February 2010
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Christianism, LGBT
The sin of Sodom wasn’t ’sodomy’
02.28.10 | Permalink | 29 CommentsWell I didn’t say so. The prophet Ezekiel did:
“Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy.” [Ezekiel 16:49]
Sometimes the Bible can speak in such clear terms and we still miss it all.
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Christianism, Singapore
Lighthouse Evangelism is ready to move on
The apology note has already been taken down from its website and guess who’s speaking at Lighthouse next?
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Christianism, Singapore
“Christians are all paedophiles.”
02.27.10 | Permalink | 2 CommentsInspired by Blogpastor, I too want to trot out my hypothetical what-if:
Let’s just suppose some very public person — an eminent scholar, a famous actor, or a popular singer — came out to the public with details of sex abuse in a Catholic school when he was a child, and then devoted another 80 minutes [...] -
Christianism, Singapore
“He said nothing wrong, you know.”
02.26.10 | Permalink | 12 CommentsSo I’ve been reading page after page after page of comments on blogs, forums and bulletin boards trying to see what people are saying about Rony Tan vs Gays and everywhere I go, I see self-professed Christians taking upon themselves the divine role of apologist for Rony Tan in a massive, uncoordinated astroturfing campaign.
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Christianism, Singapore
Christian Post’s report of the Rony Tan ex-gay service in March 2009
02.25.10 | Permalink | 6 CommentsHere’s Christian Post’s report of that fateful miracle service [mirrored] on 2 March 2009. The title truly deserves an “Epic WTF Award”. Christian Post has since removed the story from its website but I think it’s good that we archive this. Can there be any misunderstanding or misinterpreting of what Rony Tan said that evening at [...]
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Christianism, Singapore
The churches are silent, Ctd
02.24.10 | Permalink | 20 CommentsSo what are the key Christian bloggers in Singapore saying about Rony Tan vs Gays?
As it turns out, pretty much zilch. zero. nada.
Over the last few days, I’ve been diligently looking into what they’ve been saying, and here’s the summary of my findings. Please feel free to point out to me any other important blogger [...] -
Christianism, Singapore
Tan Tarn How: The churches are silent
02.23.10 | Permalink | 11 CommentsTan Tarn How, policy researcher in the Institute of Policy Studies, tells TODAY:
“I don’t think you should have complete freedom of speech on Internet, even though it is very hard to police. The existence of these things (hate videos and speech) is problematic. But if its roundly condemn by society, especially institutions and opinion leaders, [...] -
Christianism, Singapore
Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong of Cornerstone Community Church agrees with Rony Tan that gays are paedophiles and zoophiles
02.22.10 | Permalink | 10 CommentsIn the latest letter to his congregants, Pastor Yang Tuck Yoong of Cornerstone Community Church (remember him?) says nothing about Rony Tan’s odious lies that gay people are paedophiles and zoophiles. Instead he urges his church members to “not dilute, adulterate or compromise” the Truth. Belittling other people’s religions is not kosher, he says, but [...]
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Martin Luther King on the greatest danger in the world
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.
~Martin Luther King, 1963
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