WHAT MAKES violence and lawlessness suddenly erupt across a nation?

One upset church minister in Liverpool tweeted “What we are seeing is EVIL”. Who can disagree, when people turn feral, and smash, loot and burn?

But what does “evil” mean?

First, social evil. As one London-based youth worker said: “To pretend has nothing ...

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ASTON VILLA  refused “to give up the ghost” says The Sun. EastEnders character Pauline Fowler is described as “the salt of the earth”. The Daily Mirror fashion pages call Tilda Swinton “a law unto herself”.

They were all quoting the Bible, whether or not they realise it. To be precise, they ...

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45-YEAR-OLD Mary Bale became an international hate figure recently after dumping a four-year-old tabby called Lola into a wheelie bin near her home in Coventry, West Midlands.

Mary's cat abuse was caught on CCTV and shown on the news. Since then Mary has been under police protection and death threats have ...

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AN OLYMPIC style torch was carried through the streets by an intrepid Jesus Army team recently.

Members of the Jesus Army in Oxford had decided to take their faith out of their Sunday church event and demonstrate it publicly. So they organised their paper torch relay to demonstrate “carrying the fire ...

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JESUS ARMY members tweeted these messages from the Jesus Army Power Weekend 2010 (with hashtag #JesusArmy) over the three days of the Festival. You can read how the event developed...

mJaNews #Yougottaloveitwhen 2,000 #JesusArmy Christians are about to get together to worship and share brotherhood for 3 days http://bit.ly/bPZ2qK

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FATHER Tim Jones, a York vicar, recently told his congregation “My advice, as a Christian priest, is to shoplift.”

He claimed that shoplifting from national chains was sometimes “the best option for the vulnerable”. UK society had failed many needy people, making it “far better that they shoplift than turn to ...

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IN BELFAST, the Jesus Army recently held a five day long outreach “campaign”, with lots of different people from around the UK getting involved.

In a city with a painful history of sectarian division the Jesus Army's “friends of all without prejudice” approach aims to bring healing and help bridge some ...

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