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The ABC reports that Hillsong Church has moved to distance itself from Mercy Ministries, the women’s charity long associated with the church, which has received negative publicity in recent years. The association between Gloria Jeans Coffee, the Australian franchise being owned by members of Hillsong, and the charity has been widely reported (see here and here for [...]
I came across this advertisement when we were in Melbourne? Do you think he’ll reply? I can’t imagine that it is free since most of those dodgy text services are [...] An atheist may be defined as one who does not believe in the existence of a deity. While this may be technically accurate it is truer to say that an atheist is one who, based on evidence and reason, accepts a naturalist explanation for the universe and all [...] The BBC reports on a study completed by the University of Pitsburg into religious belief and terminal illness. It seems that the true believers are the ones least likely to accept their own death. The researchers followed 345 people with terminal cancer. According to the study: Those who regularly prayed were more than three times more likely [...] Indeed! When I got home from work today waiting for me in the letter box was an envelope marked “To the householder”. I opened it and a piece of paper with the following upon it (complete with errors of grammar and punctuation) was enclosed. Dear neighbour, My Wife and I live in the neighbourhood. We have not been [...] I recently discoverered the joys of StumbleUpon. StumbleUpon is a web service where at the click of a button you are taken to random website matching a set of pre-entered interests. Account set up is painless and adding your preferences. Given my wide range of interests (everything from writing to web design and biology) I have [...] Parts I and II explored the beliefs of Creationists, primarily that God created the universe, the Earth and all life upon it. Part III will examine the motives of Creationists in pursuing their agenda of embedding Intelligent Design into the public mind and mainstream science. To establish their motives we need look no further than the Discovery [...] I was listening to the Skeptic Zone podcast the other day and it featured an interview with Dr.Paul Willis, a paleontologist, discussing his experiences debating Creationists. One thing that he said resonated with me – instead of trying to defend evolution against their attacks ask for scientific evidence for their stance. To anyone familiar with creationism it will [...] Creationists* are fundamentalist Christians who believe that the Earth, the universe and life on this planet were created as described in Genesis. They believe Bible to be the literal truth and therefore consider all of creation to be no more than 10000 years old. They believe, among other things that humans and dinosaurs coexisted, that Adam [...] One frequently hears the word “community” whether it be in a news report, a government communication or in the name or role of an organisation. The word evokes an image of a group of people united by shared culture, geographical location or some other relationship. Community is frequently used to refer to the general population and [...] |
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