Independent Senator Nick Xenophon has being attempting to beat some sense into Australian Tax Law around the issue of the tax exemptions that are applied to religious and other charitable organisations. As it currently stands religions need not be actually involved in charity to get certain tax exemptions. The pursuit and promotion of a religion [...]
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Well if you told me last week to choose between the unlikely outcomes of a) the Socceroos beating Serbia by 7 + goals or b) Australia having its first female prime minister I probably would have gone with the former. As it was Australia beat Serbia 2-1 and Julie Gillard scored a win by forfeit. Much is [...] I could have titled this post “Christians say the most bigoted things”, but I try to avoid such broad brush strokes, judging a whole group by the actions of one member. Bill Muehlenberg has no such qualms. His column in Christianity Today runs with the title: Atheists say the ugliest things. He’s having a crack [...] It’s funny I was at the conference Jim refers to below, I wouldn’t have described it as Militant , irreverent maybe in parts. I also question Jim Wallace’s paraphrasing of Dawkins’ concern for what might replace Christianity in Europe. I seem to recall Tamas Pataki mentioning something along the lines of whether or not it [...] Does Dr Jensen understand the difference between Secularism and Atheism? He seems to be advocating in his latest ill considered rant…sermon that the loneliness of modern Australian life is due to secular values and that the only way to fix this is by – you guessed it, turning to god – no doubt his Anglican [...] |
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