Apologetics
Economic Meltdown
Blame perversity for the meltdown * Leon Gettler * October 30, 2008 THE market meltdown has been blamed on greed, fraud and deceit; but the question is, why have they become so entrenched? What’s been at play is the little-explored area of organisational perversity, collusion and turning a blind eye. In her book, The Perverse […]
Homosexuality & The Father-Wound
“Homosexuality & The Father-Wound” Gordon Dalbey _http://www.abbafather.com_ (http://www.abbafather.com/) Married and a grandfather at 50, George (not his real name) had engaged in many homosexual relationships until three years earlier, when he became a Christian and renounced them all. Lately, however, same-sex desires had resurfaced, and he came to me for help. Uncertain, I offered to […]
Thoughts on the Financial Crisis
I’ve been thinking about the impact this crisis is having on those who have been sucked into the prosperity gospel idea. I wonder what they are thinking now as they lose their investments. One of the reasons the prosperity gospel is so disastrous is because, when events like this come along, they will turn alot […]
War Crimes
I wonder how long it will be before someone will want to apologise to the French for beating them? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/3253160/French-accuse-English-of-war-crimes-and-exaggeration-over-Agincourt.html French accuse English of war crimes and exaggeration over Agincourt The French are using the anniversary of the Battle of Agincourt to accuse England’s men of acting like ‘war criminals’. Academics will suggest that the […]
Exclusive Brethren: Brutality in the name of Christ
Exclusive Brethren: Brutality in the name of Christ. Most people’s knowledge of the Exclusive Brethren comes from reports of them meeting John Howard, providing funds to the Liberal Party or campaigning against Bob Brown and the Greens. Michael Bachelard’s new book* is a penetrating, and detailed analysis of another,darker and more brutal side of the […]
What Kind of Nation Shall We Be?
The Question Is: What Kind of Nation Shall We Be? Harry T. Cook 10/26/08 The answer to that question will be given by voters in the 50 states of America a week from Tuesday when they elect a new President and Vice-President, their U.S. and state senators, their representatives in Congress and state legislatures and […]
Religion – *bad* for American Politics?
[An important comment from America’s highest-profile religious historian. Rowland Croucher, October 28, 2008]. *Sightings* 10/27/08 Bringing the Campaign to Finland — Martin E. Marty I am currently in Finland, where scholars at Turku and Helsinki asked me to address, among other topics, the role of religion in the American presidential campaign. Having done very different […]
Keeping Dhaka’s Ghosts Alive
By Ishaan Tharoor Wednesday, Sep. 24, 2008 A 1971 photograph from a mass grave near Dhaka that contained the bodies of Bengali intellectuals, taken during the war for Bangladeshi independence A 1971 photograph from a mass grave near Dhaka that contained the bodies of Bengali intellectuals, taken during the war for Bangladeshi independence Christian Simonpietri […]
Religion is Ridiculous?
*Sightings* 10/23/08 — David G. Myers Ridiculous, and worse. So say the new atheist books: In *God is Not Great*, Christopher Hitchens does not mince words, calling religion “violent, irrational, intolerant, allied to racism and tribalism and bigotry, invested in ignorance and hostile to free inquiry, contemptuous of women and coercive toward children.” Now Bill […]
Empowering Peace
* “In my travels around the world, I see a lot to inspire cynicism -including a lot of shabby religious stuff I’d rather not even give examples of. But I also meet people who inspire hope and courage in me -emerging young leaders who “get” Jesus’ message of the kingdom of God, and who are […]
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