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An Atheist for PM?

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 [...]

ACL must stand up against “militant atheism”

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 [...]

Times are Tough… Mercy needs more of your money

John Weaver at Against Biblical Counselling notes that the Tennessean has recently produced a paid advertisement feel good story on Mercy Ministries.  Mercy in tough times needs more money to continue their work. John, as perceptive as ever raises I telling point:

This coverage piece highlights Mercy’s "need" for more money in a recession period, completely [...]

Challenging Assumptions – Church and religion as a social glue.

They are are at the heart of every villiage, the centre of thriving little communities.  The villiage or small town church and its vicar or priest has become a staple, a cliche so much so that we even have a long running television comedy series ala The Vicar of Dibley

When we hear someone claim that the [...]

Pat Condell, Freedom of Speech and Durban 2

Here is a video of Pat getting all riled up at the attempt  by Musilim countires in the UN to criminalise the defamation of religion.

Thankfully though, amendments have been made to the text of the declaration to be presented at the “Durban 2 ” conference in Geneva

GENEVA, March 17 (Reuters) – States preparing for a highly [...]