One for your calendar: International Blasphemy Day, 30 Sept 2009
Wednesday, 30 September 2009 will mark the inaugural International Blasphemy Day, a day on which the people are called to, well, blaspheme anything religious through whatever show of irreverence they can conjure. Organised by the Center for Inquiry International, an organisation dedicated to fostering “a secular society based on science, reason, freedom of inquiry, and humanist values”, claims that the day has been set aside “to encourage free expression” the world over and are even running a contest to mark the date.
Says the Center for Inquiry: “How can we come to our own conclusions about religion if we can’t freely examine and discuss it?” Apparently, in order to do so, you need to have a t-shirt, which 5 lucky… Continue reading ...
Meet the Mayor with a Pair
There’s a new Mayor in town and it seems his agenda is clear: abolish the political correctness rubbish that needlessly spends taxpayer money. And one of the first few items on his hit-list: cut funding for gay pride events.
No sooner had Mayor Peter Davies been elected by popular vote in June 2009 – a rarity in itself and a fact that speaks volumes that the Mayor’s approach to local politics is aligned with his constituents – than he solicited the group Campaign Against Political Correctness to survey what it is that people are fed up with. Mayor Davies promptly acted on the group’s findings, which concluded that 80 per cent of Britons were tired of the incessant political correctness… Continue reading ...
Useful tweets for everyday Christians – 2009-09-25
- Thought: Do I live my life in such a way that invites people to know God? (via @GEMission) #
- To sin by silence when they should protect makes cowards of men ~#AbrahamLincoln #
- The evil that is #religious vilification laws: http://tinyurl.com/m9fth3 #
- The consequences of losing out on #DOMA: http://bit.ly/9J6yw #family #marriage #tcot (@UFI) #
- #Christian author and/or blogger? Be great to connect with you on Facebook! http://bit.ly/KVeBh #
- thanks to the following awesome tweeps for their recent RTs! @DNA_Army @christocentric @RoeSaved @MarriageMentor @chisaikame #ff
Useful tweets for everyday Christians – 2009-09-18
- #IVF – the wrong cure for infertility? http://is.gd/3mCn8 #family #ethics #prolife #
- An appeaser is one who feeds the crocodile hoping it will eat him last ~ #WinstonChurchill #
- #Ukraine Govt disallows #EltonJohn to adopt: http://is.gd/3kktM #tcot #family #
- old story but interesting: atheist on richarddawkins.net becomes a #Christian: http://is.gd/3jYrv #apologetics #
- Chrislam? #Christians celebrating Islamic observances for the sake of …? Sounds like compromise of faith, to me: http://is.gd/3jQoH #tcot #
- National Marriage Coalition of #NewZealand publishes their 21 reasons why hetero #marriage
The Kiwis publish their 21 reasons why (hetero) marriage matters
While it seems Europe has fallen (for the most part), and the US is in the midst of duking it out, those of us floating around in the Indian and Pacific Oceans are perhaps only beginning – somewhat lethargically – to take up arms. The issue of same-sex marriage (or “marriage neutering”, as The Opine Editorials fondly terms it) in Australia and New Zealand is gearing up for full-swing.
Last month, in Australia, the Senate ceased taking submissions on the Marriage Equality Amendment Bill 2009, a Bill which seeks to redefine marriage as a union between “two persons” (but what if I had two boyfriends? Can’t I marry them both? That’s unfair!). The Senate inquiry is due to have a report by 26 November 2009. I would… Continue reading ...
Obituary: Farewell Common Sense
Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape.
He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as:
- Knowing when to come in out of the rain;
- Why the early bird gets the worm;
- Life isn’t always fair;
- and maybe it was my fault.
Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don’t spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).
His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing… Continue reading ...
Useful tweets for everyday Christians – 2009-09-11
- you can help support Maine's repeal of gay #marriage law by making a donation: http://www.StandforMarriageMaine.com #ssm #tcot #
- you can help support Maine's repeal of gay #marriage law by making a donation: http://www.StandforMarriageMaine.com #ssm #tcot #
- #Maine succeeds to exercise the People's Veto to repeal gay #marriage law. Over 100,000 signatures gathered to secure the Veto! #ssm #tcot #
- I don't want to claim that God is on our side, I want to pray humbly that we are on God's side. Abraham Lincoln (RT @worldprayr) #
- @IssuesEtc y don't u issue 1 p/cast 4
Things that us dads just cannot do
This reminded me of just how privileged I am to be a dad. Father’s Day, to me, is not about being celebrated for being a dad but rather celebrating the responsibility and the accountability of the role (and it’s importance) that I play in the lives of my children. I pray that I live up to the task as best I’m able.
(But even so, I won’t refuse a bit of pampering on the day – you reading this, kids?)
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To all you dads out there – Happy Father’s Day!… Continue reading ...
Useful tweets for everyday Christians – 2009-09-04
- ppl who dont C the use of a social institution r the last people who shld b allowed 2 reform it: http://bit.ly/Hj8tS #Marriage #family #tcot #
- Unsavoury #ethics re: saviour babies ~ creating life to save another: http://tinyurl.com/m4rmjt #humanrights #family #tcot #
- Disposable dads – #fatherhood on the fast track to becoming redundant: http://bit.ly/7hHwu #marriage #family #tcot #
- Marriage between one man and one woman is the ultimate expression of equality as no gender is marginalized. #
- Is not cohabiting before marriage really that an absurd idea after all? http://bit.ly/kRN4z
Quote: we are too easily pleased
It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires, not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased.
CS Lewis, from The Weight of Glory
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