We feel that it is especially unfair to attempt to represent any organisation using the statements of individuals for which immediate disciplinary steps had been taken. Rather, the fact that disciplinary action had been take should be sufficient proof that such statements are completely incompatible to the ethos of the organisation.
Basically they're arguing that some of the comments found to be offensive were made by students who had been expelled for this behaviour before the hidden cameras they placed in the classrooms were found.
By repeatedly replaying approximately five minutes of footage, taken from nearly two years of undercover reporting, Channel 4 has attempted to portray the school in a light completely contrary to its ethos. We feel that such a lengthy period of undercover reporting in any institution would uncover incidents ... that would appear controversial
I'm not quite sure how much footage was actually recorded during the timespan in which filming was apparently done - i.e. thousands of hours or a few days here and a few days there? If the former, I'd have to agree that there'd be a lot of opportunity to find some incriminating material. However I wonder if the actual volume of footage gathered more closely approximated the other.
Modulo those incidents that the school in question apparently responded to, what fraction of the sorts of objections here might also apply to Christians? Consider, for example, the recent UK court decision that some Christians couldn't be foster parents unless they were willing to endorse homosexuality.
Is this primarily an example of post-modern tolerance (i.e. no one is wrong) vs. classical tolerance (i.e. the I might not like what you have to say, but I'll allow you to say it)?
(See a more detailed response from the school here).
It seems that the smaller you make something appear (in this case by looking at it through a telescope pointed in the reverse direction), the less painful a wound feels and swells.
The scale of the female job losses seems to be pale in comparison to those shown for men in the chart they show from 2007-2010. This may also be a result of the stimulus funds which were oriented to temporary supports on a gender-equal basis rather than in proportion to those losing jobs. Hence, once those run out, those jobs seem as though they'd be more likely to disappear.
"The World Watch List (WWL) is a ranking of 50 countries where persecution of Christians for religious reasons is worst. First of all, the list covers persecution of Christians of all denominations in the entire country. The focus is on persecution for their faith, not persecution for political, economic, social, ethnic or accidental reasons."
What is Christianity? For our purposes, I'll define Christianity as the body of believers who assent to these great ecumenical creeds. They believe that the triune God created the world, that humanity has fallen into sin and evil, that God has returned to rescue us in Jesus Christ, that in his death and resurrection Jesus accomplished our salvation for us so we can be received by grace, that he established the church ,his people, as the vehicle through which he continues his mission of rescue, reconciliation, and salvation, and that at the end of time Jesus will return to renew the heavens and the earth, removing all evil, injustice, sin, and death from the world.
All Christians believe all this - but no Christians believe just this. As soon as you ask, "How does the church act as vehicle for Jesus's work in the world?" and "How does Jesus's death accomplish our salvation?" and "How are we received by grace?" Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Christians will give you different answers. Despite the claims of many to be such, there are no truly "generic" nondenominational Christians. Everyone has to answer these "how" questions in order to live a Christian life, and those answers immediately put you into one tradition and denomination or another.
How deep should you search for scandal in global warming circles? Seems here that even some of the skeptics think that some of the investigations go too far.
