Apologetics
Is Gandhi In Heaven? (Christianity and Other Religions)
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. All things came into being through him, and without him not one thing came into being. What has come into being in him was life, and the life was the light of all people. And the Word became […]
Scientology’s War On The Internet
[ Note from Rowland: Someone from the Church of Scientology has contacted me asking for the publication of their point of view on this. See http://jmm.org.au/articles/14171.htm ] Scientology launches new censorship attack on Internet! Scientology has launched a new censorship attack on the Internet, one designed to clog search mechanisms. By spamming Internet search mechanisms, Scientology […]
More Martyrs Now Than Then?
Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 465 (August 97) More Martyrs Now than Then? Examining the real situation of martyrdom by Justin D. Long Right now, interest in the Persecuted Church is reaching what seems to be a near-fever pitch in the Christian community, particularly those on the “fringes” of missions interest. Everyone wants to hear about persecution […]
Oxymoron Of The Month (In Australia): ‘Sporting Shooters’
OXYMORON OF THE MONTH (in Australia): ‘SPORTING SHOOTERS’ What sort of morons are ‘oxymorons’? They’re figures of speech in which words with an opposite meaning are used together – wise fool, making haste slowly, etc. The Port Arthur tragedy got headlines around the world; as did our PM’s swift response in reining in the gun […]
The Multiverse Theory Debunked
[From a netfriend] The fact that our universe contains extraordinary evidence of intelligent design at the cosmological level is now well known. The main argument used by atheists to counter this is the multiverse theory, i.e., if there was an infinity of universes, all slightly different from one another, one of them would have all […]
Moderate Iranians
I heard an interview with the Iranian-American novelist Samir Ali a while back and he commented that “For Iranians the Palestinian issue is just a slogan, but the Arabs are 100 percenters on it.” He meant that the Arabs he met, even the so-called moderates, believed that “a just and final solution to the Palestinian […]
The Atheist Christmas Challenge
Can you prove God doesn’t exist? By Jim Holt Posted Monday, December 23, 2002, at 8:13 AM PT What does it mean to be an atheist in a God-fearing nation like the United States? Anywhere from 90 percent to 95 percent of Americans profess to believe in a deity. No wonder some self-avowed atheists are […]
Australia And Self-Determination For Aborigines
“The Age”, December 26 2002 By Annabel Crabb, Canberra Australia is the sole remaining country opposing the right of indigenous people to “self-determination” in United Nations negotiations towards an international statement of indigenous rights. The Australian Government this month informed a Geneva summit that it remains opposed to the term, even though the United States […]
Yorta Yorta Decision (Aboriginal Title)
ABC NEWS ONLINE Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:04 AEDT The Yorta Yorta people have lost their High Court bid in a native title claim over 2,000 square kilometres of land and waterways along the Victoria and New South Wales border. The court has upheld a ruling that the tide of history has washed away the […]
Season Of Cliches
Matthew Taylor: Bah to humbug! This year I’m determined to enjoy myself One harrassed father is going to break with tradition and embrace the clich © of Christmas 22 December 2002 Years ago, the novelist and semiologist Umberto Eco wrote a brilliant essay about the film Casablanca. What gave the movie its particular appeal, he argued, […]
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