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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.

Preamble To The Australian Constitution

With hope in God, the Commonwealth of Australia is constituted as a democracy with a federal system of government to serve the common good. We the Australian people commit ourselves to this constitution: proud that our national unity has been forged by Australians from many ancestries; never forgetting the sacrifices of all who defended our […]

Hatred And The Death Penalty

Subject: Re: Death Penalty Considered Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 09:38:35 +1100 From: Richard Kerr Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian,aus.religion,nz.soc.religion " ´ ¿ ´" wrote: > > So how about the death penalty for the perveyors of HIV AIDS? > "I didn’t mean to kill him your honour I previously engaged in anal sex with > another pervert – who didn’t […]

The Bombadier Beetle

Subject: Re: Dinosaurs and Job Date: 15 Nov 1999 03:45:01 GMT From: Chris Ho-Stuart < Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Robert Davidson

Environmentalism

Subject: Re: How important are humans to God? Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 09:58:41 +1100 From: Gordon Coleman Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Just sticking my oar in for a moment… Daniel McLean wrote: > > wrote: > > > > >> Some passages which come to mind immediately are: > > >> (a) God's covenant with all […]

War And Peace

(From a newsgroup discussion) > It is always norticeable that cowards who refuse to fight for their > country don't have any hesitation in partaking of the benefits that > have been bought on a battlefield – like freedom, for examp,e. You are so right. "War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of […]

Was The Universe/Earth Created In 6 Solar Days?

Subject: Re: was the universe/earth created in 6 solar days ? Date: 14 Sep 1999 00:18:28 GMT From: (Ken Smith) Organization: University of Queensland Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian "Rick" <deckard20> writes: >I would like any feed back , >was the earth truely created in 6 days 6000 years ago. My christain frinds >beleive so. >Yet I know […]

Political Dynasties

Poppy knows best (from the Economist). IT IS understandable that the publication of Ronald Reagan’official biography (a mere 14 years after it was commissioned) should revive America’s obsession with its 40th president. The story of how the star of ‘Bedtime for Bonzo’ went on to become the grave-digger of communism is of  more than passing […]

Evolution

Subject: Re: abiogenesis Date: 18 Aug 1999 02:39:52 GMT From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Organization: Queensland University of Technology, Australia Newsgroups: aus.religion,aus.religion.christian,nz.soc.religion In aus.religion.christian beyond.help <> wrote: > Chris Ho-Stuart wrote: [snip] > > > > Niles Eldredge (note correct spelling) is famous for his analysis > > > > of the fossil record and his […]

Pro-Gay Baptist Church To Be Ousted

Baptist News 17 Sept. 99 Georgia church could face ouster from state over homosexual stance By John D. Pierce ATLANTA (BP)–Oakhurst Baptist Church, Decatur, Ga. will become the first congregation removed from the fellowship of the Georgia Baptist Convention in its 177-year history if messengers to the annual meeting Nov.15-16 in Macon approve a recommendation […]

Christian Persecution Report (October 1999)

1. USA: MAN ADMITS TO BURNING INDIANA CHURCH Donald Puckett has been sentenced to 27 months in prison, serve three years of probation, pay a $1,500 fine and perform 450 hours of community service for his conviction on an arson charge. Puckett, 38, admitted to helping Jay Scott Ballinger and Ballinger’s girlfriend, Angela Wood, burn […]