god aimed at helping audiences find god? >> you know, you cannot tell somebody a story, or show them a movie, for them to believe in god. it wouldn't be that easy. you have to go through suffer and pain, you have to be in awe. you have to go through tests to believe in god, or not believe in god in some cases. >> to my mind it doesn't say you have to believe in god, it doesn't say you shouldn't believe in god. it says have faith in the stories that take you through your experience with life and if they take you to god, they take you to god, and if they take you in other directions, that's fine, but listen to the stories. >> reporter: and as pi himself says in telling his story, "you'll decide for yourself what to believe." for "religion and ethics newsweekly," i'm deborah potter in new york. >>> as thanksgiving approaches, jewish rabbis and cantors across the nation are hoping to raise awareness of hunger in america. as part of the third annual jewish community food stamp challenge, they have agreed to try to live on no more

god says, pack a lunch -- >> we look today for god to tell us.as the medium through which god spoke to us. >> reporter: so you listened to david believing david was receiving his messages from god? >> correct. if you didn't think god was telling him, you wouldn't have been there. >> reporter: by the end of day two, negotiators have a breakthrough. koresh promises to lead his disciples out, if the feds put his bible lecture on the radio nationwide. >> i, david koresh, agree upon the broadcasting of this tape to come out peacefully with all the people. >> reporter: clive doyle thinks life for him and his 18-year-old daughter, shari, will soon return to normal. >> when they're talking about us coming out, i go pack a lunch, tell my daughter, we're going to go out and search the grass. i'm still thinking a search warrant. i don't know how long it will take. we might get hungry. we'll sit out there. when it's through, we'll come back home. >> what we're trying to present today -- >> reporter: at 1:30 p.m., the sermon airs. >> we see that god has a boo

"in the name of god, most gracious, most merciful, praise be to god, the cherisher and sustainer of the worlds. most gracious, most merciful, master of the day of judgment. thee do we worship and thine aid we seek. show us the straight way, the way of those on whom though has bestowed by grace, those whose portion is not wrath, and who go not astray." amen. thank you very much, dr. aasi, for a very interesting interview. >> thank you dr. simmons. >> now we've got a sense here of islam in the united states, and as i may have mentioned, islam has taken over as the number two faith, so we're going to see more and more of islamic activity. yeah, chris? >> i just wanted to make a couple of comments. that was such a profound interview that it really brought up some points here for me is that by facing mecca, no matter where you all right e, really keeps the focus on what you're about, who you are, identity and relationship- all those questions are answered just from praying five times a day in the same direction that every other muslim in the world will. >> i felt the same way. you know, you

and a little word called god wink came into my mind, little "g", godspeed, god send, god wink and i usedt to replace the word coincidence and i found it absolutely worked and became a new word in the language. >> gov. mike huckabee: what i love, it remind us that if we believe the bible, that god knows how many hairs are on our head, which for me is simpler than it needs to be and if god knows every sparrow that falls, then, that means he is intimately involved in our lives, and some things we look around and say, wow, it really isn't a wow moment, it is as you would call it a god wink moment. >> the thing i like best about having this as my job now is that god winks are now a concrete connection between you and you and you and me and somebody up there. a concrete connection. because, when a god wink happens you know it is special to you and out of 6 billion people on the planet, a direct person-to-person message. hey, kid, i'm thinking of you right now. >> gov. mike huckabee: one of the best god winks that happened to you was meeting your lovely wife, louise, who may be one of the most

he said he was god- the man who said he was god, and his white- >> father divine? >> father divine. thank you. thank you. thank you. i'm sorry i couldn't get that right away. father divine, he taught his people that god was a black man. and he was before farad, he was teaching before farad. i think farad- oh, i didn't finish my explanation on- much earlier, you lost patience and the time was running out; i could understand it, i didn't try to finish it. but now, if you don't mind, i'll finish it. >> oh, please. >> yeah. what i was wanting to say about farad is that his idea was really a scheme- a scheme, a plot, a trick- to get us to believe that we were getting a legitimate religion, and to hold us with that until we become more literate and understand reality better, more intellectually curious, and that we would see the ridiculousness- he intentionally made his religion very ridiculousness- that we would see the ridiculousness, and we would say, "oh, this can't be. but why would this man do this?" and the smarter ones would say, "oh, this was a scheme to get us out of that condit

