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Science, Facts And Proof

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

From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Newsgroups: aus.religion,aus.religion.christian,nz.soc.religion Subject: Re: Women teaching in Church Date: 23 Apr 1999 03:15:58 GMT In aus.religion.christian John Fulton <> wrote: > In message <> – “Citadel Design” > <> writes: > Facts are few and afr between. It is never possible to prove that > something is “so”. Is is only […]

East Timor And Bougainville: Self-Determination And Independence

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http://www.peg.apc.org/~guardian/guardian/946boug.htm The Guardian March 24, 1999 Bougainville: Self-determination and independence The people of East Timor are facing many important questions after 25 years of brutal occupation and armed struggle. There are many similarities in the issues facing the peoples of East Timor and Bougainville and possible lessons to be learnt from the Bougainville model: reconciliation […]

The Bible And The Koran

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From: Chris Ho-Stuart < > Newsgroups: aus.religion,aus.religion.christian,nz.soc.religion Subject: Re: Attempt by Homosexual activist to silence a Christian speaking Date: 23 Apr 1999 05:24:00 GMT Organization: Queensland University of Technology, Australia I’m snipping to comparisons between the Bible and the Qur’an. In aus.religion.christian Able < > wrote: [snip] > >To illstrate with a concrete example: Christianity […]

Rationality

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Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. — Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804) Anderson’s Law: I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us […]

Resurrection [For A Sceptic]

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Dear Eutychus: Our preacher said, on Easter, that Jesus just swooned on the cross and that the disciples nursed Him back to health. What do you think? Sincerely, Bewildered Dear Bewildered: Beat your preacher with a cat-of-nine-tails with 39 heavy strokes, nail him to a cross; hang him in the sun for 6 hours; run […]

Evolution And Design Theory

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From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Presbyterians Date: 27 Apr 1999 05:06:18 GMT Organization: Queensland University of Technology, Australia Darren R Middleton <> wrote: > Chris Ho-Stuart wrote in message <>… > >One other side track into a pet concern of mine… > > > >This is likely to come across as a […]

Heaven And Hell

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By Tim Ellsworth LOUISVILLE, Ky. (BP)–Pope John Paul II’s teaching on the reality of heaven and hell are inconsistent with Scripture, said R. Albert Mohler Jr., president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky., in a Religion News Service commentary Aug. 9. In a recent address, the pope "denied heaven and hell were physical […]

The Purpose Of The Bible

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From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: nz.soc.religion,aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Tigger gave it a try Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 22:06:36 GMT On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 14:42:17 +1200, Tigger <> wrote: >The irony is, the only kind of Christianity that appears to make sense >to me is the extremely liberal type where the only real commandment […]

Worldwide Flood?

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From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Newsgroups: nz.soc.religion,aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: The old age of earth argument (was Women teaching in Church) Date: 29 Apr 1999 23:02:01 GMT Able <> wrote: > On Thu, 29 Apr 1999 07:05:13 GMT, (Allistar > Melville) wrote: > >On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 10:48:56 GMT, (Able) wrote: > > > >>On Tue, […]

Atheism And Inerrancy

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From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Newsgroups: nz.soc.religion,aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Tigger gave it a try Date: 24 Mar 1999 08:33:09 GMT Able <> wrote: > Yes, I thought that this is how you thought, it is very common among > atheists to be convinced that there is no God because of Bible > Contradictions. It is a […]

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