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Rowland Croucher

Rowland Croucher has written 26185 posts for John Mark Ministries

Letter to the Commissioner of Taxation re GST

http://www.nutech2000.com/webtext/upaussie/letcomtax.html Stand up you Aussie THIS LETTER SHOULD BE SENT TO THE COMMISSIONER Of TAXATION BY EVERY AUSTRALIAN. LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN TAX OFFICE ON GST. Remove this line and everything above it, then address and date the letter. Print out, sign and send. **** Michael Carmody “Commissioner of Taxation” “Australian Taxation Office” GPO Box 900 […]

Homosexuality and Christianity

This posting summarizes several issues involving homosexuality and Christians. This is a frequently asked question, so I do not post the question each time it occurs. Rather this is an attempt to summarize the postings we get when we have a discussion. It summarizes arguments for allowing Christian homosexuality, since most people asking the question […]

Human Rights

Subj: UNHRC: Watershed days. UNHRC: WATERSHED DAYS – UNHRC to choose between defending human rights and Islamising human rights. This posting examines the 21 August 2007 report presented to the sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) by “the Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, Doudou […]

Madonna: I’m an ‘Ambassador for Judaism’

Sep 16 08:12 PM US/Eastern By STEVE WEIZMAN Associated Press Writer JERUSALEM (AP) – Madonna toasted the Jewish new year with Israeli President Shimon Peres and declared herself an “ambassador for Judaism,” local newspapers reported Sunday. The singer, who is not Jewish, arrived in Israel Wednesday on the eve of Jewish new year to attend […]

Archbishop fears split over gay clergy

By Jonathan Wynne-Jones Telegraph Last Updated: 1:29am BST 16/09/2007 The Archbishop of Canterbury fears the Anglican Church will finally split if his warnings over promoting gay bishops are not heeded. Dr Rowan Williams has confided in his closest aides that he believes his visit to a summit of Church leaders in America this week is […]

Pavarotti

Pavarotti knocks on the pearly gates. St Peter opens them and says ‘oh it’s you Luciano, come on in. squeeze through’. Pavarotti says ‘hold on, I’ve got an envelope for you, from the pope.’ St Peter opens it up and reads it. ‘HERE’S THAT TENOR I OWE YOU’

Godzone Country (Australia)

This article was originally attributed to Douglas Adams of Hitch Hiker Guide to the Galaxy fame but has since ound to have been submitted to the H2G2 site by Jeremy Lee in 1999, it has since been circulated around the world in Douglas’ name. “The Confusing Country” – this gem is by Jeremy Lee Australia […]

With age comes wisdom

With age comes wisdom. A guy is 75 years old and loves to fish. He was sitting in his boat the other day when he heard a voice say, “Pick me up.” He looked around and couldn’t see any one. He thought he was dreaming when he heard the voice say again, “Pick me up.” […]

Men in Heaven

When everybody on earth was dead and waiting to enter Paradise, God appeared and said, “I want the men to make two lines. One line for the men who were true heads of their household, and the other line for the men who were dominated by their women. I want all the women to report […]

The New Atheists

*Sightings* 9/17/07 –Martin E. Marty “For the first time in living memory, religious skepticism is hot,” writes Katha Pollitt in *The Nation* (September 24). In a sensible one-page column, she points to best-sellers and talk show appearances by “the new atheists.” These skeptics do not particularly impress the progressive media, she observes, yet they get […]