Apologetics
Bushfires
This is a thoughtful piece on the fires from The Monthly. (Sometime March 2009) ***** Comment John van Tiggelen In the populated spots of the North, where the surrounding savannah woodlands burn off as readily and regularly and safely as sugar cane, cyclones are the worry. You prepare for the season as well as the […]
Islam, Sharia and Honor Killings
Some wise words read somewhere on Usenet: ‘It is not true that the Koran says, explicitly or otherwise, that apostasy is punishable by death. In fact the Qur’an says “There is no compulsion in matters of religion”. It is indeed true that the Muslim common law, called the Shari’ah, says that apostacy is a capital […]
What do you get if you divide science by God?
A prize-winning quantum physicist says a spiritual reality is veiled from us, and science offers a glimpse behind that veil. So how do scientists investigating the fundamental nature of the universe assess any role of God, asks Mark Vernon. The Templeton Prize, awarded for contributions to “affirming life’s spiritual dimension”, has been won by French […]
Extremism and Religion
As for extremism polluting religion…I leave you with this quote from MLK Jr. (yes, again!): “The question is not whether we will be extremists, but what kind of extremists we will be. Will we be extremists for hate or for love? Will we be extremists for the preservation of injustice or for the extension of […]
Beware the new axis of evangelicals and Islamists
Anglican evangelicals are supping with the devil. But do they have a long enough spoon? MELANIE PHILLIPS WEDNESDAY, 4TH MARCH 2009 Melanie Phillips says there is a dangerous new alliance between anti-Israel Christians and radical Muslim groups, often plotting in secret against their common enemy Last weekend the Revd Stephen Sizer, vicar of Christ Church, […]
The Religious Violence of Defending Marriage
*Sightings* 3/12/09 — Jon Pahl A recent article in *The Atlantic* and recently released Lutheran documents give good reasons to revisit the status of gays and lesbians across American society. Unfortunately, few commentators to date have addressed the most troubling development of the past few years: the growth of DOMA Laws, or “Defense of Marriage […]
Bushfire Survival Tips
A GREAT RELIEF by Liz Tilley, Canberra 9 February 2009 As a survivor of the January 2003 firestorm in Canberra, my heart goes out to those who have lost loved ones, homes, pets, and a lifetime of memories in the tragic Victorian fires. As I sit watching TV news coverage, with my heart racing and […]
Soldier says rabbis pushed religious war in Gaza
20 Mar 2009 Source: Reuters JERUSALEM, March 20 (Reuters) – Rabbis in the Israeli army told battlefield troops in January’s Gaza offensive they were fighting a “religious war” against gentiles, according to one army commander’s account published on Friday. “Their message was very clear: we are the Jewish people, we came to this land by […]
‘My imam father came after me with an axe’
My imam father came after me with an axe Times Online | 15 March 2009 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5907458.ece Hannah Shah had been raped by her father and faced a forced marriage. She fled, became a Christian and now fears for her life Dominic Lawson We are all too familiar with the persecution of Christians in countries such […]
Creationism and Darwin
Regularly we read creationists attacking Darwinism (the term they prefer to use instead of evolution) because it can’t explain the “origin of life”. We keep pointing out to the that abiogenesis is not part of evolution, which assumes that living organisms exist, and investigates how they evolve. I thought that it would help if Charles […]
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