Apologetics
Unicorn A Hoax
I’ve been visiting the .atheism and religious newsgroups most days for eight months, and in discussions about God’s existence the IPU regularly makes his/her/its appearance. (I hope I’m politically correct – ie. ‘inclusive’ – gender-wise here: I don’t want to be disrespectful of another’s deity…) The IPU was created (I gather it was not self-created) […]
China, Religious Persecution (May 1997)
From: (Sylvia Genders LeReverend) Subject: Religious Persecution and Execution in China Dear Mr. President: Reliable sources in China have informed International Christian Concern that the Chinese government has ordered the execution of China’s most prominent Christian house-church leaders. Xu Yong Ze could be executed at any time soon, according to the source. Pastor Xu was […]
How To Know The Lord
(1) THINKING BIBLICALLY ABOUT JUSTICE “Justice and righteousness…Caring for the poor and needy … Is not this to know me? says the Lord”. Jeremiah 22:15b-16 Christians of all kinds – Catholic, Conciliar and Evangelical – are now more concerned than ever about social justice. Theology is never a “value-free” discipline, and in a world of […]
Sport: Some Notes
Story on Channel Nine’s Sport’s Sunday this afternoon by a snooker player. Paddy had both his ears ripped off in an accident, and went to hospital… When he was due to come back to work the foreman said to Paddy’s mates: ‘Don’t tease him about his ears, he’s very sensitive about it.’ So Paddy arrived […]
Hunger
In The Weekend Australian (July 1-2, 1995, p. 26), Julian Cribb (that paper’s science and technology writer) had an article entitled ‘Grow or Die’. Subhead: ‘Every night 800 million people around the world go to bed hungry. As grain supply falls to its lowest ever level, international neglect means the most critical issue now facing […]
Bible Translating
From: (Andrew Bromage) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Date: 1 July 1997 G’day all. (John Chambers) writes: >FAQ: The Literal Translation of the Holy Bible The title alone seems kind of… uhm… arrogant, I think. “THE literal translation?” Unlike the Wycliffe/Tyndale/KJV/NKJV family of translations, the title alone suggests that this version is claiming some kind of inspiration… But […]
Questions
The toughest questions I’ve ever been asked – in counseling or on the Internet! The ABORIGINES: ‘What can we do now?’ ABORTION/EUTHANASIA: ‘Is it ever right to kill?’ ADDICTIONS: ‘Alcohol, drugs, overeating… what can I do?’ ANGER: ‘Can it be controlled (or even understood)?’ ANXIETY: ‘Why am I so pessimistic about a lot of things?’ […]
Babies Used For Medical Experiments
By Geoffrey Lee Martin in Sydney HUNDREDS of children in orphanages and care homes in the Australian state of Victoria were used as guinea pigs in secret medical experiments for 25 years up to 1970, it was disclosed yesterday. The experiments, some on babies three months old, included trials of new vaccines for herpes, whooping […]
Poverty
Here’s a prose version of a poem by Kenneth Bailey (‘Through Peasant Eyes’, Eerdmans, 1980, pp. 71-73) from Michael Frost, ‘Jesus the Fool’, Albatross, 1994, p.171. There were once two brothers in Palestine, one of whom was very wealthy. The other was desperately poor. The rich brother was alone for he had no children, while […]
The Minority
Professor Einstein once said that if two percent of the population of the world refused any longer to sanction war, it could never happen again. I don’t know if that would be right, but it’s cold comfort in these times of conflict and unrest. And if it is right, then where are the two percent. […]
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