Apologetics
THE NEED FOR A NEW MORAL CLIMATE
By Michael Northcott ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 16 AUG 2010 Just as fossil fuels have fuelled wars for more than a hundred years, so it could just be that a low carbon renewable future could bring about a new more peaceable form of civilisation by the mid-twenty first century. FOR THE ANCIENTS THE EARTH […]
How should an Australian vote?
My Australian friends: Re climate change (ie. the planet we bequeath to our grandchildren)… Let me declare myself: when 97% (the lowest figure I’ve seen recently) to 99% (highest) of peer-reviewed climate scientists believe something, I’m more likely to commit myself to their competence in terms of climate change, than to the views of climate […]
Homosexuality – A Christian Perspective
by Robert Griffith I come to this very sensitive issue as a sinner, saved by God ¢â‚¬â„¢s grace. I do not presume to know everything there is to know about homosexuality. Nor do I presume to have a direct line to God on this issue. However I do believe you will hear the voice of God […]
How Should Christians Vote?
Faith in the election This morning I spoke at my church about how I think Christians should think about the issue of how to vote at our Federal election next Saturday. I’ve been thinking a lot about how to approach this, because politics of course is a very sensitive issue; it brings out both the […]
Lebanese Christians angered by TV show about Christ
13 August 2010 By Sebastian Usher BBC News LebaneseChristian protest over the broadcast of the TV show (13August 2010)Lebanon’s Christian communities united in condemnation against the series An Iranian-made television series about the life of Christ being shown on two Lebanese channels has been taken off air after complaints from Christians. The series was being […]
Burqas – Muslim women don’t have to wear them
A PLEA FOR CLEAR THINKING ABOUT THE BURQA By Abdullah Saeed ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS | 5 AUG 2010 **** The vast majority of Muslim scholars, past and present, argue that a woman may leave her face and hands uncovered in public, because they are necessary for women to undertake work or to participate in […]
Why a conscientious Christian could vote for the Greens
Why a conscientious Christian could vote for the Greens FRANK BRENNAN AUGUST 10, 2010 Cardinal George Pell and the Australian Christian Lobby led by Jim Wallace have once again joined forces in the public square ¢â‚¬” this time to advocate that Christians not vote in the forthcoming election for the ‘anti-Christian’ Greens who the Cardinal […]
Mormonism, Atheism, Philosophy, Pornography
Volume 15: Number 11 (1,016) March 24, 2010 In this issue: MORMONISM – can Stepheie Meyer’s Twilight books, written “for LDS moms,” be edifying for all? PHILOSOPHY – the contributions of Alvin Plantinga to Christian apologetics PORNOGRAPHY – online severity and solutions THEISM – why “an immaterial personal creator with the omni-properties may reasonably be […]
Giving Back Stolen Lands
From a Facebook friend: Before pressing Israel to “give back” the West Bank, how about the following “give backs”? China gives back Tibet, the Uigher province and part of Mongolia — all taken by force. Russia returns Siberia to the Mongolians. Uzbekistan gives back the Samarkand area, stolen from Tajikstan and still with a majority […]
The New Atheism
. Apologia Report: Surveying New Resources in Christian Apologetics – a weekly e-mail briefing in worldview news and study designed to help bring understanding to an age-old arena of conflict Volume 15: Number 29 (1,034) August 4, 2010 In this issue: Theme for Philosophy Now magazine’s Apr/May 2010 issue: “Is God *really* Dead?” Victor Stenger […]
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