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» 8/06/2007 5:16:22 PM LSH, what you yourself demonstrate is a hasty jump to a conclusion based on limited facts......
» 8/06/2007 2:50:05 PM hmm, three articles on the same thing, albeit different viewpoints. Wonder which one will .....
» 8/06/2007 11:40:05 AM TRTL, perhaps i do not know anything about brainwashing, but how else does one become a te.....
» 7/06/2007 4:13:32 PM I guess Ruddocks' probably right, the censorship laws should be extended. We need to be pr.....
» 1/06/2007 3:24:41 PM I reckon the whole zero tolerance vs harm minimisation is a false dichotomy. Who would rea.....
» 1/06/2007 12:07:23 PM "So exactly what is America’s hold over Australia? “[M]ost folks Down Under, Labor or.....
» 30/05/2007 12:44:14 PM What is "news" anyway these days but morbid fixation? With all the terrorists, p.....
» 30/05/2007 12:19:10 PM The term "Judeo-Christian tradition" is totally a political term and has no real.....
» 24/05/2007 4:38:24 PM It is despicable to make this day on the same day as Sorry Day, and then to say "oops.....
» 24/05/2007 11:12:09 AM It's a good point, the debate should continue, and the science should extend. However at s.....
» 23/05/2007 5:12:50 PM "But what makes me happy is to take my kids to laugh our heads off through the new Pi.....
» 18/05/2007 3:14:59 PM The thing about abortion is that at the end of the day the woman decides. It doesn't matte.....
» 18/05/2007 12:14:09 PM This is quite funny, Costello seems to be trying to imply that Rudd is a "Commie".....
» 10/05/2007 11:54:38 AM "It is good that high profile people who have suffered mental illness are coming out .....
» 8/05/2007 11:10:50 AM See this is where the problem lies: The author, who i assume has seen the DVD and is in a .....
» 4/05/2007 12:16:07 PM I guess the best way to get over a fear of a monster under the bed is to look under the be.....
» 3/05/2007 5:15:40 PM Oliver, nice point on conviction, i would concur with this. I suppose believing could be d.....
» 2/05/2007 4:34:53 PM West, you simply substitute belief in God or belief in the soul for belief in the ego. You.....
» 2/05/2007 10:31:51 AM Oliver and West, while you appear to be revelling in having the last word in this thread, .....
» 1/05/2007 11:07:50 AM I think Georges assessment is closer to the truth, that a person's background is made up o.....
» 30/04/2007 3:40:39 PM Mick V, I've agreed with pretty much all your posts in this thread In retrospect I realis.....
» 27/04/2007 4:18:27 PM Faith and politics don't mix because politics inevitably leads to a corruption of faith. T.....
» 23/04/2007 2:05:14 PM "Donnie you want it both ways , if a person acts badly it is because they are an indi.....
» 23/04/2007 11:50:23 AM Oliver, "How do you feel abour Church funds/resources being used to defend priests? S.....
» 20/04/2007 11:15:34 AM West I think that is where our basic disagreement lies on this topic. When a priest commit.....
» 19/04/2007 4:59:09 PM Diatribes on nuns aside, you still generalise by picking out examples and incidences of sp.....
» 19/04/2007 11:02:15 AM West, I agree that religions are used for many different purposes, get mixed up with polit.....
» 18/04/2007 2:44:31 PM West, it seems we are dancing across a few contentions here. We are also switching between.....
» 18/04/2007 8:57:26 AM West, okay i can see what you are saying now. To extrapolate a bit on your assertion - to.....
» 17/04/2007 12:10:35 PM West, "I personally have explored Christianity and Budhism and spiritualism and I can.....
» 16/04/2007 4:11:14 PM West, my point is that experience is subjective. It may be that the "merchandise".....
» 16/04/2007 11:45:42 AM West: "...should you take the word of a conman and try what ever he is trying to deci.....
» 13/04/2007 4:37:29 PM West i think the problem is that you are looking for external proof. You are demanding oth.....
» 13/04/2007 3:34:42 PM BOAZ_David, It seems to me you have experienced and are protesting against bad manners and.....
» 11/04/2007 5:19:04 PM The more relevant question West, is not is there such thing as a "soul", but rat.....
» 11/04/2007 2:44:50 PM So what i get from this article is that the liturgy of the Church is kind of like a recipe.....
» 5/04/2007 5:12:23 PM Bugsy, You introduced the computer-man analogy to support your own materialist views, and .....
» 5/04/2007 1:16:45 PM Oliver, "Science is a methodology which makes tentative posits and constantly challen.....
