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“Education”, I respond, after only a brief pause. “Critical thinking, science literacy, and compassion.” I would like to thank everyone that sent words of encouragement following my previous post. Let me give my current conclusion on the matter as an answer to bluegray’s comment on Do Any Shofarians Care About Science? He asked: Sorry if [...]

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The big creationism machine… There are people who teach it, there are people who hear and learn it, and then there are those that facilitate the transaction. Irrespective of whether creationism is true or false, I’d hope my series of posts on the Batten seminar could serve to demonstrate why Batten’s teachings are misleading and [...]

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If there were a prize for the society at Stellenbosch University with the best advertising campaign, many will agree that Shofar Christian Church would be quite the contender. They usually have some of the most eye-catching posters and banners in some of the most prominent locations. For example, at the beginning of the year, a [...]

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Pretty simple really. The only people that have the guts to say something and be vocal about it, are those that have enough drive to do so. Typically, those that have been hurt, directly or indirectly. The result is usually strong emotional responses, or those with a really strong opinion. Such responses tend to fall [...]

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One verse often quoted, 2 Timothy 3:16 (NIV): All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, This was also quoted during the “Foundations 1″ course from Shofar that I attended on 27 January 2008, resulting in an interesting (private) conversation at the end of the session. I was [...]

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I met a whole bunch of people yesterday. In the evening, I had drinks with Bertus! (from Saligerus) and two of his friends — someone from Kletskerk, and another blogger blogging from within the Dutch Reformed church. (I’m intentionally keeping the details vague. If I’m talking about you, and you would like yourself named, by [...]

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There are a couple of reasons, but here’s one. Point Eleven on their Statement of Faith aka membership contract… 11. With regards to submission to authority, we believe in the principle of being in authority because you are under authority. As such, it is understood that membership shall be subject to submission to authority in [...]

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I’m tired of intolerance, hatred and war. I’m tired of groups attacking one another, to feel better about themselves. I’m the unfortunate recipient of a collection of genes or memes or a combination of both that causes me to simply care a little too much. Right now, I’m trying to check out a variety of [...]

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During my 16 December visit to Shofar, I learned another interesting thing about their language and definitions that tends to confuse the scientists. What I learned was, the supernatural really does exist! Now the typical scientists say “stupid people, it does not exist”, but they are not using the same definitions. What I learned was [...]

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Update, Nov 2008: This is an old blog post. Like most old blog posts, there are quite a number of things I don’t like in it, and would write differently these days. But, FWIW, this is how I felt at the time: Last night (30 December) I attended Shofar again. Interesting stuff. To be fair, [...]

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