Pastor Richard Toh spoke about how easy porn can get into one's PC even when one is not looking for it. He said we would read our mails and an embarrassing image could appear on our screen before we got a chance to delete it.
Consider the case of Ms. Amero, who suffered a miscarriage and the shame of having her teaching license revoked because a malware caused a PC to show unbecoming images to a class of students. And oh, she has to pay a USD 100 fine. She originally faced 40 years in jail.
The IT Manager claimed the virus protection was updated weekly even though the product was discontinued by the developer 6 months before. It is this kind of people that brings shame to the profession.
Read more about the tragedy here.
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Tuesday, December 02, 2008
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Friday, January 12, 2007
The Sexual Orientation Regulations and what it means to you
Read this from Christianity Today.
I have it at the bottom.
The late Derek Prince predicted England will be come a Muslim nation. The SOR basically says no one can say homosexual is wrong. If they decide so, they can come to your church for their 'wedding' and you cannot say no. This is just the first of many to come. Beware. Open our eyes and see what's happening. It's no longer just the spiritual realm. It right before our very eyes.
Government Must Protect Right of Christians to Live by Faith
The Sexual Orientation Regulations were upheld by the House of Lords this week and many Christians have voiced their alarm at what affect their coming into being will have on their freedom to live according to their faith.
by Maria Mackay
Posted: Thursday, January 11, 2007, 11:23 (GMT)
The Sexual Orientation Regulations were upheld by the House of Lords this week and many Christians have voiced their alarm at what affect their coming into being will have on their freedom to live according to their faith.
Christian groups have warned that Christian printers will not be allowed to refuse to print homosexual material, while Christian bed and breakfast owners will be forced to accommodate homosexual couples; the Church of England, meanwhile, is concerned that its priests may be sued if they do not perform blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples. Pastors, largely in the black church community, have vowed they would rather go to jail than be compelled to let out their properties to pro-gay groups.
If Christians think these are simply worst case scenarios, they should at the very least be concerned by the ill-boding that such legislation suggests for Christians in the public sphere. Christians are undoubtedly facing tougher times and the public sphere is a place where new checks and balances are making the job of being Christian (as opposed to merely identifying oneself as Christian) increasingly difficult.
The cases in point are numerous: Exeter University’s Evangelical Christian Union is currently embroiled in a court battle with the university’s guild after the latter stripped the ECU of its membership on the basis that it was too exclusive; we have just passed through yet another Christmas season during which Christians have had to fight for the right to celebrate their own festival on their own terms; one local council in London has even threatened to withdraw funds from a Polish family centre if it changes its name to include the word ‘Christian’.
But the line between public and private for people of faith, Christian or otherwise, cannot be so simply demarcated as some behind the pro-secularist agenda would like to have it. For Christians, it is simply impossible to believe, think, feel, breathe and practise one thing behind the closed doors of the church or home only to leave all that behind when they hit the public square. A Christian is a Christian, whether in public or in private.
This is where it may help to remind those driving the secularist/PC agenda of what faith actually is. Faith does not simply mean a belief that God exists. Faith is not simply a word. It is a life. Faith in God is faith in the Bible, and any faith in that requires simultaneously that His Word is lived by. Faith may start in the heart but it ends in the strivings of the hands and feet and the utterances of the mouth. In other words, it ends in actions.
In short, living according to one’s faith implies a great deal of careful navigation through the throngs of daily life but it is this navigation that the government must protect. Implicit in Christian living is the necessity for Christians to live according to their consciences, as shaped by the Bible.
We live in an age of equal rights and of course everyone has the right against unfair subjection to discrimination or violence. But the current climate makes it not unjustified to feel that some rights are regarded as more equal than others. The battle today seems not to be over whether those rights exist but over who has the greater right to have them realised, or which right will prove the first among equals.
The government must make sure that the law is at work to promote all rights with equal attentiveness and that a careful balance is struck between the right of those seeking to live by a particular sexual orientation - or otherwise - and those seeking to live according to their faith and conscience.
I have it at the bottom.
The late Derek Prince predicted England will be come a Muslim nation. The SOR basically says no one can say homosexual is wrong. If they decide so, they can come to your church for their 'wedding' and you cannot say no. This is just the first of many to come. Beware. Open our eyes and see what's happening. It's no longer just the spiritual realm. It right before our very eyes.
Government Must Protect Right of Christians to Live by Faith
The Sexual Orientation Regulations were upheld by the House of Lords this week and many Christians have voiced their alarm at what affect their coming into being will have on their freedom to live according to their faith.
by Maria Mackay
Posted: Thursday, January 11, 2007, 11:23 (GMT)
The Sexual Orientation Regulations were upheld by the House of Lords this week and many Christians have voiced their alarm at what affect their coming into being will have on their freedom to live according to their faith.
Christian groups have warned that Christian printers will not be allowed to refuse to print homosexual material, while Christian bed and breakfast owners will be forced to accommodate homosexual couples; the Church of England, meanwhile, is concerned that its priests may be sued if they do not perform blessing ceremonies for same-sex couples. Pastors, largely in the black church community, have vowed they would rather go to jail than be compelled to let out their properties to pro-gay groups.
If Christians think these are simply worst case scenarios, they should at the very least be concerned by the ill-boding that such legislation suggests for Christians in the public sphere. Christians are undoubtedly facing tougher times and the public sphere is a place where new checks and balances are making the job of being Christian (as opposed to merely identifying oneself as Christian) increasingly difficult.