where is god in the midst of all this?" and they really struggle with spiritual matters as they pertain to aging parents. >> bryant says many people in her congregation were dealing with aging parents, so she and stine began searching for faith-based resources and support groups. but there didn't seem to be any. >> in my frustration i said something like, well there should be. i mean, when you become a parent, there's all these support groups and information, you're bombarded with it, but nothing when you have to take care of a parent? >> they started the "caregivers for aging parents" ministry at st. james. the ministry provides practical resources for parental caregivers and pairs those who have gone through it with those who are just beginning. >> know where your parents' finances are kept, what that situation is, do you have a living will, do you have a healthcare proxy, some of that information you can get at any local council on aging, it's laying over the spiritual component that's so important in the context of a ch

>> because god is love. i am persuaded that god is love, and that for me is the fundamental message of scripture. >> how is it that the group that says it's being discriminated against takes all the authority, all the privilege, all the rights, pulls all the levers and has greater rights than the rest of us? >> not too far away in beltsville, maryland, bishop harry jackson has been a major opponent of gay marriage. where doeit s in thbile that homosexuals shouldn't marry? >> it says it all over. start with deuteronomy, leviticus, first corinthians, go on and on. >> it says homosexual shouldn't marry in the bible? no, there's a prohibition against homosexual activity. >> i take the bible with the utmost seriousness. yet i realize that there are times when the bible misbehaves. it is not at its best self. the bible promotes genocide, the bible lessens half of the human race in its dehumanizing statements when it talks about women. the bible says a lot of things. >> many pastors in maryland and elsewhere have w

its own, a deistic god? >> well, no, in terms of the population there's the calvinists and the deists. >> way back then? >> right. the calvinists totally predominated among the population. the founding fathers were much more elites and yes, many of them were deists but in terms of the vast majority of deists they they thought about it in terms of calvinists where god, didn't think about jesus much except he was sent for this mission. the piety wasn't jesus, didn't have a personal relationship with jesus is the point. >> well, you seem reluctant to say that the nation in its foundi documents was so founded as a secular, no religious state. >> it was by law, yes. >> by law. >> yes. >> and curiously enough, with that religious freedom guaranteed by the founding documents, since none were stipulated for the population, that developed io a curious paradox. more people became affiliated by reason of our religious freedom. don't you take note of that? >> absolutely, absolutely. >> isn't that a paradox? >> well -- >

his friends said later it wasn't so much he didn't believe in god. he was mad at god. because he thought his mother's ill ji illigetmasy made him less. >> lee: how do you account for his conversion? what changed his thinking on the christian faith? >> unfortunately, what changed his thinking were a series of deaths. he lost his mother. he lost sons. he said at one point in his life he was haunted by the thought of rain falling on graves. in the providence of god, each time there was a significant death in his life, there was a minister of the gospel there to speak to him. he lost a child as he was living in springfield. mary, his wife, completely freaked out in her grief. but abraham had a good minister, who pulled him in and shared the word with him. he could answer lincoln's concerns and intellectual problems. and he became to come to a deep and genuine faith. >> lee: even after he came to faith, did he wrestle with one of the fundamentals of the christian faith? >> he wrestled with every fundamental of the christian faith. he was a smart man, and quite frankly at hi

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, not religious god, but god in the abstract sense.can see, the water is like mirror. it's very reflective. it's a very introspective moment but in in the vast of the ocean. >> rose: i want to look at this clip as well. this is where a school of flying fish above pi and richard parker. here it is. ( tiger growling ) >> aahhh! no! >> rose: what's happening there? . >> that's the first moment when pi decides to take over, in a way kind of-- in a way show him who's boss, basically. that's the beginning of when he starts trying to stand up for himself in many ways and try to show parker we're in this together. but there has to be this mutual respect as such. so it's -- >> rose: the moment he found respect. >> that's the moment he first tried to look for it. >> rose: looked for it. how much acting had you done before this? >> none. ( laughter ) >> rose: and you're sitting here with one of the more famous actors? >> yes. which is why i said i'm extremely textremely lucky. >> rose: how did you find it? what was interesting about this other th

