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WILL IRAN RISK THIS EXECUTION?

By and others ⋅ October 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Update 12 October 2011 There have been developments in Iran concerning pastor Yousef Nadarkhani, whose death sentence for apostasy (i.e. leaving Islam) was upheld in court hearings in late September. First, his lawyer has been informed that the case is being referred to Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Second, the Supreme Court has announced […]

Egypt: update on Muslim mob violence

By and others ⋅ October 5, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Greetings in the name of Jesus, Prince of Peace In mid September we requested prayer for the situation concerning the renovation of a church building in the village of Merinab in Aswan province. We regret to report that last Friday, 30th September, the church of St George was destroyed by a mob estimated to number […]

Gay report shelved, say beyondblue ex-staff

By and others ⋅ October 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

This saga has created quite a kerfuffle… Is that response warranted? Melissa Fyfe October 01, 2011 Australia’s depression charity restricted access to a key report into gay and lesbian mental health because staff were concerned about the views of the organisation’s chairman Jeff Kennett, former employees – and the report’s author – claim. Former staff […]

Machine Gun Preacher

By and others ⋅ October 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings  10/3/2011 — Martin E. Marty Preachers, pastors, priests, rabbis, and imams number in the hundreds of thousands in the United States. They minister at the borders between what get tabbed  ¢â‚¬Å“sacred ¢â‚¬  and  ¢â‚¬Å“secular ¢â‚¬  realms,    and as such cannot go unnoticed in public media. Some critics in the culture wars complain that they too often do get […]

Leymah Gbowee: Firebrand for Peace

By and others ⋅ October 4, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

  Sep 18, 2011   By Eliza Griswold Liberia ¢â‚¬â„¢s brutal civil war made a fearless leader out of Leymah Gbowee.    ¢â‚¬Å“I couldn ¢â‚¬â„¢t even scream. I had never seen someone killed before. The dead boy ¢â‚¬â„¢s bloody body lay where it fell, and I was frozen. ¢â‚¬  This searing moment, in the summer of 1990, would come to […]

Islam: Shameful silence over executions

By and others ⋅ October 2, 2011 ⋅ 5 comments

This brutality is not Islam Mehdi Hasan October 2, 2011 The death sentence given to Youcef Nadarkhani in Iran is an affront to universal moral values and a disservice to Muslims Freedom of religion is guaranteed by Islam ¢â‚¬â„¢s holy book in the famous verse:  ¢â‚¬ËœLet there be no compulsion in religion’. Photograph: Martin Godwin for […]

Herbal Medicines: Trick or Treat?

By and others ⋅ October 2, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Trick or treat? Gary Tippet October 02, 2011 If many herbal medicines have at best only a placebo effect, why are they still so popular? PROFESSOR Alastair MacLennan is head of obstetrics and gynaecology at Adelaide University and a man with strong opinions and a deft way with words. Both qualities came together in June […]

WHO INVENTED THE IDEA THAT MAN MADE GOD?

By and others ⋅ October 1, 2011 ⋅ One comment

Robert BanksABC RELIGION AND ETHICS28  SEP  2011 THE IDEA THAT HUMANS INVENTED GOD IS OFTEN REGARDED AS A MODERN ONE. WHILE IT ONLY CAME TO FULL EXPRESSION IN THE LAST TWO CENTURIES, ITS ROOTS ACTUALLY LIE ALMOST THREE MILLENNIA BACK. The idea that we invented God rather than God inventing us is often regarded as a modern […]

Science, Politics, Religion and Reason

By and others ⋅ October 1, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

How Science Can Lead the Way By LISA RANDALL Monday, Oct. 03, 2011 Today’s politicians seem more comfortable invoking God and religion than they do presenting facts or numbers. Of course, everyone is entitled to his or her own religious beliefs. But when science and reason get shortchanged, so does America’s future. With science, we […]

Theologians on Science and Reductionism

By and others ⋅ September 30, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment

Sightings    9/29/2011   Theologians on Science and Reductionism T. Patrick Hill How well do theologians and philosophers understand modern science to discuss its theological and ethical implications effectively with scientists? Recently, theologian Theodore Peters claimed that  ¢â‚¬Å“the moral stance of the scientist is not built into the practice of science, ¢â‚¬  implying that science itself lacks moral compass. […]

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