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Christian beliefs still strong, says survey

a.. Barney Zwartz b.. April 7, 2009 MORE than four in 10 Australians who do not consider themselves “born again”‘ still believe Jesus rose from the dead, while one in 10 does not believe he existed. These were two of the surprising results from an independent survey of 2500 people, said noted author and church […]

Humans who are not quite human

Yes. and evolutionists also have had ideas that some/all do not use any more. What about the peppered moths in England, the embryonic recapitulation idea, the evolutionary status as not- quite-human given to nomadic peoples in various parts of the world, even that changes within a species add to changes from one species to another […]

Scopes Trial

I’d be very wary of taking as Gospel truth anything written by a creationist about the Scopes trial. There was nothing about science presented as evidence: the presiding judge ruled that Scopes was on trial for breaking the law, and that any scientific evidence that the law was wrong or misguided would not be admitted. […]

Asian-born Anglican Bishop Steps Down

Washington Times Friday, April 3, 2009 EDITORIAL: A lost shepherd In what is being called a victory for Islamism, the Anglican Church’s only ethnically Asian bishop is stepping down. The Right Reverend Dr. Michael Nazir-Ali, bishop of Rochester, announced that he is retiring next September in order to work on behalf of “endangered or beleaguered […]

Case Closed: Intelligent Design

Case Closed In the Dover, Pa. intelligent design case, pseudo-science and outright lies made the finding for the plaintiffs crystal clear. BY: Judge John E. Jones III Since the opening arguments in the case of Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, et. al, on Sept. 26, the nation has waited to see whether a federal […]

What Really Caused the Economic Meltdown?

April 3, 2009 William K. Black suspects that it was more than greed and incompetence that brought down the U.S. financial sector and plunged the economy in recession — it was fraud. And he would know. When it comes to financial shenanigans, William K. Black, the former senior regulator who cracked down on banks during […]

West Now Scared of Criticizing Islam

AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER April 1 2009 PELL BELIEVES WEST NOW SCARED OF CRITICISING ISLAM The West has become scared to criticise Islam and accepts death threats by Muslim extremists as normal, Cardinal George Pell has suggested in a speech in England. The outspoken Catholic Archbishop of Sydney said laws intended to promote tolerance were […]

Direct Action: when nothing happens

Every time I contemplate a direct action, I run it through this quote, and every time I go into a direct action I read it before I do it. It’s a section from a letter that Thomas Merton wrote to Jim Forest at a time when the peace movement seemed to be stalling, and Jim […]

Songs Of The Times – Neil Young

From a friend: Listen to the Top 3,100 contemporary protest songs http://www.neilyoung.com/lwwtoday/lwwsongspage.html Example: 1. Big Daddy’s Got It Made – Jeffrey Bayless 2. Soldier On – John Hughes 3. Fast Food Empire – David Dragov 4. Our Father Is A Democrat – Steven Belaus 5. Lady of the Light – Bob Nicholson 6. What’s The […]

White Racism?

Michael Richards is better known as Kramer from TV’s Seinfeld series. This was his defence speech in court after making racial comments in his comedy act. He makes some very interesting points. He said: I’m proud To Be White There are African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Arab Americans, etc. and then there are just […]