LARGE MAJORITY OF AUSTRALIANS STILL PROFESS THE CHRISTIAN FAITH Christianity remains far and away the main religion in Australia, but Hinduism and Buddhism are growing at a greater rate. Almost 12.7 million Australians declared they were Christian in the 2006 census, up from 12.6 million in 1996. But as a proportion of the population, those […]
Sept. 2, 2007 This Side of Theocracy: Warding Off the Dangers of Political Theology By Harry T. Cook A clear-eyed reading of current events pretty strongly suggests that the two most potent forces at work in the world of 2007 are politics and religion. And when they intersect, all hell is likely to break loose. […]
http://www.globalpolitician.com/articles.asp?ID=3365&print=true Who Are We, Who Are Our Enemies – The Cost of Historical Amnesia By Fjordman “The Jihad, the Islamic so-called Holy War, has been a fact of life in Europe, Asia, Africa and the Near and Middle East for more than 1300 years, but this is the first history of the Muslim wars inEurope […]
How should Christians approach Islam? Does Christ walk the Muslim Road? Can a Muslim follow Christ’s teachings and remain a Muslim? At a time of growing discord between Christians and Muslims, Paul-Gordon Chandler, in this engaging book, advocates for Christians a fresh approach toward Islam and interacting with Muslims–that seeks to “wage peace” in the […]
Courts ‘becoming irrelevant’ without bill of rights Scathing: Geoffrey Robertson says Australians are mugs for not reforming flawed British laws. Scathing: Geoffrey Robertson says Australians are mugs for failing to reform flawed British laws. (AAP: Sergio Dionisio) Internationally-recognised human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson QC says Australia’s courts are becoming irrelevant because of the lack of […]
Soundings A forum for analysis and debate on issues of religion, ethics and public policy in Australia and internationally No. 61 – 30 August 2007 by John McKinnon Was it Al Gore’s film? Was it the drought? Whatever the catalyst, climate change is now headline news every day. Is it just a distraction from our […]
The Hon Peter Beattie MLA Queensland Premier Executive Building 80 George Street BRISBANE QLD 4000 Dear Premier We, the undersigned legal practitioners formerly on the Bench, currently at the Bar or in legal practice, seek to re-affirm our sworn duty to uphold the rule of law throughout the Commonwealth of Australia and to indicate our […]
Just how low can you go with Californication? Andrew Bolt August 29, 2007 12:00am NOW that we’ve all lost our stupid inhibitions, let me call the men who run Channel 10 precisely what I think they are. Executive chairman Peter Falloon? A pornographer. Chief executive Grant Blackley? A pornographer. Not that there’s anything wrong any […]
Psalm 148 is a praise to God for everything that God made. That, if anything, is enough reason for people of faith to care for the environment. But it goes a lot deeper than that, and that is what I want to look at in this article. The last half of 2006 saw unprecedented coverage […]
86 Comments | 0 Trackbacks | Permalink Piers Akerman Blog By Piers Akerman Saturday, August 25, 2007 at 03:38pm FEDERAL Opposition leader Kevin Rudd may be called to answer questions relating to the destruction of evidence as a police investigation into the rape of a Queensland girl 19 years ago gains new momentum. The girl, […]