Apologetics
Atheism vs Religion: Dawkins vs. Pell
Professor DAWKINS vs Cardinal PELL: ABC’s Q&A last night… (9 April 2012) Who watched it? What do you make of the 24% ‘yes’ vs.76% ‘no’ to the question ‘Has religion made the world a better place?’ (20,000 respondents)? Cardinal Pell suggested yes, there’d be atheists in heaven; and at some point in the evolutionary process […]
The Arab Spring and democracy
A Region at War with Its History By Fareed Zakaria April 16, 2012 One year after it captured the world’s imagination, the Arab Spring is looking less appealing by the week. The promise of a new birth of freedom in the Middle East has been followed by a much messier reality, particularly in Egypt, where […]
Homosexual ‘cure’ is hell for many
Ministries preying on gay shame Michael Lallo April 8, 2012 DRIVING home from a date with another man, David Lograsso was tormented by a recurring thought: ”I’ll be going to hell for this.” As a born-again Christian, he ”knew” that being gay was wicked, sinful and wrong. Desperate to change, the 27-year-old vowed to exert […]
Belief in God: Is the ‘New Atheism’ Influencing Australians?
Belief in God: Is the ‘New Atheism’ Influencing Australians? The ‘New Atheists’ was a term coined in 2006 to describe three atheists who were writing popular books promoting atheism: Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Daniel Dennett (Blackford 2012). Certainly, Dawkins’ book, The God Delusion, sold many copies in Australia as well as overseas. Atheists have […]
Marriage Equality
Focus on fight over family shifts Downunder Alan Austin This week’s public split over gay marriage shifts to Australia the spotlight on the issue bitterly dividing both the Christian and Jewish communities. The greatest revision of belief within the Judaeo-Christian faiths since the Reformation is underway. It is a bruising process with skirmishes erupting regularly […]
Persecution: Sudan, Laos, China etc.
Religious Liberty Prayer Bulletin | RLPB 152 | Wed 28 Mar 2012 By Elizabeth Kendal ‘Out of my distress I called on the Lord; the Lord answered me and set me free. ‘ (Psalm 118:5 ESV) WELCOME to the intercessors who have joined the list this month. MARCH 2012 UPDATE — During March we prayed […]
What Causes a Business to Become Unethical?
Mar 26th, 2012 by Ethics Newsline editor Carl Hausman The “resignation letter heard round the world†continued to echo last week, as many in the business community and elsewhere shook their heads over the scathing piece in the New York Times in which former Goldman Sachs executive Greg Smith pilloried what he called the […]
Paying taxes: but if someone refuses…???
Sightings 3/25/2012 The Kingdom of Heaven and the IRS — Martin E. Marty A Gentile (as in Russell P. Gentile) is the most recent, perhaps most earnest, certainly the boldest claimant, on the government and religion news front in the winter just past. While others have protested along the line of “separation of church and […]
YOUNG MARGINALIZED DRIFTERS: THE LESSON OF MOHAMED MERAH
Tariq Ramadan ABC RELIGION AND ETHICS UPDATED 26 MAR 2012 THE STORY OF MOHAMED MERAH HOLDS UP A MIRROR TO THE FACE OF FRANCE: HE ENDS UP A JIHADI WITHOUT REAL CONVICTION, AFTER HAVING BEEN A CITIZEN DEPRIVED OF TRUE DIGNITY. Amid the constant media coverage and political crisis management, it is crucial that the […]
Dear Dr. Laura…
In her radio show, Dr Laura Schlesinger said that, as an observant Orthodox Jew, homosexuality is an abomination according to Leviticus 18:22, and cannot be condoned under any circumstance. The following response is an open letter to Dr. Laura, written by Prof. James M. Kauffman of Virginia University. Dear Dr. Laura: Thank you for doing […]
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