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» 29/01/2010 9:33:21 PM Dawkins explains why he won't engage Creation 'scientists' in his book, 'The Devil's Chapl.....
» 20/01/2010 10:16:05 PM 'Should Muslims Asscociate With Non-muslims (kuffar), Your input would be greatly apprecia.....
» 19/01/2010 12:30:46 PM 'The overarching challenge for European governments is to shift the focus from bans and re.....
» 1/12/2009 5:29:01 PM 'The Swiss have just demonstrated how profoundly intolerant they are, to their very great .....
» 1/12/2009 6:11:36 AM The Swiss have every right to protect their culture if they feel it is under threat. And i.....
» 22/11/2009 7:08:56 AM And unrestrained multiculturalism will see the death of the culture that is - Flinders, Ey.....
» 17/11/2009 8:55:10 PM Of course Australia can house 35 million people if the appropriate infrastructure and 'gre.....
» 17/10/2009 4:57:46 PM 'Belief does not rest on evidence; it is a different way of knowing than that of scientifi.....
» 10/10/2009 10:22:22 AM The author wrote; 'Many people classify Buddhism as a religion, but that is not really tr.....
» 20/09/2009 8:35:59 AM Back to Irfan's essay for a minute. I still find it ironic that Muslims have arrived back .....
» 18/09/2009 1:24:39 PM I suspect that there are far more 'Muslim atheists' than at first glance. The reason that .....
» 17/09/2009 9:34:38 PM Both Christianity and Islam are completely irrelevant to the modern society I live in. Th.....
» 16/09/2009 5:49:53 PM 'Since God is also the purpose of MY existence, the SECOND step in my belief is that I can.....
» 15/09/2009 6:33:34 PM Let's suppose that none of your 'tricky' questions can be answered by evolutionary biology.....
» 13/09/2009 8:55:40 AM 'TR, let me tell you something about myself.......' Then you should know better socrateas.....
» 11/09/2009 10:57:09 PM Yes Socratease, I agree with Hans Kung's paragraph. And there is much to admire in the sta.....
» 11/09/2009 1:33:12 PM I have no problem with your version of God socratease. If you want assign gravity (the mos.....
» 10/09/2009 7:51:49 PM Hi Trav, If you want to understand Dawkins impact on popular culture then I highly recomm.....
» 10/09/2009 12:59:59 PM The mother can 'know' her son because he is something that can be properly described by he.....
» 7/09/2009 9:19:04 PM Inherited (genetic) diseases are a 'Clear evidence of sin'?? Runner, I didn't know you b.....
» 6/09/2009 10:27:24 PM Runner and oneundergod, If you take Genesis or the Koran literally then humanity is littl.....
» 5/09/2009 10:03:36 PM There is only one conclusion when you look at the 25,000 genes that make up the human gene.....
» 20/08/2009 8:50:18 PM 'TR, i'm not sure who you are including with the word "rationalist" but your cla.....
» 20/08/2009 9:49:59 AM It's more than that Bushbasher. Rationalists argue that the monotheistic God can be conclu.....
» 8/08/2009 8:48:39 PM Or more to the point - we need a better education system more focused on science and criti.....
» 8/08/2009 9:49:39 AM This is the 1,203,987th time since 9/11 that a jounalist or Sheik has assured us that Musl.....
» 31/07/2009 10:39:21 PM I agree with the proposed legislation because it exposes the intrinsic discrimination that.....
» 26/07/2009 11:23:04 PM As a reminder - the NSW Minister for Planning is Kristina Kerscher KENEALLY. Her seat is H.....
» 20/07/2009 1:40:15 PM Nursel has the issue back-the-front, upside-down yet again. First point. In this case the.....
» 30/06/2009 2:14:02 PM Apparently the Flemish towns of Ghent, Antwerp, Sint-Truiden, Lebbeke and Maaseik have off.....
» 27/06/2009 10:34:49 PM 'Not to mention civil libertarians of any stripe. If the State legislates to ban the burqa.....
» 27/06/2009 12:21:39 PM 'If you want to ban the burga because it's a specifically Muslim religious symbol, then yo.....
» 26/06/2009 12:56:56 PM The hijab is very different to the burqa which hides the womens face. Therefore, the burqa.....
» 6/06/2009 5:27:31 PM 'If you’d take the time to listen to the best Christian philosophers and scholars you’d so.....
