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A friend just invited me to a talk organised by an academically-inclined study group at his church tomorrow afternoon. Details as follows:
Subject: Charles Darwin and Human Nature - should Christian Theology care?
Speaker: Prof Wentzel van Huyssteen (Princeton Theological seminar, USA)
Time: 17:00, 10 Junie
Place: Kerksentrum, Uniepark (Stellenbosch, South Africa)
The talk will be in English. From Wentzel [...]

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My good friend Johan Swarts has summarised the situation brilliantly:
Reg. Noudat die meeste stof rondom arme Deon Maas gesak het, werp ek graag my eie stuiwer in die armbeurs oor dié lamlendige situasie.
As jy, liefste leser, een van die mense was wat hom uitgekryt het as ‘n voorstander van Satanisme en / of jy een [...]

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You may have heard the writers of e.g. The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are on strike, because Viacom are unable to make up their minds if their Internet Content is worth $0 or $1,000,000,000. So here’s a video clip to help people survive this drought of new Daily Show and Colbert Report content [...]

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Money corrupts. It’s just one of those things.
Deon Maas wrote a column in the Sunday newspaper, The Rapport, that aimed to point out the differences between people and encourage people to listen to one another. By listening to one another we can understand each other. However, ironically, the exact opposite happened. A mass-hysteria campaign via [...]

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My sister brought me a copy of the eighth issue of Obrigado, Vida e Caffé’s magazine, to show me the editorial in the back:

dancing with the devil
The eternal battle between good, evil and naughty. Chris Roper takes sides.

It’s a brilliant editorial. If you can, go read it, but move quickly: issue nine is out already [...]

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With a raving, excessively emotional comment below my Dear Freethinking Maties post, I announced that I am not interested in the Freethinking Maties Society if I am not considered welcome there. I renounce my membership, until such a time as they inform me that I am welcome to join. I am not interested in joining [...]

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On Thursday, 18 October, there will be a lecture titled “Wat is Evolusie en Maak Dit Regtig Saak?” in Stellenbosch. (Translated: “What is Evolution and Does It Really Matter?”) Read on for more details.

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