Rowland Croucher
Who Can You Trust, If Not Your Minister?
From my (Australian) Churches of Christ mate, Alan Matheson (who’s a better prophet than punctuator, but I’ve left it as it came): (My comment, FWIW: the secular press and entertainment industry have done an excellent job in skewing public perceptions about clergy). **** Hi Rowland Thought the following might be of interest. WHO CAN YOU […]
Remembering Amos and Jeremiah
Ethics & Public Policy Essays by Harry T. Cook June 20, 2008 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To read “Remembering Amos and Jeremiah,” this weekend’s essay, scroll down a bit. What’s true about the unfolding general election campaign is that the right-wing press is wrapping Barack Obama in what it takes to be the albatross known as the Rev. […]
Indonesia: Religious Liberty, Polarisation And Danger
Subj: Indonesia: Religious Liberty, Polarisation and Danger. On Monday 9 June 2008, the Indonesian government issued Joint Ministerial Decree Number 199/2008 that imposes restrictions on members of the Ahmadiyya sect of Islam, banning them from spreading their religious practices and interpretations, on the pretext that they deviate from orthodox Islam. Anyone who violates the ban […]
Who Will Rule The New Internet?
Wednesday, Jun. 04, 2008 By JOSH QUITTNER/SAN FRANCISCO Correction Appended: June 6, 2008 Technology, San Francisco Bay old-timers tell me, blooms in four-year cycles. When I first moved her… April Fooled by Google and Virgin? Now that Google has effectively conquered Earth, the all-powerful Web giant is setting its sites on … How Apple Does […]
Meet the wife, she’s a robot
Coming soon: meet the wife, she’s a robot 20/6/2008 You will find robots, conversation partners, that will talk to you and you will get as much pleasure from it as talking to another human. I am sure of it Human-robot relationships could become reality in less than 40 years, say boffins. And they are not […]
Science and the Bible
(A reflection offered to an Australian Baptist church). It’s been lovely weather here lately, hasn’t it? Not only during the day but also at night. The night sky has been fantastic this week – I often go for a short walk in the evening and the Milky Way this week has looked fantastic stretched across […]
Just remember…
=========================== TODAYS RIDDLE : Two boxers are in a boxing match (regular boxing, not kick boxing). The fight is scheduled for 12 rounds but ends after 6 rounds, after one boxer knocks out the other boxer. Yet no man throws a punch. How is this possible? /\ x x x x x Scroll down for […]
Same-sex unions
There is ample room for faithful professing Anglicans to have principled theological disagreements on the subject of the official acknowledgment of bonded same-sex partnerships. What strikes me as totally “off the wall and over the cliff” is for the conservative caucus in this denomination to declare that they regard those who happen to disagree with […]
Friendship
True Friendship — None of that Sissy Stuff Are you tired of those sissy ‘friendship’ poems that always sound good, But never actually come close to reality? Well, here is a series of promises that actually speak of true friendship. You will see no cute little smiley faces here — Just the stone cold truth […]
Just remember (again)
To this Just remember . . . if the world didn’t suck, we’d all fall off! Someone replied: I don’t think you realise the gravity of the situation ~ Mr Spock – STTMP
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