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‘Let no one who is not eager for truth and peace enter here’ (Plato)

Articles on this site express varying points of view, to encourage mature thinking on serious issues. The assumption is that you will want to study a controversial topic from various angles before you arrive at a conclusion, rather than simply believe what someone told you when you were impressionable! (So some stuff here is ‘hot’. Proceed at your own risk!). See the Statement of Faith for John Mark Ministries' theological stance.

aus.religion.christian newsgroup (June 18, 2004)

A note to someone who reckoned atheists wielded too much power in aus.religion.christian Fact 1: Danny had a hand in the original FAQ and hosted it 2. Andrew Bromage was ‘moderator’ of the group when we were discussing retro-moderation, and he posted the FAQ from time to time. Marriage and family have precluded his involvement […]

aus.religion.christian

From: “Chris Ho-Stuart” Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Cross-posting and NGs [was Re: Eulalia] > [newsgroups pruned] > This is Usenet. Usenet by tradition is not read with browsers, but > with newsreaders. I use “tin”, and it is entirely text based. The > FAQ was written (before I came along) with the aim of being […]

Barna: Christians Believe Almost Anything They Read on the Internet

Barna: Christians believe Almost Anything They read on The Internet Study shows “Heightened Gullibility” Among Evangelical Web Surfers VENTURA, CA – Preliminary findings of a study released here in early November by the Barna Research Group shows evidence of an alarming lack of caution on the part of evangelicals who surf the Web. The study, […]

Acronyms

E-Mail Survival Guide A Translation of all the acronyms out there on the ‘net AFAIC As Far As I’m Concerned AISI As I See It ANFAWFOS And Now For A Word From Our Sponsor ANFAWFOWS And Now For A Word From Our WEB Sponsor AOL Assholes On Line ASAP As Soon As Possible ASAFP As […]

Newsgroup ‘plonkings’

One netfriend wrote: Mark these messages, as we are commanded to admonish a heretic twice and then reject him. Give him another try or two, and then plonk him. It’s what everyone else does, and it is wonderful in my opinion. Another responded: I have been through this several times with other brothers and sisters […]

More on Landover Baptist

Another netfriend: Satire is like that. The best English satirist was a Christian – Jonathan Swift …and his “teacher” was the French Christian, Rabelaise. The Christian theologian Erasmus also used satire. Well, now there’s a site dedicated to stopping Landover Baptist: http://objective.jesussave.us/shutdown.html Landover Baptist have an injunction on the unsaved to ensure that they stay […]

Landover Baptist site

One netfriend wrote: The problem is that someone seeking more knowledge looking upon it might be turned away. I don’t think its funny at all. Another responded: Hi, Christopher – No one with a mind who uses it would think that Landover Baptist is, by ANY stretch of the imagination, something to look upon for […]

Christian forums online

“ROCK” wrote in message news:… The best Christian news groups/forums I have found are moderated. Here is forum that is good and has allot of different views. http://www.christianforums.com/ GBU

Memo to a God-seeker

In a recent/current thread filled with some horrible ad hominem stuff two posters wrote: Since you hate Christians and Christianity so much why do you call yourself a Christian? and I wish all you squabbling xtians would shut the f___k up! After a decade of wandering around Usenet religious (and other) groups, I’ve come to […]

Technology in the Temple Seminar

May 2004 Some notes from a friend: Hi Rowland, The seminar, Technology in the Temple, was very interesting. We started by entering a darkened room which had many projectors and data projectors displaying images and words along with music and other sounds. The images where projected onto many different surfaces such as a dome tent […]