Apologetics
To a Depressed Friend: 5 things you shouldn’t say and 3 things you should
It’s often hard to know what to say to a depressed person. Kate Says Stuff on the things do we say to a depressed friend that help or hinderRINT  COMMENT Kate from Kate Says Stuff is one of the Top 5 Personal and Parenting Voices of 2013 bloggers. The stuff Kate says ranges from the fun to the serious […]
Why Don’t I Criticize Israel? (Sam Harris)
From Rowland: I’m critical of Israel: I’ve never been anywhere (37 countries and counting) where a dominant people-group can humiliate another as efficiently as the Israeli authorities do. People from the outside world should experience at least one check-point humiliation to get a ‘feel’ for how Palestinians are degraded… And I’m critical of militant Arab peoples […]
Legalise the right to choose assisted death
July 28, 2014 The Age Editorial Life is inestimably precious and should be protected – but not at all costs. Many terminally ill people suffer dreadfully, physically and psychologically, as their death draws near. This newspaper believes such people have a right to physician-assisted death, also referred to as voluntary euthanasia, in strictly defined circumstances, […]
A teacher’s famous email…
(NOMINATED for — BEST E-MAIL OF THE YEAR) After being interviewed by the school administration, the prospective teacher said: “Let me see if I’ve got this right. You want me to go into that room with all those kids, correct their disruptive behaviour, observe them for signs of abuse, monitor their dress habits, censor their T-shirt […]
TRUTH/AUTHORITY: Why do we believe what we believe?
TRUTH AND AUTHORITY (A developing series of chapters in my new book: where would you take it from here…???) Jim was doing a course at college called The History of Ideas. The lecturer talked about the notion, common in Western Europe until the fifteenth century, that women have one more rib than men do. Back then […]
Buddhists vs. Muslims
Myanmar: Buddhist-Muslim Tensions by DAVID I. STEINBERG Thursday | July 24 2014 The Rohingya Muslim group on the Myanmar (Burma) side of the Bangladesh-Myanmar frontier are probably the most deprived people in East Asia; their plight is constantly in the international media, their conditions compelling (see Note below). These 800,000 people are stateless, controlled, and in […]
Aboriginal ‘Stolen Generation’ survivor…
Stolen Generation survivor had a long journey to love and care Date July 25, 2014 Martin Hoare Archie Charles portrait by Rod McNicol entitled The Innocent Trickster. Archie Charles Stolen Generation survivor 7-11-52 â€â€Ã‚ 8-7-14 Arthur Charles, widely known as Archie, has died at age 61 at James Barker House, a Salvation Army aged-care facility. In his […]
Human Lives: which are most valuable???
MH17, Gaza and the value of human life Date July 25, 2014 Waleed Aly Illustration: Simon Letch I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the value of human life. About the lives so cheaply lost on MH17. About the anger and grief this tragedy has unleashed. About the sense of sacredness and solemn ceremony that […]
HIV/AIDS plague feeds on discrimination
Global HIV/AIDS plague feeds on discrimination Date July 17, 2014 Michael Kirby and Mark Dybul Thousands will convene in Melbourne next week to reevaluate the global response to HIV/AIDS. Photo: Angela Wylie Next week, thousands of people from all over the world will convene in Melbourne to evaluate the global response to HIV/AIDS, and to focus […]
Sportspeople/athletes praying for success. What do you think about that?
Oh God, Please Let My Team Win. Please. Amen. by JOSEPH L. PRICE Thursday | July 17 2014 More than half of Americans believe that divine forces play a role in the outcome of sporting events (according to a survey by the Public Religion Research Institute conducted prior to this year’s Super Bowl). American sports […]
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