Apologetics
Why Doesn’t God Prevent Disasters?
Barry O'Grady wrote in message … >”Rowland C. Croucher” wrote: [snip] >:However: here we must ask C.S.Lewis' question: what are we asking God to >:do? Fix the stress fracture or whatever in a train wheel when the >:manufacturer / quality controller may not have done their job well? > >Given the claim that God has […]
Female Circumcision
A reader recently phoned us to confirm one of the statistics we had originally cited: the total number of women who are genitally mutilated each year (female circumcision). The shocking number: as of 1990, more than 84 million had been circumcised. Female circumcision is common throughout much of Africa and parts of the Middle East. […]
Ex-Cult-Support List
A new mailing list has just been created for former members of any cult or spiritually abusive church or group. This list will not specialise in any one group but give former members of a variety of cults the opportunity to share and compare their experiences and how they have found ways of recovery. The […]
Atheism And Theism (Some Faqs)
‘I am still an atheist, thank God’ film director Luis Bunuel Without Johann Sebastian Bach, God would be a third-rate character. E.M.Cioran ‘Reverend Fosdick, I no longer believe in God.’ ‘Tell me about the God you don’t believe in…’ ‘Oh, I don’t believe in that God either.’ Alone in the desolate vastness / I ask […]
Science Friction
Date: 23 Apr 1998 21:47:03 GMT From: Chris Ho-Stuart <> Subject: Re: Science Friction Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Rod Jackson <s32170> wrote: > (Jason Stokes) writes: > > >In article <>, Rod Jackson > ><s32170> wrote: > > > >>I agree with the bill that evolution should be taugh as theory not as > >>fact. I do […]
A Great Leunig Quote
A great quote from a great man (one of Australia’s most sensitive/astute cartoonists)…. "And I feel a sense of the collective soul too, connected to the whole of life, but all this seems to be denied by the achievements of our time. The success of our political and corporate life has been at the expense […]
Religious Liberty – 1997 In Review
Following is a summary of some of the highlights from 1997 (perhaps we should call them lowlights), as reported by Compass Direct News Service. (For more information on Compass Direct, they may be contacted at <> ) NEW FACES AT THE TOP OF CHINA’S OFFICIAL PROTESTANT CHURCH China’s official Protestants have two new leaders following […]
Halloween
From: “Christian” <> Halloween dates back to about 300 BC in what is now south Britain. The Celtic Druids held there Pagan Holiday called the Festival of Death. Back during the time period pagan worship was at an all time high. The Druids ruled by their reign of terror. They practiced their religious worship […]
A Model Of Evangelism
From: (Nigel B. Mitchell) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: What Jesus said He requires of us, and what He offered us. Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 23:45:30 GMT On Tue, 07 Jul 1998 02:47:05 GMT, (Christian Graus) wrote: >… I listed Jesus as offering > >1/ eternal life >2/ the only way to God >3/ to […]
Abortions In Australia
I have taken some time to reply on this thread, for two reasons. In the first place, I have been occupied with other things. Having written these two responses, however, I have let them cool on the window sill for a couple of weeks, to allow me the chance to detune my personal comments about […]
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