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9/11

September 11th, 2007 19 Comments

Today in New Zealand the date is the 11th of September, this date marks the anniversary of a terrible crime, an event where planes were used to incinerate and kill thousands of innocent civilians in order to strike terror into the heart of the local population. Those reading this will suspect that I am talking […]

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The Flat Earth Myth

July 18th, 2007 2 Comments

A few days ago I got sent the following message from a high-school student in the US. I’ve been studying Christopher Columbus in my history class and my history books say that prior to Columbus everyone did think the world was flat……..I don’t know if it was a mistake in the history book or your […]

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Things They Don’t Teach you in Public Schools…

July 4th, 2007 2 Comments

Tonight I watched an ad on TV which has a man congratulating New Zealanders for being the first to give women the vote. This ad reminded me of the following picture which I discovered in Alvin Schmidt’s book “How Christianity Changed the World.” The picture on this page shows women voting at the polls in […]

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Dixie Chicks, Free Speech and the Flat Earth Society

February 13th, 2007 Comments Off on Dixie Chicks, Free Speech and the Flat Earth Society

One irritating feature of the contemporary media is the credence they give to the views of celebrities. There is often a kind of unwritten assumption that because a person is a good actor or singer, his or her views on politics, morality and ethics somehow carry more weight.Case in point is the enthusiastic reporting of […]

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Christmas was never about religion til recently….

December 30th, 2006 Comments Off on Christmas was never about religion til recently….

I thought it was one of those urban legends, you know when you keep hearing something that sounds so ridiculous it can’t possibly be true. I am speaking of the reports I have heard about people phoning into talkback shows or strangers overheard making comments to the effect that religious people are trying to take […]

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