Apologetics
Intelligent design is not science
The Australian Academy of Science “Statement on Creationism”: from http://www.science.org.au/reports/creation.htm Statement on creationism/intelligent design More than 70,000 scientists and science teachers are represented in an open letter warning that ‘intelligent design’ should not be taught in school science classes. The letter was published in major Australian newspapers on 21 October 2005 Full text of letter […]
The Emerging Fractures in the Religious Right
Friday, 24 March 2006 10:42 By Bart Mongoven The American Family Association (AFA) has launched a boycott campaign against Ford Motor Co., protesting the relaunch of a new Ford advertising run that is directed toward gay consumers in the United States. The timing of the move by the AFA, a key activist group within the […]
What Islam says on religious freedom
By Magdi Abdelhadi BBC Arab affairs analyst HYPERLINK “http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif” HYPERLINK http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif If someone changes from Islam to kufr (unbelief), that has to remain a personal matter, and he should not make it public HYPERLINK “http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/shared/img/o.gif” HYPERLINK http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/v3/start_quote_rb.gif Each and every individual has the right to change his religion without any conditions whatsoever HYPERLINK “
Evolution and religion: Do they conflict?
By Mainstream Baptist Not necessarily. Whether evolution conflicts with religion depends upon the context in which the theory of evolution is presented. When evolution is discussed within the context of scientific inquiry and experimentation, there is no conflict. When evolution is discussed within the context of philosophical and religious inquiry, conflicts may arise — but […]
Battle for a wholesome generation?
by David Batstone March 2006 What cause do you suppose could bring more than 25,000 evangelical Christians together in San Francisco this past weekend: Immigration? The Iraq war? Climate change? Nope, a celebration of “virtue.” The two-day rally branded itself as Battle Cry for a Generation and fits into a broader national campaign to provide […]
Limits to healing?
#1: maybe homosexuality could be a psychological disorder……. People can have weird head trips and the answer isn’t to change the outward so that it conforms with their disorder, but to heal the inward so their head conforms with reality. #2: What if it’s chromosomal? A bit difficult to “heal the inward” there, I would […]
Archbishop of Canterbury – Faith communities can’t solve problems alone
ACNS 4131 | LAMBETH | 29 MARCH 2005 Archbishop of Canterbury – Faith communities can’t solve problems alone The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has said that faith communities need to promote confidence and earn trust in order to face the common problems that confront the world. Speaking at a dinner in Washington during […]
A Religion of Peace?
A Religion of Peace? Bill Muehlenberg A Muslim who converted to Christianity in Afghanistan has attracted a lot of attention lately. He was jailed and sentenced to death for his “crime”, but following an international outcry, he has just been freed. His life is still at risk however. The case of Abdul Rahman is on […]
Today Tehran, Tomorrow the World
What’s at stake in the dispute over Iranian nukes? Ultimately, human survival By CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER Posted Sunday, Mar. 26, 2006 Like many physicists who worked on the Manhattan Project, Richard Feynman could not get the Bomb out of his mind after the war. “I would see people building a bridge,” he wrote. “And I thought, […]
Standing With Abdul Rahman
AFGHANISTAN 27 March 2006 DON’T FORGET HIM NOW: STANDING WITH ABDUL RAHMAN – A CHALLENGE TO CHRISTIANS Abdul Rahman is willing to die for his Christian faith and thus to challenge an aspect of Islam that is iniquitous and cruel. Christians must support their courageous brother in his stand. The 41-year-old convert from Islam to […]
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