The cases in point are numerous: Exeter University’s Evangelical Christian Union is currently embroiled in a court battle with the university’s guild after the latter stripped the ECU of its membership on the basis that it was too exclusive; we have just passed through yet another Christmas season during which Christians have had to fight for the right to celebrate their own festival on their own terms; one local council in London has even threatened to withdraw funds from a Polish family centre if it changes its name to include the word ‘Christian’.
But the line between public and private for people of faith, Christian or otherwise, cannot be so simply demarcated as some behind the pro-secularist agenda would like to have it. For Christians, it is simply impossible to believe, think, feel, breathe and practise one thing behind the closed doors of the church or home only to leave all that behind when they hit the public square. A Christian is a Christian, whether in public or in private.
This is where it may help to remind those driving the secularist/PC agenda of what faith actually is. Faith does not simply mean a belief that God exists. Faith is not simply a word. It is a life. Faith in God is faith in the Bible, and any faith in that requires simultaneously that His Word is lived by. Faith may start in the heart but it ends in the strivings of the hands and feet and the utterances of the mouth. In other words, it ends in actions.
In short, living according to one’s faith implies a great deal of careful navigation through the throngs of daily life but it is this navigation that the government must protect. Implicit in Christian living is the necessity for Christians to live according to their consciences, as shaped by the Bible.
We live in an age of equal rights and of course everyone has the right against unfair subjection to discrimination or violence. But the current climate makes it not unjustified to feel that some rights are regarded as more equal than others. The battle today seems not to be over whether those rights exist but over who has the greater right to have them realised, or which right will prove the first among equals.
The government must make sure that the law is at work to promote all rights with equal attentiveness and that a careful balance is struck between the right of those seeking to live by a particular sexual orientation - or otherwise - and those seeking to live according to their faith and conscience.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
In another news story, an elderly couple was awarded ten thousand pounds after a year of harrassment following their desire to put Christian literature alongside homosexual leaflets.
Now you see, the law is there to protect the homosexuals. But Christianity? We will hunt you down. That's essentially what the police in UK is telling us.
Derek Prince has predicted that England will become a Muslim country. Perhaps he is right on something. The British do want God to be out of the way as much as the Americans.
The news article follows.
A Christian couple awarded £10,000 after being questioned by police about their views on homosexuality have spoken of their victory.
Helen and Joe Roberts, of Fleetwood, Lancashire, were questioned after they tried to display Christian literature next to gay rights leaflets.
Retired carpenter Mr Roberts, 74, said he and his wife were absolutely elated about the out-of-court settlement.
The pair had been quizzed for more than an hour by police.
Mr Roberts claimed the incident last December had breached their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of religion.
The couple had asked for Christian literature to be displayed alongside gay rights' literature and "were astonished" when Wyre Borough Council refused.
During a call to the council to complain Mrs Roberts expressed her religious belief that homosexual practice was morally wrong.
That led to the council informing the police, who then sent two officers to the couple's home to interrogate them on their views.
'Stressful year'
Mr Roberts said: "It has been a long and stressful year, but we are glad we stuck by our principles.
"This is a great victory for Christianity, for civil liberties and for anyone who wants to express an opinion which may go against what the political correctness brigade think.
"It is ludicrous, but at least common sense has prevailed and the council and police have eaten a bit of humble pie.
"This was never about money. It was about principles."
Mr and Mrs Roberts are to donate the £10,000 settlement to the Christian Institute, which supported them during their fight.
A trial date had been set for January, but in a joint statement, the police and council said they had come to an agreement regarding the claim and said they had apologised to the couple for "the way the incident was handled".
They also said policies had been revised to protect all parties.
Now you see, the law is there to protect the homosexuals. But Christianity? We will hunt you down. That's essentially what the police in UK is telling us.
Derek Prince has predicted that England will become a Muslim country. Perhaps he is right on something. The British do want God to be out of the way as much as the Americans.
The news article follows.
A Christian couple awarded £10,000 after being questioned by police about their views on homosexuality have spoken of their victory.
Helen and Joe Roberts, of Fleetwood, Lancashire, were questioned after they tried to display Christian literature next to gay rights leaflets.
Retired carpenter Mr Roberts, 74, said he and his wife were absolutely elated about the out-of-court settlement.
The pair had been quizzed for more than an hour by police.
Mr Roberts claimed the incident last December had breached their rights to freedom of expression and freedom of religion.
The couple had asked for Christian literature to be displayed alongside gay rights' literature and "were astonished" when Wyre Borough Council refused.
During a call to the council to complain Mrs Roberts expressed her religious belief that homosexual practice was morally wrong.
That led to the council informing the police, who then sent two officers to the couple's home to interrogate them on their views.
'Stressful year'
Mr Roberts said: "It has been a long and stressful year, but we are glad we stuck by our principles.
"This is a great victory for Christianity, for civil liberties and for anyone who wants to express an opinion which may go against what the political correctness brigade think.
"It is ludicrous, but at least common sense has prevailed and the council and police have eaten a bit of humble pie.
"This was never about money. It was about principles."
Mr and Mrs Roberts are to donate the £10,000 settlement to the Christian Institute, which supported them during their fight.
A trial date had been set for January, but in a joint statement, the police and council said they had come to an agreement regarding the claim and said they had apologised to the couple for "the way the incident was handled".
They also said policies had been revised to protect all parties.
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