» 6/06/2009 5:15:40 PM Constance, I have just thing to say; We secularists have had more than a gut full of reli.....
» 3/06/2009 10:27:25 PM John, in a free and democratic society any citizen should be able to oppose anything they .....
» 2/06/2009 9:41:17 PM 'TR, do yourself a favour and stop making yourself look like an idiot. I'm almost embarras.....
» 2/06/2009 6:34:36 PM 'TR, if that's your logic then I assume you also oppose religious organisations? Organisat.....
» 1/06/2009 1:40:41 PM John, two wrongs don't make a right. Brainwashing children with daft Bronze Age mythology .....
» 20/05/2009 12:19:27 PM The problem is not religion. Religion is great. But rather the problem is with a particul.....
» 23/04/2009 7:03:56 PM lol Everyone knows that the clerical class is little more than a misgynist old boys club w.....
» 23/04/2009 12:50:59 PM If a benign monarch is an offensive anachronism then the clerical classes - Rabbis, Popes,.....
» 22/04/2009 12:49:12 PM There's nothing wrong with having a Protestant Monarch if it's under the umbrella of cultu.....
» 19/04/2009 12:27:16 PM 'TR, Yes indeed. If someone doesn't believe in the possibility of miracles, and more speci.....
» 18/04/2009 8:43:56 AM 'I really can't get behind this article. Part of being a Christian is accepting that Chris.....
» 10/04/2009 12:31:19 PM 'Christian intellectuals can debate scripture for eternity, but virgins don't give birth, .....
» 26/03/2009 12:00:08 PM That's a gross exaggeration Spider. The UK is no where near becoming an Islamic state with.....
» 26/03/2009 9:54:33 AM Any country can function properly if it unites behind a common cause. The monotheisms have.....
» 23/03/2009 12:20:47 PM 'The author has summarised 14 centres of legal tradition by reference to the statements of.....
» 23/03/2009 9:09:53 AM The trouble with Sharia law is that is fundamentally flawed. It assumes that; 1. God exis.....
» 24/02/2009 8:50:31 AM I guess that would be a no bushbasher......
» 22/02/2009 8:43:42 PM I think that we can safely say that you are barking mad Mil-observer. I am hoping that yo.....
» 21/02/2009 8:34:10 PM 'If evidence is everything then Darwin's theory of natural selection is fundamentally flaw.....
» 20/02/2009 5:52:27 PM 'My rhetorical suggestion towards your nihilistic suicide is merely to highlight logical r.....
» 19/02/2009 8:18:14 AM Don’t flatter yourself mil-observer. The fact that Islam, and other monotheisms, have the .....
» 18/02/2009 1:06:57 PM 'Then there's clown and uber-Islamophobe TR on Zen, missing entirely the several wars that.....
» 17/02/2009 5:43:16 PM 'It is RELIGION, not the number of gods, that is the problem.' I tend to disagree Steven .....
» 17/02/2009 12:27:43 PM 'There now seems to be an increasing number of liberalists who oppose the universalism, eq.....
» 15/02/2009 8:27:07 PM It is 20 years since the Islamo-fascists in Iran issued a death sentence on Salman Rushdie.....
» 31/01/2009 11:09:43 AM 'We have seen how determinedly atheistic regimes are capable of momentous evil.' Pter, th.....
» 26/01/2009 8:03:54 PM Well, at this point I think we safely declare Nursel Guzeldenis thesis busted. Yet again.....
» 26/01/2009 7:28:17 AM 'And while you try to marginalize with your narrow, primitive politics of imperialist domi.....
» 25/01/2009 7:58:14 AM 'And more rubbish posing as insight into Indonesian politics. Clerics never pressured SBY .....
» 23/01/2009 7:50:04 PM 'And if these "cleric"/bad guys are so absolutely powerful, how come so many of .....
» 23/01/2009 1:18:40 PM 'Which "certain ideology" traps Muslims? Wahabbism? Salafism? Sufism, perhaps (m.....
» 17/01/2009 6:41:43 AM I don't like Islam in the same way I don't like all the other monolithic totalitarianisms......
» 16/01/2009 9:08:01 PM No milobserver. Wahhabi like extremism has been around since Islam's beginning - for extre.....
» 15/01/2009 9:40:46 PM 'Islamophobes probably do more to sponsor salafist/Wahabbist dogma than they realize; they.....
» 13/01/2009 4:57:56 PM I never fail to tire of the Islamic delusion. It's so entertaining. Even when a Shia Musl.....
