after the crucifixion around 30 a.d., the new testament recounts how the faith he started took on a newby the leadership of the apostles peter and paul, the message of the resurrected jesus spread into the heart of the roman empire. but success brought persecution and death. as christianity's early leaders began to die out, it was critical to keep the story of jesus alive. they compiled books, what we know today as the new testament. to the south, in the desert sands of egypt, the group of christian monks and mystics were writing their own gospels with a very different version of the life of jesus. westerone that launched the very heart of christianity. -- one that launched the very heart of christianity. of all the threats to christianity over the past 2,000 years, perhaps the greatest came in 1945 near the village in southern egypt where the waters of the nile dried up into desert sands. this is where a farmer named muhammad ali was digging for fertilizer when he discovered a clay jar with 13 ancient books. >> within these books, there were over 50 texts, most of which we did not know

the new testament gospels look to stimulate faith.timulate knowledge and insight. >> gnosticism held a fascination for many christians for another reason. its gospels seemed to offer a more female-friendly faith. >> it was the gnostics that thought the role of the female as an image and the role of women within the church should be advanced so that god is not only male, god is also female. there are not only male leaders, there are female leaders. there are not only male priests, there are female priests, and in this way, there is a kind of gender balance found in these texts. >> that balance is not found in the gnostic gospel of thomas, where peter asks jesus to send mary magdalene on her way, for women aren't worthy of apostolic life. >> and jesus replies, "leave her alone for i shall make her a male, for every woman who becomes a male will enter into the kingdom of god." this isn't a very liberating view of women, and not one i think the people probably want to latch onto today. >> the gnostic gospels seemed to assault the very fou

after the crucifixion of jesus around 30 a.d., the new testament recounts how the faith he started tookto the south, the desert sounds of egypt, the group of christian monks were writing their own version of the life of jesus, one that launched a battle for the very heart of christianity. of all the threats to christianity over the past 2,000 years, perhaps the greatest came in 1945 near the village of nag hammadi in southern egypt where the waters of the nile dry up into desert sands. this is where a farmer named mohammed ali was digging for fertilizer when he discovered a clay jar with 13 ancient books hidden inside. >> within these books, there were over 50 texts, most of which we did not know about before, that could help us understand the beginnings of christianity and the development of religion in some remarkable new ways. >> but it all nearly vanished in a puff of smoke when the mother of mohammed ali was looking for fuel to make some tea. >> she found these old books, and as he told the story, mohammed ali says, that his mother ripped out some pages of papyrus, some precious pa

actually is mentioned more by name in the corinthian in the new testament. >> of the four new testamenty two feature the nativity story. the gospeluk according to luke tells of the roman emperor augustus caesar's census and thu journey from nazareth to bethlehem and jesus' birth where he's wrapped in swaddling clothes, laid in a manger because there's no room in the inn. but in the gospel according to matthew there is no mention of a seine susz, a journey, an inn or a manger.ef joseph and mary are already living in bethlehem. and some details in matthew, the star, the magi, the massacre of the innocents are not mentionedt in luke. t for many the details and differences in gospels just don't matter. the questions are resolved by faith. >> we are evangelical protestants and here we really c do believe that christian stories, i believe that the angel came to mary, and that angels celebrated christ's birth outside of bethlehem. >> dr. irwin lutzor is the senior pastor of the church in chicago. a poll of christian adults find 75% agree with pastor lutzor an believe the christmas story is his

because there's so much emphasis on the new testament around this time. but it's a very famous passage. and there is a sculpture outside the united nations building. nations will not use sword against nation and study war no more. what a great passage. that's one of the great songs in the spirituals, study war no more. i love that passage. what i also discovered is that isiah is saying this 800 years before christ comes. so they had that kind of vision, way before advent of some time of peace, the peaceful kingdom. he also has a couple of weeks before and that text of 65 isiah where the lion lays down with the lamb and the wolf with the objection senator corker. so that vision of isaiah i can't and all of the profits, they had a vision of hope and a vision that there would be peace some day. it's not just a recent development. and they said there's a time when there people are either going into exile or coming out of exile, going into captivity or going out of captivity. and so it's a time of great depression pour people and so they had that kind of hope.

