Religion Rates High In News Importance
AP Religion Writer George W. Cornell reports that a list of the greatest historical events compiled by the Overseas Press Club shows religion figures prominently. Eight of the top 23 events are religious in nature, including The Creation, The Tower of Babel, Cain Kills Abel, Moses and Law and Order, Buddha Asia's Light of the World, Christ and the Resurrection, The Popes, and The Children's Crusade to the Holy Land. Other entries include The First Word, The Invention of the Wheel, Discovery of the Circulation of Blood, Gutenberg and the Printing Press, Christopher Columbus Discovers America, Gettysburg Address, and Men Walk on the Moon.