and god's mission -- a trip along the dutch bible belt. the ukraine has been in a state of political paralysis for several years now. there are power struggles going on on many levels. ukrainians have been waiting to go to the polls for four years, but only now are parliamentary elections taking place. the eu is watching with some suspicion, especially after the controversial jailing of the former prime minister. her political archenemy still leads the country as president. and an increasing number of ukrainians are asking themselves who they can trust that all. one thing is clear -- it is not the political elite. >> it is quite an animated evening. an amateur ensembles stages a comedy about marriage, but it is less about love that about the dowry, money, and influence. just like in ukrainian politics says this journalist who invited the actors to come to kiev's old market. the building has long since become a symbol. influential businessme want to privatize it, but these people are protesting those plans. >> more and more people support w

do you feel -- >> he's your god too. >> okay, does god forgive you? >> god forgives all.d loves everyone regardless. >> fry would not discuss his crimes with us. but our producer pressed him on whether his victims would be as forgiving as he believes god would be. >> what would you say if you showed up to the afterlife and there were the people you victimized? >> hello, brother. you know? when we go to the kingdom of god, there is no anger. there is no strife. all that will be taken from us. ♪ amazing grace ♪ >> the people i have hurt directly, i do beg forgiveness. you know. i've already asked god for his forgiveness. and all i can do is ask you to please forgive me, and if you don't, okay. and you get to live with the power of your own hate. >> fry surprised our crew when he placed his four brutal murders on the same plane as another crime. >> let me ask you a question. is it a greater sin to steal a cracker or to kill someone? god doesn't see it that way. you break one sin, you break all sins. if you are guilty of the least of this, you are guilty of all. so what does

god of jacob. -- god of isaac, and the god of jacob. hid his face, for he was afraid to look at god. then the lord said, i have observed the misery of my people who are in egypt. i have heard their cries on account of their taskmasters. i know their sufferings. i have come to deliver them from the egyptians. and to bring them up out of that land, to a good and broad land. on land flowing with milk and honey. to the country of the canaanites, the hittites, the amorites, and the jebusites. the cry of the israelites has now come to me. i have also seen how the egyptians oppress them. so come, i will send you to pharaoh to bring my people, the israelites, out of egypt. but moses said to god, who am i that i should go to pharaoh and bring the israelites out of egypt? god said, i will be with you. and this will be the sign for you that it is i who sent you. when you have brought the people out of egypt, you shall worship god on this mountain. but moses said to god, if i come to the israelites and say to them, the god of your ancestors has sen

do you see our god rising?d who gave rise to me. >> that is similar to the mayan king on the summer solstice. >> they are communicating through us on mortals through the sun. >> stonehenge is more mysterious than other places and coming up you will see people building bunkers and stockpiling food. find out if they know something that we don't. >>. >> bill: remember the cuban missile crisis, 9/11, katrina, those were events that felt like the world were coming. there are people that are worried about other kinds of doomsdays and they plan on surviving. >> it looks like in has been another series of attacks, cyber attacks on united states banks. >> bill: recent cyber attacks could have doomsday style consequences. that has our government concerned. >> attackers could also seek to disable or degrade military systems and communication networks. collective result of these kinds of attacks could be a cyber pearl harbor. >> we have an insane regime in iran run by people who are psychotic who may get the nuclear weapon

, god, god, god, god!> watch this woman who jones said had a broken leg. >> you'll see her walk on this leg like it was never broken. >> a helper cuts through the cast. >> now the leg was broken yesterday? now run! >> jones asks if she feels any pain. >> jump up and drown real quick! no pain whatsoever. >> thank you. >> they traveled around the country and held these meetings and pulled these fake healings and fake miracles and people would shell out money like you wouldn't believe. >> this is jerry parks as he looked back then. he was fooled for years. >> but it was all through lies and fake healings and all that stuff. the man was fake. i know now that he was fake from beginning. >> by his own account, jim jones was born on the wrong side of the tracks in a small indiana town in the depression years. at 21, jones became a student pastor by taking a correspondence course. within a few years he had started his own church in indianapolis, named it peoples temple and opened its doors to african-americans. he

