Apologetics
Art or pornography?
Strong views on a weak foundation (From the Facebook Group ‘Taking, displaying or viewing photos of naked children is exploitation.’) Dear friends Thank you for supporting our group, which is sending a clear message that taking, displaying or viewing photos of naked children is exploitation. I can assure you that those who need to hear […]
Religious trends and our religious future
Church of England Newspaper If recent reports of trends in religious observance prove to be correct, then in some 30 years the mosque will be able to claim that, religiously speaking, the UK is an Islamic nation, and therefore needs a share in any religious establishment to reflect this. The progress of conservative Islam in […]
The Idolatry of America
*Sightings* 6/2/08 — Martin E. Marty Let Damon Linker, author of *The Theocons: Secular America Under Siege*summarize Charles Marsh and his *Wayward Christian Soldiers: Freeing the Gospel from Cultural Captivity*: “A professor of religion at the University of Virginia and a devout evangelical, Marsh believes that the politicization of Christianity in recent years—using the good […]
Happy and Unhappy Nations
Many unhappy returns, from a ravenous nation * Seamus Bradley * June 1, 2008 AUSTRALIA has a super abundance of happiness, an emotional state that’s hard to measure and impossible to weigh up. Yet social scientists claim it is as valid a measure of a country’s success as the simple indicators used by economists, such […]
Religion is a product of evolution, software suggests
* 11:56 27 May 2008 * NewScientist.com news service * Ewen Callaway God may work in mysterious ways, but a simple computer program may explain how religion evolved By distilling religious belief into a genetic predisposition to pass along unverifiable information, the program predicts that religion will flourish. However, religion only takes hold if non-believers […]
The U. S. Presidential Race and Religion
’08 race has got religion. Is that good? A greater focus on candidates’ faith is generally applauded, but some cite reasons for caution. By Jane Lampman | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor from the May 28, 2008 edition There was Mitt Romney’s speech to try to dispel concerns about his Mormon faith. There […]
Foundation to combat religious extremism
June 2, 2008 Tony Blair launches foundation to combat religious extremism Former British prime minister Tony Blair has launched a new Faith Foundation to promote interfaith initiatives to tackle global poverty and conflict, and promote understanding between the world’s major religions. “Globalisation is pushing people together. Interdependence is reality. Peaceful co-existence is essential,” Blair said […]
What’s the Best Way to Help the Hungry?
Food Aid Ethics May 9, 2008 Christian Science Monitor: “A model of African aid in trouble” by Nicholas Benequista, May 6, 2008 International Herald Tribune: “Charity finds that US food aid for Africa hurts instead of helps” by Celia Dugger, August 14, 2007 Related Reading FOOD AID AFTER FIFTY YEARS by Chris Barrett THE ETHICS […]
Useful Idiots
“Lenin called them “useful idiots,” those people living in liberal democracies who by giving moral and material support to a totalitarian ideology in effect were braiding the rope that would hang them. Why people who enjoyed freedom and prosperity worked passionately to destroy both is a fascinating question, one still with us today. Now the […]
British Foreign Office to Promote Gay Agenda in Other Countries
By Hilary White for LifeSite News May 23rd, 2008 Anglican Mainstream LONDON, May 22, 2008 (LifeSiteNews.com ) – The UK ¹s Foreign and Commonwealth Office has announced that its embassies will now be collaborating with local homosexual activist organisations in other countries to promote acceptance of homosexuality overseas. The goal, officials said, is to join forces […]
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