes so fast. let me tie this up, you know, if i can. well, why tie it up? we

if she doesn't, she doesn't take the bible literally. >> i do take the bible literally, but i'm not aand i'm not a pastor so i'm not going to argue that with you. the reason i'm here tonight is because you called people of faith sexual rednecks and bigots. >> that's no what i said. >> we can play the tape. michael, my turn to talk. all i'm saying, brother, is that those of us who are coming from a faith perspective -- >> so am i. you keep dividing -- >> no, you're dividing. you called names, michael. >> am i coming from a faith perspective? >> in your opinion, you are. >> now, obama is not -- >> obama had my position for eight years, until he changed it two weeks ago. >> when white christians are ask, is obama -- when franklin graham was asked, is obama a christian, he says, he says he is. >> are you telling me i'm not a man of faith? >> i believe you're a christian. >> so that people of faith can disagree? >> so why would you call us names because we disagreed? >> when i said sexual rednecks and sexual bigots, i quoted howard. you're throwing them a bone by saying, look i, i believe

and gay activist calls parts of the bible an obscene name.e reaction to that. >> stay tuned for th [ donovan ] i hit a wall. and i thought "i can't do this, it's just too hard." then there was a moment. when i decided to find a way to keep going. go for olympic gold and go to college too. [ male announcer ] every day we help students earn their bachelor's or master's degree for tomorrow's careers. this is your moment. let nothing stand in your way. devry university, proud to support the education of our u.s. olympic team. devry university, proud to support the education i have two car insurances in front of you here. let's start with car insurance x. four million people switched to that car insurance alone just last year. mmm, it's got a nice bouquet. our second car insurance, y. mmmmm, oh, i can see by your face they just lost another customer. you chose geico over the competitor. calm down, calm down. you're getting carried away. >> bill: did you know that 19 states banned happy hours at bars? utah was the most recent. and new york city blo

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he tells us that in the bible in genesis 2:24.ut there's another reason we stand for it and the very sensible reason that we need this constitution amendment is because far too often we've seen activist judges and other states in our country, we've also seen legislatures that all of a sudden the pendulum had swung and very quickly by vote of those legislatures or by the stroke of a pen of an activist judge, we have seen some states have same-sex marriage become the law. and we believe it's critical to have a constitutional amendment in order to solidify that marriage will be between a man and a woman in the state of north carolina. >> as you talk about the fact that there really is no reason to talk about this without religious referencing, in the bible, though, jesus says nothing about homosexuality, dr. harris. there are thoughts about what is said and as you talk about the bible. in matthew, judge not lest you be judged. and in mark, love your neighbor as yourself. do you think it's fair for religious leaders to cherry-pick cer

own text of the bible as you began your book with? >> well, presumably it's not because he didn't have anything else to do, i mean, he was a pretty busy guy in the white house but he ordered a couple books from england, a couple bibles and he sat there in the white house and he cut and pasted and took out the miracles and took out the resurrection. he believed jesus was a good guy, he believed he was one of the most important philosophers ever but he didn't like christianity and he was able to separate out christianity from jesus, say no to christianity and say yes to yeast. >> how many of the colonists, what percentage were religiously affiliated or had had religious beliefs in some specific denomination? >> i'm not sure the percentage. but much smaller percentage of churchgoers than we have now. something more on the order of, i don't know, one out of five rather than the vast majority. and those who were christians and who did go to crunch typically didn't think a lot about jesus either. >> how much did jefferson take out of the bi

when you read the bible, the bible teach you and correct you.prosperous and successful. >> the awakening was crucial for the rebuilding of the boxer's bond with his wife. following rumors of marriage problems, that had persisted for years. >> our life is like a rollercoaster ride. yeah? now, it's a very big difference than before. before, it's something like half-half. 50/50. trust and doubt. but now, it's full trust. so, we have a happy life together. >> the couple owns a collection of businesses and franchises. a women's clothing shop. but over the last few months, they've also closed down several other family-owned enterprises. >> if he goes to the place, there's drinking, smoking, or betting. and then, girls. so, we decided to stop that all. and we focus on jesus. >> i'm changing what i'm doing before. gamble. drinking, drunkenness. i turned back. if you don't read the bible, you don't know how to follow him in your life. >> it's early april in indio, california. there's no place in the world tim bradley would wrath be than here in the gym.

