June 2007 | thebereancall.org

June 2007

MAN SAYS: New Spirituality Network's "A New Way to Look at Your Day" for May 15, 2007 [an email newsletter] Do not accept what you hear by report, do not accept tradition, do not accept a statement because it is found in our books, nor because it is in accord...Read more
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Arab Press: Serious Syrian preparations for war [Excerpts] Syria is making concrete preparations for war with Israel , and is anticipating such a conflict this coming summer. According to reports carried in the Arab media Friday, the Assad government has already ordered, and carried out, the removal of the Government...Read more
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Chastity ring centre of new school religion row [Excerpts] A Christian teenager will go to the high court this summer to challenge the decision of her school to ban her from wearing a celibacy ring on the grounds that it is her basic human right to express her religious beliefs...Read more
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[TBC: Reason and truth have little impact on how a politically correct idea is reported.] Gay flamingos strike long-term relationship [Excerpts] A pair of gay flamingos who have successfully raised three generations of "adopted" chicks at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust's (WWT) Slimbridge site. According to the WWT report, greater...Read more
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Children 'bad for planet' [Excerpts] May 7, 2007 HAVING large families should be frowned upon as an environmental misdemeanour in the same way as frequent long-haul flights, driving a big car and failing to reuse plastic bags, says a report to be published today by a green think tank. The...Read more
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[TBC: These two excerpts are interesting when run together.] ”In Who Really Cares: The Surprising Truth About Compassionate Conservatism (Basic Books), Arthur C. Brooks finds that religious conservatives are far more charitable than secular liberals, and that those who support the idea that government should redistribute income are among the...Read more
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