Apologetics
Understanding the Christian Vote: Evangelicals and the Influence of the Christian Right
Understanding the Christian Vote: Evangelicals and the Influence of the Christian Right by Brian Edgar, Director of Public Theology of the Australian Evangelical Alliance ——————————————————————————– The coalition victory [in Australia] and the emergence of the Family First party have triggered a significant debate about the role of conservative Christians in politics. Dubbed indiscriminately as ‘evangelicals’, […]
Cloning More Dangerous Than Arms of Mass Destruction
Cardinal Ratzinger: Cloning More Dangerous Than Arms of Mass Destruction Warns About Positivist Approach to Human Rights ROME, OCT. 27, 2004 (Zenit.org).- Human cloning is more dangerous than weapons of mass destruction, warns Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. “Man is capable of producing another man in the laboratory who, therefore, is no longer a gift of God […]
Political Forgiveness
by Russell Day essay by Maggie Helass Volume 1, number 8, Winter 2004 The terrain of political forgiveness is in the early days of exploration-its cartographers will be revising and refining their maps for a long time. So argues Russell Daye, a United Church of Canada minister who is currently lecturing in the Department of […]
Why Are Some American Christians So Bloodthirsty?
Understanding Pro-war Christians’ Indifference to Civilian Deaths by Dr. Teresa Whitehurst It’s been going on for years now. Almost daily we read that another child, another parent, another sister or brother, another grandpa or aunt, is killed in Afghanistan or Iraq by U.S. weaponry in Mr. Bush’s “war on terror.” Sometimes it’s a wedding party, […]
Middle East comment
From a netfriend: You might be interested in the comment of one of my friends… or rather to be accurate, one of my friends’ brothers. My friend is Jewish by birth and agnostic in practice, his brother is radically orthodox. It’s not word for word but I’ll put it in quotes even so: “The fight […]
Church and State
From a pastor-friend who wrote to the Leader of the Opposition in Australia’s Federal Parliament: Hi all, Mark Latham responded to the current debate on abortion by stating that he “respects” the role of churches, but that we should keep religion out of politics. Below is my letter to him. ~~~ Dear Sir, As a […]
The Pathology Of Corporations
The pathology of corporations. Economic rationalism means that this is a single bottom line economy. “Corporate ethics”, “environmental sustainability”, “social responsibility” etc usually affect that single bottom line adversely. They are all cost activities, not income producing activities, and in any business model you minimise costs and maximise income. It is much cheaper to solve […]
Virginity test
Now here’s a good question (from a netfriend): ~~~ Oh GAWD I will regret sinking into a science and the bible debate, but one thing I have never got a straight answer about is, what is this test for virginity referred to in Deut. 22? It had better be a good test…the girl’s life depended […]
Gay Stats & Expereince
One poster wrote: Re homosexual orientation would any of you know the percentage of people who are “born” homosexual? I thought I heard a figure of around 4% quoted somewhere. Nathan responded: I don’t know whether anybody is born homosexual. I’m not aware of any persuasive evidence that there is a pre-birth cause, genetic or […]
The Pharisees Line Up To Cast Their Stones At Gay Partners
An interesting article. See our Statement of Faith for JMM’s doctrinal position. Rowland. ~~~ By HOWARD TROXLER, St. Petersburg Times Columnist Published November 14, 2004 ——————————————————————————– This past Tuesday in Jacksonville, the Florida Baptist Convention voted to support a state constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. The Baptists want the Florida Constitution to state that marriage […]
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