Archive for February, 2008



St. John’s Shaughnessy Anglican Church members voted to leave The Anglican Church of Canada over same sex marriage last night.
495 votes were cast, with 11 against and 9 abstentions. The congregation is now under the authority of The Diocese of the Southern Cone, which includes Argentina and Paraguay.
Bentley said that despite a letter from the [...]

The near obliteration of public trust in the Catholic Church was undeniable, as was the accuracy of Doyle’s warning. Now he has a similar prediction: The Southern Baptist church could be headed down the same road.
In a March 2007 letter addressed to SBC president Page and to executive committee president Morris Chapman, Doyle warned that [...]

precocious package of personality - CNN
The Westminister Kennel Club 

The IMonk has a post using the style of the C.S. Lewis book The Screwtape Letters* about Christian schools.
*The story takes the form of a series of letters from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew, a junior tempter named Wormwood, so as to advise him on methods of securing the damnation of an earthly man, known [...]

Concerned Christians Canada has said they will launch a Human Rights Complaint against the Alberta Tories.
Slap Upside The Head has the details.
Craig Chandler’s candidacy was rejected in November.
I wrote about Chandler tossing his hat in the ring a few months ago.
Chandler was not rejected because he is a Christian. He was rejected for his history of opposition [...]

 
That is the engine number off a motorcycle.
Put on an arm with magic marker and sent another blogger.
It was sent to a political blogging foe.
Tattoos were used by the SS in WWII to dehumanize prisoners.
Humour, pranks, mockery, scorn and revenge can escalate way beyond the bounds of decency. This did.
 
I have a suggestion for Warren Kinsella now that he is [...]

Alberta is in an election. And  Christian group, Concerned Christians Canada has launched a Human Rights Complaint against the Alberta Tories.
In 2007 Tory Premier Ed Stelmach refused to endorse anti gay candidate Craig Chandler who has a history of human rights violations. Concerned Christians Canada says the Tories are being anti-Christian.
However, Chandler was not rejected simply [...]

A well intentioned private members bill going before Parliament for a vote March 5th has unintended consequences.
The bill, written by Conservative MP Ken Epp (Edmonton Sherwood Park), asks for separate homicide charges to be introduced in the death of a fetus when there is an attack on a pregnant woman.
This is a fetal homicide law which may make [...]



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