madison says which bible is going to be required? will be the hebrew bible? will it be the greek bible when it isn't going to be the vulgate latin bible? which translation of the bible is christian? which scriptures are going to be accredited and approved by the state, is going to be the protestants? is going to be the catholic list of books in the bible? is going to be the lutheran list of books in the bible? once we get past this question of what text to use, what approach will a minister be required to take before he is accredited as a christian? is he going to have to say that the bible is divinely inspired and every word? is going to have to say that the bible is divinely inspired and general? is he going to have to say that the bible is divinely inspired and essentials? if we can agree about that, how is he going to define god? will he have to say that god is the trinity and the orthodox were his? in the art ariana way? that he created jesus? instead of god beginning jesus? you might think that this is some abstract monkey stuff. but the point medicine

bible. >> being gay and lesbian or whatever, homosexual, is wrong according to the bible. it's wrong. >> even if you believe that, though, his words they should be put in an electrified fence don't you think that's dramatic and rude? and a little scary. >> no, because his point and reasoning was to see if they reproduce. but like it is -- >> there's a lot of heterosexual couples that don't reproduce either. >> adam and eve. that's what was in the very beginning. adam and eve. not adam and steve. >> but why put adam and steve in an electrified jail? that's just mean. it's not the bible -- it's not what god wants to be mean to fellow man. >> he's not saying that to be mean. >> if that's not mean, what is it? >> we love the people, hate the scene, okay? point blank. you need to lay off my pastor. >> reporter: now, as you pointed out, anderson, pastor worley puts this on his website. so he knows it's out there. we expected he would talk about this today to members of the news media. he hasn't. i

i mean who knew the bible could be this much fun. >> you know, we at gsn knew the bible would be thisn. it's been super fun to work on. we've been piloting it the last month or so. we've been casting in california in the last few weeks and we'll cast in atlanta and all over the country. chicago, dallas, we'll be in dallas on june 2nd to find contestants. it's been amazingly fun. i think what's astonishing to us is how young people are really responding to this idea and coming at it in droves and they know their bible. >> i was going to ask you. there's a casting call in atlanta. how many people is it attracting? >> each city is different. today is memorial day weekend. weekend. i don't know how many people will come or not if that's a good thing or a bad thing. if you have nothing to do on saturday and sunday, please go to gsntv.com and find out where to go. but, you know, it's been astonishing to us. it's an idea that we've been kicking around for a long time. michael davies, who is one of the greatest game show producers of all time, brought it to us. and we also brought in tom form

are those things in some bibles written in red ink.are the quotes of jesus. >> of jesus, right. >> and if you can find in that red letter some reference to this, we'll have another discussion, but right now jesus didn't bother with it, and neither am i, and i think -- i think we've got to get our hearts, our minds on jobs and the economy and stop letting these issues distract us. >> can we talk about the letter. i know friday there was a call with ministers, and they wanted to get the church on board before mother's day, and you signed on to this letter. according to -- to one source for cnn, the white house had another clergy meeting. that was yesterday. they are nervous, even before this polling of black folks, not what they thought it would be. so you sign on to this letter. do you think it's going to make a difference? are you worried in any way that this is going to hurt the president politically? >> i don't think so. i think -- martin luther king said in addition to the -- you can't discriminate against some and not against other

