Rowland Croucher
Quotes that bite…
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm and three or more is a government. John Adams If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. Mark Twain Suppose you […]
Crucifixions regularly performed by Islamists in Syria
Syria’s ISIS Crucifying Opponents, Justifying Horror with Quran Passages by Jonathan Spyer and Aymenn Jawad al-Tamimi PJ Media May 27, 2014 http://www.meforum.org/3833/syria-islamist-crucifixion Evidence is mounting that the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) is systematically committing atrocities in eastern and northern Syria, its areas of control. While individual incidents of brutality have been well-documented, […]
Peter Taylor Forsyth: Inspiring!
I’ve just finished Jason Goroncy’s ‘Descending on Humanity and Intervening in History: Notes from the Pulpit Ministry of P.T.Forsyth’ (2013: Pickwick, 373 pp.).Forsyth (1848-1921) was an amazing man, astonishingly erudite for a practising pastor. Today we’d call him a ‘polymath’, certainly an ‘autodidact’. The modern church-goer eschews such sermons ’employing 100 words when ten would […]
Euthanasia: Hans Kung
Do We Have a Duty to Live? by HEIKE SPRINGHART Thursday | May 30 2014 On November 29, 1981, a story in the Chicago Tribune proclaimed: ¢â‚¬Å“Hans K ƒ ¼ng, one of the world ¢â‚¬â„¢s most important religious figures, is hero for some and heretic to others. ¢â‚¬ K ƒ ¼ng received coverage in the Trib because he had been invited […]
Islam and Religious Freedom
Limitations on Religious Freedom in Islam: The Witness of the Qur’an and Prophetic Traditions Abdullah SaeedABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 23 MAY 2014 In the face of a global trend toward religious freedom which began in the seventeenth century, Islam seems to be the only major religion to maintain that conversion away from the religion – apostasy – must be punished […]
Jokes: mostly corny, but you’re allowed to smile!
NO ONE BELIEVES SENIORS ANYMORE! No one believes seniors . . . everyone thinks they are senile. An elderly couple was celebrating their sixtieth anniversary. The couple had married as childhood sweethearts and had moved back to their old neighborhood after they retired. Holding hands, they walked back to their old school. It was not […]
Sexual Orientation: Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Report
Position Statement PS02/2014 April 2014 Royal College of Psychiatrists London Approved by the Policy Committee: March 2014 2 http://www.rcpsych.ac.uk The Royal College of Psychiatrists considers that sexual orientation is determined by a combination of biological and postnatal environmental factors.1 ¢â‚¬“3 There is no evidence to go beyond this and impute any kind of choice into the origins […]
Climate Change: Australia = An island of action denial
Date May 18, 2014 The Age Editorial It is obvious after last week’s budget that Australia is no longer part of the world’s weather patterns. Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Treasurer Joe Hockey have, in effect, excised the continent from the global climate, and lowered a dome of denial to prevent any penetration from outside forces […]
Lightning Safety Myths and Facts
Myth: Lightning never strikes the same place twice. Fact: Lightning often strikes the same place repeatedly, especially if it ¢â‚¬â„¢s a tall, pointy, isolated object. The Empire State Building is hit nearly 100 times a year. Myth: If it ¢â‚¬â„¢s not raining or there aren ¢â‚¬â„¢t clouds overhead, you ¢â‚¬â„¢re safe from lightning. Fact: Lightning often strikes more than three miles from the […]
Aaronic Blessing: the best (English) rendition?
A good friend’s wife is about to ‘pass over’ into the glorious immediate presence of her Lord. He’s been singing this version of the Aaronic blessing to her…Anyone know any other versions? (Most of the Youtube renditions are in Hebrew)… Thanks research assistants! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QB2FVlaPM-o
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