Apologetics
Schools open to scrutiny after same-sex ban
Christopher Bantick May 12, 2008 THE decision last month by Brisbane’s Anglican Church Grammar School – commonly known as Churchie – to ban same-sex partners from attending a year 12 formal raises two important questions: The first is whether the all-boy school was right to do so; the second, did this amount to discrimination? In […]
The Myth of Moderate Islam
There’s an interesting critique of Patrick Sookhdeo’s views in the Usenet newsgroup soc.religion.islam. You can chase it up via Google ***** Pro: To watch a wide-ranging TV interview with Dr Patrick Sookhdeo to introduce his latest book on Islam, “Faith, Power and Territory”, access this link: http://player26.narrowstep.tv:80/nsp.aspx?player=Premier2&void=179663 ***** Con: http://www.islamicamagazine.com/Issue-15/The-Myth-of-The-Myth-of-Moderate-Islam.html … The Myth of “The […]
Zimbabwe’s rulers unleash police on Anglicans
By Celia W. Dugger Published: May 16, 2008 JOHANNESBURG: The parishioners were lined up for Holy Communion on Sunday when the riot police stormed the stately St. Francis Anglican Church in Harare, Zimbabwe’s capital. Helmeted, black-booted officers banged on the pews with their batons as terrified members of the congregation stampeded for the doors, witnesses […]
International Day Against Homophobia
May 19, 2008 International Day Against Homophobia has special significance in Australia This year, the International Day Against Homophobia (IDAHo), May 17, 2008, has special significance for everyone in Australia. “This is a historic year for Australia, with the federal government committing to implement the recommendations of HREOC’s Same-Sex: Same Entitlements report to change the […]
Global Food Crisis (May 2008)
A Consuming Need Wednesday, May. 07, 2008 By NGOZI OKONJO-IWEALA The global food crisis could not have come at a worse time for Africa. After 30 years of collapse and stagnation, African economies are finally growing at the same pace as the global economy — 5.4% a year for the last three years. This is […]
Quotes about Fundamentalism
“The fundamentalists are increasing. People, afraid to oppose those fundamentalists, shut their mouths. It is really very difficult to make people move against a sensitive issue like religion, which is the source of fundamentalism.” Taslima Nasrin, Bangladeshi author “I want you to just let a wave of intolerance wash over you. I want you to […]
The Legal Challenges of Religious Polygamy
*Sightings* 5/15/08 Editor’s Note: Last Monday’s column, “Manifesto,” erroneously named Gary Jacobs as the author of a *Wall Street Journal* column on the Evangelical Manifesto. The author is Alan Jacobs, of Wheaton College. — John Witte, Jr. A century and a half ago, Mormons made national headlines by claiming a First Amendment right to practice […]
Journalist scrutinises religion beat amid spiritual ‘intolerance’
May 16, 2008 The theological and political divisions within the US religious landscape have made the once-quiet “religion beat” one of the most interesting, if intense, journalistic assignments in the United States today, writes a prominent award-winning reporter who covers religion. “As a reporter covering religion at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for the last four […]
Why Judaism Rejected Homosexuality
Judaism ¹s Sexual Revolution: Why Judaism Rejected Homosexuality DENNIS PRAGER When Judaism demanded that all sexual activity be channeled into marriage, it changed the world. The Torah’s prohibition of non-marital sex quite simply made the creation of Western civilization possible. Societies that did not place boundaries around sexuality were stymied in their development. The subsequent dominance […]
Modern Atheism
A crazy little thing called love David Brooks May 14, 2008 A new group of assertive atheists is doing battle with defenders of faith. IN 1996, Tom Wolfe wrote a brilliant essay called “Sorry, but Your Soul just Died,” in which he captured the militant materialism of some modern scientists. To these self-confident researchers, the […]
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