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• the illusion of moral neutrality
  on Apr 16, 2014 in philosophy "The Illusion of Moral Neutrality" by J Budziszewski Aristotle autonomy Buddhists Christians courage culture war ethical distinctions ethnic pride First Things good and evil Ideal Speech Situation intolerance J Budziszewski John Rawls John Stuart Mill Jurgen Habermas justice moral commitments moral neutrality moral virtue narrowmindedness natural law Nietzsche profession of false opinions Religion religious tolerance right judgment rights scandal of neutrality secularism self esteem self-expression social peace softheadedness The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the practice of tolerance Thomas Aquinas to tolerate something is to put up with it even though we might be tempted to suppress it tolerance Tolerance cannot be neutral about what is good truth ultimate concern Veil of Ignorance we are tempted to suppress those things that we deem mistaken and wrong and harmful and offensive Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog
  by J Budziszewski   Nietzsche claimed that if men took God seriously, they would still be burning heretics at the stake. In the same spirit, one supposes, are the notions that if men really cherished moral truth, they would suppress all beliefs...
• why i believe again
  on Apr 16, 2014 in atheism christian apologetics "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion" by David Hume "Ethics" by Dietrich Bonhoeffer "Life of Mahatma Gandhi" by Louis Fischer "Mere Christianity" by CS Lewis "The Story of My Experiments with Truth" by Mohandas Gandhi "Why I Believe Again" by AN Wilson a born-again atheist a doubting Thomas a loving God a personal god a suffering universe An Wilson Billy Graham Christian Apologetics Christianity Christopher Hitchens conversion experience CS Lewis doubting temperament Doubting Thomas fellow non-believers God great fellowship of believers inner glow of complete certainty Jesus language lifetime of churchgoing Love man became a living soul material beings Michael Ramsey music Nazi Germany New Statesman non-creed Religion religious belief Richard Dawkins St Mary-le-Bow The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie Wagner family Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog
  by AN Wilson   By nature a doubting Thomas, I should have distrusted the symptoms when I underwent a “conversion experience” 20 years ago. Something was happening which was out of character – the inner glow of complete certaint...
• a plea to pope francis…
  on Apr 16, 2014 in society humanism the culture of life homosexuality Jesus Christ The New York Times sin Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie human sexuality "A Plea to Pope Francis on behalf of homeless LGBT youth" by Carl Siciliano former Benedictine monk gay man spent 30 years Catholic Worker Movement Ali Forney Center center for homeless LGBT youth New York City homeless LGBT youth religious rejection LGBT youths are driven from their homes homosexual conduct being gay is disordered tears families apart brings suffering to innocent youths LGBT youths LGBT youths make up 40 percent of the homeless youth population in this country family rejection parents with high religious involvement were significantly less accepting of their LGBT children unloved unwanted homosexual orientation condemnation of homosexuality Roman Catholic Church
    Your Holiness,   I write to you as a Roman Catholic, a former Benedictine monk and as a gay man who has spent over 30 years serving the homeless, first as a member of the Catholic Worker Movement, and now as the founder and Executive Dire...
• christians i admire
  on Apr 16, 2014 in great church leaders great preachers great theologians 104th Archbishop of Canterbury a mellifluous bass-baritone voice a rich baritone voice a uniquely Harvardian accent Alan Jones an affected RP tone Argentine bachelor authentic boyscout fidelity to Roman Catholic orthodoxy Christians I admire Church of England civil rights compelling speaker Desmond Tutu Etonian pedigree face of Jesus on earth first woman to be elected an Anglican primate former Dean of Grace Cathedral former Pastor-in-Charge of Wesley Methodist Church gangland war Great Preachers Great Theologians he makes conservative Roman Catholicism sexy for anyone who appreciates good theology and philosophy he speaks English well he speaks or reads eleven languages Henri Nouwen his life is the stuff of Hollywood human rights I cannot understand the appeal of rambling self-appointed preachers like Joseph Prince I miss him John Dear Jorge Mario Bergoglio Joseph Prince Joseph Ratzinger Justin Welby Katharine Jefferts Schori liberation theology lowbrow monologue made Christianity intellectually respectable masterly pulpiteer meek and diminutive Bavarian octogenarian Melvin Huang Modern-day evangelical preaching is just so pedestrian murder my pastor my pastor for a while Neville Tan non-violent activism notorious thug one of the most intellectually gifted popes the Holy Mother Church has seen in recent times Peter Gomes Pope Francis proletariat radical Jesuit priest richly-timbred voice rival gang member Roman Catholic spirituality Rowan Williams Senior Minister Singapore skilled in rhetoric Song Cheng Hock sonorous voice speaks English well staunch civil rights advocate suffering The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Episcopal church the most intellectually gifted bloke to have graced the Chair of Canterbury in recent times the Presiding Bishop The Riverside Church in New York City tubby old Argentine bachelor unconventional theology vigorous champion of human rights vulgar Wesley Methodist Church William Sloan Coffin write their sermons in full and read them on the pulpit Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog
    Rowan Williams   I admit it was something as skin-deep as his sonorous voice which caught my attention when I first heard him on the telly during his enthronement as 104th Archbishop of Canterbury in 2003. Then it was the thoughtfulness o...
