Apologetics
Archbishop of Canterbury on dialogue
25 NOVEMBER 2005 Archbishop of Canterbury – visit to Pakistan The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams has begun an eight-day visit to Pakistan with a church service in Rawalpindi. Speaking in Christ Church, Rawalpindi on Tuesday [22nd November] Dr Williams told the congregation that their situation was similar to the boy whose loaves and […]
Anti-Multiculturalism
Got this email this morning from an Australian Christian (yes!) friend. How would you respond? ~~~ Australia- The Right to Leave Our Country – YOU Have the right – the right to leave ! After Sydney not wanting to offend other cultures by putting up Xmas lights. After hearing that the State of South Australia […]
Baptist leaders express concerns over Work Choices legislation
Baptist Union of Australia MEDIA RELEASE For immediate release 24 November 2005 The President of the Baptist Union of Australia, Rev Dr Ross Clifford, together with Baptist leaders from every Australian state and territory, express concern over the possible negative impact of the Work Choices legislation currently before Parliament. Together we are resolved to continue […]
It’s O.K. if it Makes Money (Murdoch)
Page Three girls – the naked truth By Mary Braid BBC News Online Page Three girls have been central to the success of the soaraway Sun, becoming a peculiarly British tradition in the process. But their introduction was risky, and their survival never completely assured. Sun editor Larry Lamb made his big gamble on 17 […]
Intelligent Design
The US journal “Skeptical Inquirer” covers anything which can loosely be described as “pseudoscience”. The latest issue (November/December 2005) concentrates on “intelligent design” To whet your appetite, here is part of a letter by John Clinger, Richmond, Virginia: The pro-evolution community is missing a great teaching opportunity regarding Intelligent Design. . . . Perhaps a […]
The Archbishop and the Global South Primates’ Letter
Statement from Lambeth Palace following publication of the Global South Primates’ Letter ACNS 4080 | LAMBETH | 18 NOVEMBER 2005 Statement from Lambeth Palace following publication of the Global South Primates’ Letter Lambeth Palace has issued the following statement following the publication of a letter from Primates of the Global South to the Archbishop of […]
Death of Palestinian child gives life to six Israelis
Ahmed’s gift of life Ahmed Khatib’s death was tragically unexceptional: the 12-year-old Palestinian was shot by Israeli soldiers while holding a toy gun. But what happened next was not. The boy’s parents donated his organs to six Israelis. They tell Chris McGreal why their decision was a gesture of both peace and resistance Friday November […]
When will the oil run out?
If there are 3 trillion barrels left, we should have the time to find alternatives to oil. If there are only 1 trillion, then we are in trouble. Jeremy Leggett David Jenkins ————————————————————————– Jeremy Leggett is CEO of Solarcentury. David Jenkins is a former chief technology adviser to the BP group Dear David 23rd October […]
Churches and the Anti-Terror Laws
Churches split as Anglicans oppose new laws By Barney Zwartz, Religion Editor November 17, 2005 AUSTRALIA’S churches are sharply divided over the new federal anti-terror laws, with Eastern Orthodox churches strongly supporting the legislation. The disagreements emerged at a meeting of the National Council of Churches, which had to drop an Anglican motion opposing the […]
Religion in France
November 17, 2005 Empty religion In France it’s what adherents don’t have that ties them together | by Joel Belz So much for the illusion. Just when modern Europe thought itself to have been successfully secularized, along comes a crew of scruffy Muslims to spoil the picture. (“Scruffy” was one of the nicer words used […]
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