Archive for May, 2007
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Tuesday, May 29th, 2007The latest Reader’s Digest annual trust survey was released last Friday.
Sports people filled nine of the top ten positions in the people list, while politicians filled out much of the bottom of the 75 places. The magazine commented in their media release:
Our top most trusted individuals, a category which ranks 75 well-known New Zealanders, have [...]
The Creation Museum Opens
Tuesday, May 29th, 2007May 28 saw the opening of The Creation Museum in Kentucky, USA. This is just down the road from Dayton, OH, where I was a few months ago. Sadly it wasn’t open then, but next time I’ll be sure to pop in. It cost $27million to build and it claims to bring the pages [...]
Where is the Spirit?
Monday, May 28th, 2007I’m on the Presbyterian Church’s environmental taskforce, which has the role to address environmental issues and how the Church can respond at both the Assembly and parish levels. To contribute to that end I’m reengaging with some eco-theological literature.
First on the list is Dorothee Sölle’s To Work and To Love: A Theology of Creation. It [...]
Myth of a Christian Nation
Monday, May 28th, 2007I have just finished reading The Myth of a Christian Nation: How the Quest for Political Power Is Destroying the Church. It was an easy read for non-fiction, but makes important theological points regarding the alignment of American Christianity and American society. The author, Greg Boyd, makes the point that, as Christians, we should be [...]
Belief & Climate Change – Part 2
Thursday, May 24th, 2007In this part I wish to consider personal spirituality and psychology as to why people won’t believe that climate change is happening.
One interesting remark I overheard at work recently was someone saying that humans are too insignificant to cause climate change. Sure, we are only one species, but since Hiroshima there should be no [...]
Head in Sand
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Belief & Climate Change – Part 1
Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007I’m doing some research into why people don’t believe that climate change is happening or that it is anthropogenic. Aside from my own subjective observations about climate and weather I necessarily reply on what others are telling me about climate changes. Invariably these sources (scientists and politicians) are mediated by the mass media, so apart [...]
New Chair in Theology at Otago
Friday, May 18th, 2007I missed the news in the venerable ODT, but caught up today through the Otago Bulletin that the University of Otago has succeeded in raising the money they need to establish a Chair and Centre for Theology and Public Issues Centre. The Bulletin reports:
New Zealand’s first research centre tackling social issues such as poverty, social [...]
New Zealand: A Christian Nation?
Friday, May 18th, 2007Destiny’s latest media release “New Zealand’s Christian Heritage in Jeopardy” outlines further disenchantment with secular New Zealand.
So-called “Bishop” Tamaki is mostly right when he says:
New Zealand has a significant Christian heritage that has played a major role in shaping our national identity. From the bible in our courts, prayer in parliament to our National Anthem, [...]
The Value of the Dead
Wednesday, May 16th, 2007This post was delivered via RSS today from catholicanarchy.org: Slopes, dinks, Pakis, ragheads-not worth much. The whole post is worth reading, but the key point is:
The value of an innocent civilian slaughtered by al-Qaeda terrorists on September 11, 2001 to his or her family: $1.8 million.
The value of an innocent civilian slaughtered at Haditha, Iraq, [...]