Apologetics
Indigenous Women’s Incarceration Rates
Incarceration rates for Indigenous Women a National Shame ************************************************** Indigenous women live in ‘a landscape of risk’ and as a nation we should be ashamed that we have not addressed this urgent problem, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Dr Bill Jonas said today. Launching his annual Social Justice Report, Dr Jonas said […]
Is Bush Too Christian?
Or Not Enough? Scrutiny over Religion’s Role in U.S. Foreign Policy WASHINGTON, D.C., MARCH 15, 2003 (Zenit.org).- The United States is governed by a dangerous religious fanatic. That’s how many opinion writers, domestic and foreign, are describing President George W. Bush. For Georgie Anne Geyer, writing in the Chicago Tribune on March 7, the president’s […]
Einstein On War
Einstein: “He who joyfully marches to music in rank and file has already earned my contempt. He has been given a large brain by mistake, since for him the spinal cord would fully suffice. This disgrace to civilization should be done away with at once. Heroism at command, senseless brutality, deplorable love-of-country stance, how violently […]
Sagan On Our Earth
Carl Sagan (in the context a a photo taken by a “Voyager” spacecraft leaving the Solar System but looking back at the Sun): Look again at that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us. On it everyone you love, everyone you know, everyone you ever heard of, every human being who ever was, lived out […]
War Backlash Imminent
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-054 (General Information) There are of course very many people, situations and issues that call for our concern and prayers at this time. This posting focuses on some of them. Answers to prayer are also reported for our encouragement. ——————— WAR BACKLASH IMMINENT ——————— by Elizabeth Kendal (in Religious Liberty Prayer List […]
Hope, Peace And Children
There is a formatted .rtf version at http://www.une.edu.au/campus/chaplaincy/uniting/links/peacechildren.rtf for anyone who wants to print it out and use it in worship. HOPE, PEACE AND CHILDREN A RESOURCE FOR CONGREGATIONS AND FAMILIES IN A TIME OF WAR “Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try to do the […]
Evangelicals And The War: A Personal Reflection
Vinoth Ramachandra (formerly IFES Regional Secretary for South Asia) Dear partners in mission: God is once again in the news. The impending war with Iraq is of direct concern to us, not only because we care about the millions of people in Iraq, the Gulf states (including many Asian migrant workers), the US and elsewhere […]
John Howard And War
Hey, John, most of us don’t want your war By Hugh Mackay March 15 2003 (S.M.H.) Dear Prime Minister, Speaking as one of the mob, I’ve had enough. Like 49 per cent of voters, I’ve never been a supporter of your Government, but I have often had reason to respect your political skills. Now, having […]
Recent History In Iraq
The New York Times 14 March 2003 A Tyrant 40 Years in the Making By ROGER MORRIS SEATTLE – On the brink of war, both supporters and critics of United States policy on Iraq agree on the origins, at least, of the haunted relations that have brought us to this pass: America’s dealings with Saddam […]
View From The White House
The great struggles of the twentieth century between liberty and totalitarianism ended with a decisive victory for the forces of freedom-and a single sustainable model for national success: freedom, democracy, and free enterprise. In the twenty-first century, only nations that share a commitment to protecting basic human rights and guaranteeing political and economic freedom will […]
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