Rowland Croucher
Jesus for the Non-Religious (Spong)
Jesus for the Non-Religious John Shelby Spong, HarperCollins Jesus for the Non-Religious has three main sections. The first dismisses the possibility of a truly 21st century mind believing in the miraculous, the supernatural. It argues that the gospels are not historical documents, not eyewitness accounts, but are liturgical documents which have applied Old Testament stories […]
International Day Against Homophobia
May 19, 2008 International Day Against Homophobia has special significance in Australia This year, the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHo), May 17, 2008, has special significance for everyone in Australia. “This is a historic year for Australia, with the federal government committing to implement the recommendations of HREOC’s Same-Sex: Same Entitlements report to change the […]
Pray for the World (May 2008)
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * IRAQI REFUGEES CRY OUT TO CHRISTIANS AROUND THE WORLD FOR SOLIDARITY * WEST PAPUA: 45 YEARS OF INDONESIAN RULE * PRAYER PENETRATES BORDERS OF BURMA * GRAND MUFTI SAYS YES TO RELIGIOUS FREEDOM * HONDURAS HUNGER STRIKE TURNS INTO NATIONWIDE PRAYER AND FASTING * SURVEY REVEALS 92% OF AMERICANS SUPPORT […]
Global Food Crisis (May 2008)
A Consuming Need Wednesday, May. 07, 2008 By NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA The global food crisis could not have come at a worse time for Africa. After 30 years of collapse and stagnation, African economies are finally growing at the same pace as the global economy — 5.4% a year for the last three years. This is […]
Azerbaijan; Belarus; Tajikistan
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 ================================================= 14 May 2008 AZERBAIJAN: CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR PRISONER FREED http://www.forum18.org/Archive.php?article_id=1129 Azerbaijan has freed a Jehovah’s Witness conscientious objector prisoner, Samir Huseynov, Forum 18 […]
Odd Names
‘For my v/first job I had to be interviewed by a Mrs Sheila Blige……… (giggle) & at school a girl in my class was Eileen Standing…’ *** ‘My first teacher was called Ingrid Bashem. Startled a lot of new parents to see I.Bashem on the classroom door’
Important Question about Whiskers
Does grandfather sleep with his whiskers, under or over the sheet….? ~~~~~~~~~ According to Kris Kringle in “Miracle on 34th St” (the 40s movie, not the remake), he leaves his whiskers out, “cold air makes them GROW!”.
5 mistakes women make at the doctor’s office
http://www.cnn.com/2008/HEALTH/05/14/ep.women.mistakes/index.html ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) — For 10 years, Barbara’s gut told her she needed to get a new doctor for her daughter, and for 10 years, she didn’t listen, even as her daughter got sicker and sicker. The doctor had diagnosed irritable bowel syndrome when Barbara’s daughter was 13. Day after day, year after year, […]
Quotes about Fundamentalism
“The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.” Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi author “I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to […]
Homeless Woman
I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless woman who asked me for a couple of pounds for some food. I got out my purse and took a ten pound note out and asked, ‘If I give you this money, will you buy wine with it […]
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