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The Cross: God’s Peace Work. Part 5.

aavey wrote 4 days ago: Previous posts in this series… Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 This article is proving to be a lon … more »

Tags: Bad Theology, Capital Punishment, Christianity, compassion, consumer, Control?, Crime, Culture, Easter

Eric Liddell's story to set Chinese hearts racing1 comment

aavey wrote 4 days ago: Who knows how the Chariots of Fire story is likely to go down in communist China, but we are about … more »

Tags: Christianity, compassion, Culture, Evangelism, Good Theology, Integrity, mission, Prison, Religion

Islam and the great Turkish headscarf war

aavey wrote 6 days ago:   http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/article4352789.ece Turkey’s inc … more »

Tags: Bad Theology, Control?, Culture, Freedom, Fundamentalism, Law, Mickey Mouse Religion, Religion

Nine face stoning death in Iran

aavey wrote 6 days ago:   Iran has some of the highest execution rates in the world At least eight women and one man a … more »

Tags: Bad Theology, Capital Punishment, Crime, Culture, Fundamentalism, Law, Prison, Rights, Violence

JJ's Culture Kitchen Version of It's a Frackin' Cracker19 comments

JJ wrote 1 week ago: My thoughts on this as a FOCKER (Friend of Culture Kitchen) combined into some semblance of an overv … more »

Tags: "This is School, Mr. Potter, Not the Real World", Accountability, belief in gods, Bullying and control, bush, change, Civil Rights, Colleges and Universities, Congress

Interpreting Genesis Culturally6 comments

M!ke wrote 1 week ago: Following on the heels of my recent appraisal of Dick Fischer’s “The Days of Creation … more »

Tags: Christianity, Science, Genesis, Creation, rikk watts

Like School, College Hardly Academic Environment Anymore20 comments

JJ wrote 1 week ago: School IS Out of Control! No, this isn’t about the shocking stuff that happens in public eleme … more »

Tags: Bullying and control, Civil Rights, Cognitive Psychology, Colleges and Universities, constitution, Corporate Culture, Creative Class, Cynical Stuff, Discipline-behavior

Seriously? 8 comments

JJ wrote 1 week ago: UPDATE - Interview with PZ Myers on his thinking, on Donohue, and the radioactive fallout to date … more »

Tags: Advocacy, belief in gods, Civil Rights, Culture, Cynical Stuff, Discipline-behavior, Ethics and Philosophy, God, Intelligent Design Debate

Only Brains Innocent of Sex Hormones Can Learn??17 comments

JJ wrote 1 week ago: “Shortening childhood means a shortening of the time before the brain’s complete re-sculpting oc … more »

Tags: Academics, Advocacy, Blog Tour, Cognitive Psychology, Cynical Stuff, Early Childhood Issues, Environment, Family Values, health

Quote of the day

Adam wrote 1 week ago: “Terrorism springs from rigidity and rigidity springs from literalism.” — The New York … more »

Tags: Culture, People, Politics, wicked & weird, Christian, .:*Conflict*:., Islam, Religion, rigidity

Consumer Bigotry

aavey wrote 1 week ago: For those of you who are not aware, I find articles like the one infuriating to say the least. As th … more »

Tags: Bad Theology, Bigotry, consumer, Crime, Culture, Fundamentalism, Mickey Mouse Religion, Restoration, Social Skills

France rejects Muslim woman over radical practice of Islam1 comment

aavey wrote 2 weeks ago:   · Expert says Moroccan lives ‘almost as a recluse’ · Case reopens debate about … more »

Tags: Bad Theology, Culture, Fundamentalism, Law, News, Politics, Religion, Rights, Social Skills

May the Wilberforce be with you

aavey wrote 2 weeks ago:   With support from Gordon Brown and other G8 leaders, the US evangelist Jim Wallis preaches th … more »

Tags: Christianity, compassion, consumer, Culture, Emergent, Emerging, Evangelism, Freedom, Fundamentalism

Televangelist Kenneth Copeland refuses to render unto taxman

aavey wrote 2 weeks ago:   According to a report, Copeland’s faithful have unknowingly financed a mansion ’the siz … more »

Tags: Bad Theology, consumer, Crime, Culture, Evangelism, Fundamentalism, Law, Mickey Mouse Religion, Religion

Tears as women bishops split looms By Martin Beckford, Religious Affairs Correspondent

aavey wrote 2 weeks ago: A bishop broke down in tears last night as the Church of England’s ruling body vowed to intro … more »

Tags: Bad Theology, Christianity, Culture, Fundamentalism, Good Theology, postmodern, Religion, Theology

Defining Who Is "An Acceptable Person" Is JJ's Local Issue

JJ wrote 3 weeks ago: You think defining homeschooling or feminism or marriage or patriotism, or when life begins, is toug … more »

Tags: Institutions and Individuals, Public Communication, Power of Story, Homeschooling, Discipline-behavior, Family Values, Feminism, Ethics and Philosophy, Thinking Parents

The Philosophical Issues of Young Earth Creationism 6 comments

Dracangelus wrote 3 weeks ago: “Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the lon … more »

Tags: Religion, Science, Evolution, God, oec, The Bible, Theistic Evolution, YEC

We may allow gay unions: COI head3 comments

aavey wrote 3 weeks ago: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/7490997.stm Archbishop Harper was speaking at the Angl … more »

Tags: Religion, compassion, Theology, Christianity, Fundamentalism, Culture, Bad Theology, Good Theology, Bigotry

Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray to Allah

aavey wrote 3 weeks ago:   By Daily Mail Reporter Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and … more »

Tags: media, Religion, Politics, Theology, Christianity, Law, Privacy, Fundamentalism, Culture


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