Hunter Bible Church supports the Alley family in their work as missionaries with Australian Indigenous Ministries (AIM). The Alleys (Rob, Jen, Miriam and Katie) will be visiting HBC between 14th and 23rd May 2010.
Info Nights will be happening instead of Growth Groups on Monday (17th), Tuesday (18th) and Thursday (20th) nights, so come along with your Growth Group! It’s a great opportunity to meet Rob and Jen and find out about their work throughout Australia, as well as how you can be involved!
We ask that Growth Groups come along together and bring supper to share (just what they would usually have brought to their own group). Growth Groups could even make it a good night out by having dinner together on Beaumont Street before coming to the Info Night!
WHERE? Hamilton Baptist Church, 108 Lindsay Street.
WHEN? Come along from 7:30pm on Monday 17th May, Tuesday 18th May or Thursday 20th May. The action starts at 8pm.
WANT MORE INFO? Check out more about Rob and Jen at http://hunterbiblechurch.org/who-we-are/who-we-support/
There is a Star Wars quality to the science versus religion narrative. It is typically portrayed as a battle between good and evil. The good guys developed a new way of acquiring knowledge based on testing and evidence. The forces of darkness were captive to old doctrines derived from sacred books, such as the long-held belief that the earth is flat. Despite their ignorance, the forces of darkness occupied the seats of political power. Fearful that their old way of superstition was threatened, the dark forces suppressed and persecuted those who dissented from orthodoxy. A terrible battle ensued. Many good people were accused of heresy merely for advancing valid scientific theories. Gordano Bruno was burned at the stake for saying the universe is finite. Copernicus and Galileo were persecuted for showing that the earth revolves around the sun. Fortunately, this sad history now is behind us; the forces of light have prevailed over the forces of darkness. Today science is on the advance and religion is on the retreat. Scientists can now work unmolested, and the Catholic church has even apologised for its treatment of Galileo. The moral of the story is that we should always be grateful for the rise of science and vigilant in guarding against the fanaticism of religion.