of the four new testament gospels are the good news accounts of jesus' life.istry, death and resurrection. the birth stories are only found in the gospel according to saint mathew and the gospel according to saint luke. >> the christmas story occupies a few verses in matthew, a few more verses in luke. not at all in mark and only hinted at very obliquely in john. >> empty wright is a former bishop of the anglican church in england. there is awe and sense and wonder as you go back to the birth stories hardly bring yourself to say it but this was actually how the living god became human. they emphasize different aspects of the events to bring out a different theological point. >> roman catholic priest, is a professor of biblical studies. none the less, all of these gospels present us the honest truth. they faithfully tell us what jesus actually said and did. >> scripture is not something to be eaten quickly. it's not fast food. it's a luxurious banquet and you should take your time with it. >> priest is a translator of the bible. >> it's not supposed to be a vid

. >> one of the intriguing things about the gospel accounts, the new testament, is the fact that at the crucifixion, the guys all run away. and that becomes a very interesting matter. it seems to indicate that, in fact, in terms of the rising of faith and the continuation of the movement, women played a primary role, and in particular, mary magdalene. >> in the gospel of john, mary magdalene is the first person to whom jesus appears after he rises from the dead. >> so there's this poignant moment of epiphany, this moment of recognition. she -- he says, "mariam," and she says, "rabuni." and she grabs him. and he says, don't cling to me. don't cling to the jesus of the past. we need to go forward into a new, brighter future, for you and for the male disciples. >> and then, she disappears from the scene, only to reappear centuries later as a prostitute, the woman with the alabaster jar filled with precious ointment for washing jesus' feet. how did this happen? >> there is a story about a woman who is a member of the oldest profession in the gospel of luke, just before the first account of

in the last few generations of new testament scholarship, the galilee has achieved this reputation for being the hotbed of radicalism, you know, the... i don't know, the '60s berkeley of... of palestine. >> the galilee, by most of the traditional accounts, is always portrayed as a kind of bucolic backwater-- peasants on the hillsides. and yet, our recent archaeological discoveries have shown this not to be the case. nazareth stands less than four miles from a major urban center, sepphoris. sepphoris was founded as the capital of the galilee. and so it was really invested, much like caesarea maritima, with all the trappings of greek or roman city life. >> narrator: recent archaeological discoveries at sepphoris challenge the conventional picture of jesus' life. >> one of the more exciting discoveries that we made at sepphoris was a magnificent roman villa with a gorgeous, gorgeous mosaic on its floor, in a banquet hall. floor, in a banquet hall. floor, in a banquet hall. the lady was dubbed "mona lisa" by the press when we found her because she is really an extraordinary depiction of a

. >> after the row roman emperor converted to christianity in 316, the four new testament gospels areccounts of jesus' ministry, life, death and resurrection. but the birth is only found in matthew and luke. >> the christmas story occupies a few verses in matthew, a few more verses in luke. not at all in mark and only is hinted at very obliquely in john. >> a former bishop of the church in england. >> so there's a sense of awe and wonder as you go back to those birth stories. this was actually how the living god became human. >> they emphasize different aspects of the events to bring out a different theological point. >> he is a professor of biblical studies. >> all these gospels present us the honest truth. they faithfully tell us what jesus said and did. >> scripture is not fast food. it's a luxurious banquet and you should take your time with it. >> father mark airy is a translator of the bible. >> it's not supposed to be a videotape that we can play on the history channel and watch. what it is, is it an account through a specific lens with a specific purpose to invite us into the

you won't find that anywhere in the new testament. luke we understand she is not about to give birth they arrive there before she is going to give birth. >> not far from the birth place of jesus is shepherd's field. this church was built on a site where it is said angels appeared and told the shepherds of the messiah's birth. >> luke focuses on these shepherds and shepherds as often today were poor they often lived outside of the towns and only came in from time to time and luke focuses on them as the ones who were right at the center of the action to their own surprise as everybody else's. >> why is jesus' birth celebrated on december 25th in the middle of winter? >> if the gospel of luke is any indication of the time when we have shepherds on the hillside at night raising their sheep we know it is not in the dead of winter. it is freezing here in the winter. but spring and summer you could be outside all night it would be lovely. we don't know the dates. december the 25th was chosen partly in a response to pagan religions which had

