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POPSWootton Bassett - the debate
I have decided to publish a section of the letter available to anyone (by clicking the link). My reasons? I am heartily sick, in this enlightened year of 2010, having this meaningless preamble with a religious bigot. I say so not because he is a Muslim, but because he incants the very superstitious tripe uttered by Roman Catholics and other zealots the world over. Being brought up with the Prodestant Work Ethic, my education was tested in the back streets of the Shankill Road and the Crumlin, my beliefs were reinforced by the attitudes of religious leaders from the Dominee of the Afrikaans religion, to the wishy-washy bullshit of the Anglican church led by Desmond Tutu. Perhaps the finest and most moving orator of my generation would be the Reverend Ian Paisley, but his single mindedness to his form of religion is precisely the problem I have with all religious sects and creeds. The irony of it all is that collectively, these people could be and probably are most generous of sp
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POPSGlobalizing the Culture Wars: U.S. Conservatives, African Churches and Homophobia
This report reveals the truth about what is going on and should be required reading for American church leaders," said Jim Winkler, the general secretary of the international public policy and social justice agency of The United Methodist Church. Full report and Executive Summary (PDF) @ clip source. Although written primarily for a U.S. audience, Globalizing the Culture Wars is certain to cause a stir in English-speaking Africa, where conservative U.S. evangelicals have for too long escaped the close scrutiny of African social justice activists and movements. Project Director Kapya Kaoma is an Anglican priest from Zambia now leading churches in the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts. A doctoral candidate at Boston University School of Theology, he has studied in evangelical schools in Zambia and the United Kingdom. ... An active campaigner for women’s reproductive rights, Kaoma is a passionate activist for social witness in the world.
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POPSVicar forgives girls who bullied his daughter to death
The pair sprayed deodorant in Miss Boxall’s face and branded her a “whore”, before she jumped 30ft from the window of the south London flat that they briefly shared. Part of the attack was filmed on a mobile phone and showed Miss Boxall cowering in fright with her head in her hands, but not fighting back. As she lay dying in the street below, Can, who was only 13 at the time, stood over her and was heard saying: “Serves you right, *****.” Ajose and Can were both known to the police for offences including shoplifting and actual bodily harm. The older girl is believed to have a personality disorder and is being assessed under the Mental Health Act. Despite the brutality of the attack, Mr Boxall, a vicar at the Open Gateway Community Church in Thamesmead, south London, said he and his family were praying for the assailants. “We want them to know we forgive them. That does not mean that what they did 'doesn’t matter’. Of course it does,” he said. “Forgiveness means that w
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POPSEpiscopals Continue to Strain the Anglican Communion over Gay Folk And we thank them. Unitarian Universalists have long been fully supportive of GLBT folk (in committed relationships or not) being fully engaged in the life of the denomination at all levels. It is good to see other denominations come to the realization that gay people are, gasp, people.
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POPStutu talks international peace & reconciliation
The name Desmond Tutu resonates strongly with people all around the world. He is internationally respected as a "moral voice" to end poverty and human rights abuses. In 1996, he was appointed by President Nelson Mandela to chair the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, a body set-up to probe gross human rights violations during apartheid. Tutu spoke in London on Thursday to mark the 75th anniversary of the British Council. "I never imagined in my worst dreams that I would live to see the day when the United States would abrogate the rule of law and habeas corpus as has happened in the case of those described as "enemy combatants" incarcerated in Guantanamo Bay. Or that I would hear an American government and its apologists use exactly the same justification for detention without trial, as had been used by the apartheid government of South Africa - a practice that the United States at the time condemned roundly, as was so utterly right to have done."
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POPS200 YEARS DARWIN AND EVOLUTION Still we have to struggle today, to live with the discoveries and comprehensive theory that Darwin laid to word. Some Religion is still feeling threatened
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POPSBBC Refues to Run Gaza Aid Appeal Ad The idea, due to the pressure and advocacy of millions, is slowly seeping through that the people in Gaza are being starved to death by the Israeli blockade. Being starved to death when this was called a "truce," during the last 18 months. Being starved to death when this policy remains in force in what is called now a "cease fire."
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POPSObama Invites Gene Robinson to do the Prayer Atheists remain uninvited.Inuaguration plans ,he wants the prayer to be for all people.Indiginous Australians and the first Aboriginal priestess is joining hundreds of Australians to stand in solidarity with America ,tickets are hard to come by here.
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POPSChurch removes "horrifying" crucifix Oh, and did I mention that they pretend to drink that prophet's blood in Church on Sundays (in this case it's definitely pretend, even to them, as St John's is Anglican)? Now that's really something to scare the kids with.
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POPSWedding-tragedy She was only married a couple of hours before she was killed in a car accident on her way to her new home
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