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Attacker Temporarily Hijacks EthicsDaily.com
Readers trying to view EthicsDaily.com at an inopportune time Wednesday afternoon were redirected to another Web site with pornographic images. Robert Parham, executive director of the Baptist Center for Ethics, issued...
New Day’s Resolution
If you've been alive the last two weeks, and will continue to be alive in the upcoming two weeks, you'll see a lot of stuff on TV, online, and in print about the pressure to make--and keep--the bane of January's...
‘The Golden Compass’
If I told you your soul was a pig, would you be offended? You wouldn't be in Philip Pullman's world of "The Golden Compass." That's because in this parallel universe people don't walk around with their souls inside...
Christian Leaders Say Bali Global Warming Consensus Welcome But Flawed
A British Baptist leader welcomed political consensus forged at last month's Union Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, but lamented objections by the United States to set targets for reducing...
Resolve to reach out
Being a peacemaker may not have made most people's New Year's resolutions list, but it's not to late to add it. Jesus did, after all, declare peacemakers to be blessed, according to Matt. 5:9. The Greek word used by...
Religion and Science
At a news conference in November 2005, Cardinal Paul Poupard, head of the Pontifical Council for Culture, defended Darwin's theory of evolution over and against Intelligent Design. "The fundamentalists want to give a...
Muslim Violence, Christian Non-Violence: People in Glass Houses Should Not Throw Words
Recently, someone who had visited The American Muslim site sent me an e-mail with links to a couple of articles and asking me to explain why all the violence in the world involved Muslims. The first article "The...
Baptist Leader Urges Solidarity With Christians Under Attack in India
An Asian Baptist leader called on Baptists worldwide to pray for peace and normalcy to be restored in India's Orissa state and that local and national governments there will stand by democratic principles of freedom of...
A day for hangin’ out
New Year's Day is the ultimate "hangin' out" time. Family, friends, food and football top the loose agenda.I'll do my best to repress all thoughts of Baptists issues and a fast approaching publishing deadline. And I'll...
Wombs for rent
FOR RENT: Perfect home for a growing family. small, but very warm and cozy. Nine-month lease only, cash in advance. Call Dr. Anoop Gupta at Delhi IVF.A variety of news reports like this one have highlighted the way...
Looking Into the Eyes Of Jesus
During the Christmas holidays, several news outlets carried an article about Rudy Giuliani reading the Christmas story at a children's home in Harlem. The heart-warming headline was followed by a story explaining that...
BCE Is Better Known as EthicsDaily.com
One thing became crystal clear in 2007: Baptist Center for Ethics became better known as EthicsDaily.com.Again and again, when I introduced myself to global Baptists at the Baptist World Alliance gathering in Accra,...
EthicsDaily.com Tracks Clergy Sex Abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention
EthicsDaily.com reported 11 arrests, three convictions, two lawsuits and one suicide involving alleged sexual abuse by clergy in 2007. Other stories included a church that allowed a convicted sex offender to preach...
Like father, like son?
Weekend mornings call for the slow and sometimes intermittent multi-tasking of razor and remote control. The shaving is slower and often later than on weekday mornings.So is my channel surfing, which usually lands on...
The Wii-gle Has Landed
Three weeks before Christmas, our son Samuel decided he didn’t want a drum set after all, and asked for a Nintendo Wii video game.We went through the standard rigmarole of trying to find one of the toys during the...
Sexual Abuse, Gore Nobel Prize Top EthicsDaily.com Headlines in 2007
An ongoing expose of clergy sex abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention dominated news coverage by EthicsDaily.com in 2007. Other top stories included Baptists and the environment, plans for a Baptist confab in 2008,...
Baptist of the Year: Al Gore
Al Gore is EthicsDaily.com's pick as Baptist of the Year for 2007. He has pressed for the global good with a compelling message about the danger of climate change and a clear call for moral responsibility, knitting...
SNAP Leader Says Sex Offender Database Might Have Stopped Accused Predator
A victims' advocate says a Florida pastor accused of sending obscene text messages to a minor might have been stopped if the Southern Baptist Convention had a database of sexual abuse by clergy. "This is the sort of...
Lessons from loss
Yesterday, the day after Christmas, our 9-year-old daughter was overheard repeatedly saying her Nikon Coolpix camera was her favorite new gift.Unlike in the costly days of film and development, she was free to shoot at...
Bruce Springsteen, Immigration and the American Dream
Bruce Springsteen's lyrics describe an America big enough for immigrants and immigration, decent enough to remember that those who come here are driven by their desperate faith in the American Dream, and hopeful enough...
Huckabee Linked to Controversial Bible Teacher Bill Gothard
Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee has ties to a controversial Bible teacher known for authoritarian views that critics say border on spiritual abuse. Most Americans never heard of Chicago-based teacher Bill Gothard...