Apologetics
Same-sex unions
There is ample room for faithful professing Anglicans to have principled theological disagreements on the subject of the official acknowledgment of bonded same-sex partnerships. What strikes me as totally “off the wall and over the cliff” is for the conservative caucus in this denomination to declare that they regard those who happen to disagree with […]
Conservative GAFCON document
Read it here: http://www.gafcon.org/images/way-truth-life.pdf Shalom/Salaam/Pax! Rowland Croucher
Confronting the Legacy of Native American Boarding Schools
(The similarities between this situation and Australia’s aboriginal ‘stolen generations’ saga will be obvious. Rowland). *Sightings* 6/19/08 — Philip P. Arnold Last February, Syracuse University hosted a screening of the 2007 film *UNREPENTANT: Kevin Annett and **Canada**’s Genocide* and a public conversation with Kevin Annett. Reverend Annett started his first ministry for the United Church […]
Gay marriage: a new bind for church groups
Religiously affiliated schools, hospitals, and others may be the next flash point. By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the June 17, 2008 edition Reporter Ben Arnoldy talks about the possibility of religious exemptions with regard to same-sex marriages. Oakland, Calif. – The same-sex marriage march begins across California Tuesday, […]
If Bush had only read Iraqi history
Jordan Times, 12-6-2008 Michael Jansen Prime Minister Nouri Maliki has failed to persuade domestic and neighbouring critics to go along with the US version of a status of forces agreement (SOA), which would legitimise the presence of US troops and politicos in Iraq for the foreseeable future. Iraqi legislators argue that the proposed SOA would […]
Both Barack Obama and John McCain have problems with religion
Crises of faith Jun 5th 2008 From The Economist print edition Illustration by Kevin Kallaugher FEW Democrats have seemed more comfortable talking about God than Barack Obama has. And yet few, if any, have had more problems with God at the ballot box—from rumours that he is a Muslim to doubts among Catholic and Jewish […]
Transgenderism and Religious Narratives
Sightings 6/5/08 — Melissa Conroy National Public Radio recently aired a series on children who suffer from what some psychologists call a gender identity disorder, also known as transgenderism. The children believe they have been born into the wrong biological body. It is not that the child wants to “become” a boy or girl, but […]
Adultery, Abortion, Homosexuality and the Presidential election
Sex and the Country By Harry T. Cook It would be safe to say that the American psyche is obsessed with all things sexual from the private affairs (sic) of public officials to the uteri of its fecund women to the disputed right of gay and lesbian persons to marry. What gives? You can bet […]
The Existence of God
To this: God has one saving grace, non existence. Test it and you will discover that that parsimonious attribute explains _everything_ with _all_ the good/evil problems. My friend Chris responded: OK. But first you need to define existence. Now that is not easy. Objects (like tables, animals, rocks) can exist, and their existence can easily […]
Christians in Britain ordered to stop handing out evangelistic leaflets
Christian preachers face arrest in Birmingham By David Harrison Last Updated: 7:56AM BST 02/06/2008 A police community support officer ordered two Christian preachers to stop handing out gospel leaflets in a predominantly Muslim area of Birmingham. The evangelists say they were threatened with arrest for committing a “hate crime” and were told they risked being […]
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