Secular
ethics hit dead end
The news that the Netherlands had passed legislation to legalize euthanasia had hardly hit the airwaves before New Democrat MP Svend Robinson announced his intention to introduce a private member's bill early next Parliament. Robinson believes Canadian laws prohibiting physicians and others from aiding and abetting a suicide are "profoundly unjust and, in some cases, cruel." ....More
Top
ten Christianweek news stories of 2000
1-Politics pummels faith Alliance leader Stockwell Day's religious beliefs became the focus of increasing media attention and political derision as he gained prominence in his party and entered the race for prime minister. The larger debate on the role of religion in politics revealed deeply divided opinions among voters. Accusations of faith-based intolerance put faith leaders on the defensive.....More
Has
hell indeed frozen over?
People unlikely
to change their minds are apt to say something like "You'll see me
do that when hell freezes over." But it's the current absence of
the "H" word among Christians, even when theyÕre talking about
lost souls, that makes me wonder if the impossible has indeed happened....More
