Hi All ... How the mighty have fallen. A Christian that talked the most about family values and looking after children ended up having abused a child himself. ...
Hi everyone ... There are Humanist meetings in Wellington every month apart from briefly over the Summer holidays. The meetings happen on the first Monday of...
Hi All Destiny Church seems to have some questionable features but does this warrant calling them a cult? After looking at the television coverage of these ...
Hi All To take up some of Kent's points..... Do you see 'cult' as a derogatory word as, I think, most people I know do. But my Concise Oxford and New Zealand...
Jeanne van Gorkom
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Apr 23, 2005 11:08 pm
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Hi All I got this definition of cult from a dictionary that suggests that Destiny Church could be defined as a cult. "A religion or religious sect generally...
I'd like to ask "so what?"
If we choose a definition that makes Destiny Church a cult, and they act cultish, so what?
There's no law against it.
In fact, such...
Anna Cruse
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Apr 26, 2005 9:42 am
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Anna Generally couldn't agree more with what you say. Watch them carefully, like any other group, studying their methods and possible ill effects on society,...
Jeanne van Gorkom
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Apr 28, 2005 7:25 pm
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Hi Everyone ... The thing is with Destiny is that they want to take over the country and then trash human and legal rights. Just because there is no law...
Hi there --- Kent Stevens <KentStevens77@...> wrote: >The thing is with Destiny is that they want to take over the country and then trash human and legal...
Anna Cruse
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May 3, 2005 11:37 am
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Congratulations to Des and John on their Civil Union on last Sunday. They were some of the most prominent campaigners for civil unions. Their civil union was a...
James Campbell Dakin 1908-2005 Jim Dakin, born in 1908, died at 10:30 AM on Wednesday 4 May 2005. Funeral: Jim's funeral will be held on at 1:00 PM on Thursday...
Very sorry to hear of Jim Dakin's death. I first met him with my wife and children at an annual meeting of the Wellington Humanists a few years ago and we were...
It was sad to hear of Jim Dakin's death. His funeral last week paid tribute to him. I among with many others managed to attend this funeral. Many people from...
Boston Globe Home > News > Boston Globe > Opinion > Op-ed CATHY YOUNG Making excuses for bigotry May 16, 2005 ON APRIL 30, American journalist Chris Crain...
Hi there
Thanks for posting this. All respect to those who have fought for so long to show that difference is not necessarily "bad" I think it's definitely...
Anna Cruse
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May 18, 2005 10:36 am
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There is a radio show entitled GALILEO'S DILEMMA: SCIENCE AND RELIGION on this Sunday on National Radio at 2pm. This should be interesting to hear about and it...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/11/international/africa/11malawi.html?ex=1116820800&en=32022016ebf2ef02&ei=5070 MCHINJI, Malawi - In the hours after James Mbewe...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/4530197.stm An eight-year-old girl was tortured and about to be killed after being accused of being a witch, the Old...
Mencken's Creed * I believe that religion, generally speaking, has been a curse to mankind, that its modest and greatly overestimated services on the ethical...
Hayden, You are very bold to put your thoughts so clearly in print. Though I would agree with you on some points, you fail to realise there are always two...
A.S. Helm
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May 23, 2005 3:54 am
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I think that Mencken's Creed is a bit harsh. Both atheists and theists have done some good things and they have done some bad things. At least we should...
Hi there, Kent mentioned that we should note the difference between "totalitarian" and "democratic" political philosophies. Funnily enough I have Mencken's...
I don't really agree with Mencken's take on democracy. I have a positive view about democracy when you compare it to totalitarianism. Karl Popper was ...
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1406574.html A woman priest and her partner are aiming to become Britain's first legally married lesbian couple. The Rev...
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050526/NEWS01/505260481 An Indianapolis father is appealing a Marion County judge's unusual order that...
Wellington Access Radio will be broadcasting an interview with a humanist whose website has been blocked by a Christian fundamentalist Internet provider called...
http://www.motoring.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=2545141 June 3, 2005 By Donna Abu-Nasr Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Consultative Council member Mohammad al-Zulfa has ...
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