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Mulberry's Christmas advert replaces Jesus with £700 handbag in a nativity scene
Jesus has been replaced as the centre of the nativity scene by a £700 bag, according to Mulberry's Christmas advert.

Lost in translation: Six phrases that mean very different things in UK and US churches
Two countries divided by a common language. That's how Britain and the United States are often described, with their differing interpretations of potato chips, garbage, football and pants.

Billy Graham: It is a sin to continually criticise your pastor
It is a sin to continually criticise your pastor, well-known evangelist Billy Graham said.

Oregon teenager contracts bubonic plague, now out of intensive care
Bubonic plague is caused by the bacteria called Yersinia pestis transmitted by rats, squirrels and other rodent species via their fleas.

Facebook moves towards 'summoning the demon' through artificial intelligence
Instead of exercising restraint in their efforts to develop artificially intelligent technology, tech giants like Facebook are actually stepping up efforts to, in Elon Musk's words, summon the demon.

How to prepare for cosmic disaster? Finally, the US government comes up with a plan
Just recently, the White House released documents on how the state plans to deal with a lesser known but an equally threatening natural occurence: solar storms.

Climate change? For Vladimir Putin, it's a 'fraud' that seeks to restrain Russian growth
Stanislav Belkovsky, a political analyst critical of the current Russian administration, raised concern about how Russian President Vladimir Putin is taking the lead in turning a blind eye about the effects of climate change to the country and the world as a whole.

Giant crack appears after 'Earth swallows itself' in Wyoming mountains
Something that seems to only happen in a horrifying end-of-the-world movies just took place in the United States: the Earth opened up and swallowed itself in the foothills of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains.

Dark dead comet looking like skull with empty eye sockets passes close to Earth on Halloween night
Halloween comet: It's dead, super dark, shaped like a skull

Straight-talking Jesus: There's no one-size-fits-all way of evangelism
Pastor and author Phil Moore is not afraid of plain speaking when it comes to exploring what the Bible says.

Alpha Centauri Bb, closest planet similar to Earth, is just a 'ghost,' scientists admit
If you think that the concept of ghosts only apply to Earth, think again. Space scientists recently admitted that that our closest Earth-like neighbor circling the star nearest our galaxy is, in fact, just a ghost.

Over 3.7 billion people â two-thirds of world's population â infected by herpes virus, WHO reveals
This may come as a surprise, but it is true: more than 3.7 billion people under the age of 50, or equivalent to two-thirds of the world's population, are infected with the herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1).

The 'Hand of God' seen 17,000 light years away: A reminder that 'God is everywhere'
Nowhere is the awesomeness of God more clearly visible than in the spectacular sight and majestic beauty of the Universe, showing various celestial bodies that are beyond man's grasp to fully comprehend in their complexities.
Preview of world's end: Scientists see what happens when dying star eats up its planets
Scientists have just seen the "preview" or the "trailer" of the ultimate disaster "movie"âthe destruction of Earth. And this is no science fiction at all. Astronomers from the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in the United States have discovered a dying starâwhich will eventually happen to our own Sunâand how it is tearing apart the planets that orbited it for billions of years and devouring their scattered remains, the Daily Express reported.

Washington high school praying football coach Joe Kennedy kicked out for defiance
An assistant football coach in Washington has been placed on administrative leave after he continued conducting post-game prayers.

Curable tuberculosis now a leading cause of death worldwide alongside HIV/AIDS
Overall, an estimated 9.6 million people are down with TB in 2014. Out of the 9.6 million, only 6 million of new cases get reported to WHO.