Rowland Croucher
Atheist ‘preacher’ talks from the heart
Atheist ‘preacher’ talks from the heart Date June 25, 2013 Former preacher Jerry DeWitt leads a secular service in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Photo: Jennifer Zdon/New York Times It was Sunday, and 80 people were drawn together in a hotel ballroom in this Deep South town by a common conviction. Singing and light swaying. An impassioned sermon. […]
Paranoid about passwords? Just take a pill
BY:JOHN HARLOW From:The Times June 24, 2013 STRUGGLING to remember your long list of computer or bank passwords? Forgotten your driving licence or company ID card? Now there’s a pill for that. A US phone company is working with doctors to perfect a tiny, swallowable device that stores your codes and ID in your stomach. […]
People with disabilities should be encouraged to enter the workforce
Disabled maybe, but fully fit to work Date June 22, 2013 I recently made some widely reported comments about helping more disabled people – particularly disability support pensioners – into jobs. In response, I received two death threats and about 50 emails, phone calls and letters, many from people who wished me in fairly graphic […]
Twisting Islam to Justify Cruelty
markdurie.com blog: ¢â‚¬Å“Letter to the Sydney Morning Herald on “Twisting Islam to Justify Cruelty” by Paul Sheehan ¢â‚¬ plus 1 more Letter to the Sydney Morning Herald on “Twisting Islam to Justify Cruelty” by Paul Sheehan Posted: 20 Jun 2013 03:18 PM PDT To the Editor The Sydney Morning Herald I am writing to congratulate […]
We were wrong, admits ‘gay cure’ group
Note from Rowland: the ad which might appear above this article was not chosen by me, but by Google Ads. I’m trying to figure out how to monitor this. For example: there was an ad here about meeting Gay Old Men! Why? ‘Cos I have many gay friends – I’m a chaplain to a Christian […]
So how should a (female) prime minister react to vilification etc.?
Gillard brought voters’ contempt upon herself Date June 17, 2013 Amanda Vanstone Former Howard government minister The hubris of the PM has presented Tony Abbott the election on a plate. The responsibility for whatever happens to her leadership this week or, if she survives, on September 14, is entirely on Julia Gillard’s shoulders. It is […]
Interfaith Marriages
Sightings Interfaith Marriages: Religious Tolerance or Religious Dilution? by Martin E. Marty Monday | June 10 2013 ¢â‚¬Å“Every living and healthy religion has a marked idiosyncrasy ¢â‚¬ wrote philosopher George Santayana, and its power comes from the ¢â‚¬Å“special and surprising message and the bias which that revelation gives to life. ¢â‚¬ He preferred to see religions interact […]
Asylum seekers and universal human rights: Does the Bible still matter?
Asylum seekers and universal human rights: Does the Bible still matter? Mark BrettABC RELIGION AND ETHICS17 JUN 2013 AS IT HAS DONE FOR CENTURIES, THE BIBLE STILL INSPIRES RELIGIOUS MOTIVATIONS TO SUPPORT THE COMMON GOOD, INCLUDING THE PROTECTION OF INHERENT RIGHTS SECURED BY A UNIVERSAL THEOLOGY OF CREATION.CREDIT: WWW.SHUTTERSTOCK.COM The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reported in 2011 that […]
Cancer treatments: what works and what’s crazy?
Update (June 18, 2015) Summary of the latest Hospital Saga Briefly: Jan’s left arm and shoulder have been very painful – for over a month. Precursor to angina or other heart troubles or what? Saw a GP last Thursday, 4th – a stand-in for ours who wasn’t on duty that day – and when he […]
A Healing Prayer
¢â‚¬Å“I want you to believe that the Great Father of creation is wanting to tell you what to do, that He is yearning to speak to you personally, to tell you how to deal with your particular problem, how to let go and allow the Great Father to come in and bring about a Divine […]
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