Four and a half years ago, I read in the Toronto Star issue of July 3, 1990 an article titled "Islam isn't alone in patriarchal doctrines", by Gwynne Dyer. The article described the furious reactions by the participants of a conference on women and power held in Montreal to the comments of the famous Egyptian feminist Dr. Nawal Saadawi. Her politically incorrect statements included : "the most
How Heaven and Earth Passed Away David Curtis When I first came to see as truth the fact that the Lord had come in 70 AD and all prophecy had been fulfilled my first objection was, "This means we are living in the new heaven and the new earth!" My response to that was "Yea right! If this is the New heaven and earth we got ripped off!" Why did I feel that way? It was because I was looking
On Jul 1, 6:20 am, Dennis <nldo...@shaw.ca> wrote: Grace Tiffany, Erotic Beasts and Social Monsters Ch. 3. Jonson, Satire, and the Empty Hermaphrodite In Ben Jonson's satire we find the most fully realized and philosophically justified representation of the Renaissance anti- androgynous ethic, a principle derived from and supported by a combined tradition of Semonidean
Shattering Illusions - Western Conceptions of Muslim Women "Islam in its original state gave women privileges and imposed no harsh restrictions or double standards upon them.," says Saimah Ashraf, a 1997-98 winner of the Stanford University Boothe Prize for Excellence in Writing. "Rose Hamid is as American as they come. She drives a Ford station wagon, leads a local Girl Scout troop, shops
June 14th will mark 22 years that I have been happily married to my college sweetheart. As the date approaches I will probably share more Christian sermons, lessons and articles on Christian marriage. Both my wife and I firmly believe that God brought us together and has blessed up with 22 years together. Granted it hasn't all been smooth sailing. I don't mean conflicts between my wife and
