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Christian Dominionism – a clear and present danger in Australia

From local parents and citizens associations to regional councils, from our previously secular state schools to state government departments and even within Parliament House, Canberra, this particular clique of evangelical Christian extremists is working quietly but assiduously to tear down the division between church and state, subvert secularism and reclaim this nation for Jesus. But, […]

Australia is changing to the CE and BCE time designation

Fred, wilful ignorance is certainly on display. There is no contemporary corroborating evidence of the Jesus story. Tacitus was not born until the late 1st century CE. So he was not a contemporary of Jesus, and can only at best have been recording later reports from Christians, which is clearly not corroborating evidence but only […]

On the case brought against the Pope at the International Criminal Court at The Hague for crimes against humanity

“the man who is infallible must also be accountable.” Exactly. I know little of the law in any country, but I am confident that, in the USA, there are two felonies involved. “Accessory after the fact” and Aiding and abetting”. In the first, knowing of a crime, even after it has been committed, and not […]

Bill Shatner on Star Trek vs Star Wars

I like both, personally. But they’re completely different. It’s like comparing apples to oranges. In terms of philosophical values, Star Trek is definitely more humanist and left-leaning in outlook; from its inception there was a strong pro-equality message (it was groundbreaking in the 1960s to have such a diversity of races and nationalities in the […]