keywords: 2010 Global Atheist Convention
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 27 July 2012
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 27 July 2012
To believe Richard Dawkins, you'd think there is a deep gulf between science and religion, that the two are intractably at loggerheads and have nothing useful to say to each other. Anglican clergyman Chris Mulherin has a foot in both camps, arguing that they are different but complementary ways of understanding.
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RELIGION
- Tim Roberts
- 12 March 2010
31 Comments
An ego-driven, take-no-prisoners approach dooms atheism to remain an exclusive club. Only by forming alliances with the moderate religious community will atheists be able to preserve the elements of society they value most, such as freedom of enquiry and the separation of Church and State.
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RELIGION
- Andrew Hamilton
- 05 March 2010
35 Comments
Australia's first Global Atheist Convention will feature such speakers as Richard Dawkins, Philip
Adams and Peter Singer. I look forward
to it with the same tempered gloom that would descend upon me if a
convention of Christian evangelists came to town.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 08 November 2013
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'Many Catholics wonder how we can maintain our Christian faith at this time in the wake of the sexual abuse crisis and the many judgmental utterances about sexuality and reproduction. The Church that has spoken longest and loudest about sex in all its modalities seems to be one of the social institutions most needing to get its own house in order.' Frank Brennan's address to the Yarra Institute for Religion and Social Policy, 8 November 2013.
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RELIGION
- Frank Brennan
- 29 October 2012
'Though land rights and self-determination provide no utopia for the contemporary indigenous Australian community, they have belatedly put right an ancient wrong. The cost and inconvenience are unavoidable. Terra nullius is no longer an option.' Full text is from Fr Frank Brennan's keynote speech at the Central Queensland Law Association Conference, Mercure Capricorn Resort, Yeppoon, 27 October 2012.
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AUSTRALIA
- John Warhurst
- 11 November 2010
12 Comments
Nine prime ministers have been observant Christians. Two have been conventional Christians. Ten have been nominal Christians. Five have been articulate atheists or agnostics. One was a nominal atheist or agnostic.
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EUREKA STREET TV
- Peter Kirkwood
- 09 October 2009
15 Comments
Christopher Hitchens appeared on Q+A last week with Frank Brennan and others to debate questions of belief. Hitchens was a sharp debater, relentless in pointing out the flaws in fellow panelists' arguments. But Brennan was a worthy opponent.
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