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Why I log on to Givemetruth.net

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Sometimes I log on for fun. Sometimes I log on just because I'm in the mood. Sometimes I log on because I need encouragement. Sometimes I log on because I'm eager to reap from the vast and endless wisdom that flows from the minds of our many posters. But whatever is happening on the surface, there's always an underlying reason why I log on to givemetruth.net. Givemetruth is not just about fun, it's about Australia,

Why I still log on to Givemetruth.net

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The article following (in the next post) was originally published on InFocus (back when it was called the "Fundamentalist Resource Centre") back in July 2005. It's been a while, but I think it still applies today. These are exciting days to be a Fundamentalist in Australia. God is doing amazing things in churches across the nation. We're seeing a whole generation of pastors get older (no offence guys!) and move into more of a mentoring

In defence of militancy

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By David Doran Recent proposals about the nature of Fundamentalism are stirring lively debate. While I have heard of no bloodshed, I am certain that quite a few blood pressures have risen with the discussions. A key term that seems to surface regularly, at least in the discussions to which I have been privy, is "militancy." Most see militancy as a necessary, perhaps even indispensable, facet of Fundamentalism. Difficulties arise, however, when the concept is

Some conclusions

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In the last post in this series, I gave three basic propositions. 1) God is always perfectly rational. 2) In God’s image, humans are also rational. 3) Human rationality is limited both inherently and by the effects of the curse. If these propositions are accepted as true, some basic conclusions will follow. It is dangerous to abandon human rationality at any level. It is ironic that “blind faith” expressions of fundamentalism actually parallel post-modern forms

When you let trivial things matter—when you care about petty stuff more than important issues and relationships—you've been trapped by small thinking. –Dexter Yager
It's true that you only live once. But if you work it right, once is enough. –Joe E. Lewis
I seemed not to mourn that I had committed such crimes, and for the fact as it was an offence against God and my neighbour, but that I was to be punished for it. I was a penitent, as I thought, not that I had sinned, but that I was to suffer. –Moll Flanders (Daniel Defoe)
If you could remember what I remember, you would understand. Israel is the only nation in the world whose existence is threatened. Should Israel lose but one war, it would mean her end and ours as well. –Elie Wiesel (Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech, 1986)
It is your democratic duty to use your vote to preserve democracy. A vote for autocracy is a contradiction and a betrayal.