Apologetics
Collisions and Doubts (Church vs. State)
Sightings 5/16/05 Collisions and Doubts — Martin E. Marty Where to draw “the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority” (James Madison)? Or, less felicitously, where to maintain or breach “the wall of separation between church and state” (Thomas Jefferson)? When to make use of the line? Those questions are […]
Is torture ever defensible?
Torture should be legalised and is a “morally defensible” interrogation method, even if it causes the death of innocent people, according to an article by two Victorian academics that has sparked outrage here and overseas. In a paper soon to be published in an American law journal, the head of Deakin University’s Law School, Professor […]
Conflict over gay clergy challenges core beliefs
Christians have fought with each other over a great many issues since the apostles Peter and Paul disagreed publicly over the place of the Jewish rite of circumcision in a church that baptized uncircumcised Gentiles. Some conflicts seem in retrospect fairly trivial — questions such as when Easter should be celebrated, how one should make […]
What is rape?
One netfriend (male) wrote: Sometimes a rape is partially the fault of the person raped. Do you really think women can run around with next to nothing on, talk like sluts, go to places where they know lots of drugs and drinking is going on, tease men (which they do) and then expect that no […]
Rape
From a friend: Visit http://www.mencanstoprape.org/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From http://www.cambridgedocumentaryfilms.org/rapeis.html “Rape is.,” a new half-hour documentary video, explores the meaning and consequences of rape. This documentary looks at rape from a global and historical perspective, but focuses mainly on the domestic cultural conditions that make this human rights violation the most underreported crime in America. Many types […]
Supporting families of homosexuals
One pastor wrote: Without wanting to start a debate about this topic I am looking for material or groups who are working with families of homosexuals. We have a couple in our church who left the uniting church over this issue and now find that their adult son is gay. Does anyone know of any […]
Baptists and Homosexuality: two views
In and Out: Homosexuality and Church In a world that is all too dualistic, homosexuality stands as a trap-door; an increasingly accepted pathway to an existence which refuses to conform to the simple heterosexual norm. Yet for gays and lesbians within the church, a war is raging. Battling apparent biblical condemnation and the conservative right, […]
Christianity and the State
Paul Harvey says: I don’t believe in Santa Claus, but I’m not going to sue somebody for singing a Ho-Ho-Ho song in December. I don’t agree with Darwin, but I didn’t go out and hire a lawyer when my high school teacher taught his theory of evolution. Life, liberty or your pursuit of happiness will […]
Politicians shouldn’t manipulate faith
Commentary: Politicians shouldn’t manipulate faith May. 13, 2005 A UMNS Commentary By the Rev. Mike Macdonald* The idea of keeping church and state separate did not come from politicians. It came from Anabaptists (ancestors of the Baptists, Mennonites and Amish) who were being persecuted by the secular authorities because they dissented from the official state […]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest [36]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest A weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 036, 6-12 May 2005 ² edited by Rod Benson News & opinion Abortion Federal Parliament will be asked to legislate to ban abortions of fetuses more than 23 weeks into gestation and require women seeking abortions […]
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