. >> a new wave was coming, we wanted to capture it, put it up so that we can bring the bible to ouration. >> i would pray. my prayer is this movement of missions will be established. >> historic week of prayer comes to an end, tens of thousands of indonesians go back to their towns, villages, cities and communities infused with this belief that prayer can change the destiny and course of a nation. i am george thomas reporting for cbn news, from jakarta, indonesia. >>> coming up, iranian intelligence agents target church groups and pastors are paying the price. >> china is letting political about vis chen guangcheng apply for a past port. two weeks ago chinese officials said he could come to america to study. he and family have been stuck in a hospital this time. the house of representatives held a second hearing about his plight. paul strand has more from capitol hill. >> reporter: stark testimony from a chinese woman forced to undergo five abortions. >> if anyone skipped exam nation that she wasn't pregnant. we were able to collect a salary only if it was found we were not pregnant

. >> the bible says heal the sick, cast out demons, and raise the dead. jesus was raised from the dead. a lot of people were. that is kind of the basis of christianity. >>> and a female inmate keeps a grim secret from her two best friends. >> i don't want them to stop talking to me, stop caring for me. i don't want them to think i'm that person. i'm not that person. >> you've never been to jail before. >> no, i haven't. >> i believe that one. >> every week 1,200 men and women are arrested and booked into the orange county jail in southern california. some will be released in hours. some will be here for years but they always begin their time at the intake center located at the central jail facility. >> orange county jail system is considered a mega jail. we have the ability to house over 7,000 inmates at one time. and the challenges we face pretty much reflect, to a certain degree, the challenges the community faces with gang affiliations, with drug abuse, mental problems, issues that would be better served in hospitals but given the current situation the

when you get to the bible and you lean on the bible and hold on to the bible, it doesn't hold you up >> actually not to defend the bible, that i should be in the business of defending or attacking the bible, but the strategic use of this and people's emotional attachment, and it's terribly manipulative. >> we saw the debate about the interrogation where the christians are into torturing people. >> so what happened in europe was incredible, and it will have ramifications here. merci to both of you. cenk got to sit down with hugh hefner at the playboy mansion about another barrage against the public. >> "the young turks" with hugh hefner coming up. special edition of viewpoint with elliot spitzer, live from washington next. you'd spot movement, gather intelligence with minimal collateral damage. but rather than neutralizing enemies in their sleep you'd be targeting stocks to trade. well, that's what trade architect's heat maps do. they make you a trading assassin. trade architect. td ameritrade's empowering web-based trading platform. trade commission-free for 60 days, and we'll throw

they would meet with other people and talk about the bible and their interpretations of the bible. and finally, the family pays them to leave. the family pays them off to go away. and they move to philadelphia, where they get active in the abolitionist movement. and both of the grimke sisters went out on the lecture circuit. and they were both apparently excellent speakers. they both had very melodic, silvery speaking voices, based on eyewitness accounts, and they're talking about things that they have witnessed themselves. frederick douglass was talking about his experience as a slave. and the grimke sisters are talking about what it's like to be inside the slave-owning class. and they talked about the terrible punishments they witnessed being inflicted on slaves, you know, and how horrifying it was to even witness this. and they talked about the corrupting influence that being a slave owner had on white people. and they ground their criticisms in their christian beliefs. you know, they're devout protestants. they know the bible very well. and that's their -- the foundation of the

garrison is a very devout protestant, knows the bible very well. so was david walker. he's an active member of the methodist church. he's also sympathetic to working-class black people in boston. and he's also willing to help fugitive slaves. if a fugitive slave showed up at his house, walker would of course help them. in 1829 he published a book. and the title was "appeal to the colored citizens of the world." "appeal to the colored citizens of the world." and this was when the word "colored" was still used commonly by black people. didn't have the negative connotation it has today. and in this work walker calls on black people to assist and lead the black community. he believed in the american work ethic. he believes in individual ambition. he believes in protestant values. and he says that black people have to work hard to better themselves and to better the black community. but he also denounces slavery. he said that it was a crime. he said that it went way back in history. he knew quite a lot about history all the way to ancient egypt. he criticized the founders f