Archive for August, 2006

Some Things Said… (August 06) (2)

Saturday, August 26th, 2006

9/11 book rankles Presbyterian faith
A book suggesting the September 11 attacks were engineered by the U.S. government is raising hackles among the faithful because its publisher is an agency of the Presbyterian Church (USA), the largest of several Presbyterian denominations.
“Christian Faith and the Truth Behind 9/11: A Call to Reflection and Action” is already […]

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The Conversion of Cornelius (Pt 2)

Sunday, August 20th, 2006

In the first essay on the conversions at the home of Cornelius (the fifth of the nine conversions) we had noted that the particulars required in becoming Christians were in no way different from those found in all the previous examples we have studied up to this point. This is true in spite of the […]

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Some Things Said… (August 06)

Saturday, August 12th, 2006

Scientologists Win Tax Battle With British Government
London — The Church of Scientology has won a tax fight with British authorities, a victory that means the government will be forced to reimburse the millions of pounds in past payments the church has made. –by Al Webb for the Religious News Service as found at the […]

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Genesis vs. the Babylonian Creation Epic

Friday, August 4th, 2006

I had said that I would soon address the Biblical account of creation in comparison to the Babylonian epics, as I had earlier done with the flood accounts. However, although it is a little dated, J. W. McGarvey had written a published response to an article which addressed this very topic along with a […]

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