and so when we speak of evangelism in the new testament, we're speaking about the good news of god's able, stand to your feet, and let us call ourselves together for worship and celebration. technically, what happens with the music in our service is, it begins with a prelude, and from that point on, music is almost analogous to the old steam engine. it starts rather slow, but as it builds up speed, it increases its energy. we call our service of worship, a service of celebration and jubilation, primarily because of the good news. when you hear good news, you are celebrative. but i also recognize that on any sunday gathered in the pews of this sanctuary are persons who have not had a great deal to celebrate during the week. and so music serves not only as a rallying point, but it also serves as a therapeutic means. (man) this music has one message. you've got to feel something. you leave here, you should feel better than when you came in the door. tom dorsey was the godfather, if you will, of gospel music. who was he? the blues musician, jazz musician, playing in the honky tonks and a

in the new testament, jesus makes it a command that one must forgive if one wants to be forgiven andonal recommendationship and that includes the relationship with the divine. >> want to preface this by saying i don't want people to think that i am questioning the motive of nelson mandela what i ask this question. it takes a lot to go and have tea with the widow of the man who created the apartheid system. but, jeff, the question is, does it matter if the forgiveness is based on religion or even if it is based on some moral codes, sometimes if it's just xpeeda to forgive and move on to get to another goal? does it matter? >> i don't think it matters at all. i think, of course, nelson mandela had religion and spurt you'll alt. so that certainly helped him. but he also had a political agenda. so we're talking victor a little bit of both here. he knew in order to destroy apartheid, in order to change the world, he had to look at forgiving his jailers. he had to leave that hate behind so he could be much more effective with regard to his agenda. but the fact is that it's not just about f

i mean the fact is we can't pick and choose which parts of the new testament that we want to believe. that's why the whole problem of liberalism is really hypocrisy. you know liberals in this whole debate about this duck dynasty, liberals are saying we tolerate all beliefs except those that contradict our own. >> let me ask you about that. about all beliefs that contradict your own, pastor jeffries. because you have said right here on cnn and the associated press which i read from october 2012, you can't pick and choose which sins. there are lots of sins that are highlighted in the bible. this happens to be one that you continue to harp on. why this sin is so offensive that you must speak out over and over about it? according to your definition of it? >> well, that's right. you know, in my church, i probably preach 2,000 serm yonz. out of the 2,000 sermons, probably five dealt with homosexuality. so i'm not harping on the subject buchlt it is a subject that is in the news right now with same sex marriage. as a pastor and preacher of god's word, i have an obligation to say what the bib

fra angelico lived and worked here, decorating the monastery with scenes from the new testament-- scenestriking for their simplicity and serenity. inside the cells, the world seems to retreat, leaving a single image suspended like a spiritual vision. the buildings and frescoes of san marco were paid for by one of the wealthiest florentine bankers, cosimo de medici, whose family symbol adorns the walls. saint cosmas was the patron saint of the medici family, and in fra angelico's fresco, he kneels at the foot of the cross. this painting was at the entrance to the personal cell of cosimo de medici, who would retreat from the pressures of business into this setting of intense spiritual devotion. the moment in christ's story that these patrician bankers identified with was the adoration of the magi, the wise and wealthy paying homage to jesus. and this is the image that fra angelico painted inside cosimo's cell. 30 years later, botticelli painted the same scene for the same patrons, but now the powerful patrician families have taken over the religious stage. cosimo the elder is portrayed kne

>> we, to be clear, i am a scholar of religions with four degrees including one in the new testament and fluency in biblical greek who has been studying the origins of christianity for two decades. >> the clip went viral. that fox interview helped propel his book about jesus into sales gold. his newest book called zealot looks at jesus the man and puts his life into historical con tegs. while he's now a muslim, he wasn't always. in high school in san jose he converted to christianity. only to have the jesuits in santa clara return to his muslim roots. >> santa clara close to your heart now? >> absolutely. santa clara university made me who i am today. not just academically, but as a human being. it was the jesuits who taught me how to understand who jesus was. it was the jesuits who encouraged me to go back to islam. it was the jesuits who taught me the core principle of social justice and everything that i do, no matter what it is, in my teaching, in my writing, in my activism is to focus on the central message of jesus. >> he was born in iran, grew up in san jose and is now is prof

