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Maldives: Religious Liberty Absent From New Constitution
Subj: Maldives: Religious Liberty Absent from New Constitution. On Thursday 7 August, President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom ratified Maldives’ new Constitution to much fanfare from the Western media which is applauding the government for its embrace of democratic reforms. (Link 1) Clearly the Western media still regard religious liberty as a dispensable human right, for the […]
When you’re judgmental…
“These Christians might want to review the list of outstanding people of faith in Hebrews 11, a list which includes such moral deviates as Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Rahab, Samson and David.”P Philip Yancey in “Soul Survivor”
Ugliness and Beauty in the City
Grant White, an Orthodox scholar and lecturer at the University of Joensuu in Finland: “I wonder sometimes if actually the city doesn’t become the new ascetic battleground for Christians in that it presents us with all the challenges of loving one’s neighbour in the 21st century. You encounter the poor, you encounter great ugliness in […]
Christian Olympians ‘witnessing’ Christ
(From Mark Tronson): Press Service International An E-functionary of Well-Being Australia Inc. ABN 27 129 971 736 6 August 2008 Press Release With the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony only two days away, Australian Baptist minister of 31 years Mark Tronson, who has assisted the IOC in drafting a protocol for Olympic Village ‘Religious Services’ since […]
Married priests
The site for the Diocese of New Hampshire has Gene Robinson reporting back re Lambeth 2008: http://www.canterburytalesfromthefringe.blogspot.com/ I read this response somewhere. Interesting: Make of it what you will. My own feelings about him remain as mixed as ever…reverting once again to the “Thomas Merton analogy”. Merton was given the option of remaining in a […]
What will happen if you drink Coke?
What will happen to you right now if you drink a Coke.?… (Something for all you ‘Snopers’) Have you ever wondered why Coke comes with a smile? It’s because it gets you high. They took the cocaine out almost a hundred years ago. You know why? It was redundant. a.. In The First 10 minutes: […]
Jim Wallis on recent Australian politics
************************************************* SojoMail a weekly email-zine of spirituality, politics, and culture http://go.sojo.net/ct/2pLWub11_S6F/ ************************************************* ================================================= QUOTE OF THE WEEK ================================================= We can’t let little countries screw around with big companies like this – companies that have made big investments around the world. – a Chevron lobbyist, who asked not to be identified, speaking about a lawsuit brought […]
The Ring
An older, white haired man walked into a jewellers one Friday evening with a beautiful young girl at his side. He told the jeweller he was looking for a special ring for his girlfriend. The jeweller looked through his stock and brought out a £5,000 ring. The old man said, ‘No, I’d like to see […]
Not Another Blonde Joke!
You might have to think twice about this one. A blonde hurried into the emergency room late one night with the tip of her index finger shot off. ‘How did this happen?’ the emergency room doctor asked her. ‘Well, I was trying to commit suicide,’ the blonde replied. ‘What?’ sputtered the doctor. ‘You tried to […]
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