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Refugees: Where Do You Draw The Line?

In aus.religion.christian A ‘Net friend wrote: > Chris Ho-Stuart wrote: > >> In aus.religion A ‘Net friend wrote: >> [snip] >> > The point of my post seems to have entirely escaped you. This was >> > not a serious suggestion at all. (I thought it was kinda obvious) >> > For starters the number […]

The Effects Of Banning Movies

In a message dated 9/4/2001 10:28:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time, writes: > Subj: [CHRISTIA] New Jesus Movie: anyone know about this? > Sender: (Practical Christian Life) > > There is a movie that is coming out in 2001 claiming that both Jesus and his > disciples were gay. There is already a play that went […]

Corrupt Jewish Leaders

On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 00:38:18 GMT, “Rowland Croucher” wrote: >Les, I’ve lost the thread where you make a comment about the relative >culpability of the Romans vs. the Jews in the trial and death of Jesus of >Nazareth.. > >I woke this morning with a question: > >How critical are informed Jews like yourself […]

Censorship?

Daniel & Amy North wrote: > In article , > “Rowland Croucher” wrote: > > > A friend sent this: anyone have any details? > > I have heard of things like this. Last Temptation of Christ was > earlier. The movie started getting exposure only after the Christians > spoke out, namely becuase of […]

Proselytization

Reading the recent threads on the Taliban, as well attending an excellent information session hosted by a couple who just came back last June from serving in that country, prompted a few questions and areas for discussion. While, out of respect, I don’t want to disclose some of the detailed information I learned this evening […]

The Homosexual Debate (A Conservative View)

I see the homosexual debate is underway in this forum. The apostle Paul warned against accepting falsely-so-called knowledge. I suppose to the people who grew up in certain religious and philosophical schools in Greek, thought it seemed obvious that matter was evil and spirit is good. Unfortunately, these pagan ideas mixed with Christian ideas, producing […]

Banning Masturbation

[I really hate to do this, but based on past experience I feel that I need to point out that this is satire. –clh] GROUP WANTS TO BAN MASTURBATION BY YOSSARIAN KHAN THE FAUX NEWS SERVICE http://www.ftpg.net WASHINGTON — Rev. John Spankitt, president of the Sperm Is Life League (SPILL) today announced a campaign to […]

Australian Bigotry

The Australian Beware: bigotry is back By Phillip Adams 01sep01 A POWERFUL symbol of inspiration in a world of incarceration, Amnesty International’s symbol is a candle shining through a coil of barbed wire. You see this activists’ hieroglyph writ large on many an Amnesty poster – or scaled down to a discreet badge for the […]

Asylum-Seekers: The Norwegian Captain’s Actions

[10 September 2001] In aus.religion.christian Joan wrote: > “Chris Ho-Stuart” wrote in message > . >> In aus.religion.christian Joan wrote: [snip] >> > Illegal immigration/people smuggling was getting out of control. >> > A stand had to be taken. >> >> No, it did not have to be taken; and it most certainly did not […]

Asylum-Seekers

In aus.religion.christian Joan wrote: > “Richard Kerr” wrote in message > . [snip] >> > Give the boat people a fair go. Process them quickly and let the lucky >> > ones restart their lives here. >> >> Exactly. While everybody rabits on about the relative rights of us vs >> them, the “flood” of […]