Apologetics
Good Muslims and Bad Muslims
(From a thoughtful friend: This is a bizarre debate. Peter Kreeft certainly sinks in my estimation after reading this.) Kreeft/Spencer debate transcript: Is the only good Muslim a bad Muslim? Here is a transcript of my debate with Dr. Peter Kreeft last month at Thomas More College of the Liberal Arts in New Hampshire. Video […]
Europe: and Turkey
The Fading Dream of Europe Orhan Pamuk A portrait of Atat ƒ ¼rk in the Ca „Ÿalo „Ÿlu neighborhood of Istanbul; photograph by Andreas Herzau from his book Istanbul, which collects his images of the city and includes an essay by Elif Shafak. It has just been published by Hatje Cantz. In the schoolbooks I read as a child […]
A Christmas Greeting to Non-Christians
By Harry T. Cook 12/23/10 The giant, pain-in-the-kiester hoopla is about finished . . . for this year. Come Dec. 26, you will no longer be aurally bombarded by Christmas songs and songlettes on your car radio, in an elevator or over the P.A. in the mall concourse. I know: it all started around Nov. […]
Evolutionary theory flawed
From a friend: Modern evolutionary theory is profoundly flawed… The Dover school case over the teaching of Intelligent Design was the best chance for any of the bunch of the anti-evolutionary scientists/activists to put their case forward. But even that case, which only really revolved around the concept of irreducible complexity, was totally trashed in […]
Islamists’ War against ‘the Other’
Islamists ¢â‚¬â„¢ War against ¢â‚¬Ëœthe Other ¢â‚¬â„¢ Under Islamist pressures, Christians, Jews, and Zoroastrians are vanishing from their ancient homelands. The enduring symbol of Christmas, spanning the world ¢â‚¬â„¢s diverse Christian cultures and the history of two millennia, is the nativity scene inspired by the gospels of Matthew and Luke. Artistically synthesizing the two gospel stories, the nativity […]
Social change based on the ‘view from below’
God help us to change. To change ourselves and to change the world. To know the need for it. To deal with the pain of it. To feel the joy of it. To undertake the journey without understanding the destination. The art of gentle revolution. Amen. ¢â‚¬“Michael Leunig Let’s call a spade a spade. People […]
Christmas in Islam
The Gospels describe Christmas as a time of great happiness that a saviour has been born. But they also intimate the murderous business through which salvation will come. Not only the star but also the shadow of Herod stands over the place of birth. This Christmas many Christians in predominantly Muslim nations will also be […]
4 in 10 Americans still hold creationist views
The percentage is declining, however, from a 1999 high of 47 percent If you’re in a room of 100 people, odds are likely about 40 think God created humans about 10,000 years ago, part of a philosophy called creationism, according to a Gallup poll reported Friday (Dec. 17). That number is slightly lower than in […]
Julian Assange, wild child of free speech
INSIDE STORY: Stuart Rintoul and Sean Parnell From:The Australian December 11, 2010 12:00AM N a cafe in Melbourne, a friend of Julian Assange describes what he was like in the years before WikiLeaks. Over an hour and a half, a portrait emerges of a brilliant, socially awkward crusader, a “hard-core geek” who would rather interact with […]
Torture ‘endemic in many countries’
From: AFP December 11, 2010 FROM the “Jesus Christ” crucifixion technique in Eritrea to the Uzbek practice of chilli pepper enemas, torture is a routine practice for authorities. “One can reasonably estimate that more than half of the member states of the United Nations resort to torture,” said the 370-page report released yesterday by the […]
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