Last week, the Black Lives Matter organisation deleted its “What We Believe” page from its website in response to overwhelming criticism. The now-deleted page had stated that the mission of the Black Lives Matter movement is to “disrupt the Western-prescribed nuclear family structure,” to “dismantle the patriarchal system” and to “foster a queer-affirming network … …
Month: September 2020
The fall from grace of Christian leaders always shocks us. When people we have looked up to are discovered to have had affairs or engaged in abusive behaviour or illicit sexual conduct, it’s easy to become disillusioned. Some disheartened believers even abandon their faith altogether as a result. Many become angry because trust has been …
The current ‘woke’ philosophy, embraced by the BLM and LGBTQI movements among others, refers to the perceived endemic nature of inequality, racism and social injustice and the desire to do something about it. In the process of righting these perceived wrongs, the woke movement tends to regard religion as bigoted and oppressive – the perpetrator …
There have been more incidents over the last two weeks of irrational, vitriolic mob behaviour among demonstrators in America. At the Republican National Convention in Charlotte, demonstrators who had gathered to protest against Trump’s presidency verbally and physically assaulted a street preacher who had nothing to do with the Republican Convention. Sam Bethea was simply …
“Researchers Solve Puzzle of Origin of Life on Earth”. That was the headline of an article published on SciTechDaily.com just a few days ago. It reports the findings of a team of researchers from the University of Washington, recently published in “The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences”. The problem is that the headline …