Apologetics
Monkeying With Darwin
In aus.religion.christian John wrote: It was recently reported in the press that the ‘scientific community’ (for want of better categorization) believes that homo-sapiens and chimpanzees have a common ancestor. They share 99% or thereabouts of the same genes apparently. recently? You mean, in the last 100 years or so? Chris responded: Peter is referring to […]
Morning After Pill
Dear Friends, An application has been made to the National Drugs and Poisons Schedule Committee for the “Morning After Pill” to be sold over the counter at pharmacies. This drug is an abortifacient, used after sexual intercourse not to prevent an embryo forming, but to remove any created embryos from the womb. That is to […]
Judges Ban Pledge Of Allegiance From Schools
Judges Ban Pledge of Allegiance From Schools, Citing ‘Under God’ By EVELYN NIEVES AN FRANCISCO, June 26 – A federal appeals court here declared today that the Pledge of Allegiance is unconstitutional because the phrase “one nation under God” violates the separation of church and state. In a decision that drew protest across the political […]
Homosexual Age Of Consent
Paedophilia is the issue – Not teenage sex The Rev Fred Nile MLC, Leader of the Christian Democratic Party, launched a devastating attack against the ALP Bill to lower the age of consent for buggery. “During my speech in Parliament last night I proved the age of consent law is only designed to protect vulnerable […]
Walk This Way
By MAUREEN DOWD ASHINGTON Call me a civil liberties prude, but I don’t want John Poindexter tracking my body part contours. Or my silhouette pixels, for that matter. Not since Monty Python’s Ministry of Silly Walks has a government devoted so much money and study to watching our steps. Admiral Poindexter, who supervised the strutting […]
Who Is Your Enemy/Neighbour?
The division friend/enemy is never just a recognition of factual difference. The enemy is by definition always (up to a point) invisible: it cannot be directly recognised because it looks like one of us, which is why the big problem and task of the political struggle is to provide/construct a recognisable image of the enemy. […]
Lesson From The Persecuted Church
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 3-101 (Practical Christian Living) A LESSON FROM THE PERSECUTED CHURCH The following article is a personal testimony from an anonymous traveler to the Persecuted Church. I need to encounter the persecuted because they remind me that God does not build His kingdom on my achievements, but on my sacrifices. I used to […]
The Amina Lawal Stoning Story
The following was sent to the SCMFriends lists early in the month. It provides an interesting perspective on this. Dear Friends, We received an email from WLUML [Women Living Under Muslim Law] to “Please Stop the International Amina Lawal Protest Letter Campaigns” Please read their information, advice and explanation given below. Thank you, tingjin Please […]
Freedom
“The U.N. is a place where governments opposed to free speech demand to be heard.”
C S Lewis On ‘Rewards’
Somewhere in a thread on the newsgroup aus.religion.christian I responded to a discussion (forgive me: I forget who/where) about the legitimacy or illegitimacy of the notion of rewards for following Christ. Here’s something from The Weight of Glory and other addresses, by C.S. Lewis. (The Macmillian Company, New York 1949). If you asked twenty men […]
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