Apologetics
Richard Rohr: Right vs Left
POWER AND POWERLESSNESS / RIGHT AND LEFT Lenin is supposed to have said, shortly before he died, that if he had to do his Russian revolution over again, he would have asked for ten Francises of Assisi rather than more Bolsheviks. He realized that something imposed by domination and violence from above only creates the […]
Truth/lying by politicians
Taxing the truth: why we must not let Abbott’s dogmas lie Ian Robinson Opposition Leader Tony Abbott constantly accuses the Prime Minister of ‘lying’ when she made a commitment before the last election not to introduce a tax on carbon. But who’s the liar here? Who’s fibbing? Perhaps the finger should be pointed at Tony […]
Making Space for justice after Mabo: Theological critiques of sovereignty
Making Space for justice after Mabo: Theological critiques of sovereignty Mark BrettABC RELIGION AND ETHICS3 JUL 2012 ABORIGINAL DISPOSSESSION HAS BEEN DEEMED TOLERABLE BY THE WHITE, DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY FOR REASONS THAT ARISE BOTH FROM ECONOMIC INTEREST AND FROM THE LARGELY UNEXAMINED LEGACIES OF RACISM.CREDIT: DAMIEN LARKINS (ABC NEWS) The Mabo decision of the High Court in 1992 might be […]
The Ethics of Jesus
Stop Teaching the Ethics of Jesus! There is a strong tendency within the church for people to extract and teach the ethical framework found in the Gospels. For instance, people might set up a community in which they attempt to live out principles such as giving to someone in need, turning the other cheek and […]
Marriage in the Judeo-Christian Scriptures
Those kinky Hebrews: marriage in the Judeo-Christian scriptures When you have a ménage a trois, they must not include a woman and her daughter. “That is wickedness.†Says the Lord. And when a man sells his daughter to another man, he must refund the money if the buyer finds the sex unsatisfactory. Just two instructions in the ancient […]
Foreign Aid is a Waste of Money
As long as the rich can speculate on food, the world’s poor go hungry July 01, 2012 WHEN we think of overseas aid, we think of helping people who need it. The government says aid helps people overcome poverty. But does it? Obviously, to overcome poverty we have to overcome the causes of poverty, and […]
Future forecasting: The Year 2000?
Sightings  7/2/2012 The Year 2000? — Martin E. Marty “Forecaster of the Future, Is Dead at 81†headlines the obituary of Anthony J. Wiener in the New York Times. He and Herman Kahn in 1967 co-authored The Year 2000: A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-Three Years, a book much favored by then-in-vogue “futurists†and many of the […]
Australia needs the carbon tax
Age/Sydney Morning Herald editorial June 30, 2012 Date: June 30 2012 ‘AFTER all,” Scarlett O’Hara assures herself in the concluding scene of Gone with the Wind, ”tomorrow is another day”. It is advice Australians should take to heart, having been long assailed with dire forecasts that tomorrow, July 1, will not in fact be just another […]
THE PORNOGRAPHY PANDEMIC
By Patrick A Trueman President and CEO of Morality In Media, Former Chief Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section, U.S. Department of Justice Josh McDowell, noted Christian apologist, evangelist and author of numerous books on the effect of cultural decay on our youth, calls pornography the number one killer of the spiritual lives of youth. He […]
Spitzer Issues Apology for Study Supporting Reparative Therapy
http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=1182476 Psychiatric News | June 15, 2012 Volume 47 Number 12 page 1b-23 Spitzer Issues Apology for Study Supporting Reparative Therapy Mark Moran Despite methodological limitations, Robert Spitzer, M.D.’s, study on efficacy of reparative therapy was seized upon by ex-gay groups as evidence of the therapy’s effectiveness, but was criticized as harmful to gays and […]
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