» 4/04/2007 4:06:46 PM Bugsy, that's a little too close to doublethink for my liking. It's like saying "I ca.....
» 4/04/2007 12:56:01 PM Bugsy, i'm not 100% sure what you are saying. I think if an analogy breaks down then the p.....
» 3/04/2007 3:52:35 PM Though confidently stated, this answer is still not necessarily a finality. Nature can be .....
» 3/04/2007 11:58:51 AM The computer/robot comparison to man is problematic. Robots and computers need to be built.....
» 3/04/2007 11:04:31 AM It would be very unrealistic to cast George Clooney or Tim Robbins as Hicks, they look not.....
» 30/03/2007 3:57:08 PM Granted. However, the treatment of "others" based on this belief can fall either.....
» 30/03/2007 12:42:54 PM West, "I will even go as far as saying the character of Jesus in the new testament is.....
» 30/03/2007 11:48:02 AM I think the answer is simple. These so called "Christian" schools that the autho.....
» 29/03/2007 3:25:12 PM West: "Harm in the name of jesus is not deviancy as far as practitioners of the cult .....
» 28/03/2007 1:33:59 PM West, Maybe i am misunderstanding you but i still don't see much difference in what you ar.....
» 27/03/2007 10:46:52 AM Oliver, from what i gather your posts are not really an argument as you are saying we shou.....
» 27/03/2007 10:46:05 AM Allow me to comment objectively on this. It has really been an ad nauseum debate with peop.....
» 22/03/2007 3:17:35 PM Yeah funny post by spendocrat... Though somehow i doubt an atheist prime minister would ha.....
» 22/03/2007 12:09:13 PM It is important that a migrant can speak and understand basic English, spoken and written,.....
» 19/03/2007 12:24:08 PM Oliver, A nicely posted argument (if not a little heavy on the appeal to authority). &quo.....
» 16/03/2007 11:46:03 AM Seems this discussion is degrading into name-calling. I challenge the idea that a belief .....
» 14/03/2007 1:07:55 PM I find it quite humorous that West, and now it seems Kieren, place their beliefs about spi.....
» 9/03/2007 2:26:53 PM I think you're right Lizzie, seems it's in vogue for politicians to profess their religiou.....
» 9/03/2007 12:14:02 PM It really sickens me the prevalence of smear campaigns and muck raking in Australian polit.....
» 8/03/2007 2:13:23 PM West, yes i do see what you are on about. You are asserting an evil nature in theism and s.....
» 8/03/2007 11:04:32 AM aqvarivs appears to be copping it from a few sides here but i have found their posts to be.....
» 6/03/2007 3:58:08 PM Good post Pericles. "The key is to make a virtue out of "using" wealth in .....
» 6/03/2007 2:38:30 PM Whether charity is demeaning to the recipient or not is not an argument against charity. N.....
» 5/03/2007 4:05:28 PM I don't think your racist either, you just don't like people until you get to know them. Y.....
» 5/03/2007 1:11:25 PM Good article. If conflict is necessary to sell a story then it's clear why the War on Terr.....
» 2/03/2007 4:37:02 PM West: "Or Donnie if you back the wrong deity you are as stuffed as those who refuse t.....
» 2/03/2007 12:10:17 PM There is a type of reasoning that an agnostic can apply to decide whether to lean towards .....
» 1/03/2007 2:14:35 PM "if you said to be good to your fellow man it does not make you a better person than .....
» 1/03/2007 10:21:15 AM Yes West, kind of a predictable response. The bad news is always more compelling, you'd do.....
» 27/02/2007 4:07:42 PM West, you have used my name in vain yet i am not the god assassin of which you speak ;) T.....
» 27/02/2007 12:11:13 PM I agree with the author about ditching the "doorstep phenonemon" and "acts .....
» 27/02/2007 9:25:52 AM Seems to me that taking anti-depressants is like playing Russian Roulette with your brain......
» 26/02/2007 2:06:38 PM I swore i wouldn't read this article cause this author reminds me of why i always fell asl.....
» 26/02/2007 12:28:32 PM The author may be dead right, but the chances of this country downgrading the US relations.....
» 22/02/2007 10:57:44 AM "UNLESS YOU ARE INVOLVED IN SOME SORT OF SCAM OR CRIMINAL ACTIVITY YOU HAVE NOTHING F.....
» 21/02/2007 1:48:08 PM Romany, your story is quite frightening. I too have heard people say things like "If.....
» 20/02/2007 2:44:34 PM "...the one possibility that must be considered - altering the seemingly immutable la.....
