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Lesbians And The Uniting Church

From: (Andrew Bromage) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Lesbians and the Uniting Church. Date: 17 Jul 1997 G’day all. “Jas” < writes: Perhaps you misunderstand me. […] My point was that a person who struggles against (and successfully resists) the temptation of active homosexuality should be viewed favourably when applying to fill a ministry role. I […]

Arc Jan ’97

I’ve read the responses (thanks to you all) to my post about the possibility/desirability of some form of moderation for this group to deal with the growing noise problems. Several issues were raised. I’ll try to summarize the main ones: 1. The general consensus seems to be that moderation is not needed yet, mainly because […]

Hell: A Footnote

UNIVERSALISM: WILL GOD EMPTY HELL? Here’s a pot pourri of quotes on this theme. You decide! [See article on Hell on our homepage] DELETED POT POURRI <—— WOW! Spelt that right. I always thought it ‘pot phew-wee’ ;-] Rowland, Just to muddy the waters, I’m curious about why you bother with this ‘here’s some quotes […]

Catholics Christian?

* Michael Smith wrote asking: “are Catholics Christian?” …. is a little like asking “are soccer players left handed?”. A better analogy might be the question “are soccer players footballers?” Some would want to argue that they are footballers, by definition, because they play a form of football. Some might even want to argue that […]

Providence Of God 1

A ‘Net friend wrote: ….. Ever since the first man crawled out of a cave, scratched his head, and looked at the sky, man has been on a constant, unquenchable, quest for knowledge. Consider our lot now compared to that of 100 years ago, or 100 years before that. I can now just take a […]

Providence Of God 2

“David Brindley” wrote: I have attempted to find christians prepared to debate the topic: “That all human progress has come inspite of, not because of, religion”. No takers. Maybe your note will prompt a few intelligent responses on this theme. When and where did you attempt? I don’t recall seeing you do so here before? […]

Providence Of God 3

“Michael Smith” wrote: David Brindley wrote: I have attempted to find christians prepared to debate the topic: “That all human progress has come inspite of, not because of, religion”. No takers. Then you haven’t been paying sufficient attention. This is one of those perpetually debated questions in which replies can so easily be misconstrued that […]

Arcn May [2]

From: Rowland Croucher <> Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Pauline Hanson..what are the constructive options Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 A ‘Net friend wrote: > Why dont you pray that the Aborigines will stop thinking of themselves as Aboriginal, and start thinking of themselves as Australians, like the rest of us have to. I must be […]

Tongues

From: (Andrew Bromage) Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Preaching the Gospel ? Date: 30 May 1997 G’day all. (Michael Kennedy) writes: Why can’t all Christians speak in Tongues? Do you have any Biblical evidence of this? *sigh* Here we go again, for the benefit of the audience. This is from memory, so I may have left […]

Salvation And The Ark

From: Marcelo Cantos Newsgroups: aus.religion.christian Subject: Re: Salvation and the Ark Date: 28 May 1997 Rowland Croucher writes: Nigel B. Mitchell wrote: (Michael Kennedy) wrote: Why am I not surprised, that you reject certain parts of the Bible as false. I have never said that any of the Bible is false. I think that most […]