Apologetics
Creationism
I rather prefer what Arthur C. Clarke wrote in one of his essays, reprinted in “1984: Spring”: I would defend the liberty of consenting adult creationists to practise whatever intellectual perversions they like in the privacy of their own homes, but it is also necessary to protect the young and innocent. This is an appropriate […]
Fair Trade
eni-summary list Ecumenical News International News Highlights 12 December 2002 Millions-strong Christian alliance launches campaign to change trade rules Geneva (ENI). An alliance representing hundreds of millions of Christians world-wide has launched a global campaign in favour of “fair” trade practices and human rights. The “Trade for People, not People for Trade” campaign aims to […]
Creationism (Not Again!)
A creationist, by name Dimitri Kouznetsov, from Russia, toured Australia some years ago under the auspices of the Creation Science Foundation (now Answers in Genesis). He was much lauded by the faithful, and it was claimed that he became a creationist before he became a Christian. Among the publicity it was claimed that he was […]
Sexual Abuse In The Catholic Church
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly CRISIS Magazine – e-Letter November 19, 2002 ********************************************** Dear Friend, Well, the results are finally in. And believe me, they are surprising. As I promised you last week, we’re now ready to unveil the results from our 2002 survey of Catholics in America. You can view the complete […]
Patriotism And Idolatry
Noel wrote: While your parallels are interesting, any comparison needs to include the dimension of the grace of God who calls and equips us as his ambassadors. Nathan responded: I quite agree. But many moderate Moslems might want to argue the same in response to the one written about them. My point was that we […]
Ideology And Change
A list-friend wrote: How does that kind of mis-information and seeming racial hatred get embraced by ‘conservative’ christians? I responded: Any response to this should probably underline ‘conservative’ rather than ‘Christians’… Conservatives – whether political, religious or whatever – prefer the safety of what-is and what-has-been (traditionalists) ‘cos there are liberals out there wanting to […]
Response From An A I D S Victim
On some newsgroups various people wrote: This is one of the easiest diseases to avoid, its a killer because people want illicit sex and are not **faithful to their spouses. Remain faithful and honour your marriage vows and you can forget about AIDS. Provinding one does not acquire it from a blood transfusion, like one […]
Our Multilingual World
Hi, Rowland I appreciate you contributions to the Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list. You may like to check the following: YBIC Ian Our Multilingual World. The instruction is to < "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.>. The Day of Pentecost (Acts 2:4) showed the gospel going out to the world in […]
Dehumanizing People
this is really worth reading: http://www.richardwebster.net/israelpalestine.html demonisation, which invisibly licenses terrible acts of destruction, will poison and corrupt any cause. We have seen the results in the mutilated bodies of Israelis blown up by suicide bombers; in the ruins of the twin towers in Manhattan as rescue workers sifted through rubble for body parts; or […]
Terrorism And The Chador
From a net-friend (23 November 2002): I couldnt believe my eyes when I saw the Fred nile thing on TV that he thinks muslim woman shouldnt be allowed to wear these things in Australia. Is he on his own on this or is he got support and what happens from this. Response by another: Well […]
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