Religion
Three VicPol Magi journey to Rome: Not for Messiah but Messianic Pell

Let us hope that the three wise persons from Downunder bring home with them the joyous gift of ...  
Hillsong’s godumentary will please the faithful (but few else)

Australia's largest church is now the subject of a feature movie but it is largely style without ...  
Eearth : A new belief for sustainability

Sustainability practitioner, Guy Lane, talks about his new non-theistic belief system, Eearth ...  
The bald-faced hypocrisy of Same Sex Marriage opponents

How would opponents of marriage equality feel if powerful lobby groups campaigned against divorce ...  
Ms Hanson: How can we be One Nation if you pit Australian against Australian?

"Ms Hanson, we can never truly be One Nation if you continue to pit Australian against Aust ...  
Mother Teresa's foetal attraction

Mother Teresa was officially declared a saint this week, but is still a figure of some controve ...  
Unity in diversity and the Gosford Anglican Church example

A service at the Anglican Parish of Gosford where many faith leaders including Fr Rod Bower ...  
French burkini ban: Women measuring up and measuring women up

With the burkini ban in France, the schoolgirl porn website scandal in this country and the ...  
Royal commission into Islam? Let's have one into religious intolerance instead

A royal commission into religious extremism should not be restricted to Islam, says Peter Wicks ...  
Islam and Buddhism are more alike than you think

Year 12 student, Jessica Robinson argues that Islam and Buddhism are more alike than you think.  
Hey PC Police! Context important when judging what's racist

What's wrong with light-hearted jibes between mates of different skin tones and racial backgrou ...  
Sonia Kruger's comments are racist: Her soapbox should come down

It's time we labelled the unjustified, destructive comments of Sonia Kruger, Pauline Hanson and ...  
Liberal attacks on Medicare are anything but Christian

With so many vulnerable Australians relying on quality public health care, a government claiming ...  
Acidifying oceans highlight Australia’s barren climate policy

While the world’s climate scientists wrestle with the mammoth issue of ocean acidification, the ...  
Fear and loathing reigns in Safe Schools and same sex marriage debates

Opinion polls are clear – most Australians believe the law should be changed to allow same-sex ...  
Letter from the rubble of a Salon article

Steve Stankevicius published an article on Salon.com, only for the editors to distort what he said ...  
Why the New-Atheists should become the New-Vegans

The best available evidence currently shows that eating meat and animal products is bad for ...  
Turnbull restores hope for Australian Muslims

Junaid Cheema discusses Turnbull's approach of restoring confidence for the Muslim community and ...  
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