Apologetics
Ecology – Another View
-Ecology: Leading economist denounces environmentalist scare-mongering The world is not heading for ecological disaster and development can continue unchecked, according to a Danish economist specialising in environmental matters, Bjorn Lomborg, quoted by The Economist magazine. The earth’s resources are not running low, despite what the environmentalists say, Lomborg said. In fact, they are much larger […]
Christians And Drink
pablo wrote: Can a Christian drink? Yes. Water, milk, alcohol, etc. If so, are there any wise guidelines? Don’t be a glutton. Don’t drink to get drunk. I mean, basically, let’s cut to the chase and put some cards on the table. Alcohol has a Christian heritage as shown below: ****** (from Rabbi Rudolph Brasch, […]
Marx In Disguise
Pondering The Rot. More Fun Than Birdwatching. On the principle that leprosy is more fun if you understand why your fingers are falling off, permit me a few thoughts on Karl Marx, his witless theories, and our descent into a Disney version of them. Marxism is a stupid, and almost comically wrong, hotchpotch of nonsense […]
Careful: An Asteroid Is Coming!
From a learned ‘Net-friend (25th July 2002) Well Tom, looks like we baby-boomers won’t need to worry that our retirement savings will be insufficient! Seriously though, this is typical of media beat-up and inaccuracy in reporting. Must be a slow news day! When an asteroid is first discovered, it is difficult to plot its future […]
What Supermarkets May Be Doing To Your Health
Woolies the worm in that plastic fruit By Matt Wade and Michael Bradley July 9 2002 Australians are eating poorer tasting fruit, treated with increasing amounts of chemicals, because of stringent quality specifications by Woolworths, says the nation’s largest citrus grower-packer. “Woolworths just wants more and more plastic fruit,” said Steve Twomey, domestic sales manager […]
How To Avoid Being Manipulated
How to Avoid Being Manipulated, Bamboozled and Seduced by Experts and Authorities by Sharon Presley, Ph.D. Thinking Critically: Ask Yourself Questions The following suggestions are based on what social psychologists have learned about social influence and obedience and resistance to authority. Don’t let others define the situation for you. Ask yourself: Is this person really […]
Earth Will Expire By 2050
The world’s ticking timebomb —————————————————————————- —- Our planet is running out of room and resources. Modern man has plundered so much, a damning report claims this week, that outer space will have to be colonised Mark Townsend and Jason Burke Sunday July 7, 2002 The Observer Earth’s population will be forced to colonise two planets […]
War And Peace
Will and Ariel Durant’s ‘The Lessons Of History’ New York: Simon & Schuster, 1968) ******* p. 81 War is one of the constants of history, and has not diminished with civilization or democracy. in the last 3,421 years of recorded history only 268 have seen no war. We have acknowledged war as at present the […]
Stem Cell Research
Stem Cell Research: Truth vs. Hype by Carrie Gordon Earll n 1998, researchers at the University of Wisconsin successfully harvested the first stem cell from a living human embryo. To most Americans, the event seemed an insignificant footnote on the pages of medical history. Little did most of us know how it would direct public […]
Creationism
From my Net-friend Mark: Many Christians do not believe in Cretinism … er … Creationism. I quote former Anglican Archbishop, and now Governor General, Peter Hollingworth in the Forward to Ian Plimer’s ‘Telling Lies For God’ (Random House: Sydney, 1994) ******** p. xi I would agree with Professor Plimer that creation science does not help […]
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