» 13/01/2009 9:04:51 AM 'TR: very interesting that you bristled most about Hitchens. One of the most serious alleg.....
» 12/01/2009 3:47:53 PM Estimating the rights and wrongs of the Gaza invasion is like walking into a bar-room braw.....
» 12/01/2009 12:17:04 PM 'Islamism evokes the ghost of puritanical Christianity and its constant attacks on the per.....
» 8/01/2009 9:32:15 PM 'For those who hide behind the “free speech” banner, think of similar claims about the eup.....
» 6/01/2009 6:31:16 PM Thanks Bassam. But I forgot to mention what the truth is - 'God is not Great. How Religio.....
» 6/01/2009 12:05:43 PM In a word - waffle. About the only time you came to close to writing anything concrete wa.....
» 4/01/2009 7:33:12 PM Carl Sagan remarked back in 1995; 'We have designed our civilization based on science and.....
» 3/01/2009 9:54:48 PM No mil-observer. I call it as I see it. And I and know an insane ideology and an insane pe.....
» 2/01/2009 8:02:26 PM Yes, thanks for the link Mac. A very nice website. mil-observer: there you go again. It .....
» 31/12/2008 8:29:05 PM 'No TR: Somehow you caught the epidemic “Islamophobia”. And if you want “totalitarian and .....
» 30/12/2008 5:15:11 PM Well said mil-observer. I obviously watch too much of the ABC and assumed the article to b.....
» 29/12/2008 8:08:40 PM The irony of this discussion is earth shattering. With the possible exception of Catholi.....
» 6/10/2008 6:34:44 PM 'The first Ramadan and Eid were very significant events that shaped the future of the grea.....
» 14/08/2007 8:43:35 PM 'It's poor taste, like the poor taste you often read on this web site.' No liz. Those Mus.....
» 12/08/2007 10:21:58 PM The following is Christopher Hitchens opinion on Islam and Islamists. It is a YouTube cla.....
» 12/08/2007 10:18:11 AM Well said Aqvarivs. The right and proper response to such a scene would be sadness and co.....
» 11/08/2007 10:44:22 PM Sorry for interupting but this thread from our own 'Muslim Village' website here in Sydney.....
» 9/08/2007 7:31:41 PM 'TR, let me see if I have this straight. It's not the political agenda that matters. It's .....
» 7/08/2007 2:19:16 PM Also; There is no reason why non-religious people should have to put up with the fanatic.....
» 7/08/2007 1:42:45 PM Aqvarivs, please engage your brain and read the following; ‘Those who maintain religions,.....
» 5/08/2007 10:01:06 AM '....And has nothing to do with religion. Islam or otherwise' This statement is a gross e.....
» 5/08/2007 8:10:21 AM 'Glasgow Airport Terror Suspect Kafeel Dies Mushtak Parker, Arab News LONDON, 4 August 20.....
» 4/08/2007 9:16:18 PM 'The causes of anti-Semitism within Islamist movements thus lie largely in the prevailing .....
» 4/08/2007 9:23:40 AM One last thing. If you think that the Imperial Japanese Army, Mao, Stalin and the Khumer .....
» 4/08/2007 9:11:10 AM Keep up aqvarivs. If had read the previous posts properly you would have realised that n.....
» 2/08/2007 11:08:48 PM 'My point is not that religion is the motivation for wars, murders and terrorist attacks, .....
» 1/08/2007 11:23:51 PM 'the problem would certainly have been exacerbated if the target of public opprobrium was .....
» 31/07/2007 9:51:54 PM I think that some posters are being hyper-critical. A 'Secular Church' sounds like a grea.....
» 31/07/2007 9:20:19 PM So what's your point Pericles? That the existence of British xenophobia somehow justifies .....
» 31/07/2007 9:00:22 PM I am getting this right? Peter Sellick and I actually have something in commmon? That is.....
» 30/07/2007 10:39:18 PM Irfan, I enjoyed reading your opinion piece from the New Matilda; 'Islam & the West: The .....
» 29/07/2007 9:37:27 PM It is a fact that violent and intolerent sects are an inevitable part of the Islamic relig.....
» 28/07/2007 10:32:01 PM 'TR..your solution cannot offer this "By this shall all men know that you are my disc.....
» 28/07/2007 2:39:17 PM 'TR says that for millions supernaturalism is no longer tenable.....maybe, but for billion.....
