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I don’t always get a good laugh out of the Business pages of the newspaper but this article brightened my day. I’ll only copy a bit as the whole article is such fun. Enjoy! I have a dream. I dream of … Continue reading
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I appreciated the pastoral letter to the people of the Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne. In part, Euthanasia and assisted suicide are the opposite of care and represent the abandonment of older and dying persons. Instead, we encourage all people of … Continue reading
‘From Harry Potter to Jesus Christ’ is a good example of engaging aspects of our wider culture, in this case Harry Potter, with the Good news of God’s love to us in the person of Jesus Christ. It is provided … Continue reading
The latest ‘sexting’ news re children falling foul of the law, demonstrates once again that the law can condemn behaviours but it cannot grow healthy living. CHILDREN sending and receiving sexually explicit images on mobile phones – or ”sexting” – … Continue reading
Some of my questions: What does it mean to be a citizen of Australia? What proof is there that Assange has broken the law in Australia? In the USA? Has the information ‘leaked’ caused blood to flow? When can I … Continue reading
It’s a sad day in the land of Oz when we choose “a nice meal on a Saturday night” over a mate battling problem gambling. THE poker machine reformers Senator Nick Xenophon and the independent MP Andrew Wilkie confronted 100 … Continue reading
The Christian Medical and Dental Fellowship of Australia (CMDFA) Ethics Committee oppose moves to legalise euthanasia in Australian Parliaments. They have completed a more detailed paper which they have kindly sent me but which is not yet on their website. … Continue reading
MSPs have voted overwhelmingly today to reject in principle the legalization of physician-assisted suicide and euthanasia in Scotland recognizing that such a move would seriously endanger public safety. They have instead sent a ringing endorsement to making the very best … Continue reading
If God is dead, is everything permitted? Good and evil are familiar and much-abused terms these days, but behind them lie crucial issues. Are there intrinsic rights and wrongs, or is morality a cultural construction? And where does God fit … Continue reading
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