Online Bible Commentaries
Peggie Bohanon of Internet for Christians recommends this set of Bible commentaries: Wycliffe Associates (UK) present the EasyEnglish Bible, a "major new resource of evangelical, theologically-checked, Bible commentaries and Bible texts." These free resources, written in a simple English form developed by Wycliffe Associates (UK), include Bible commentaries, Bible translations, Bible studies and more. These commentaries, noted to be "theologically advanced," are especially valuable for those who do not speak English as a second language and are available for free download or to read online.
Wednesday, June 15, 2005
Tuesday, June 14, 2005
Microsoft Helps China Censor the Net
This blog is not about China, but since there is a large underground church in China and China is known as a repressive government, we do mention China quite a bit here. This story about China seeking to control the Internet has been unfolding for some time. China sees the Internet as a tool of commerce, something that can help the country's great leap forward as a totalitarian capitalist society. I'm not sure such a variant has ever existed, but China seems determined to prove that it can. The problem with the Internet is that it also allows people to share information and ideas, and that can be dangerous to a one-party dictatorship. Last week was the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in which the People's Liberation Army liberated student pro-democracy demonstrators from the shackles of this mortal coil and demonstrated the official party policy on the merits of democracy. Long before that a famous dead communist said that a capitalist will sell you the rope you can use to hang him. We seem to be witnessing the same phenomenon here as Western corporations rush to provide China everything they need to modernize their country (and military) while keeping firm control over their citizen subjects. Major Western corporations like Microsoft are selling technology to China that allows them to monitor and suppress the use of such dangerous keywords as "democracy" and "freedom" on the Internet, including on blogs like this one (InternetNews.com - MSN China Agrees to Ban 'Freedom'). I call upon Christian investors to let Microsoft know they do not wish their money used in support of tyranny and the repression of religious and political minorities.
This blog is not about China, but since there is a large underground church in China and China is known as a repressive government, we do mention China quite a bit here. This story about China seeking to control the Internet has been unfolding for some time. China sees the Internet as a tool of commerce, something that can help the country's great leap forward as a totalitarian capitalist society. I'm not sure such a variant has ever existed, but China seems determined to prove that it can. The problem with the Internet is that it also allows people to share information and ideas, and that can be dangerous to a one-party dictatorship. Last week was the anniversary of the 1989 Tiananmen Square Massacre in which the People's Liberation Army liberated student pro-democracy demonstrators from the shackles of this mortal coil and demonstrated the official party policy on the merits of democracy. Long before that a famous dead communist said that a capitalist will sell you the rope you can use to hang him. We seem to be witnessing the same phenomenon here as Western corporations rush to provide China everything they need to modernize their country (and military) while keeping firm control over their citizen subjects. Major Western corporations like Microsoft are selling technology to China that allows them to monitor and suppress the use of such dangerous keywords as "democracy" and "freedom" on the Internet, including on blogs like this one (InternetNews.com - MSN China Agrees to Ban 'Freedom'). I call upon Christian investors to let Microsoft know they do not wish their money used in support of tyranny and the repression of religious and political minorities.
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