» 27/07/2007 11:02:32 PM Of course, Muslims don't need to be brainwashed to the point of Islamism to be undesirable.....
» 27/07/2007 7:41:26 PM 'The book contains some inaccuracies. Husain erroneously claims HT was the ideological for.....
» 26/07/2007 11:02:46 PM I agree Ho Hum. It is now obvious that in many Western societies the SPELL of religion h.....
» 23/07/2007 8:50:20 PM 'Peace as always, TR, Not sure if your last comment was serious :- ) I like reading about.....
» 22/07/2007 8:49:07 AM I believe that academics from Western societies should be going out of their way to destro.....
» 21/07/2007 10:25:05 PM This new article caught my eye as I'd visited Borders Bookstore today along with hundreds .....
» 20/07/2007 9:41:32 PM 'I am now entrenched in NLP, Dianetics and Animal telepathy.' I didn't realise that you h.....
» 19/07/2007 10:16:05 PM Thanks for sharing Fellow-Human. I have a suspicion that your 'mystical journey' is not y.....
» 18/07/2007 10:35:46 PM I read your reply to 'Boazy' Fellow-Human. That is; 'Boazy, I don’t believe Jay Smith is.....
» 18/07/2007 8:03:39 PM Fellow-Human and Yvonne, Both of you obviously didn't read my post. Just to make it cle.....
» 17/07/2007 9:47:49 PM You are a facinating person Fellow-Human. Indeed, your point that Sufis outnumber Wahabis .....
» 16/07/2007 9:44:07 PM One last piece of blasphemy. I know that Mohammad's marriage to Aisha has been debated to.....
» 16/07/2007 9:21:50 PM I'm glad you liked the 'All in the Mind' programme Celivia. I must admit that I was reall.....
» 15/07/2007 11:05:49 PM Fellow-Human, you havn't noticed the important last sentence from the quotation. That is; .....
» 15/07/2007 9:19:59 PM You appear to be in a lose-lose scenario Fellow-Human. If you go WITH traditional Islami.....
» 13/07/2007 9:48:20 PM Fellow-Human, the term 'treason' is used as an excuse by Muslims who don't want to face th.....
» 13/07/2007 8:42:06 PM 'Jesus is alive in the hearts of the Christian faithful and Mohammad is equally alive for .....
» 12/07/2007 3:01:29 PM Thanks for the link Fellow-Human. I'll have a good read later. In the meantime I couldn't.....
» 12/07/2007 1:02:24 PM Aqvarrivs, why do religiously inclined people like yourself insist in making simple concep.....
» 12/07/2007 7:30:13 AM Facinating posts Yabby and Danielle! The 'All in the Mind' radio programme from the ABC h.....
» 11/07/2007 9:32:42 PM I'm not sure where you derive your 3-5% figure from Fellow-Human. For example, the most r.....
» 11/07/2007 8:55:55 PM Nice quote from Richard Dawkins julatron! I think that 'Comparitive Religion' classes are.....
» 11/07/2007 9:36:42 AM Well, that's novel aqvarivs. The Disciples (or someone) did CPR on Jesus on the third day!.....
» 10/07/2007 11:03:28 PM 'TR suggests: “… the Gospels are not historical accounts but are in fact mythological acco.....
» 10/07/2007 10:29:05 PM Most young Muslims ARE participating in Australian society and traveling very well thank y.....
» 4/07/2007 12:05:16 PM Coach, why only three choices? Indeed, you have forgotten to mention the bleeding obviou.....
» 3/07/2007 8:52:48 PM Dear George, Before 9/11 I wouldn't have dreamed of being overly critical of religion. Ho.....
» 3/07/2007 8:29:48 PM Irfan wrote; 'Actually, I have no problems with AHA expressing her views and abandoning he.....
» 2/07/2007 9:04:15 PM What Cardinal Pell has done is oppose the greatest medical break through in the history of.....
» 2/07/2007 8:31:26 PM From time to time in this thread I've read the term 'religious vacuum'. This I find annoyi.....
» 2/07/2007 1:32:30 PM Steel, you mentioned polytheism. What about it? Why should belief in multiple gods be any .....
» 1/07/2007 9:41:25 PM Irfan has just proven yet again that Islam is by definition sexist. What really irritates.....
» 29/06/2007 10:40:29 PM Fellow-Human wrote, 'There are many good examples of separation of church and state. A go.....
