Apologetics
Andrew Marin and Gays
Book Corner: Pursuing the Gay Community A call to bridge building. Brandon O’Brien Just last month, I met the gregarious and animated Andrew Marin, founder of The Marin Foundation and author of Love Is an Orientation: Elevating the Conversation with the Gay Community. Marin has a fascinating story, which you can read more about in […]
Ancient Proofs for the Existence of God
The proof industry When modern-day debaters on belief use ancient proofs in their arguments, it’s often to make a point they weren’t meant to serve People have been thinking of proofs for the existence of God for millennia. Today’s ongoing arguments conjure notions that date back to ancient Greece, the medieval monasteries, and Abbasid-era Baghdad. […]
Weak Australian Christianity
Bishop blames ‘weak’ churches for losing their religious Updated Thu Aug 20, 2009 3:28pm AEST Census figures show a quarter of the population does not have a declared religion. Census figures show a quarter of the population does not have a declared religion. (http://www.sxc.hu: Lionel Titu) A former Australian Defence Force Anglican bishop says religious […]
The New Stolen Generation
Here is an excerpt from “The Australian”: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/ ~ The new stolen generation ~ Caroline Overington | August 22, 2009 ~ WELFARE workers have swooped on the opal mining town of Lightning ~ Ridge in northwest NSW, removing more than 40 Aboriginal children ~ from decrepit homes in shanty towns. ~ . . . . […]
Religious tolerance
God or Country by Ann Neumann http://killingthebuddha.com/mag/damnation/god-or-country/ A good, religiously tolerant nation is hard to find. The history of religious freedom throughout the world reads less like a soulful tale of overcoming intolerance than it does Martyrs’ Mirror, the three-inch-thick 1660 tome that chronicles every visceral detail of the deaths of Christians since 1 A.D. […]
Darwin and Atheism
William Crawley Wednesday, 12 August 2009 Late in his life, Charles Darwin received a letter from an atheist author who wished to dedicate his new book to the great scientist. Darwin declined with this letter: “Though I am a strong advocate for free thought on all subjects, yet it appears to me (whether rightly or […]
Do Sexual Orientation Change Efforts Work?
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT SEXUAL ORIENTATION CHANGE EFFORTS WORK, The American Psychological Association From Anthony Venn-Brown – A Life of Unlearning August 9, 2009 The American Psychological Association adopted a resolution Wednesday stating that mental health professionals should avoid telling clients that they can change their sexual orientation through therapy or other treatments. APA appointed the […]
What have the noughties done for God?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/newsnight/8195025.stm
Science and Religion
Must science declare a holy war on religion? The so-called New Atheists are attacking the mantra of science and faith being compatible. Others in the science community question the value of confrontation. By Chris Mooney and Sheril Kirshenbaum August 11, 2009 This fall, evolutionary biologist and bestselling author Richard Dawkins — most recently famous for […]
Making Gays Straight is ‘Futile’
(Posted here for balance, although conservative readers of this website might have another view. Rowland). http://www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_13017548 Futile therapy Quit trying to make gays straight Tribune Editorial Updated: 08/07/2009 05:54:57 PM MDT There has long been a theory, supported by some conservative religions and religious groups, that people who are sexually attracted to members of their […]
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