• the exodus: does archaeology have a say?
  on Apr 15, 2014 in history on the Christian bible Akhenaten Akhenaten and his beautiful wife Nefertiti had had no son Akhetaten archaeology Aten basis of our existence basis of our important Passover festival basis of our people's creation Bezalel and Oholiab crossing of the Red Sea Egyptian history Egyptian records El Amarna evidence outside the bible Haggada Horizon of the Aten Israelites Josephus Flavius largest mudbrick project in Egyptian history pyramids Sinai slave workers slavery temples The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the battle shrine of Tutankhamun the exodus The Jerusalem Post the Pharoah of the Exodus the Pharoah of the Oppression the plagues the Torah there is no evidence outside the Bible to support the Exodus Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog
  by The Jerusalem Post   The short answer is “no.” The whole subject of the Exodus is embarrassing to archaeologists. The Exodus is so fundamental to us and our Jewish sources that it is embarrassing that there is no evidence outside of the B...
• happiest couples sleep an inch apart
  on Apr 15, 2014 in science 'no touching' rule couples Edinburgh International Science Festival extroverts happiest couples sleep an inch apart made physical contact through the night measure the distance between them as they sleep more creative individuals were more likely to sleep on their left hand side out-going extroverts tended to spend the night close to their partners partners who slept less than an inch apart were more likely to be content with their relationship than those maintaining a gap wider than 30 inches physical contact popular sleep positions of couples possible to tell how happy a couple are together Richard Wiseman science of sleep sleep sleep habits sleeping positions The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie The Telegraph University of Hertfordshire Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog
  by The Telegraph   It is possible to tell how happy a couple are together by measuring the distance between them as they sleep, scientists have found.   Partners who slept less than an inch apart were more likely to be content with their re...
• time running out for rarest primate
  on Apr 15, 2014 in science animal extinctions biodiversity Bosco Chan China Conservation Breeding Specialist Group destruction of habitat ecosystem extinction gibbon Hainan Gibbon Hainan island Hong Kong Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden Kathy Traylor Holzer logging Nature.com Nomascus Hainanus poaching primate researchers primates rapid industrialization Samuel Turvey South China Sea The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Hainan gibbon population umbrella species wildlife wildlife conservation world's rarest primate Yangtze River Dolphin Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog Zoological Society of London
  by Nature     China’s wildlife conservation efforts are under scrutiny as scientists battle to save a species found only in a tiny corner of an island in the South China Sea. The Hainan gibbon is the world’s rarest primate and its long-...
• errors to drop from your easter sermon
  on Apr 15, 2014 in christian theology the historical Jesus Christian theology Christianity Today Don't bypass the role of women as witnesses of the resurrected Christ Don't explain the apparent absence of a lamb at the Last Supper by only saying Jesus is the ultimate Passover Lamb Don't say Jesus died when he was thirty-three years old Don't say the same crowds worshipped Jesus on Palm Sunday and then cried out for his crucifixion on Good Friday Easter errors to drop from your Easter sermon Good Friday Hosanna! humble Messiah Jesus Jewish Passover Joanna Lamb of God Lord's Supper Mary Magdalene Mary the mother of James and Joses Mary the mother of Jesus Mary the wife of Clopas Palm Sunday paschal lamb Pontius Pilate Salome suffering Servant The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the risen Christ virtually no scholar believes Jesus was actually 33 when he died women Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog
  by Andreas Kostenberger & Justin Taylor   1. Don’t say Jesus died when he was thirty-three years old.   The common assertion seems reasonable that if Jesus “began his ministry” when he “was about thirty years of...
• bridging a false divide
  on Apr 14, 2014 in christian theology interpretation on the Christian bible "Briding a False Divide" by Robert Barron Anselm Augustine Bernard biblical scholars Christian theology christology First Things God's qualitative otherness towards the world historical criticism historical-critical method ipsum esse subsistens Karl Barth Marcionite Newman NT Wright Old Testament Origen philosophical theology philosophy Rahner Robert Alter Robert Barron Schleiermacher Second Samuel systematic theologians systematic theology The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie the Bible theology Thomas Aquinas Tillich Tracy Walter Brueggemann Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog
  by Robert Barron   Two years ago, a colleague of mine, a specialist in the Old Testament, sidled over to me at a faculty party and asked, “What are you working on?” I replied eagerly, “Actually, something right up your alley. I’m writing...
• palm sunday 2014 homily
  on Apr 14, 2014 in homilies the spiritual life Jesus Palm Sunday 2014 Palm Sunday 2014 homily Pope Francis The Anglo-Sinkie Scribbles by Zhou Hongjie The Catholic World Report the Passion of our Lord Zhou Hongjie Zhou Hongjie Blog
  by Pope Francis   This week begins with the festive procession with olive branches: the entire populace welcomes Jesus. The children and young people sing, praising Jesus.   But this week continues in the mystery of Jesus’ death and his r...

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