» 28/06/2007 8:02:44 PM So, Fellow-Human, would you agree that any given state or ethnic group should NOT have an .....
» 26/06/2007 8:33:50 PM 'In his contribution Prof. Hanafi tries to view the theme of progress and religion in its .....
» 25/06/2007 11:13:50 PM Fellow-Human wrote; 'we are talking about 2 different things: Issue 1: Is there a conflic.....
» 24/06/2007 3:56:49 PM 'TR / George, Mainstream Islam have nothing to do with Shiaa, Sunnis or sufism.' This st.....
» 23/06/2007 10:27:02 PM Can we be more specific about the term 'mainstream Islam'. That is, how do we define 'main.....
» 22/06/2007 9:12:47 PM 'My counter-argument is this: religion and science are or should be parallel roads to the .....
» 22/06/2007 8:36:57 PM I agree with CJMorgan's sentiments on this issue. The local Primary School in my area do.....
» 21/06/2007 10:34:30 PM 'While certainly fervent in her atheism, she's not out to convert. She wants to see Islam'.....
» 20/06/2007 10:05:57 PM 'Thanks, you too. I follow your comments and they are challenging and usually sensible. bt.....
» 20/06/2007 9:16:36 PM 'As for your ignorance of the Quran and science, Google Dr Maurice Bucaille on a book call.....
» 20/06/2007 8:54:25 PM 'What you fail to realize is that they have learned that the only real solution to terrori.....
» 18/06/2007 8:42:47 PM 'Although I find it hard to believe how can one respect an individual without respecting t.....
» 18/06/2007 7:21:36 PM 'Both religions claim to be historical religions and so stand or fall by their historical .....
» 18/06/2007 4:27:54 PM 'I've always thought that real roadies are rather a sad species - as indeed are these clow.....
» 18/06/2007 11:06:34 AM Martin, I’ll tell you why the scientific method isn’t muddled but the religious method is......
» 17/06/2007 5:21:55 PM 'Accepting the proven reality of evolution in no way denies the existence of god...' Yes .....
» 17/06/2007 4:15:45 PM 'While she was in Australia, Hirsi Ali called for immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa to be.....
» 17/06/2007 10:41:37 AM Hi Oliver, I must say that I agree with your observations about the inhumane practices of.....
» 16/06/2007 12:17:43 PM 'The cry for 'free thinking' which allows pornography, drugs and free sex to be freely ava.....
» 11/06/2007 12:59:39 PM 'My question to the Islamic community is, are there any moderates? Benjamin, the answer t.....
» 11/06/2007 7:53:14 AM I don't know why we bother to listen to Rabbis, Cardinals and Muftis on issues of Stem Cel.....
» 10/06/2007 12:33:22 AM .....The Islamic state was established on the basis of the Islamic system, which covers al.....
» 9/06/2007 11:57:05 PM Irfan wrote; 'Religion and state separated after the Prophet Muhammad's passing.' And '.....
» 6/06/2007 10:50:52 PM 'Gees, Benjy, settle down. You're beginning to sound more explosive than a suicide bomber......
» 6/06/2007 10:33:13 PM Now you are being stupid Irfan. Surely you don't agree that creation "scientists&quo.....
» 6/06/2007 10:01:29 PM Groan. Can someone please remove the government funding from religious schools until the.....
» 5/06/2007 9:47:03 PM 'One measure of an advanced and advancing country is what it puts into its science....' I.....
» 4/06/2007 10:54:19 PM Let us not forget quotes like this; "Reforming Islam, changing it from what it is no.....
» 4/06/2007 9:15:41 PM The big question surrounding Hirsi Ali is whether her story is primarily concerned with Is.....
» 3/06/2007 4:24:20 PM 'TR, I notice all the links you provided either are anti or far too conservative views of.....
» 3/06/2007 10:59:11 AM Ironically, the above fatuous and moronic statement (2 June) by Irfan is indicative of Isl.....
» 3/06/2007 9:47:29 AM 'Sorry, but this is utter nonsense. Values in this sense are ideas about ethics, and are l.....
» 2/06/2007 10:23:12 PM If I were Hirsan Ali and my clitoris and genitals had been mutiliated with a 'pair of scis.....
» 2/06/2007 12:35:33 AM Irfan (as a Muslim) would have us believe that Islam is a religion that protects women fro.....
» 1/06/2007 11:15:27 PM I think that Irfan has thrown up a smokescreen by hightlighting the word 'values' in his e.....