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. >> oh, my god. oh, my god, diana ross. >> you make fun of us for having dogs dress up for halloween. tell me these dogs are not frickin adorable dressed up. >> hypocrite! >> i don't know anything about this. >> carter dressed as an alligator. >> laila as you. >> more news in just a moment but first the latest from the tmz storm center superdoppler h.d. 4000 stormtracker center. superstorm sandy has left the jersey shore in ruins. the cast of "jersey shore" devastated. pauley d doing his part to help the victims in recovery -- just kidding. he went to vegas! >> vegas! >> whoa, vegas. vegas good. >> he is there spinning at rehab and there are two chicks completely making out behind him and he doesn't even turn around to look at them. >> how do you tell a whole story with a still picture? >> i can tell the whole story with picture. >> you have to show off your man boy nippie. >> my nipples that hard? >> you should wear some paper over them. >> i want you to rub them. slowly at first. >> we shouldn't do

and the god of life. unfortunately we get separated and you have to turned to the god of life hilda has the same teaching and she is very extatic in her language and spiritualty. just like that quote you started with. she is filled with joy. >> ann thurman talks about that life being alive. >> yes, that is so powerful, she says that life itself is so alive. you can tell thurman is getting high on life and one should. they say god is life so the gift of life is extraordinary. >> we also appreciate dr. martin luther king, jr. and of course red is jesus in the disinherited. he took with him every time he went to jail. >> jesus and the disinherited. it is such a powerful book and it is one of the hurley ones. they say the church betrayed jesus and again he wrote that before the civil rights movement and of course king is powerful affected. so thurman really is the spiritual dangerous. he was an elder, but he was criticized for not doing the streets. the others will hold it together and make sure the values of

oh, my god! it's in my room! >> armageddon. armageddon. >> spring in oklahoma often brings crazy weather. but on may 16th, 2010, no one could anticipate what is about to rain down. photographer aaron snow is at home with his family as the morning breaks. >> the day started out bright and sunny. wind got heavier and heavier and so we started filming from the front door. when oklahomans see hail in late spring, they prepare for what may follow, severe lightning or even a tornado. but from the moment aaron and his wife, jen, spot the size of the first few hailstones, they realize this time the hail itself may do the greatest damage. >> my whole family is at the front door watching the wind and everything pick up. >> that is going to do damage. those are bigger -- >> oh, no. >> and then we noticed like these huge pieces of ice just coming out of the sky. >> they're almost baseballs. >> within second, the handful of falling ice chunks becomes a downpour. >> oh, my gosh! >> aaron's 3-year-old son can h

even the ones who didn't believe in god. that's what they felt that god believes about them. they couldn't have found the book of leviticus in the bible if you had a loaded gun pointed at her head. but they knew that word and they believed that that was what god thought of them. you don't even have to be religious to sell this stuff up. and you don't have to be religious to soak it up if you are a gay kid, and kids do suck it up, whether they ever got it in sunday school or not. and they jump off bridges. one last question here in front. >> is a great honor and privilege being a presence today. as a member of the islamic community and the homosexual myself, i have always been surprised how gays and players can be in the largest tradition, christianity and islam, under the suppression of this. when it comes to all other aspects of life, i have never been able to wrap my mind around the fact that this has absolutely nothing to do with [inaudible] i just don't understand why this tradition is so old. people have not objected to that. i try to raise it in my mark and i am often s

people could think oh my god, why are they doing this? know. that perhaps there is a doomsday coming. >> the doomsday prepper concept is not new. in the late 50s, our government had a secret cold war fallout shelter, built in west virginia for the entire u.s. congress. >> we have preppers who are extraordinary wealthy. who are preparing for the end of the world. >> musician from nashville, prepping for a nuclear war with russia for the last 35 years. he's concerned his burper may not be deep enough underground to shield him from deadly gamma radiation after a nuclear blast. to ensure his safety he has purchased a salvage fuel tank to serve as a gamma rachelle ter. >> y2k was for many of the preppers who i speak to, a -- turning point where they started to prep. >> before the millennium celebration in 200 throw was concern about our technology crashing. >> the y2k had a silver lining because of the fact that so many were concerned about the switching of the calendar and the fact that there could be computer glitches meant that top programm

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, oh, my god, oh, my god."t of have this cool face on, and just have a smile on your face, and act like you're completely calm. but inside it's just like... i was a rush of emotions. >> there's so many talented kids that i know are going to be there that i feel that if i could just get a chance to be a finalist and showcase what i have as well, i would be perfectly happy with that. >> so ladies, pay attention to this. this is how you get from stage right to stage left. my name is alix claps. i'm the production stage manager for the jimmy awards. i take my pied piper and my parade of 60 kids down underneath. and i want the kids know how to get from one side to another, because they have to do that during the show. that's the orchestra room. don't mess with them. if you are one of the six finalists, and you get sent to be loaded on the elevator, this is the elevator. we're coming up to stage left, okay? then, i take them up to the stage left stairs, and we get onto stage left and then take them out on stage. and