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Inclusive language
The Living Mosaic Welcome to the first edition of The Living Mosaic. This is the new newsletter of Priests for Equality. We hope to have a larger newsletter in the near future and include articles on inclusive language, news items, action alerts, resources, pieces on implementing inclusive language, personal stories about the struggle for equality, […]
Answers in Genesis (Ken Smith) [1]
In this thread about Answers in Genesis we haven’t had any contributions from people who are on the staff of that organisation. Thois who have looked at their website have been interested to note that the language they use about those who disagree with them is fully in accord with some postings we see from […]
Answers in Genesis (Ken Smith) [2]
Here is the second part – your news reader should show this _after_ the first part, which I posted this morning. Answers in Genesis and Jonathan Sarfati: Part 2 of 2 I apologise for the length of this post and the preceding one. However they illustrate three significant points. (a) The excessive number of words […]
Anzac Service
Cheesy, empty feeling, with the dawn service celebrated in the wrong key April 26, 2005 Despite its promise, this day of remembrance began on the wrong foot for Helen Garner. It was exciting to be in the city before 6am. A crowd rushed to board the tram. A big guy with gold rings and bracelets […]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest [33]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest A weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 033, 15-21 April 2005 ² edited by Rod Benson News & opinion Aboriginal & indigenous issues Warren Mundine’s call for greater private ownership within communally held lands, and John Howard’s support in response to similar calls […]
Suicide (an Orthodox Church view)
From the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Suicide is the taking of one’s own life. The Orthodox Church has, over the centuries, taught that we do not have the right to take our own lives, since life is a gift from God which we are called upon to preserve and enhance. Hence, the Church considers […]
Piaget’s Cognitive Changes in Adulthood
Compared to adolescents, thinking of young adults is more: Realistic – Idealism decreases in face of real world constraints Pragmatic – Switch from acquiring knowledge to applying it Reflective and Relativistic – Move away from absolutist thinking of adolescence from http://216.239.63.104/search?q=cache:PWWMnG_Q02kJ:www.uta.edu/psychology/faculty/hallman/classnotes/Santrock%2520Chapter%25206.ppt+%22absolutist+thinking%22&hl=en
Persecution
From a netfriend: Simply awful rejection and persecution has always been the Mother’s Milk of organized religion. Basically, if people despise us, the Lord loves us. In the early years, “Prophet” Joseph Smith, Jr. sent Mormons out into the night to pillage farms in Ohio and Illinois. In short order, people hated Mormons. This helped […]
Unearthly Secularism
Temperance and discipline are preached by all religions. When these values are challenged by the modern creed of consumerism it is perceived as an assault on ancient conviction and practice, and confrontation is inevitable. THE WESTERN VERSION of development and wealth-creation promotes itself as a purely secular phenomenon. The violence it provokes in many pious […]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest [29]
Religion & Ethics Australia Digest A weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 029, 18-24 March 2005 ² edited by Rod Benson News reports Abortion America’s pro-choicers are wielding a new principle that’s tough to argue with, writes Andrew Sullivan. Time 7 Mar 05 Women undergoing an abortion for […]
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