we not be fair to the fact that people who truly believe the whole text the the bible, old and new testament, orthodox jews who believe their old testament, some muslims, even the dalai lama who believe that certain behaviors -- by the way there's a whole big list there, and -- hang on, van. can we not agree that it is absolutely different believing in your faith and believing your saeb celt text, and having a hatred and a bigotry towards people? >> that may well be, but i want to ask this question. i am also raised in the church. my grandfather was a bishop in our church. i'm raising my children to be kids of faith in california, which is sometimes controvers l controversial. we have a lot in common, but i want to say this and say it even more forcefully. if i were to point to the bible and say -- to point to the parts of the bible that say slavery and say i believe that black people should be enslaved because of the bible, i would have my contract canceled. if i said women should be under the boot heel of a man, never at this workplace, i would lose my contract. we are now in a position wh

cody has appeared in bollywood fans like to seek ideas and the new testament as we enter into the glass house amid loud protests from women activists of the political party. if lucky one year old has already been hogging headlines for his going into his seat with all participants and back to an hmo could see. take a bus the invention of the mother has had several pieces at seventeen he can take to do to aggressive behavior inside the house. at this come on the stick on and on even after many seasons and for some time in the ongoing season has been shown to live for abusive behavior on the show. speak up. that's the big cousins outpatient this evening before to compete with the top stories once again. the us are all but at the not so best estimates. the monastery feel is awesome in that reaction against opposite on cotton on isaac is yes on to the single was the set those antibiotics. on tonight's edition vinci is in town tomorrow. street. what are you in the inning. still in force for a fourth street sadly the reception staff that was new and expanded h projects. the police. they never

. >> to be clear, i am a scholar of religions with four degrees including one in the new testament and has been studying the origins of christianity for two decades. >> this went virl. that fox news interview with santa clara grad reza aslan helped propel his book about jess us into sales gold. as for as lan, he's now a muslim. he wasn't always. in high school in san jose, he converted to christianity. the jesuits at santa clara helped him return to his muslim roots. >> the santa clara still close to your heart? >> it made me who i am today. not just academically but as a human being. it was the jesuits who taught me how to understand who jesus was. it was the jess youities who encouraged me to go back to islam. it was the jesuits who taught me the core principle of social justice and that everything that i do, no matter what it is in my teaching, in my writing, in my activism is focused on the central message of jesus's. >> as lan was born in iran, grew up in san jose and now is a professor at uc riverside. we want to thank all of our guests for their time tonight. thank you for joini

no with that he had much time to let go of the center for the business ethics at the new testament national business and economics at me standing over the chunk thank you very much for your time now and said just think i take on erin's to mina. he seemed to mean painting of a backwards to appease the chinese leadership. what impression do you hot the audi is demonstrating a very strategic vision that to the accompaniment thirty of these awful country's economy up reveals everything. they all there is some political awe of friction and some typically fall one by law must issue was brought to the table. and well ideological differences can really exist because the economic operation will do me and the benefit of the quality of life for paul's countries. so therefore it is really the intention from all sides to war hawk closest to them closer together and set aside other differences. the uk has also don't wanna be up high in the meantime i see that yes. i had to write sad that the uk seems to be china's one of china's four minus three takes on a few minor points that doesn't mean that said thi

effort first earnest in israeli society and political party has been formed to science and the new testament party that calls for arab soldiers in the idf is supposed to help identify the arab christians from tuesday the arab society that is close to ninety percent muslim. the a few. not just any rate cavity has grown from its humble east and creates to becoming one of the most important cavities in the british capital the key says the gallery's director is not only focusing on jewish artists but the greater involvement and twenty century arts as wellibit the vanity gallery up your focus is on the first fifty years of british art collective demanding group now in its centennial year for when they were rejected by the british arts establishment in the early twentieth century. it's a similar story with the gallery itself. that area executive chairman david class and explains the long weekend was fun. in nineteen thirteen the century to find a whole makes this an exhibit in. shoot it out of the boxes for the stoppage that we're basically trying to sidestep and of course the new despite the nine

was a prominent figure to prove its point discount to current that they went into hiding as the new testament come down on the protests. i eye the refuse. j and more the hat. be you. rush to christendom. i commit you to slap it onto his control of either the ropes just like me get off to dissolving the country's mines tight newsnight to take out and i need to go right get will cost up. newsagency on agn of allstate right get a pool cost of voice of russia will be absorbed by an un to take drugs is to die set to promote moscow's in its approach. dimitri kits are we off to one's cause of our rights by side in the balkans of climate sexual should not be used in taunts months will be the new head off the rack suits die i can say. already most of russia's media outlets are already too ill to contend with any opponents continue to warn i went on with this light display underlying the teams play rt up reminding him how locke and the kremlin's concerned about the president's right to use an image. top the poet to cease development institute only can you take the time has found. i'll show up in a list