» 30/05/2007 10:32:22 PM The following video contrasts beautifully the difference in attitude between a secular/Chr.....
» 30/05/2007 10:11:20 PM Let's face it, there's not a lot of difference between the Jewish, Christian and Islamic t.....
» 27/05/2007 2:40:28 PM 'All we need now to put the icing on the cake is for Pericles and TR to see the light :)' .....
» 27/05/2007 12:48:55 PM 'A few months after the first Day of Mourning back in 1938, Doug Nicholls, Yorta Yorta man.....
» 26/05/2007 2:34:02 PM 'So, it is their movement (not to mention their almost mind-bending rudeness) I am speakin.....
» 22/05/2007 1:00:07 PM I believe that the original statement for discussion was; 'Islam's coming renaissance wil.....
» 21/05/2007 10:42:21 PM It is obvious from this lengthy thread that religious people wrongly assume that their wor.....
» 20/05/2007 10:57:46 PM 'By any reasonable measure of achievement, the faith of the Enlightenment thinkers in scie.....
» 20/05/2007 8:19:29 PM 'Empiricism fails miserably when any discussion turns to the unseen otherness of being. Th.....
» 19/05/2007 11:40:19 AM At this point I'd like to point out the inherent dishonesty of monotheism by looking at Is.....
» 19/05/2007 11:13:20 AM 'I would say we have each taken a leap of faith – I to God, and you to empiricism.' What .....
» 17/05/2007 11:42:30 PM You're right George. It's easy to make typos. There's a couple at least in my last post. .....
» 17/05/2007 11:29:41 PM Because I have been accused of taking cheaps at monotheism I think that I should articulat.....
» 16/05/2007 9:54:14 PM ‘Writing about what one believes in without belittling other people's beliefs and preferen.....
» 16/05/2007 2:04:30 PM 'If we all dig each other scriptures out that’s a definite scenario for wars to come.' No.....
» 15/05/2007 9:11:28 PM 'TR,.....I am actually surprised you couldn’t see through that. Your earlier comments soun.....
» 14/05/2007 8:48:42 PM Renaissance? Oh yeah! The following rant by an Arab-American lady named Wafa Sultan on Al.....
» 14/05/2007 3:58:02 PM Ironically, a completely 'porous' border would lead to the collapse of the democratic proc.....
» 14/05/2007 11:08:08 AM 'TR: That sounds a tad UNscientific of you, endorsing Sam’s statement about the soul.' I .....
» 13/05/2007 7:38:44 PM 'as long as each soul knows that they are getting closer to the absolute truth, soul keeps.....
» 8/05/2007 10:50:36 PM There is also another key point to remember here. In Western societies Muslims are fightin.....
» 8/05/2007 10:24:24 PM CJMorgan, it is obvious to you and I that Sheik Feiz Mohammed is a fool but that is becaus.....
» 7/05/2007 12:36:06 AM 'You owe me two items of information: 1) Are you deist? I asked you earlier. The deist God.....
» 6/05/2007 10:39:58 PM Lastly, you wrote; 'further you are trying to flip the onus to other side...ie those who .....
» 6/05/2007 10:32:56 PM Sam wrote; 'Hey tr...you are not seeing the full picture here...if a population believes .....
» 6/05/2007 7:22:38 AM 'You and I may be at the end now, because I can only say I disagree with deism. But, I’ll .....
» 5/05/2007 7:33:32 PM 'Sin(as in accumulation of evil acts) resides in the soul of the person whose seat is in t.....
» 5/05/2007 7:23:55 PM I think that the choice of the word 'rationalism' in the context of religion is a bad one......
» 5/05/2007 2:40:00 PM 'I thought Science was already held in high esteem. Perhaps I was mistaken.' Goodthief, t.....
» 4/05/2007 11:47:08 PM Fellow_Human, if you wish to believe in 'Intelligent Design' then that's fine by me. Howev.....
» 3/05/2007 10:08:34 PM 'However, a couple of things in your post alarm me: the expression “zealous disbelief in G.....
» 2/05/2007 11:04:51 PM 'There is a big thick line between Islam and Militant Islamism.' Interesting point fellow.....
» 2/05/2007 6:44:05 AM Logic, no one is saying that Muslims aren't nice. Muslims are normal average people that j.....
» 1/05/2007 9:45:26 PM Are Australains 'the worst Muslim haters in the world'? No, the French are; 'As religious.....
