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    Christians Against Greed

    Hey all, Just wanted to let people know about an upcoming event in Sydney. On Tuesday the 30th August, more than 300 of the worlds top CEOs and politicans will be meeting at the Opera House for the Forbes Global CEO Conference. This conference will benefit the rich and powerful at the...
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    Christians Against Greed

    Hey all, Just wanted to let people know about an upcoming event in Sydney. On Tuesday the 30th August, more than 300 of the worlds top CEOs and politicans will be meeting at the Opera House for the Forbes Global CEO Conference. This conference will benefit the rich and powerful at the...
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    "One Soldier’s Fight to Legalize Morality"

    by Monica Benderman On July 28, 2005, in a small non-descript courtroom on Ft. Stewart, Georgia, a Court Martial is scheduled to begin. Again. One Army NCO who decided that he had no choice but to make a conscious choice NOT to return to war is being put on trial for caring about humanity...
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    Alternative Worship

    Is there anyone here using alternative worship in their community? Trying to start introducing it abit in our church and it'd be great of there a couple of people to bounce ideas off.
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    Fair Trade and Market Structure

    Hey all, I originally posted this over in business and economics, but it didnt generate much discussion on the implications for fair trade (although it did produce a good discussion of neo-classical theory, but that was a tangent). Anyhoo, I thought I'd repost here and see what fair-trade...
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    On being loved

    Having made the rapid transtition from something of a raving fundamentalist to an increasingly liberal understanding of God, I still have many unresolved nagging questions, of which this is one. Recent discussions here and elsewhere about Open Theology, and a recent study intensive on...
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    mmm...coffee

    The christian group that i'm involved with at uni is putting a fair trade stall on in the next few weeks. The main goal is to try and raise awareness of the issues surrounding fair trade etc. and to a lesser extent, the reasons why we as christians see fair trade/social justice as important...
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    The Call and Blackstump

    Is it just me, or have other people noticed that The Call, in it's first year, has been put on the same weekend as Blackstump, which has always been on the October Long weekend??? Now I don't want to sound mean or conspiritorial (sp?) but it does raise the question...
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    Federal Election Issues

    Just wondering what the most important issues for people in the upcoming federal election are.
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    Epiphany

    The other day in my microeconomics tut I had a bit of an epiphany. Now this is a bit of a work in progress, so I'd appreciate people's constructive critiscism. Anyhow, we were discussing market structure, namely 'Perfect Competetion'. The farming/agriculture industry was given as an example...
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    Micah Challenge

    G'day all, As you can see below, the Micah Challenge is an opportunity for christians and the church at large to be prophetic, and call our governments to maintain their commitment to the Millenium Development Goals. I really want to encourage as many people as possible to support the Micah...
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    Hermeneutics and the Old Testament

    I realise this question probably belongs in Bibliology & Hermeneutics, but i figured there is probably more chance of a good response here. My question is, in light of Jesus' comments in the gospels and those of others in the NT, were the laws of the covenent with Moses recognised for being...
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    ABC's Compass last night?

    Anyone watch compass last night? They had an excellent doco on Dietrich Bonhoeffer.