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Evangelical Responds to Anti- Mormon 'Bigotry' Claims Curated News Edition - 11/06/11 http://www.LibertyNewspost.com Lagarde tweets as Evangelical Responds to Anti- victory looms - Sydney Morning Mormon 'Bigotry' Claims Herald (Christianpost.com > Politics) dangerous religion is unfit to Constitution that states, "[N]o dangerous and that a Romney (china - Google News) Submitted at 6/10/2011 4:01:10 PM serve," he added. Plus, placing a religious test shall ever be presidency would promote Submitted at 6/11/2011 2:09:36 PM Mormon in the White House required as a qualification to any Mormonism." "First of all, the word 'bigot' is an "would serve to normalize the office or public trust under the He acknowledged that some Sydney Morning Herald ideologically charged word," he false teachings of Mormonism the United States." evangelical Christians would Lagarde tweets as victory looms said on Patheos.com on Thursday. world over." "What this means, and what I disagree with him on this point Sydney Morning Herald "I have trouble taking the charge Smith's posting drew critics, affirm, is that Mitt Romney or and would say that a Romney PARIS: Christine Lagarde, who seriously, and little motivation to including the head of public anyone else has the right to run," presidency would not promote has taken her campaign to head defend against it. If my ideas are affairs for The Church of Jesus he stated. Mormonism. the International Monetary Fund false, then expose the falsehood." Christ of Latter-day Saints. When he says he's not going to But he added, "I respectfully to India and China while keeping In a three-page posting last Michael Otterson called Smith's vote for Romney, he maintains disagree, and I think the stakes are her supporters posted on Twitter, month on Patheos.com, Smith logic "unreasonable, un-Christian that he's not imposing a "religious too high – people's souls – to play is poised to defeat her main rival, made the case that "a vote for and untrue to American ideals." test," but rather simply holding around in the gray areas and hope Agustin Carstens. As the deadline [Mitt] Romney is a vote for the Like us on Facebook the belief that "a person's religious we got it right." to submit nominees... LDS Church." While evangelicals In response, Smith reiterated his views tell us a great deal about The journalist noted that he Why China May Prefer Lagarde and Mormons may have similar position that electing a Mormon what a person's governing doesn't think it's a bad thing for Wall Street Journal (blog) stances on social issues, Smith president would be "a tremendous philosophy will be." Americans to take religion into In Beijing, Lagarde Backs Bigger disagreed with the notion that step toward normalizing Mormon Smith addressed what he sees as account when electing a president. Say for China at IMF New York religious beliefs don't matter in a beliefs." the point of controversy in the And millions of Americans do, he Times presidential candidate. "As an evangelical Christian who whole debate. pointed out. Lagarde Seeks China's Support in "His religious worldview will be believes that Mormonism is a "I believe a candidate who either This entry passed through the IMF Presidential Campaign vital to his governing philosophy, false religion, I think it only by intent or effect promotes a Full-Text RSS service — if this is Business China and will ultimately be the issue makes sense that I would not want false and dangerous religion is your content and you're reading it China Daily- Spero News- CNN that undermines his candidacy," to be a part of any effort – either unfit to serve. I struggle to on someone else's site, please read International (blog) he wrote. And Mormons hold to intentional or not – that would understand how anyone could the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content- all 1,755 news articles » false teachings, he noted. spread a false religion," he said in disagree with that statement," he only/faq.php#publishers. Five "[C]ertain qualifications make a the new interview with contended. Filters featured article: Ten Years candidate unfit to serve. I believe Patheos.com. "Where the disagreement occurs Of Media Lens - Our Problem a candidate who either by intent At the same time, he affirmed is my further assertion that With Mainstream Dissidents. or effect promotes a false and Article VI, Section 3 of the Mormonism is false and 2 Top News/ Curated News Edition The Uptight Citizens' Brigade Rick Paulus (Fast Company) Submitted at 6/10/2011 8:56:36 PM Can TV's Ashton Kutcher, Improv Everywhere's Charlie Todd, tech giant Intel, and random people