Apologetics
Conversation with an Atheist
[1] wrote: An event for which the only record is the few lines in Matthew. Even Josephus, who seemed to enjoy listing Herod’s faults, failures, and nastiness, never mentioned it. Roger: Quite why Josephus not mentioning it is evidence I am not sure. Matthew mentions it, and there seems no objective reason to ignore this, […]
Science and non-science
[1]: No I do not believe in a God. I simply do not know. Though one thing that I do know is that religion is hogwash! Why Science has to patronise religion I do not know. [2]: You would probably enjoy Dawkins’ new book, “The God Delusion”. The scientists’ patronising (appeasing) is something that irritates […]
God and Reason
All language, in so far as it consists of words, purports to convey ideas or concepts; that is what language means; – and the more clearly and unequivocally it does so, the better the language. And hence expositions of religious truth in language inevitably tend to stress the `rational’ attributes of God. But though the […]
If I Had 3,000 Crosses…
Dec. 31, 2006 If I Had 3,000 Crosses … By Harry T. Cook A little more than three weeks from now, to remind us all of the reproductive freedom tardily granted to American women by the U.S. Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade on Jan. 22, 1973, the anti-reproductive rights zealots will be planting white […]
Family Violence and Religion
From a wise netfriend: The international human rights instruments say that human rights are to be exercised within the law and that human rights cannot be used as an excuse for taking other human rights away from people. It would not be a legitimate use of human rights to use the right to religious freedom […]
Peace
If this task of building a peaceful world is the most important task of our time, it is also the most difficult. It will, in fact, require far more discipline, more sacrifice, more planning, more thought, more co-operation and more heroism than war ever demanded. — Thomas Merton
Wars from a Jewish perspective
I asked a Jewish friend: What kind of God who would order the slaughter of the Amalekites? Jewish friend: I don’t understand your question. I assume that the “kind of God” I worship, is the same one that you do too. Am I wrong in this? RC: Yes and no. See, eg. http://jmm.org.au/articles/17630.htm not written […]
Simply Christian, The Last Word (N T Wright)
Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense by N. T. Wright HarperSanFrancisco, 256 pp Wright is the perfect person to displace C. S. Lewis in the church’s abiding dialogue with skepticism. The Last Word: Beyond the Bible Wars to a New Understanding of the Authority of Scripture by N. T. Wright HarperSanFrancisco, 160 pp., $19.95 ~~~ […]
Gifts to the Needy
Dec 20, 2006 God “scatters abroad” and “gives to the poor” (2 Corinthians 9:9). So should we. Let’s return for a moment to Christmas giving. I described it earlier as a feast of mutual delight in exchange of gifts within the circle of family or friends. But there is something very one-sided about celebrating Christmas […]
An Interesting view of history of the Middle East
http://www.mapsofwar.com/images/EMPIRE17.swf gives you a 5000 year view of the various empires which have ruled the Middle East. It takes about 90 seconds.
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