Stimulating article on ‘religion’. The 634 comments demonstrate the difficulty of attentive listening and constructive conversation. Thus, if religion is a fluid category (that can encompass “secular” groups) – yet as Hitchens claims “religion” supposedly manifests a poisonous side to … Continue reading
Great celebration of God’s grace and goodness on Saturday at the Cathedral. FROM Gen Ys to grannies, the Anglican Church in Tasmania is attracting people from all walks of life keen to take on ministries. Seven new church leaders were … Continue reading
Don’t call it marriage – interesting comment from Northern Territory gay community, Darwin restaurateur John Spellman is one of the pioneers of the gay movement in the NT. During the 80s he made a name by running the popular gay … Continue reading
Further comment on the human rights argument for – here against – legalising euthanasia, • Euthanasia is contrary to the International Human rights instruments. When the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations considered a euthanasia law enacted in the … Continue reading
Personal testimony from long term sufferer re why euthanasia is bad news. Detailed letter he has written to the Premier of South Australia re their proposal to legalise euthanasia. In part, It should also be noted that of the seven … Continue reading
Further research for my sermon, fast becoming a lecture (beware Bellerive!), follows on the former Dutch Minister for Health and her realization that legalising Euthanasia was a mistake. Now the Dutch Health Ministry has an inquiry into the effects of … Continue reading
I am preparing a sermon on the topic of Euthanasia for this sunday at Bellerive and I came across this article. How sad to have introduced legislation for death. At least the former Dutch Minister is prepared to admit her … Continue reading
This week I participated with the Registrar in a two day Course Update of the five day intensive Company Directors Course of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) which I undertook in 2007. The Course Update was excellent and despite the … Continue reading
A Christian woman has been sentenced to hang in Pakistan after being convicted of defaming the Prophet Mohammed. The court heard she had been working as a farmhand in fields with other women, when she was asked to fetch drinking … Continue reading
One of the most irritating things about people wanting to change ‘marriage’ is that they limit their definition of marriage to just two people. If the argument for same-sex marriage is that, ‘It is my right to be married’, then why not a … Continue reading