is it somehow a red line to paraphrase first corinthians which is in the new testament? to go back and actually read the interview in "gq" and there's nothing in the interview where phil robertson was saying something hugely absurd or outraou outrageous or something that should have been a surprise to a&e or anyone else who is working with him. >> let's unpack it this way. >> okay. >> there's a little question a&e has the legal standing to do what they did so this is really about judging, not the law, but right in a social context. we agree on that. >> right. absolutely. >> where is it coming then from, michael, if it you believe nothing that was said was beyond any line. we don't know what the line is because society is totally stratified on what is decent and indecent so what is fueling the reaction? >> part of what is fueling the reaction is this is "duck "dynasty." "we're not talking about the show on pbs like i used to have. we're talking about diagnosis quick "dynasty"" and not something he said on the air. when martin bashir was suspended at msnbc he was fired for

>> christian tradition depicts her as a prostitute but she is never called a prostitute in the new testament went is that she was independent. luke says she was possessed by seven demons and had been exorcised by jesus so perhaps she followed him because he had performed a healing for her. other than that, mary is an independent woman. prostitute? no reason to think so. >> but what was she to jesus? could jesus have been married to mary magdalene as some legends have it? or to anyone else? >> we have no indication in the gospel tradition that jesus is married. would it have been unusual for a jewish man to have been unmarried? not at all. >> whatever the details of jesus' personal life, to his fellow jews, what he said was as important as what he did. he gave them a radical agenda, scholars say, one of which society's outcasts could play a central role. its manifesto promise that had the powerful would be brought low. and the meek would inherit the earth. the sermon on the mount was an edgy message at a volatile time. >> the thought of jesus going up into the hills and giving special teachin

then he takes out the bible from his suitcase and turns to the new testament book of john and writes words "lennon the gospel according to john." and then at 8:00 a.m., he heads back to the dakota. >> i had a premonition that this is the last time i would leave my hotel room. i hadn't seen him up to that point, that's what makes it interesting, i wasn't sure he was in the building. and then i left the hotel room, bought a copy of "the catcher and the rye" and i wrote underneath it signed it and wrote "this is my statement." >> that morning, chapman meets another photographer named paul gorish. paul gorish had come to know lennon personally. one of the photos was later used as the cover of lennon's posthumous single "archway." >> when he was there, he was holding a copy of "double fantasy" in his left arm and this guy approached me and he said are you waiting for lennon? i said yeah. he said, do you work for john? i said no. he said, oh, my name is mark. he said, i'm from hawaii. what struck me strange is when he said that he had a southern accent. so, i said, if you're from hawaii, h

. >> i read the new testament. there is a lot of stuff like this. he mentioned paul's letters.dn't say it that way. >> why should he have to say something in a certain way? is that where we're at? >> no, it's not. >> it's exactly where we are. >> you're wearing grown glasses. >> what's wrong with my glasses? >> nothing. you don't need to insult people for no good reason. >> can't you make statements about your centrals -- >> yes, but can't you make the statements without -- >> without what? maybe he thinks it. >> i cannot repeat some of the words on tv. >> that he said? >> yes. >> 30 years ago presidential candidates said stuff like that. >> not what he said. >> yes. >> really? >> he really was. i have read it. he was truly paraphrasing. >> what about the rest of it? you are forgetting a few words in there and i can't say them on tv. i don't think presidential candidates said this. >> they are conventional views not that long ago. do you remember it? >> i do. >> we act like it's always been this way. >> the greater speed at this contact and communication is shared and the the s

