Apologetics
Fundamentals of Environmental Stewardship
*Sightings* 10/01/07 –Martin E. Marty “Every living and healthy religion has a marked idiosyncrasy. Its power consists in its special and surprising message and in the bias which that revelation gives to life.” George Santayana follows up that sentence with lines that bear on global awareness of the environmental tumult. Then: “The vistas it opens […]
Marriage, Bill of Rights, Pornography
AUSTRALIAN PRAYER NETWORK NEWSLETTER * MARRIAGE MANIFESTO RELEASED AT CANBERRA SUMMIT * BOTH MAJOR PARTIES SAY THEY OPPOSE AN AUSTRALIAN BILL OF RIGHTS * ABORIGINAL WOMEN SEE SBS AS PURVEYOR OF PORN ———————————————– MARRIAGE MANIFESTO RELEASED AT CANBERRA SUMMIT A significant new document was launched recently at the ‘National Strategic Summit on Marriage, Family and […]
Homosexuality relationships and the Australian Labor Party
CLARIFICATION OF LABOR POLICY ON HOMOSEXUAL RELATIONSHIPS Many folk have contacted the Australian Prayer Network since the Make it Count 2007 gathering in Canberra last month seeking clarification of Kevin Rudd’s remarks on the issue of homosexual equality in relationships and marriage. In response to his comments in Canberra he was asked to further clarify […]
Bad news week for ex-gay ministries
Wednesday, September 19, 2007 / 11:05 AM SUMMARY: More than 8 percent of men in a study funded by Exodus report being gayer than before, while another “ex-gay” leader is convicted of sexual assault. Two scholars funded by the “ex-gay” ministry Exodus reported greatly mixed results this week in the most ambitious study yet on […]
U K: Sexual Orientation and Religious Liberty
Subj: UK: Sexual Orientation and Religious Liberty – UPDATE. The Sexual Orientation Regulations (SORs) imposed on Northern Ireland by the British government before devolution, became law on 1 January 2007. Similar SORs became law in England, Wales and Scotland on 30 April. The Christian Institute secured the right to a judicial review of Northern Ireland’s […]
Idee Fixe
Sept. 23, 2007 By Harry T. Cook The title of this essay, according to Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary Tenth Edition, means “an idea that dominates one’s mind, esp. for a prolonged period: OBSESSION.” We brought it directly into English from a French expression coined in 1836. I have no way of knowing how many who sit […]
Sharia in Europe? European Parliament politicians make a stand
The EPP-ED Group is the largest political group in the European Parliament with 278 Members from all 27 Member States. “Sharia is not compatible with European legal standards.” Posted by Sitemaster on September 20th, 2007 Press release from EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament “Islamic law laid down in the Sharia is not compatible with […]
Other Muslim Voices
Pontiffs on the offensive —Salman Akram Raja There are certainly other Muslim voices but it needs to be realised that answers to the tangled question of violence and propagation of faith are more complex and problematic than is often imagined by ordinary Muslims In drawing conclusions it is important to notice that Pope Benedict XVI […]
Jihad
I asked an informed British friend: What do you make of this: http://jmm.org.au/articles/20147.htm ? Response: First off, I am *not* impressed by the Times imitating a tabloid, but with longer words. Norfolk dramatically announces that half the mosques are “owned” by Deobandi, but this information comes, apparently, only from “a police report seen by the […]
Intelligent Design
To this: I have a paper punch in front of me on my computer table. Except for the plastic cover on the base for catching the cut pieces of paper if any other part is taken away it would not act as a punch. That is irreducible complexity in its simplest form. Ken Smith responded: […]
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