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Embryonic Research

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

There still seems to be lack of interest in precise terminology within the Christian community when it comes to matters scientific. “Rowland Croucher” <> writes: >28 February 2002 >EMBRYONIC RESEARCH IS DEEPLY UNETHICAL DECLARES EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE AND >CARE IN JOINT STATEMENT >Using cloned human embryos for stem cell research is deeply unethical and >opens up […]

Do (And Believe) The Right Thing

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Sherron Watkins and Enron With each passing news cycle, the story of Enron’s collapse becomes more sordid. Conduct that ranged from questionable to quite possibly illegal has tarnished the reputations of nearly all of Enron’s senior management. But there’s one notable exception. One vice-president did the right thing — and did it because of her […]

Intelligent Design Theory Is Not Creationism

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

[The author wishes to remain anonymous] In about the last year or so, to the great surprise of many, the fraternity in the biological sciences community who have made it their task to do battle with creationists (the anti-creationist movement) have suddenly taken their attention off creationists and instead directed their ire at an academic […]

The Australian Governor General And Sexual Abuse

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

PART 1 – THE HOLLINGWORTH EVENTS The Hollingworth saga, as it is becoming known, began 12 years ago, when Hollingworth, with a Diploma of Social Studies and twenty-five years experience in the welfare organisation The Brotherhood of St Laurence, was appointed archbishop of Brisbane. One could be pardoned for thinking that the appointment of a […]

Essence Of Darwinism, The (Kirsten Birkett)

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-054 (Book Review) —————————————————————— THE ESSENCE OF DARWINISM by Kirstin Birkett (Matthias Media, 2001) —————————————————————— reviewed by Rod Benson (originally for Mosaic Journal) Like her earlier overviews of feminism, psychology and church history in Matthias Media’s Modern Beliefs Series, Kirstin Birkett’s latest offering, The Essence of Darwinism, warrants thoughtful reading. Birkett first […]

John Stott Calls Church To Radical Nonconformity

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Challenges Pluralism, Materialism, Relativism And Narcissism. Says Christian Leaders Cannot Disagree With Jesus Christ On Human Sexuality. Church Needs To Stand In Solidarity With The Poor. Bryn Mawr, PA — The Rev. John Stott, world renowned evangelical leader and Christian statesman, last night told more than 700 Episcopalians, Presbyterians and evangelical leaders from the Delaware […]

Billy Graham And The Jews: A Comment

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Silence of the shepherd By Cal Thomas It was a good week for atheists. The Roman Catholic Church was embarrassed by a scandal involving pedophile priests and the alleged cover-up by a cardinal. Radical Muslims continued to display their intolerance of America and other faiths. And the Rev. Billy Graham was embarrassed by release of […]

Christian Voice Endangered By ‘Pc’

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Clergy/Leaders’ Mail-list No. 2-038 (Apologetics and Social Issues) CHRISTIAN VOICE IN DANGER OF BEING STIFLED BY POLITICAL CORRECTNESS Faith becomes victim of spin doctoring warns Evangelical Alliance Christians are in danger of losing their ability to challenge and provoke society as religious identity increasingly falls foul of political correctness, says the UK Evangelical Alliance. It […]

Churches Say Put Brakes On Embryo Stem Cell Research

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

MEDIA RELEASE The NSW Council of Churches ADVANCING A CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE March 19, 2002 CHURCHES SAY: “PUT BRAKES ON EMBRYO STEM CELL RESEARCH” The NSW Council of Churches has expressed concern at Premier Bob Car’s apparent desire to rush into approving embryonic stem cell research. The Churches urge the Premier to exercise restraint and not […]

Anti-Americanism Has Taken The World By Storm (Salman Rushdie)

By and others ⋅ January 3, 2003 ⋅ Post a comment

Anti-Americanism has taken the world by storm The US has an ideological enemy harder to defeat than militant Islam Salman Rushdie Wednesday February 6, 2002 The Guardian They told us it would be a long, ugly struggle, and so it is. America’s war against terror has entered its second phase, a phase characterised by the […]

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