Love, Faith, and Family Reflections by Rev. Graham Hodges
The Rev. Graham Hodges, 75, a former United Church of Christ minister and longtime church volunteer, shares personal faith shaped by parents and Christianity. He recalls Bethlehem’s birth, Jesus’s life, and how love guides his view of God and the world during Christmas reflections.
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Poll on religion in Syracuse area highlights afterlife beliefs
The Herald Journal telephoned a random sample of 480 adults in the Syracuse area December 4–5, reporting a 4.6 percent margin of error. Results show 47.9 percent expect continued existence after death beyond heaven or hell, with other respondents uncertain or nonresponsive.
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Do Heaven and Hell differ by faiths on afterlife
The piece surveys diverse beliefs on heaven and hell across religions including Assemblies of God Baba i Faith Baptist Buddhism Churches of Christ Latter day Saints Hinduism Islam Judaism Lutherans Presbyterian Roman Catholic Seventh Day Adventist Unitarian Universalist United Methodists and notes the source Encounters With Eternity Religious Views of Death and Life After Death.
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
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United Methodist
Reality of faith and peace in life of Rev Bill Cuddy
The Rev Bill Cuddy, 51, works in jail ministry for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse and is a peace activist. He sees God as the transcendent and immanent reality made real through Jesus Christ, active wherever people pursue peace and goodwill. He notes the Spirit remains present behind bars despite harsh conditions and cites 1990 91 as a year when efforts for a peaceful Middle East solution showed this reality.
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Syracuse
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Central New Yorkers debate afterlife beliefs in poll
A Herald Journal telephone poll from Dec 4-5 finds many Christians skeptical about heaven or hell. Clergy and scholars discuss beliefs, with notes on reincarnation, afterlife functions, and modern doctrinal disagreement. Debra Crossman, 37, asserts contact with spirits.
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Paul Wagner
Believer's Chapel
Clay
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Hell
Wagner
Judge uses archaic terms in Hawaii land fight ruling
In San Francisco Judge Ferdinand Fernandez of the Ninth Circuit wrote that the litigants had been effective gladiators and did not convert them into andabatae. The ruling referenced antiquity and the term Bladiators forced to fight blind in the context of land lawsuits in Hawaii.
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