» 19/02/2007 9:29:54 AM Hi trueaussie, i don't mean it wouldn't work in practice i just see it as a can of worms g.....
» 16/02/2007 10:14:16 AM RobbyH, The US didn't even come to Australia to support us in WW2, they came cause we were.....
» 15/02/2007 4:01:44 PM I think some of you have missed the point. Religion Education as the author explains it is.....
» 9/02/2007 9:38:35 AM Wow coach, what is your religion that must preach such fear, mistrust and hate? Clearly it.....
» 9/02/2007 8:45:12 AM Well said wyliewilde. It's a sign of the times when a church starts using shock advertisin.....
» 5/02/2007 11:35:24 AM I see that stereotyping is alive and well and in common use on this forum. Here's how its .....
» 16/01/2007 12:07:41 PM Franzy - Once again instead of digesting my post raw, you have added your own flavours. &.....
» 15/01/2007 5:18:01 PM Franzy - i may have missed your point but you have missed mine and proceeded to paint a mu.....
» 15/01/2007 1:51:59 PM Good article Christy, and you are quite right that motherhood has been somewhat devalued i.....
» 15/01/2007 10:06:50 AM Franzy - hi, yes that is also something that could be imagined. But why stop there? Wouldn.....
» 12/01/2007 3:37:06 PM Even though i'm a man i usually put my two cents in on these social and conscience issues......
» 15/12/2006 10:12:33 AM Loyalty also means when your mate is doing something stupid that is harming themselves or .....
» 14/12/2006 11:45:14 AM Although i found this article difficult to digest, i think somewhere in there is a point t.....
» 1/12/2006 10:55:02 AM "There is a corresponding psychological behaviour that could be pertinent to climate .....
» 29/11/2006 3:17:13 PM It's certainly a picture of almost total incompetence that the author paints of the govern.....
» 27/11/2006 2:59:52 PM I'm surprised this article hasn't elicited the usual tidal wave of response to such a topi.....
» 27/11/2006 10:42:45 AM Glad i'm not an American who has to wear egg on my face about that Iraq war debacle. Oh w.....
» 24/11/2006 11:28:32 AM "Remaining schools will be left behind, drained of students and resources, exposed to.....
» 23/11/2006 11:53:53 AM What worries me is whether our government systems can handle these severe and long term en.....
» 22/11/2006 4:10:06 PM Warnings about slippery slopes when allowing one religion or ideology to gain too much inf.....
» 22/11/2006 11:41:06 AM "In times of grave global uncertainty is there a constructive role for religion to pr.....
» 17/11/2006 2:32:16 PM The cleric's speech is idiotic no matter how it is translated. It's really too ridiculous .....
» 27/04/2006 2:56:43 PM A very good article. To the posters above: Alchemist - "...By 2010, they will have l.....
» 13/04/2006 11:58:23 AM I too only barely understood what this is about. Although I do get the sense from reading .....
» 17/03/2006 11:26:14 AM Alchemist, I agree with you for the most part about forceful conversion. Although i perso.....
» 15/03/2006 11:06:22 AM Believe it's this one: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/02/19/1140283949210.html.....
» 14/03/2006 12:35:14 PM Reading the posts above i've lost track somewhat of what this debate is. Seems to have boi.....
» 10/03/2006 12:32:18 PM If i was Muslim or Christian i reckon i'd probably have a problem with that statement &quo.....
» 9/03/2006 11:40:17 AM Interesting article. Sounded like a good painting so i checked it out. You can actually se.....
» 7/03/2006 4:08:19 PM Salam, As far as i'm concerned you are more of an Australian than many of the above poster.....
» 2/03/2006 2:05:34 PM Lyn Allison seems to be unfamiliar with the phrase "constructive criticism"......
» 27/02/2006 10:44:01 AM This article tends to belittle the "little" Mary's out there and seems to be try.....
» 21/02/2006 1:35:27 PM Alpal, that's also what i got from the article. It goes to show that there are people in t.....
» 20/02/2006 3:38:59 PM The cartoon addition is great. And i like the idea of more articles per day. Have to agree.....
» 20/02/2006 10:59:28 AM Some very interesting ideas above. Alchemist, i like your meritocratic ideas. I don't lik.....
» 15/02/2006 12:09:19 PM I welcome this new political party into the scene although I doubt it will get my vote. Fr.....
» 14/02/2006 9:13:22 AM I'd be interested to know what it is that makes the home schooling so successful. Is it th.....
» 13/02/2006 12:07:07 PM Although it seems cynical i tend to agree with the Alchemist's post. It's a catch 22 for a.....
