Apologetics
Ethics and the Shadow of Torture
by DAVID E. ANDERSON “The Christian in me says it’s wrong, but the corrections officer in me says I love to make a grown man piss himself.” — Charles A. Graner, Jr. on the torture of prisoners at Abu Ghraib President Bush’s nomination of his White House counsel Alberto R. Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft […]
How To Handle Bibliolaters
This article, critical of ‘literalist/fundamentalist’ Christianity is posted here FYI. Take it as a challenge: how would you respond? Rowland Croucher By Delos McKown Over the years I have been confronted by numerous bibliolaters: people who take the Bible to be inerrant and, thus, put it beyond intelligent criticism. Since theirs is a particularly pernicious […]
Victorian Vilification Case
MEDIA RELEASE 17 December 2004 Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College, Sydney Black day for free speech and religious liberty The Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT) today upheld the complaint by the Islamic Council of Victoria that Catch the Fire Ministries (CFM) and Christian pastors Daniel Scot and Danny Nalliah had vilified Muslims. Judge […]
Religion & Ethics Australia Daily [18]
Religion & Ethics Australia Daily A twice-weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 018, 14-16 December 2004 ² edited by Rod Benson News reports Aboriginal issues A bitter feud has erupted within Labor over indigenous policy, with popularly elected vice-president Warren Mundine challenging Mark Latham to dump the party’s […]
Ten Reasons Why Justice is Essential to the Gospel
Ross Langmead 12-15-04 Someone asked me recently why justice-seeking figured so strongly in my approach to mission. I think they meant “as distinct from evangelism.” We were talking about asylum seekers. I said something about the integration of the word (evangelism) and deed (loving our neighbor). I quoted Matthew 25, saying that for me one […]
The Fight for justice (Ghandi)
Ghandi once said; First they ignore you, Then they laugh at you, Then they fight you, And then you win.
Has Antony Flew ceased to be an atheist? (update)
Has Antony Flew ceased to be an atheist? In a sensationalist campaign in the internet, it is alleged that Professor Antony Flew, British philosopher, reputed rationalist, atheist and Honorary Associate of Rationalist International, has left atheism and decided that a god might exist. The controversy revolves around some remarks of Prof. Antony Flew that seems […]
Religion & Ethics Australia Daily [17]
Religion & Ethics Australia Daily A twice-weekly public affairs review from the Centre for Christian Ethics, Morling College No. 017, 10-13 December 2004 ² edited by Rod Benson News reports Aboriginal issues The Aboriginal parents who struck a deal promising to force their kids to wash in return for community petrol bowsers yesterday delivered a […]
The post-Christian generation in Australia
The post-Christian generation – Opinion – http://www.theage.com.au December 14, 2004 The religious amnesia evident in Australia at Christmas is not only sad, it’s dangerous, writes Muriel Porter. Friends of mine recently took their young son to see the Myer Christmas windows. He was engrossed by them, carefully following the story of The Polar Express – […]
Shaking the World for Jesus: Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture
An excerpt from Shaking the World for Jesus Media and Conservative Evangelical Culture Heather Hendershot Introduction Nonbelievers often respond to evangelical Christians with fear or ridicule. When conservative Christian candidates dominated the elections in 1994, many Americans panicked. Of the six hundred national, state, and local candidates supported by religious conservatives, 60 percent won. Evangelicals […]
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