Apologetics
Islam and Apostasy
The Age of Apostasy August 28, 2010 – by Richard Fernandez Readers may recall Maher El-Gohary, the subject of a post about a month ago. He was an Egyptian Muslim who decided to convert to Christianity, which resulted in a spate of death threats against him. Gohary attempted to escape the fate of an apostate […]
Euthanasia and Christian doctors
Some interesting research in today’s media about dying.I’ve attached as well, as some results from a major study in the US on “Coping with cancer”. 1. “Doctors’ religion affects time of death”:Age, 27.8.10 http://www.theage.com.au/national/doctors-religion-affects-time-of-death-20100826-13udv.html?skin=text-only *”Atheist doctors’ more likely to hasten death”:Guardian, 26.8.10 http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/aug/26/doctors-religious-beliefs-terminally-ill *”Doctors’ religious beliefs can color their care of the terminally ill”:Businessweek, 26.8.10 […]
Climate Change – 90% certain it’s man-made (August 2010)
UN hopes science review eases climate scepticism 30 August 2010 Review: IPCC is at least 90 per cent certain that mankind is driving global warming. (Reuters: Ilya Naymushin) A review due on Monday (US time) can help restore public faith in the United Nations panel of climate scientists and its finding that global warming is […]
Is Australia Racist?
Australia racist? Well, der! BILL COLLOPY AUGUST 25, 2010 Fear and loathing in the Antipodes Having arrived with her family from Kabul 12 months ago, 15-year-old Zara is walking home from high school. She passes three younger girls in a playground. Two turn away when they see her in the hijab, carrying textbooks, but one […]
What Would Jesus Do Regarding Muslim Americans?
Rob Asghar Author of Lessons from the Holy Wars: A Pakistani-American Odyssey Posted: August 23, 2010 What Would Jesus Do Regarding Muslim Americans? You’d Be Surprised Right-wing demagogues are attempting to lasso Christians as they head to the polls this fall, using Islamophobia as a powerful rope. But what would Jesus do, if He dropped […]
Social Justice – and younger generations
The Justice Generation Young people are drawn to injustices, and this is an opportunity for life-shaping discipleship. Bethany Hoang | posted 8/23/2010 Sabari, his pregnant wife Ammani, and their two-year-old daughter Chissa are the property of another person. They live and work in a rice mill in South Asia, facing brutal beatings, starvation, and grueling […]
Party Politics – ‘Mindless’
A chance to end the mindless allegiance of party discipline John Hirst August 25, 2010 Parliament lost respect because members have to vote as automatons. Australians are so used to one party controlling the House of Representatives that they are thrown into confusion when no party gains a majority of seats. Even experienced commentators assume […]
POLITICS AND MORAL COURAGE (Malcolm Turnbull)
POLITICS AND MORAL COURAGE By Malcolm Turnbull ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 20 AUG 2010 THERE IS SIMPLY NO SUBSTITUTE FOR CONVICTION. LEADERS CANNOT ALLOW THEMSELVES TO GET INTO A SITUATION WHERE BY ENDEAVORING TO PLEASE EVERYBODY THEY EXPOSE THEMSELVES AS TRULY BEING A “HOLLOW MAN” – OR WOMAN, AS THE CASE MAY BE. CREDIT: […]
Religion and Violence (Christopher Hitchens)
CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS AND THE MYTH OF RELIGIOUS VIOLENCE By William Cavanaugh ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 24 AUG 2010 ACCORDING TO HITCHENS, RELIGION POISONS EVERYTHING BECAUSE EVERYTHING POISONOUS GETS IDENTIFIED AS RELIGION. CREDIT: SHANNON STAPLETON (REUTERS). When I recently gave a lecture entitled “Does Religion Cause Violence?” at a college, someone scrawled across a poster […]
BUDDHISM and COMPARATIVE RELIGION
Buddhism: A Christian Exploration and Appraisal, by Keith Yandell and Harold Netland [3] — in his review, Chandler H. Im calls this a “long overdue” and “outstanding” resource which “illustrates, from an evangelical position in particular, what interfaith interface between Christians and Buddhists should look like for the purpose of mutual understanding and enrichment, while […]
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