» 1/05/2007 9:04:55 PM Has any one mentioned the massive pro-secularism march in Turkey recently? 'Huge rally fo.....
» 29/04/2007 9:37:30 PM 'The real enemy is not ‘religion’; the enemy is bad religion.' This statement is on the r.....
» 29/04/2007 1:43:20 PM It's interesting to note that a thread that involves the Dalai Lama invokes precious littl.....
» 27/04/2007 9:49:54 PM 'In general, where democracy has been most successful (i.e. Western Europe) is (just by co.....
» 27/04/2007 6:46:24 AM 'I think of the great leaders in our history who were people of sincere faith, such as Alf.....
» 26/04/2007 7:51:19 PM 'I only visit this site rarely, hoping to be surprised by some honest intellectual thought.....
» 24/04/2007 9:25:07 PM History has shown us that Christianity and Islam always penetrate foreign societies with g.....
» 24/04/2007 8:22:28 PM Mick V wrote; 'As I said earlier, secular does not mean the absence of religion; it means.....
» 24/04/2007 7:20:15 AM Ian mack - Thanks for tapping out that timely reminder to us all in your tiny corner of th.....
» 22/04/2007 9:12:15 PM Mick V wrote; 'However, it is equally silly to then go on and say that ‘the morality of a.....
» 22/04/2007 8:41:28 PM Last weeks episode of 'The Religion Report' (ABC radio) featured two pieces of classic mon.....
» 21/04/2007 7:32:52 AM By the way - John Howard's comment the other day that we should all 'pray for rain' is sim.....
» 21/04/2007 7:24:43 AM Coach qrote; 'To throw Christianity out of policy making is to create a moral and ethical.....
» 18/04/2007 11:02:41 PM 'I'm not aware of anything Hilaly saying causing a riot of the same proportion as Cronulla.....
» 3/04/2007 9:49:57 PM Irafn, was that you I saw in the audience of 'Difference of Opinion'? I must admit that .....
» 25/03/2007 9:35:55 PM I thought that the following survey conducted by 'Policy Exchange' in the UK was interesti.....
» 24/03/2007 7:03:24 AM I'm glad that you mentioned 'imaginary' CJMorgan because the most tragic imaginary creatur.....
» 22/03/2007 8:20:02 PM Cont....'We demand the release of Islam from its captivity to the totalitarian ambitions o.....
» 22/03/2007 8:08:49 PM Well Irfan, I must say that I agree with your concerns about extreme forms of Christianity.....
» 20/03/2007 8:11:00 PM 'I have no great love of Islam (or ay other religion), but I have a strong abhorrence of b.....
» 19/03/2007 9:57:50 PM If the obvious and vast shortcomings of Islamic historiography were explained truthfully t.....
» 19/03/2007 8:47:59 PM Irfan, when I wrote 'significant doubts' I was being kind. It would have been better to ha.....
» 18/03/2007 4:54:04 PM 'A RADICAL Muslim cleric linked to the World Trade Centre bombing is coming to Melbourne a.....
» 17/03/2007 11:10:42 PM 'TR, try telling that to 1.2 billion people across the globe.' That is the general idea I.....
» 17/03/2007 5:11:52 PM '....Now is the time for Western intellectuals who claim to be antiracists and committed t.....
» 16/03/2007 8:10:13 PM To Ronnies Peters & Irfan, Not all people who oppose Islam are inherently bad as you impl.....
» 14/03/2007 9:05:00 PM 'Once again, I ask people here to state their positions. Do they think it is OK to accuse .....
» 13/03/2007 8:34:56 PM There is another reason that some Australians oppose Islam besides the more typical reason.....
» 12/03/2007 7:35:39 PM I’m sorry Irfan but you can’t bring up the Holocaust and then run and hide. Here’s why. .....
» 12/03/2007 6:23:33 PM In Irfan’s previous recent discussion he made the following comment about me; ‘TR, there .....
» 11/03/2007 9:26:33 PM Actually the more I think about this thread the more predictably pathetic it is. Of all th.....
» 11/03/2007 6:48:07 PM 'The religion of one age is the literary entertainment of the next' - Ralph Waldo Emerson.....
» 10/03/2007 10:35:57 AM This thread has become rather predictable thanks to Irfan and David Boaz. That is, they bo.....
» 6/03/2007 7:57:52 PM David Boaz wrote; 'TR thanx for that extra info on the various documents. I hasten to add.....