same kinds of things which is, you know, as i think everyone knows fairly well going back to the new testaments a suspicion on the corruptions of great wealth. for political conservatives who are catholic there needs to be an integration where you can say i believe in limited government and believe in a restrained of state power but it's i also have to think about the ways in which policy impacts, as the pope would say, the least among us and issues of solidarity -- i'm rambling a bit here -- but it will be interesting to see in the republican party right now you have a swing back and forth over the last ten years or so from the compassionate conservatism under george bush and then the tea party conservativism. and what is happening now for some politicians on the right like mike lee from utah who has given a bunch of speeches about poverty and opportunity is an attempt to put community back in conservativism. and that's where the pope's words might impact politics. >> let me play another thing that he said about this. >> and to hear the pope regurgitating this stuff i was profoundly disappoin

we're talking about the new testament statement about how one ought to order their lives, and we shoulde clear that phil robertson answered a direct question. he was asked what do you believe sin is, and he simply quoted scripture. if that's viewed as hateful, god all mighty is hateful. >> what if he does come back? >> i don't think people watch that show to hear his views on scripture. they are unique authentic american characters but when you bring in believes that can hurt others, that's not why we're tuning into "duck dynasty." we have to be clear what is happening in reality television and his home and church. what comes out in a public form in media, now he has to negotiate how that makes other people feel. i think we need to be clear what that show is about. it's not about his christian views, and that's not why we watch. they are very entertaining. i really agree with him, this is a teachable moment on both sides. can we not draw such hard lines and listen to each other and understand there are all kinds of people with all kinds of views coming from all different kinds of backgr

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people puzzled is a very interesting thing, they clearly have not spent much time with reading the new testament this pope is spectacular, jonathan. you know, i'm a catholic and i can tell you that, i was very disappointed with the structures of the church. i think what he's done to rehabilitate the church in a short nine-month period is amazing. church attendance is up all over the world. he has shown a heart. he has put the focus of church back where it needs to be, among the poor, he has shown compassion. after this pope, i think we only go for latino popes. >> you know, i think that he takes on supply side trickled-down economics. that doesn't make him a marxist, whatsoever. i think what he was saying was something that not only people in the united states, but around the world, are concerned about. that widening inequality in terms of what it's doing to our society. >> let me ask you, mr. gingrich, speaker, when you look at that issue of inequality, and this something that the pope puts front and center, and it's something that of course president obama talks a lot about, we saw the story a

what's taking place in churches today the message of trying definitely isn't scriptural as far as new testament believers a concern but there's a bigger issue that's going on in our churches today and i believe however that it's because there's no real oversight that takes place with many of the quote unquote men and women of god who collect the offerings in the tabs you know in ministry today and part of it is it has to do with exploiting a loophole in the laws that govern nonprofit five zero one c three. and what is that well. as it not profitable when c three may enjoy tax free status and by law they are protected they are not required to report to anyone how they spend their money and so this is why we see the lavish lifestyles and many cases of a lot of the ministers that we see that are glamorized on television and some of the you know some cases that we saw in the past with. tilton. we also had. the grant in dallas texas and many others just like you know jim baker was famous for the i mean is the solution to this to just say enough with five i want to say three status just i don't think

it is used 58 times in the new testament. 22 times jesus uses this word.e it with greek. jesus said repent and you will be saved. what he is really saying is open your mind to the light and go beyond yourself into the larger mind of god and you will experience enlightenment. 500 years after christ they translate the bible into latin. the catholic church calls it the vuligate. he translates the word open your mind as do penance. that gets picked up by english translators and the king james version. >> the world is very nelson mandela as we speak who will soon be mythology if he is not already. given the culture we're a part of, that mythology will last whoever knows. you call this life of jesus the greatest story ever told, but is part of this not the greatest story ever believed and sustained for nearly 2,000 years? if i read this, is jesus the same? will i have the same feeling about who jesus was reading this book as you did from passages of the bible? >> absolutely more so. i think a lot of theology misses jesus's teachings if we go to the center. matth

those of us who study the new testament and teach it like myself, we see an awful lot of jesus in what'seing done here. i don't personally think rush is worth engaging. seriously. what pope francis has taken is the core marxist critique, which is an excessive concentrations of capital lead to exploitation and dehumanization. that's what he's taking and saying that's accurate, that happens. we can see it. i'm watching it happen my whole life. that critique does need to be heard. getting back to john paul ii, the ideology that john paul ii saw consuming the world was communism. francis sees the ideology consuming the world as being a free market capitalist idea that is becoming a mind-set that governs everything. so the catholic world view he's trying to put forward is people are more than the sum total of their economic indicators. they're more than a sum total of market forces. he's trying to lead to humanization. >> that sounds like a direct challenge, sort of the capitalism is a religion in this country. >>> up next, the pope's quest to save the planet. if yand you're talking toevere r

