Apologetics
Time and space
From a friend who is a Christian and a physicist: Time is just another dimension, but not quite the same as the space dimensions. There is even speculation about other time dimensions other than the one we experience. Of course there can be no time, just as there can be no fourth space dimension etc. […]
Soldiers and Post-traumatic stress
Family blames ADF for soldier’s suicide Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 30/04/2007 Reporter: Matt Peacock Reports that four soldiers who served abroad committed suicide after returning home have put post-traumatic stress disorder back in the headlines. The family of one of those soldiers, 25-year-old Geoffrey Gregg, says he was a changed man after serving in Iraq […]
Slavery
“You can’t take the evil of slavery out of the world and abolish it without making the world more just. You will never prevent people living in bonded labor or from getting caught up in sex trafficking while they are so desperate that they have no other choice but to sell themselves. As long as […]
The Ministry of Fear
*May 6, 2007* *The Ministry of Fear* *By Harry T. Cook* ** A recent family wedding required air travel, and in the process I became reacquainted with the fear factor being deliberately induced in the national psyche to garner support for the much-touted ‘war on terrorism.’ There I was with my wife, a son and […]
Ambiguity and Science
Friend one: You have a choice, you can be certainly wrong or ambiguously correct. I abandoned the first 35 years ago. Being pretty much right makes it much easier to understand the world than being completely wrong and trying to make sense of it. Friend two (a University science/mathematics lecturer): That last sentence deserves preservation […]
Interview with Thomas Friedman (brilliant!)
Tony Jones speaks to columnist Thomas L Friedman Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 01/05/2007 Reporter: Tony Jones Tony Jones talks to columnist and author Thomas L Friedman about the major changes facing the world. Transcript TONY JONES: Now to our guest and as you saw earlier, Thomas Friedman is a passionate advocate for climate change solutions. […]
Imagine no oil!
Imagine No Gasoline A bold energy solution for President Bush Jonathan Rauch | July 10, 2006 Dear President Bush, Your Social Security initiative is dead. Your immigration reform is divisive. Tax reform is a yawn. Iraq is a mess. Fairly or otherwise, you are widely viewed abroad and at home as a leader who disdains […]
Barack Obama
Visit the ISIC website 27th April 2007 In the last months, U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful Barack Obama has shunned public attention on his Muslim background, and repeatedly deflected questions about his family and childhood association with Islam. Apart from passing mentions in each of his memoir-type books, /Dreams From My Father/ and /The Audacity […]
Religion and Morals
* FOR MANY, RELIGIOUS BELIEF DOES NOT CARRY THROUGH TO MORAL BEHAVIOUR A study of almost 20,000 Australians has revealed that most who hold religious beliefs have strong negative attitudes towards watching X-rated films, cheating and sex before marriage. However, unless they had a very strong faith, their attitudes didn’t appear to stop them doing […]
Turkey – An Election, a million marchers and a mass murder
Soundings No. 57 – 1 May 2007 An election, a million marchers and a mass murder by Rod Benson Events in the Republic of Turkey have attracted recent media attention. Three events raise important questions for Turkey’s political future, for the small minority of Christians who live and work there, and for every community threatened […]
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