Rowland Croucher
Movies and Values
BOX OFFICE TAKINGS PROVE MOVIEGOERS PREFER FILMS PORTRAYING FAITH AND VALUES Is sin no longer in? Sure, sex and violence still sell in mainstream media. Don’t get me wrong. But increasingly, people want to see more than just scantily clad women and loud explosions. They want to find religion. Following a box office slump in […]
Saying What We Believe
(~) Saying What We Believe We believe in God, who created us free and walks with us in the struggle for liberation. We believe in Christ, crucified again in the suffering of the poor, a suffering which calls out to the conscience of people and nations, a suffering which ends in resurrection. We believe in […]
Afraid of the light
“One can easily understand a child who is afraid of the dark. The real tragedy of life is when grown men and women are afraid of the light.” – Plato
The Age of the Earth
Let me mention a problem which is so simple that it was included as an example in the revised Senior Mathematics syllabus in Queensland about 15 years ago. All the elements heavier than iron were formed in supernovae explosions. Assuming that the two major isotopes of uranium, U-235 and U-238, were formed in equal amounts, […]
Jesus [33] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (19)
Jesus [33] The Meaning of Jesus: Two Visions (19) Continuing our summary/review of Tom Wright and Marcus Borg’s discussion… For other articles in this series visit http://jmm.org.au/catalog/section/jc1.htm. These brief excerpts are meant to provoke thought/reflection… More from Marcus Borg: ‘”Son of God” is perhaps the single most familiar christological title… It has a history in […]
Us old blokes rule, OK!
The Old Poodle A wealthy lady decides to go on a photo safari in Africa, taking her faithful aged poodle along for company. One day the poodle starts chasing butterflies and before long discovers that he’s lost. Wandering about, he notices a leopard heading rapidly in his direction with the intention of having lunch. The […]
Afghanistan: The return of the religious police
Subj: Afghanistan: The return of the religious police. When Afghanistan was ruled by the Taliban, strict conservative Islamic practice and values were enforced by the religious police of the Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice. This force, famous for beating women, destroying art and turning executions into spectator sport, was disbanded […]
How Do You Decide Who to Marry?
( 1 ) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. — Alan, age 10 ( 2 ) No person really decides before they grow up who they’re going to marry […]
Diet
. TODAYS RIDDLE : See If You Can Figure Out What These Words Have In Common……. Banana Dresser Grammar Potato Revive Uneven Voodoo /\ x x x x x Scroll down for the answer x x x x x Here it comes x x x x x In all of the words listed, if you […]
The Hamas Constitution
Below is the officially published version of the UN report on the Hamas constitution. ~~~ UNITED NATIONS A General Assembly Distr. GENERAL A/HRC/S-1/NGO/4 6 July 2006 ENGLISH ONLY HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL First special session 5 July 2006 Joint written statement* submitted by the Association for World Education and the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), […]
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