Apologetics
The Bible and Non-Violence
From a thoughtful friend: As for the Hebrew Bible… it seems to me that the Hebrew Bible is a record of a group of people working out what God is like through their various experiences, and that this culminates in Jesus Christ who is the fullest revelation of God…in actual fact for a civilisation of […]
Notes on non-violence
Friend 1: I find Bonhoeffer’s dilemma to be a wonderful example of the way frail humanity must attempt to do God’s will in the full knowledge that their choices may be wrong. As I understand it Bonhoeffer was a confessed pacifist who chose to do violence against Hitler because of the weight of the atrocities […]
Scrutinising the religious and political right
By Alan Matheson – posted Friday, 7 November 2008 The Australian Protectionist Party (APP) has recently invited Nick Griffin, the leader of the British National Party (BNP) to Australia. Churches, community groups, unions and anti racist groups in the United Kingdom (UK), are campaigning against his visit. Writing to the Australian High Commissioner, they note […]
Islamophobia and defamation of religion
Subj: The OIC & the UN: Islamophobia and “defamation of religion”. THE OIC & THE UN: ISLAMOPHOBIA AND “DEFAMATION OF RELIGION” (OIC: Organisation of Islamic Conference) Durban I — the UN’s first World Conference on Racism, Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and Related Intolerance — which was held in Durban, South Africa, in early September 2001 ended […]
Nonviolence
From a thoughtful friend: Gandhi used to say that he loved Christ but couldn’t stand Christians because they were so unlike Christ…this from a man who meditated on the gospels for two hours a day for the last 40 years of his life…so I reckon he knew Jesus pretty well…how many _Christians_ do that?! Not […]
Atheism
The Soviets loved to publicize Gagarin’s famous line, that he went up in to heaven, and didn’t see God there. An anonymous Russian Orthodox priest is said to have answered, “If you could not see God on earth, you will certainly never see Him in Heaven”.
The Death Penalty
Here’s an article written by ethicist Andrew Cameron, when Australian Nguyen Tuong Van was executed in Singapore: “I will demand an accounting for the life of his fellow man. Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for in the image of God has God made man.” (God, Genesis 9:5b-6) […]
The Case for Non-Violence
From a thoughtful friend: The general assumption is that either we a. do nothing in the face of oppressive circumstances or b. we have to use violent force. I think (and Jesus, Gandhi, MLK Jr. and others thought) there was another – much better – way of nonviolent resistance. Nonviolence means getting in the way […]
The U.S. Election: Martin Marty’s take on which Christians voted for whom
*Sightings* 11/10/08 Base Rebuilding — Martin E. Marty If you trust the blunt instrument of exit polls, you will have followed up after the presidential election by reading somewhat contradictory observations by experienced columnists. To put an old clich © to work, Naomi Schaefer Riley in the November 7th *Wall Street Journal* sees the glass half […]
Like Mandela, Obama can lead his country to a better future
* Desmond Tutu * November 11, 2008 I AM rubbing my eyes in disbelief and wonder. It can’t be true that Barack Obama, the son of a Kenyan, is the next president of the United States. But it is true, exhilaratingly true. An unbelievable turnaround. I want to jump and dance and shout, as I […]
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