Rowland Croucher
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AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * 70,000 ANSWER “THE CALL” TO GATHER FOR AMERICA’S SOLEMN ASSEMBY IN NASHVILLE * BRITISH CONSERVATIVES SAY WRONG WAY – GO BACK – WE ARE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION * TWO PASTORS SHOT DEAD IN COLOMBIA * ACCUSER VISITS CHURCH OF HIS ACCUSED AND IS SURPRISED BY THE WELCOME HE […]
Movies and Christians (two more contributions)
[1] I reckon “The Matrix” (the first episode) provides a good presentation of the Gospel. And “The Mission” presents several important themes – sacrifice, redemption, Christian responses to injustice/violence. Then, of course, there’s the powerful message on grace in Les Miserables. [2] Matrix would be one of the best movies for a long time. Some […]
What Can We Eat?
Can’t eat Beef Mad cow Can’t eat chicken . bird flu Can’t eat eggs .. Salmonella Can’t eat pork .. fears of trichinosis… Can’t eat fish .. heavy metals in the waters has poisoned their meat Can’t eat fruits and veggies … insecticides and herbicides Hmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!! M M M M M M M M M […]
The Computer Swallowed Grandma
The computer swallowed grandma. Yes, honestly its true. She pressed ‘control’ and ‘enter’ And disappeared from view. It devoured her completely, The thought just makes me squirm. She must have caught a virus Or been eaten by a worm. I’ve searched through the recycle bin And files of every kind; I’ve even used the Internet, […]
Is There a Gay Gene?
[Note from Rowland: this is posted here for interest. Articles here on this topic represent a wide range of views]. Many laymen now believe that homosexuality is part of who a person really is from the moment of conception. The “genetic and unchangeable” theory has been actively promoted by gay activists and the popular […]
Gay Gene?
From a friend: http://mygenes.co.nz/download.htm Also, this is a good summary of some of the studies done: http://www.narth.com/docs/istheregene.html http://www.narth.com/docs/innate.html http://www.narth.com/docs/quotes.html June 2007
Religion for the Robots
Sightings 6/14/07 — Robert M. Geraci Robots are getting smarter. Some optimists in artificial intelligence (AI) think that within just another decade or two they will be smarter than human beings. They will increasingly take over our most complicated work, from surgery to teaching to running our economy. Meanwhile, AI researcher Ray Kurzweil and others […]
Somebody said
SOMEBODY SAID… Somebody said it takes about six weeks to get back to normal after you’ve had a baby ……… Somebody doesn’t know that once you’re a mother, “Normal,” is history… Somebody said being a mother is boring …… Somebody never rode in a car driven by a teenager with a driver’s permit… Somebody said […]
East German theologian warns on ‘friendly embrace’ of capitalism
An East German Protestant leader, who played a prominent role in the movement that led to the end of communism and the Berlin Wall in 1989, has warned against the church becoming seduced by the “friendly embrace” of capitalism. “What are the dominant interests in the church: self-preservation, maintaining its position, increasing its profile or […]
Frank Brennan answers atheist manifestos
Book Review: Frank Brennan answers atheist manifestos 07-Jun-2007 By Frank Brennan God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Christopher Hitchens, Twelve, New York, 305pp Michel Onfray, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 2007, 219pp Against Religion, Tamas Pataki, Scribe, Melbourne, 2007, 136pp These anti-religious tomes arrived at my bedside when I was hospitalised with acute renal […]
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