Rowland Croucher
Science and Religion
Must science declare a holy war on religion? The so-called New Atheists are attacking the mantra of science and faith being compatible. Others in the science community question the value of confrontation. By Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum August 11, 2009 This fall, evolutionary biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins — most recently famous for […]
Karen Armstrong’s ‘religion-lite’ approach
http://jmm.org.au/articles/22826.htm Karen Armstrong ¢â‚¬â„¢s ¢â‚¬ËœReligious-Lite ¢â‚¬â„¢ Approach. August 17, 2009 Resolving the metaphysical muddle Is their really much difference between Karen Armstrong ¢â‚¬â„¢s religion-lite approach and the secular humanism of atheists? o Dan Jones o guardian.co.uk, Sunday 9 August 2009 11.00 BST Karen Armstrong and the ¢â‚¬Å“new atheists ¢â‚¬ have one thing in common: both think that it […]
Making Gays Straight is ‘Futile’
(Posted here for balance, although conservative readers of this website might have another view. Rowland). http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_13017548 Futile therapy Quit trying to make gays straight Tribune Editorial Updated: 08/07/2009 05:54:57 PM MDT There has long been a theory, supported by some conservative religions and religious groups, that people who are sexually attracted to members of their […]
Little Miss Sunshine
The difference between comedy and tragedy is not all that great. We tend to laugh at the misfortunes of others – provided they are minor – as a way of relieving social tension. There was the example of a woman laughing as a case fell off the top of the tourist bus, bursting open with […]
Macedonia; Uzbekistan
FORUM 18 NEWS SERVICE, Oslo, Norway http://www.forum18.org/ The right to believe, to worship and witness The right to change one’s belief or religion The right to join together and express one’s belief ================================================= 7 August 2009 MACEDONIA: OFFICIAL DISCRIMINATION CONTINUES http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1335 Officials continue to put into practice the Macedonian Religion Law’s hostility to some religious […]
Performance Appraisals and Conflict Management
360 Degree Feedback: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly What is 360 Degree Feedback? By Susan M. Heathfield, About.com http://humanresources.about.com/od/360feedback/a/360feedback_2.htm Want to make people happy? Make people sad? Care to create an uproar in your organization that rivals in ferocity any change you’ve ever introduced in your history? Want to stir up all of […]
The Duck
A duck walks into a pub and orders a pint of beer and a ham sandwich. The barman looks at him and says, ‘Hang on! You’re a duck.’ ‘I see your eyes are working,’ replies the duck. ‘And you can talk!’ exclaims the barman. ‘I see your ears are working, too,’ says the duck. ‘Now […]
Show and Tell
Was show and tell ever like this in our day? The ‘Middle Wife’ by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher I’ve been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second grade classroom a few years back. When […]
Good manners
Rudeness will be the death of society * Dimity Reed * August 8, 2009 THE notion that we aspire to building and maintaining a civil society has gained momentum in the past decade and is widely seen as the aspiration of much of our social thinking and policy. But the reality of how our society […]
Prayer Network Newsletter 10 August 2009
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * THE LIES OF THE AYATOLLAH * FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF ETHIOPIA NOW PROFESSES CHRIST * CHRISTIANS IN PAKISTAN UNDER BRUTAL OPPRESSION * NORTH KOREAN EXECUTED FOR DISTRIBUTING THE BIBLE * BREAKTHROUGH IN BELFAST * SECTARIAN VIOLENCE FLARES AGAIN IN NORTHERN NIGERIA THE LIES OF THE AYATOLLAH Now more than ever, […]
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