Apologetics
Religious Vilification: Is This the Death of Christianity in Australia?
Is This the Death of Christianity in Australia? Bill Muehlenberg I just returned from the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in Melbourne, where the two Christian pastors have been found of guilty of vilifying Muslims. The decision handed down this morning marks the beginning of the end of freedom of speech in Australia, and the […]
John Pilger interviews Noam Chomsky
TRANSCRIPTION OF TV INTERVIEW OF NOAM CHOMSKY BY JOHN PILGER 25 Nov 1992 Transcribed by Rae West ——————————————————————————– Note: I’ve tried to describe the visual setting, without being over-elaborate; and, not feeling empowered to remove them, I’ve retained all the ers and ums, perhaps with misplaced zeal – do Chomskyan ums have a greater significance […]
Southern Baptists and Baptist World Alliance
February 23, 2004 Re: Sorrow over SBC Executive Committee Recommendation to withdraw from the BWA Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ! May the Peace, Joy and Love of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you and your household! Greetings from your brothers and sisters around the world in Jesus’ name! It is with great sorrow […]
Prof. Antony Flew’s conversion to theism: a response
First: note that there are conflicting stories about Prof. Flew’s so-called conversion to theism: use the searches on this site to find out more… Rowland. Dear Friends: The following is an exclusive interview that will be published in the Winter 2004 issue of “Philosophia Christi” the journal of the Evangelical Philosophical Society (http://www.biola.edu/philchristi). “Philosophia Christi” […]
Scientology
Dear friends, I don’t usually make time to amend articles in this way, or present a contra view at this length: they can stand, and people can visit official websites for the organization’s/church’s viewpoint… However after half a dozen phone calls from the nice man at Scientology I’ve agreed to put their point of view. […]
Churches in historic pact
By Barney Zwartz Religion Editor July 26, 2004 Fifteen Australian churches have signed a covenant of co-operation that leaders hail as one of the most significant events in Australian church history. Uniting Church of Australia president Dean Drayton, calling it “a really dramatic statement of intent and hope”, said yesterday the covenant could not have […]
Nobel Prize Winners: Muslims and Jews
(Note: I am a Christian, and don’t really like the flavour of this article, which has floated around the Internet for a number of years – and probably needs updating. But I post it here for information, and invite any Muslims or others reading this to present an article giving ‘the other side of the […]
Aborigines: The dangers of mutual obligation
The dangers of mutual obligation December 15, 2004 The Prime Minister must not play at social engineering with Aborigines, write Pat Dodson and Noel Pearson. Anumber of Aboriginal leaders, ourselves included, have decided to combine our energies to advance the situation of Aboriginal people from an abysmal state of social and economic inertia to a […]
Sexual Abuse: Church Audit Plan Rankles Advocacy Groups
Church Audit Plan Rankles Advocacy Groups ——————– By RACHEL ZOLL AP Religion Writer December 13, 2004, 4:24 PM EST Two victim advocacy groups accused Roman Catholic bishops Monday of abandoning their pledge to root out sexually abusive clergy by reducing the number of U.S. dioceses that will receive full, onsite audits of their child protection […]
Rabbinic Concepts and Contemporary Conscientious Objection
——————————————————————————– Laura Duhan Kaplan In the world of Jewish religious thought, Judaism is viewed as a language that is constituted by both its past and its present. Rabbis and scholars have a long history of addressing moral and ethical questions by interpreting the Hebrew Scriptures and the commentary built upon them. Because Jewish ethics are […]
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