Apologetics
Stickers on Creationist/Scientific textbooks
February 2005 issue of the “Scientific American”. An article on page 82 is labelled “Sticker Shock”, and wonders why biology textbooks are singled out. The author writes: Maybe that last sentence should be stamped into *every* textbook (and some other books I can think of). And maybe they could rewrite the advisory so that it’s […]
Creation Science books
A netfriend writes: Before the scopes trial was the question of origins taught in US public Schools? This was a question my sixteen year old granddaughter chose to do a research paper on for extra credits. This was one of about a half dozen topics she could have selected. She has been searching old text […]
Creationists take their challenge to evolution theory into the classroom
Religious right fights science for the heart of America Suzanne Goldenberg in Kansas City Monday February 7, 2005 The Guardian Al Frisby has spent the better part of his life in rooms filled with rebellious teenagers, but the last years have been particularly trying for the high school biology teacher. He has met parents who […]
Barnabas Fund Calls On Lords To Reject Religious Hate Law
UNITED KINGDOM Press Release – 08 February 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE BARNABAS FUND CALLS ON LORDS TO REJECT RELIGIOUS HATE LAW, AS BILL SHAMELESSLY PUSHED THROUGH COMMONS Barnabas Fund is calling on the House of Lords to be firm in the face of government pressure and reject laws banning incitement to religious hatred which pose […]
Evolution and science etc.
Read somewhere on the Net: Dawkins has invested too much of himself in defending the theory of Evolution to be able to see problems with it rationally. Scientists who are atheists are becoming quite critical of evolution as the sole explanation for the development of life on Earth. See for example, astrobiologist and cosmologist, Paul […]
Changing one’s beliefs
A netfriend wrote: So let me repeat …. arguments don’t work, being nice and loving doesn’t work. How DOES one deal with closed-minded creationists? I replied: For my sins I did a Masters’ degree on just this question. Briefly: attitude-change and becoming less fearful of ‘cognitive dissonance’ happens primarily in relationships. In general terms I […]
Make Poverty History
Nelson Mandela & ‘Make Poverty History’ at G7 this year ‘Make Poverty History’: People Power Gets to G7 by Sanjay Suri LONDON – Nelson Mandela, 86, needed no support when he walked up to address thousands at Trafalgar Square in London Thursday. He had the support of a cheering crowd, and of one of the […]
Old prejudices deny modern womanhood
[Note: this website is committed to ‘informed decisions’ so on subjects like abortion etc. we will present various points of view, to help us all towards maturity in complex matters like this one. Rowland.] By Adele Horin February 5, 2005 Whenever churchmen gather to discuss what women can do with their bodies, no good can […]
The Silence of the Feminists
February 4, 2005 Why don’t left-leaning Western women speak up about abuses in the Islamic world, asks Pamela Bone. ‘They’d blanch at foot binding, but for stiletto-smitten New Yorkers, surgical reshaping makes perfect sense,” said an introduction to a story in Good Weekend last week. The story was about women in New York paying $A8000 […]
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