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Reviewed by Kerrie Ternes

Article by Cameron Spink

I was pleasantly surprised yesterday when I received Charles Darwin's Origin of the Species as I walked through LaTrobe University. This book was being handed out by people from different church groups. What is particularly encouraging about this book is the fifty-four page introduction by Christian evangelist Ray Comfort outlining the history and the problems of evolutionary theory:

"Tens of thousands of copies of a special printing of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" that include a special forward pointing out the gaps in the theory of evolution, the improbabilities it assumes and the still-missing "missing link" are being distributed Down Under by Christian author and activist Ray Comfort..." World Net Daily

"The international atheist conference in Melbourne hasn’t even started yet, but that has not prevented some noted God-haters from letting off a bit of pre-conference steam. A small piece in today’s press tells of one anti-God big wig who is spitting chips about religious parents.

Those religious types who seek to educate their children in the faith are guilty of “child abuse”. Yep, you got it. Lock up the whole bunch of ‘em and throw away the keys. How dare they suggest to their children that there might be a God and an afterlife? Let’s make that a criminal offence – maybe we can even bring back the death penalty for this horrendous activity.

Of course atheists have long been making such idiotic claims. Atheist high priest Richard Dawkins for example said much the same in his The God Delusion. He said there that parental religious instruction is nothing more than an attempt to “indoctrinate” children, and that it is a “preposterous idea” that society even allows such a terrible thing to occur.

Thought this would be an interesting article for viewers to read in light of a Herald Sun poll asking readers to vote on the death penalty. This is in response to the young Indian's death after he was abducted from a house in Lalor.

Is it Ever Right to Kill?
Article by Bill Muehlenberg
11th September 2006

"What does it mean to be pro-life? There is some confusion as to what the term implies. If a person is opposed to abortion, must that same person also be opposed to war, or the death penalty?
Indeed, religious conservatives tend as a whole to be anti-abortion, but also pro-death penalty and pro-just-war theory. Some on the religious left argue that to be consistently pro-life, you have to oppose all these things.

Article by Cameron Spink

I was struck today by how different Christians are. We do not agree that R-rated games should be allowed (unlike 91% of the population), we do not agree with same-sex marriages nor do we prescribe to the idea that a secular society is the way to go.
This reminded me of the commandment by Jesus in John 17 to be "in the world but not of the world". We are called to be different, we are to "shine as stars" (Philippians 2:15). Now for many people observing us this is seen as incredibly arrogant. But it remains our call to persevere even in the face of stark opposition.

Article by Bill Muehlenberg

Back in 1973 an important book by David Augsburger appeared entitled Caring Enough to Confront. It was a powerful reminder to believers that we have an obligation to confront one another in order to become all we are meant to be in Christ.

Real love, Augsburger argued, will not sit by and allow relationships to go off the rails. If you really love your brother, if you really care about him, you will challenge him when necessary. It is a clear sign of a lack of love, and indifference, if we do not confront one another in love.