» 10/02/2006 1:41:24 PM YngNLuvnIt, Nice work at getting the attention off the tiresome arguments against Islam e.....
» 10/02/2006 10:26:23 AM I think i'll get my post in before the 100+ post, anti-muslim tirade begins. I really don'.....
» 9/02/2006 4:16:26 PM To RobP, How would i have liked being aborted? I guess it depends on the existential stan.....
» 9/02/2006 1:26:57 PM The problem i find with the pro-life arguement is where does it take us? To what outcomes .....
» 9/02/2006 12:23:56 PM Ironically, free speech also includes the right "not to speak". So a publication.....
» 9/02/2006 10:38:11 AM Skippy, I believe i did answer your original question, it was no i would not 'understand' .....
» 8/02/2006 12:41:19 PM Hi Skippy, No, I would look at the Cronulla race riot as a separate issue and endeavour t.....
» 7/02/2006 12:05:19 PM That one about the virgins is the only one i found somewhat funny. It was more of a crack .....
» 2/02/2006 1:18:31 PM Quite funny in an absurd sort of way. "Ending better than mending", what a brave.....
» 2/02/2006 10:58:49 AM I always found history to be quite a dull subject mainly because it seemed to me to have n.....
» 1/02/2006 2:55:26 PM The fact that certain national holidays fall on Christian holy days may have initially bee.....
» 24/01/2006 3:27:09 PM I haven't seen or read Narnia so can't comment whether this Aslan makes a good parallel to.....
» 24/01/2006 11:40:41 AM Does the Iron Heel hover above our heads? Seems the author thinks so......
» 24/01/2006 10:53:22 AM So the Government waits for a solution to the global warming problem that will not hurt th.....
» 19/01/2006 4:09:13 PM What tends to overshadow this debate about same-sex civil unions is the moral debate about.....
» 18/01/2006 2:11:56 PM It's too open ended to just say "the end justifies the means" but the author doe.....
» 18/01/2006 10:26:02 AM Maybe i'm missing something here but i just can't understand what the logical argument aga.....
» 16/01/2006 12:37:01 PM Alchemist, Realist, I think it's a little too simplistic to blame it all on religion. Give.....
» 13/01/2006 3:37:47 PM BOAZ_David, in your example of the two tribes, isn't this a "law" of the Murut t.....
» 23/12/2005 10:35:38 AM A bill or rights does seem a bit airy-fairy and pie in the sky to me also. But I think tha.....
» 22/12/2005 4:02:16 PM I empathise with the author for what must have been a tough time in her life and the mixed.....
» 22/12/2005 12:32:44 PM The problem with arguing whether or not we are generally a racist people/nation is that it.....
» 20/12/2005 10:08:37 AM Free will, a sense of right and wrong or good and bad, and the idea that there are consequ.....
» 19/12/2005 4:04:19 PM I love the conclusions that come out of these happiness studies even when they are in jest.....
» 14/12/2005 1:26:43 PM Hi Kenny, well please enlighten me......
» 14/12/2005 12:02:24 PM It must be greatly comforting to believe that you have no free will, and are just an autom.....
» 13/12/2005 4:06:40 PM Seems to me these riots are a reaction to a perceived threat and arise out of fear and ins.....
» 13/12/2005 12:43:00 PM I'd probably feel more sympathy for the poor victimised journalists who are worried about .....
» 9/12/2005 4:16:36 PM Hi Leigh, I guess it is a matter of perspective, i'm of the (possibly delusional) belief t.....
» 9/12/2005 12:59:56 PM I don't really think multiculturalism is something we can choose to label a failure and di.....
» 23/11/2005 12:15:53 PM Who cares. She's free, good for her......
» 22/11/2005 1:19:34 PM "What happened last week was more akin to a hunter showing off his catch. The swoop f.....
» 18/11/2005 4:59:30 PM I haven't been on these boards long but i've already noticed that many posters see an arti.....
» 18/11/2005 11:58:04 AM I reckon if you deny a criminal any right to participate in the society then they have no .....
» 17/11/2005 3:51:48 PM The fact that wealth does not always equate to happiness was known long before even Christ.....
» 17/11/2005 2:42:32 PM The kids of today are the scientific pioneers of the future. What they should be taught fi.....
» 17/11/2005 8:57:45 AM "The measures deal with those who seek to urge the naïve and impressionable to carry .....
» 15/11/2005 3:51:45 PM Well it is clear from the overwhelming evidence presented in this thread that the religion.....
» 10/11/2005 3:15:57 PM Ms Mundell highlights a fact that racism does exist in this country as i'm sure it does in.....

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