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RU-486, The Abortion Pill, Takes More Victims

Government regulators now report that two more women have died after taking RU-486, the abortion pill that pro-abortion forces have championed in the name of women's rights. From The Boston Globe: Two more women have died after using the abortion p ...

March 26, 2006

Will the Real Fundamentalists Please Stand Up?

Last week, Londoners were treated to a public celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Selfish Gene by Oxford scientist Richard Dawkins, a vociferous opponent of Christianity. The event, held at the London School of Economics, was a big event, and ...

March 24, 2006

A Pathetic Excuse For Manhood — A Really Bad Argument

Matt Dubay wants to level the playing field between men and women when it comes to having babies -- unwanted babies, that is. This sad excuse for manhood from Michigan wants a male equivalent to Roe v. Wade -- a determination that men should not ha ...

March 24, 2006

Abdul Rahman Update — His Life on the Line

Abdul Rahman, the Afghan man on trial for converting to Christianity, still faces the prospect of being executed for his faith if convicted by the Afghan court. [See extensive coverage below.] Here is the latest as reported by The New York Times: ...

March 24, 2006

U.S. Commission Writes President George W. Bush About Afghan Religious Liberty Crisis

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has written a letter to President George W. Bush expressing grave concern about the trial of Abdul Rahman for converting to Christianity. Mr. Rahman is on trial in Kabul, Afghanistan, and is thre ...

March 23, 2006

A Warning Worth Revisiting

Back in November of 2003, religious freedom specialist Paul Marshall warned that the new Afghan constitution was a disaster for religious liberty. Senior Fellow at Freedom House's Center for Religious Freedom, Marshall published his warning in the N ...

March 23, 2006

Afghan Conversion Trial Update — The World is Watching

Media reports indicate that the trial of an Afghan man charged with converting to Christianity may be diverted by a judicial finding that the man, Abdul Rahman, is insane. The trial judge hinted at this development in recent days, and building inter ...

March 22, 2006

Another Attempt to Reduce Belief in God to Biology

Culture critic John Carey of The Times [London] reviews Lewis Wolpert's new book, Six Impossible Things Before Breakfast: The Evolutionary Origins of Belief. We are again reminded that evolutionary theory comes complete with a worldview that must att ...

March 22, 2006

Ronald H. Nash — In Memoriam

I withheld my formal comments on the death of Dr. Ronald H. Nash until my statement could be read at the memorial service held in his honor. He was a great friend, and a great friend to the cause of truth. Here is the statement: IN MEMORIAM Ronald ...

March 22, 2006

Afghan Man to Be Executed for Converting to Christianity?, Update

Yesterday, several international news sources reported than a man in Afghanistan, Abdul Rahman, is now on trial in Kabul for the "crime" of converting to Christianity [see entry below]. Now, further details are coming out, and it appears that the ma ...

March 21, 2006