August 2007
A good Christian education. →
A secular society should not have religious based schools, period.
Getting closer to God: Vatican starts own airline. →
Out-of-body experiences all in the head. →
Researchers have found a way to induce out-of-body experiences in people.
Australian opposition leader bags extremist cult. →
It helps that they don’t vote.
Howard is the vessel that the Brethren want to... →
The religious cult The Exclusive Brethren, which doesn’t believe in voting, are again meddling in Australian Politics.
Soldiers for the modern Crusade. →
Apparently the Pentagon is allowing evangelical groups to proselytize among active-duty members of the US Military. One of the groups involved “Operation Straight Up” claims that they will “hold the only religious crusade of its size in the dangerous land of Iraq”. As if the poor country wasn’t a mad enough place as it is.
Much of the material distributed by the...
What does the Vatican and the CIA have in common? →
Well apparently they both edit their Wikipedia entries to “air-brush” out some of the negative comments about them.
What sort of religious schools should we tolerate? →
Stephen Law asks to what extent should religious schools be allowed to suppress independent, critical thought?
The Bible is not a good book. →
Sam Jordison’s literary review of the Bible; he doesn’t give it many stars.
Foldable, bendable battery made from paper... →
Wonder how much juice they could get out of a telephone directory?
Life, but not as we know it Jim. →
Scientists have discovered that inorganic (non-living) material can take on the characteristics of living organisms in space. An international panel from the Russian Academy of Sciences, the Max Plank Institute in Germany and the University of Sydney found that galactic dust could form spontaneously into helixes and double helixes and that the resulting inorganic blobs had memory and the ability...
Can we make better humans? →
In this talk as the University of Sydney Professor Julian Savulescu argues that we should be using technologies such as genetic manipulation and selection to “make humans better”.
Professor Lord Robert Winston, is not so sure. In his talk at again Sydney University he argues that our knowledge of genetics isn’t as complete as we think it is.
Dr Haneef: a study in Australian Terrorism Laws. →
Innocent or guilty? Is the Government incompetent, lying or working in our best interests? How do we know? Well you can’t.
High Court upholds Control Orders. →
Some background on controversial legislation upheld by the Australian High Court this week.
Australian Judges rule against the separation of... →
Paul Kelly is a political writer/editor for The Australian. He and I have differing views on politics. Still he is a person whose opinion I respect even when I disagree with him. And his latest article is a case in point I just can’t agree with him but have to admit he does bring up a good point or two.
Under the Howard government we in Australia have lost more and more civil rights...
Lifting up those in need. →
A director of a US Christian boot camp has been accused of dragging a 15-year-old girl behind a van after she fell behind during a morning group run. An example of Christian aid to those in need?
Another $15 million of public money to be spent on... →
Even if John Howard is voted out as Prime Minister the man who will replace him has said that he will own the financial commitment made by the PM.
$50 to listen to the wife of an accused pedophile. →
Ken Dyers was leader of the spiritual cult called Kenja up until he topped himself while facing charges of sexual assault of several young women.
One ex-member of Kenja was Cornelia Ray who it is claimed had developed schizophrenia while a member of the group. Ms Ray was later put in detention as an illegal immigrant by the Australian Government even though she was Australian.
Well now for...
Sydney's Anglican Archbishop, Peter Jensen, in gay... →
Coming out! →
Richard Dawkins has launched a new campaign called “The Out Campaign”, aimed at encouraging Atheists to come out, speak out and reach out.
Australian Immigration Minister member of "lunatic... →