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Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

Religious Wars

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

Subject: Re: War Reaps a Young Harvest Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:43:46 +1100 From: Richard Kerr Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Andy Bearsley wrote: > Roscoe wrote in message > > Andy Bearsley wrote: > > > Truth.. wrote in message > > > > War Reaps a Young Harvest > > > > > > And […]

The Children Of The World

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The recently-issued UNICEF Report, ‘The State of the World’s Children 2000’ contains these statistics: # There are currently 600 million children living in poverty – an income of less than $1 US a day – 50 million more than in 1990 # 30% or more of the children under five years old in 44 countries […]

Early Humans

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Subject: Re: A short lesson in logic Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 11:16:37 +0800 From: “Theo Bekkers” Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Chris Ho-Stuart wrote > I also think this is fascinating; but what is there to answer? Sean > points out that Neanderthals did indeed share in common many features > of living modern humans. But there […]

Ecology

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Go To: http://www.csmonitor.com/durable/1999/12/23/fp1s5-csm.shtml  Headline: USA ECO-RELIGION Recruiting in pews to save planet Citing Scripture, more worshipers join environmentalists. Todd Wilkinson Special to the Christian Science Monitor CODY, WYO. Last night, three evenings before his congregation celebrates the birth of Jesus, the Rev. Warren Murphy led parish-ioners outside for a walk beneath the glowing solstice moon. […]

Bioethics

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SBC bioethicist: NIH guidelines represent ‘biotech cannibalism’ By Tom Strode WASHINGTON (BP)–The federal government has proposed guidelines on federally funded research of primitive cells from human embryos, drawing criticism from pro-life advocates for recommending a process that requires the destruction of unborn human beings. The proposed guidelines from the National Institutes of Health recommend government […]

Capital Punishment

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From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,nz.soc.religion Subject: Re: Abortion and the taking of life. Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 00:26:39 GMT I wrote: >>There are four main ways that the taking of life may be legally >> sanctioned in modern society – war, capital punishment, abortion and >> euthenasia. Ron: >In a number of cases […]

The Moonies

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Subject: Get the word out! Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 07:40:49 +1000 (GMT+1000) From: Jan Groenveld < > Newsgroups: alt.religion.jehovahs-witn,alt.religion.scientology,alt.recovery.mormonism,alt.recovery.religion,aus.religion.christian,alt.recovery.fundamentalism,alt.support.ex-cult,alt.religion.apologetics,alt.support.ex-cult.siddha-yoga,alt.abuse.recovery Folks, this may not be the group you came out or or are interested in …. but unless we all pull together – regardless of our background – we won’t make a big enuf indent […]

Love

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Subject: Re: 'Their level of perfection' Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2000 21:19:14 +1100 From: Richard Kerr Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion,nz.soc.religion Andy Bearsley wrote: > > Richard Kerr wrote in message > news:38A3A50 > > Tigger wrote: > > > > > > Patrick Dunford wrote in message > > > > > > > > Love is […]

Governments And Gays

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From: (Andrew Bromage) Newsgroups: aus.religion,aus.religion.christian,nz.soc.religion Subject: Re: Pro- gay discrimination in Australia? Date: 3 May 1999 03:52:36 GMT G'day all. “Russell Waterson” <> writes: >There is one point missing from this: >IT IS WRONG! >Homosexuality is SIN! Actually, it's not missing, it's just got nothing to do with Nigel's point. This has absolutely nothing to […]

Baloney Detection

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You may find this helpful for yourself, or for handing out to others to help them cope with this issue. Those who are on the various Chat Boards etc might like to post this there for others … Jan Carl Sagan’s Baloney Detection Kit Based on the book “The Demon Haunted World: Science as a […]

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