Apologetics
Abortion: Pope Francis’s Message of Mercy
True and Generous Forgiveness’: Pope Francis’s Message of Mercy to Abortion Survivors Austen IvereighABC RELIGION AND ETHICS3
Big Tobacco or Guns and Rockets: which kills more people???
Why Big Tobacco is after our children August 26, 2015 Mike Daube There are signs the tobacco industry will fight to the bitter end to make sure nothing gets in the way of their goal of profiting from death and disease. Big Tobacco is fighting back against Australia’s world-leading plain packaging, and as ever children […]
Games Politicians Play (no wonder we are cynical)
[1] Why politicians love to play the wedge-and-block-game September 2, 2015 Ross Gittins Illustration: Kerrie Leishman. It came to me while I was lying awake the other night: the business, union and community worthies at last week’s National Reform Summit thought the way to make progress was to hammer out a compromise proposal most people […]
Sam Harris: one of the new atheists…
So who is Sam Harris, and what has he done to upset Ben Affleck? August 28, 2015 Andrew Masterson Sam Harris believes liberals are unwilling to confront Islam. Photo: Jeremy Danger For a man dedicated to promoting the virtues of tolerance and reason, Sam Harris can come across as notably intolerant. A high-profile US neuroscientist, […]
Why the US is No. 1 in mass shootings
Why the US is No. 1 in mass shootings: study August 28, 2015 Melissa Healy An attendee looks over rifles in the ArmaLite booth at the 144th National Rifle Association (NRA) annual meetings in Nashville in April. Photo: Daniel Acker Make America great again –
How Canada (and Australia) have lost their way…
Abbott’s environment attacks are straight out of the Canadian playbook August 28, 2015 David Suzuki The Canadian government has been running a campaign to stifle organisations and individuals from speaking out about legitimate environmental concerns. The Abbott government appears to following the Canadian game plan. Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Tony Abbott met in […]
Life, death, love and grief
by Nils von Kalm http://nilsvonkalm.com A former colleague and friend of mine died last week. She was too young, and left behind a husband and two kids. People who were closer to her than I was have been comforting each other this week in their grief. It has been terribly sad to witness. The times […]
Review: Dave Andrews, The Jihad of Jesus (2015)
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Refugee Crisis: worst since World War 2
Refugee crisis: Millions of people fleeing war and poverty August 25, 2015 How many more lives must be lost before nations everywhere, including Australia, recognise their universal duty to assist in what has become the greatest crisis of refugees and mass migration since World War II? Many hundreds of thousands of people have crossed into […]
Palestine/Israel: Getting the facts Right
Getting the facts right on Palestine Israel
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