» 5/03/2007 9:03:02 PM David Boaz, your post needs a minor correction . Firstly, the Koran is thought to have be.....
» 3/03/2007 10:04:34 PM Yvonne, some of us are well acquainted with Islamic and Middle Eastern history. Yes, we al.....
» 3/03/2007 11:17:42 AM aqvarivs wrote; 'It's an awful cheap exploit to broaden that scope now searching to defen.....
» 2/03/2007 7:26:35 PM First of all do you have any sources to back up your claims against Professor Israeli? I'd.....
» 1/03/2007 8:23:44 PM Where would religious folk be without the NAZI's? Apologists for reckless and idiotic comm.....
» 28/02/2007 6:03:57 AM Irfan, There is a deep irony with your essay. Here you are defending Sheik Hilaly with th.....
» 27/02/2007 5:15:45 AM Hi again Irfan, Now there's no need to get all nasty and sarcastic with me. I know exactl.....
» 26/02/2007 9:08:55 PM Flowergirl: Irfan, isn't he banned yet?? ThUnDa: He WAS banned. His nick was "irfyt.....
» 25/02/2007 7:33:48 PM By the way Irfan. Are you still banned from 'Muslim Village'? Arguably Australia's most pr.....
» 25/02/2007 7:04:53 PM Your essay Irfan is non-sensical. Sheik Hilali's efforts to link womens' dress with rape.....
» 20/02/2007 8:33:02 PM No Scott. The issue is more simple and pragmatic than atheists worshiping the environment .....
» 17/02/2007 7:12:32 PM 'The benefit of Religion Education in the UK is seen in terms of increased cultural awaren.....
» 17/02/2007 2:59:29 PM I have always been facinated by religious beliefs. Not so much in the beliefs themselves b.....
» 27/01/2007 6:50:39 AM 'The organisers also paid attention to Australian youth’s concerns about Aboriginal rights.....
» 16/01/2007 10:02:58 PM I must admit that I wasn't particularly offended by the Sheiks comments unlike some people.....
» 15/01/2007 10:09:10 PM Actually, Shaykh Taj is a moderate within the Islamic ulama and generally well liked by Sy.....
» 13/01/2007 11:40:36 AM Oh, I forgot to ask Irfan. Are you still 'banned' from that example of Sunni tolerance - I.....
» 13/01/2007 10:35:53 AM Hi Irfan, I think that you promoting a typical Islamic Trojan Horse. That is, "trust.....
» 11/01/2007 7:21:08 PM I like your style Bashir - a warm pro-people description on how a society should be. Than.....
» 26/12/2006 10:14:31 PM It is NOT the individual Muslim migrants and/or citizens that are of concern. These are th.....
» 5/12/2006 7:15:46 PM 'Very simplied, the creation of Islam was Muhammad's response. Worked well; worked quickly.....
» 4/12/2006 6:14:47 PM The only correct answer to the question, 'How does God exist?' is 'We don't know!' God ca.....
» 4/12/2006 12:02:34 PM Let's get this topic back on track. The good Sheik was again hammering home the orthodox I.....
» 1/06/2006 9:29:47 PM Hi again Sells, I'm afraid that I'll still have to disagree with your statement, 'theolog.....
» 31/05/2006 8:53:41 PM Hi Sells, I'm not sure that I agree with your assumption that 'theology is a science'. I'.....
» 30/05/2006 10:33:15 PM Before the die hard atheists get carried away you should remember that your idealogical po.....
» 30/05/2006 8:06:36 PM I guess what really irritates scientific folk the most is that fundamentalist religions do.....
» 29/05/2006 7:49:17 PM Hi John Warren, This is what I actaully wrote; 'It is generally accepted by historians t.....
» 28/05/2006 8:43:42 AM 'Ancient Greece is history, but we still study what their philosophers had to say. Ancient.....
» 27/05/2006 9:32:56 PM It is generally accepted by historians that the dawn of science in Europe began in the six.....
» 25/05/2006 9:25:20 PM Hi again Sells, 'But does that mean that we have to do away with legends, gospels, histor.....
» 25/05/2006 8:16:10 PM Yes, I agree somewhat with Sells when he writes; 'Your statement betrays the narrow think.....
» 22/05/2006 9:50:11 PM Dear Sells, The path between the politics of ancient israel and modern societies is a lon.....
» 20/05/2006 3:09:54 PM The great gift that the Enlightenment gave to society was the separation of the Church and.....
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