Apologetics
Asylum-seekers & 50% chance of torture…
Punting on a person’s life is another form of torture Date: 29/06/2014 Publication: The Sunday Age Sending asylum seekers ‘home’ is a cruel gamble, writes Warwick McFadyen. Australians like a bet. We’re one of the bettingest countries on Earth. Horses, greyhounds, footy matches, they’re all fair game for a bet. Two flies on the wall? […]
Arab states – quo vadis?
JUNE 24, 2014 Thomas L. Friedman The past month has presented the world with what the Israeli analyst Orit Perlov describes as the two dominant Arab governing models: ISIS and SISI. ISIS, of course, is the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the bloodthirsty Sunni militia that has gouged out a new state from Sunni […]
Dairy foods and cancer
Will giving up dairy defeat cancer? Date June 3, 2014 Cherrill Hicks Photo: James Davies In 1993, the breast cancer that had plagued Jane Plant since 1987 returned for the fifth time. It came in the shape of a secondary tumour – a lump in her neck the size of half a boiled egg. Doctors […]
Gluten Intolerance: Just a Myth?
Gluten intolerance – myth or misunderstood? June 27, 2014 Gluten-free foods.Photo: Eddie Jim Andrew Masterson On current assumptions, about 1 million Australians today will go to significant effort and expense to consume foods that are free of gluten. A significant number – about 1 per cent of the population – will do so because they […]
Vatican: Most Catholics reject teaching on contraception, sex
A typical headline calling attention to the forthcoming (October) Vatican conference of bishops reads: “Vatican: Most Catholics reject our teachings on contraception, sex.†The bishops are convening to deal with these often-rejected teachings. Some supporters of the Church’s teachings soften the edge on the rejection theme. Thus the LifeSiteNews headline: “Most Catholics don’t know […]
Politics & Religion (Stanley Hauerwas)
Can Democracy be Christian? Reflections on How To (Not) Be a Political Theologian Stanley Hauerwas ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 24 JUN 2014 DEMOCRATIC CULTURE IS CHARACTERISED BY THE LOSS OF ELEGANT SPEECH. WELL-FORMED SERMONS MAY BE THE MOST IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION CHRISTIANS CAN MAKE TO A POLITICS THAT HAS SOME AMBITION TO BE TRUTHFUL.CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM SEE ALSO Related […]
Muslim Youth in Australia: what’s their future?
Beyond Bendigo: Why More Mosques Are Only Part of the Solution Aftab Malik ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS 27 JUN 2014 MOSQUES ARE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE IMAMS THEY EMPLOY. IF THESE GUIDES CANNOT CONNECT WITH LARGE NUMBERS OF THEIR FLOCK, YOUNG AUSTRALIAN MUSLIMS WILL GO ELSEWHERE FOR RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION.CREDIT: SHUTTERSTOCK.COM SEE ALSO Related Story: The heart of […]
Chinese Christians’ Message for the West
Christians in China Have a Message for the West: Don’t Focus on Our Oppression, Focus on Our Values by PAUL H. B. CHANG June 26 2014 Like many Chinese Christians of his generation, Brother Bai had a stirring autobiography shaped by China’s tumultuous 20th century. He told me matter-of-factly that he had been imprisoned twice […]
Smoking: Doctors urge: “Ban cigarette sales to those born after 2000”
Doctors vote for ban on UK cigarette sales to those born after 2000 British Medical Association hails vote as step towards achieving goal of a tobacco-free society by 2035, but critics call it ‘illiberal’ The proposer of the motion said it represented an opportunity to make the UK the first country to eradicate cigarettes. Photograph: […]
Smoking: Plain Packaging does help decline…
Plain packaging helps decline in smoking Date June 24, 2014 Smoking tobacco is the biggest preventable cause of death in our community. As many as one in two smokers will eventually die from causes related to, or exacerbated by, their addiction. Tobacco companies, who can be fairly and accurately described as merchants of death, have […]
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