in america who dares to voice an opinion that is based on his or her own understanding of the new testamentexpression of sexuality. to be fair, phil's manner of expressing it, let's just say, was probably a bit coarse. it's the kind of language one might hear in the duck blind, not necessarily on, you know, around the family dinner table. >> the guy makes duck calls in louisiana. this is how he talks. people who don't live in d.c. and new york and santa monica actually talk. >> i perfectly got the whole thing. it was like yeah, i understand that. >> whether you agree with this or not. part of it is cultural. there is a cultural snobbishness for people who aren't like from our neighborhood. >> it's cultural also for phil it's biblical and for many of us finance a biblical issue. not that the bible has been edited in most recent days. people need to remember barack obama in 2008, august at the saddle back forum said that he was against same sex marriage because he was a christian and he said the bible made it so that he couldn't believe that now, my question would be. since 2008, did the bibl

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frank lib lynn -- franklin dfment roosevelt, january 25, 19 the new prologue of testament distributed by the gideons to soldier in world war ii, i have one, my aunt provided me, it was my uncle's. i take pleasure in commending the reading of the bibble to -- bible to all who serve in the armed forces of the united states. throughout the centuries, men of many faiths and diverse religions have found in the sacred book words of wisdom. it is a fountain of strength and now as always an aid in attaining the highest aspirations of the human soul. very sincerely yours, franklin d. roosevelt. on december 21, 1941, two weeks after america was attacked, as president roosevelt said, a day which will live in infamy, franklin roosevelt delivered this message. president roosevelt said, sincere and faithful men and women are asking themselves this christmas, how can we light our trees? how can we give our gifts? how can we meet and worship with love and with uplifted spirit and heart in a world at war? a world of fighting and suffering and death. a day, we pause even for even for christmas day, in

it was a testament not have their proud past there was nothing - it was something new to behold. the architect at that time was renowned brunn less phillip to. he was asked over and over again about his greatness and genus by he said what malcolm was saying he said it was not my genus but the genius of underscore incidence railroad the most important people are ail those who are about to enjoy something for a generation. the genius of the people of san francisco, oakland the entire bay area, northern california and this great state we should celebrate today because if not for their willingness to exercise their faith none of us would get to enjoy the fruits of your last year. so it's now i am prepared having come late because of my 10 minute internship on figuring out how one takes a chain and not a rope and prepares to cut it. i look forward after steve makes some final remarks to inviting you out for that great moment. congratulations everybody (clapping) >> thank you lieutenant governor. i did hear him as a 10 minutes so i would give him more. governor schwarzenegger ruined a

and energy to face the problems of two cities is suffering as a testament to supplement aapt we've just seen the appointment then at the new ad german government has a few ministers. i colored this one seems to come together and may be can he say wasted beginning and it seems to have the promise with a hidden talents to different talents in many different ministries something more fundamentally wrong with the french system is that beyond the problem of false going on in his presence that the only problem is that the state's response to which we today is our fundamental problem crisis that the heart of the french political system and so i think there is yet because these problems not only minutes to the socialist party that the ump did the right wing party that the same problem when you can agree it's a big mess this well. people simply complex given this country and. this is very ironic that the french politicians and also friends with electricity and germany's our model we should be more like germany but forgets that when you want to be more like germany to become a german as the mets for the whole problem of society that

visitors from outside of california and new york that's from outside of new york ben so the fact that our gun death rate is so low is testament to these two factors working together better guns or like pollution that come over. there there are a couple of issues here with your reporting first of all to the point that you know lumping together violent crime statistics in terms of of someone who was involved in a mass shooting versus someone who commits suicide with a gun it's a little bit of a red herring isn't it i mean if someone commits suicide with a gun they could do the same thing by slitting the wrist they can do the same thing by overdosing on pills they can do this in themselves but if i could just come in here if i could have guns are incredibly lethal if you take poison you have a three percent chance to kill yourself if you have a gun to your head your chances are nearly one hundred percent so you know a gun is particularly. but even though i know you are about your plight it has the lowest. suicide rate. and here is go for it. and i don't disagree with that in terms of how lethal it is but the reality is you can't