on the street find the gooey center of viral hilarity? At the very least, we'll laugh and learn while their attempts at this piece of the inspiration-seeking IdeaJam project publicly fails. (But, you know, goes viral anyway.) Standing in front of the studio audience while three cameras live -stream to YouTube, Charlie Todd offers a brief tutorial on improv comedy then issues a challenge to the countless viewers and Twitter users at home (literally, as no one knows just how many are there). He wants them to tweet jokes based on the topic #mygooglehistory. Pulling from the tweeted responses, he reads one: "How to make my mom tell me she loves me," he says. The studio audience bubbles with a few random chuckles. "Maybe they're being a bit too real here," Todd says. Mind you, being arbiters of what's good is not the same as creating it. It's why you never see Simon Cowell take the stage and belt out a tune and Roger Ebert's lone screenwriting credit has a 5.8 out of 10 rating on IMDB. In short, no, not everyone can do this. Not everyone's a comedian. close-cropped hair, bright blue Todd is a breath of sanity from watch out for the quiet ones. massive contact list to muster 207 But if anyone can find gold in the eyes, a perfectly manicured beard the classic mentally fragile psyche As the leader of Improv vast rivers of mud, it's Todd. With and grandma-polite demeanor, of a comedian. But you got to Everywhere, he has utilized his UPTIGHT page 3 Curated News Edition 3 UPTIGHT continued from page 2 "agents" to freeze in place for five ingredients," Intel rep Laurie was so funny at the time). And a Instead of giving the Boxers some else said it was funny. After three minutes at Grand Central Station. Koehler said before this latest Jam comedy club is basically an direction as to what they were hilarious deadpan stares at the He's wrangled 15 sets of identical got underway. "You're not quite American Idol-style instant voting doing, they were just thrown in video, the answer was decidedly twins to act as a human mirror on sure what you're going to make, system--a laugh is direct approval and told to watch a video. no, they wouldn't. a New York subway train. And but at the end of the day you have of the joke the comedian can Improvisers began a scene while "So, um, let's use the lessons we lately he's been co-opted by the a great meal." Or Spam and eggs weigh to decide whether or not to the Boxer just gawked at the learned today and make that scene digital world as the man most covered in ketchup. keep it. The negative end of that video, until an improviser funny," Todd said half-heartedly, likely to find funny. "He changes On a philosophical level, IdeaJam live exchange is even in mentioned the person's being given these directions from people's thinking," says Anthony is meant to solve today's tech attendance here today: Hecklers appearance, giving them the cue an earpiece connected to the Batt, president of Ashton riddles. In this chapter, it seeks are lurking. that this was all being broadcast control room. The performers Kutcher's new media company answer to questions like: Can you "We haven't had to deal with this live. A slight smile and quick gave the funeral scene another go, Katalyst. "We wanted someone recreate the live show's audience- kind of reaction before," says Q&A closed out the trying to reestablish the same that maneuvers and manipulates performer feedback loop through online comments moderator Rita "performance." "This what the beats from the original. But this the media through technology." a bunch of loners in front of their Sweeney from her perch in the new YouTube is going to be time, you know, funny. After a So Todd was tapped as host/ computers? If Twitter is the back room. The Twitter feed is like?" asked one confused few minutes of wheel-spinning, teacher/moderator for the third world's largest writers room, how relatively clean but, as anyone participant before quickly Todd gave the trio a grateful installment of IdeaJam, a do you filter out the many duds who's slogged through the digital retreating. Mercy Edit. "That wasn't funny collaboration between Katalyst and find the gold? Is a viral video swamp of comments below a At the beginning of the event, enough, was it?" asked a and microprocessing giant Intel. popular only because someone YouTube clip could imagine, the three performers filmed a performer. After a brief closed- It's an interactive, experimental else said it is? And does it need to commenters there need constant purposefully serious scene--a door session with the director, brainstorming effort in which a include cats? babysitting.
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