Comment History for Banjo Paterson
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» 24/12/2024 1:21:28 AM . Dear mhaze, . What I wrote was : "This is rooted in historic and unequal patria.....
» 23/12/2024 9:25:24 AM . Dear mhaze, . In the United States, the National Institute of Justice found that 84 p.....
» 21/12/2024 1:37:47 AM . (Continued …). . It is only in light of these clarifications that the preamble as wel.....
» 21/12/2024 1:30:28 AM . Dear Alon (the author), . You wrote : « Hamas' horrific October 7 attack and Israel'.....
» 20/12/2024 2:31:19 AM . Dear David (the author), . You wrote : « Australia joins Jew-haters at United Nation.....
» 18/12/2024 1:39:30 AM . Dear ttbn, . France just signed a contract with The Netherlands to build 4 attack sub.....
» 16/12/2024 1:05:49 AM . Dear David (the author), . You cite Israel's first Prime Minister, David Ben-Gurion, .....
» 11/12/2024 8:22:55 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . « I hope this answers your question, please do not hesitate if there .....
» 11/12/2024 3:19:39 AM . Dear Graham, . My overall impression of Trump at this point is negative, just as my o.....
» 9/12/2024 11:24:47 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Many thanks for that interesting explanation of the Hinduist concept .....
» 9/12/2024 7:44:10 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Any connections between these fear-based survival stra.....
» 9/12/2024 2:21:34 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : 1. « "Faith has a religious connotation, mhaze" .....
» 8/12/2024 8:33:16 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : 1. « So, calculating the probability that science will fin.....
» 7/12/2024 8:09:00 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « Banjo wrote " I consider that there is a greater pr.....
» 6/12/2024 11:51:19 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « So, you seem to shake off personal responsibility for .....
» 6/12/2024 2:16:44 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Here is the link to Sir Edward Burnett Tylor’s book “Primitive Cultur.....
» 6/12/2024 2:04:53 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « It should be recalled that religion originated as a.....
» 5/12/2024 10:25:30 PM . It should be recalled that religion originated as a strategy for survival of our early .....
» 5/12/2024 3:50:01 AM . Dear Peter (the author), . You wrote : « Asian, female and gay, and extremely compet.....
» 4/12/2024 10:14:01 PM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « BTW, are you aware that the Web Telescope and the inform.....
» 4/12/2024 3:57:33 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Senator Babet, not a career politician, believes that our.....
» 4/12/2024 1:49:49 AM . Dear NathanJ , . I understand where you’re coming from. Nothing in this world is pe.....
» 3/12/2024 8:02:19 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « " To the best of my knowledge, nobody in this great.....
» 2/12/2024 2:37:35 AM . Dear Rhian, . You wrote : « The job of a priest includes helping to secure repentanc.....
» 1/12/2024 11:05:59 AM . Dear NathanJ, . On the world scene, 152 countries are described as secular in their c.....
» 29/11/2024 8:02:27 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . In my opinion, parents should be held legally responsible for juve.....
» 29/11/2024 5:40:29 AM . (Continued …) . Religion is not the source of morality, NathanJ. Morality exists in a.....
» 29/11/2024 5:33:50 AM . Dear NathanJ, . You wrote : 1) « The exclusion of religious perspectives through tho.....
» 28/11/2024 2:55:39 AM . (Continued …) . Autonomy or free will implies that the individual is capable of gove.....
» 28/11/2024 2:50:52 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « Joe Biden won the 2020 election against Donald Trump, wh.....
» 27/11/2024 2:35:50 AM . Dear Binoy, . Having children is a personal choice and, naturally, parents bear the p.....
» 26/11/2024 5:56:58 AM . (Continued …) . According to the 2024 Encyclopædia Britannica, "some observers s.....
» 26/11/2024 5:50:47 AM . Dear Binoy, . In my view, Social Media Use (SMU) is a drug : • a little stimulates;.....
» 23/11/2024 2:12:20 AM . (Continued …) . Allow me, simply to disagree with your definition of disrespect and .....
» 23/11/2024 1:59:28 AM . Dear Paaul, . You wrote : « What is disrespect? It implies subservience to some high.....
» 22/11/2024 2:18:10 AM . The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945 after the Second Wo.....
» 22/11/2024 1:17:08 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « It will be good to have a real leader to stand up to the .....
» 22/11/2024 1:08:57 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . You wrote : « "Trump won the popular vote by 1.7%. That.....
» 21/11/2024 11:42:47 PM . Dear Paul, . I largely sympathise with your post. Regarding your objection followed .....
» 21/11/2024 3:59:05 AM . Dear Foxy & Paul, . I see freedom as the concomitance of possibility, capability, des.....
» 20/11/2024 1:38:26 AM . Dear mhaze, . Trump won the popular vote by 1.7%. That was a clear margin but, by no .....
» 19/11/2024 2:52:00 AM . Dear mhaze, . Many thanks for that enlightening exchange, mhaze. I appreciate it. As.....
» 17/11/2024 11:57:51 PM . Dear mhaze, . I see you want to continue this discussion. I’m happy to reply once more.....
» 17/11/2024 4:17:52 AM . Dear mhaze, . Tex Watson is not a very reliable witness I’m afraid, mhaze. In fact, h.....
» 16/11/2024 3:12:32 AM . Dear mhaze, . I’m sorry, but in your last post to me you seem to be turning in circle.....
» 15/11/2024 8:22:35 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « Seriously? It is seriously your contention that Trump t.....
» 14/11/2024 2:23:35 AM . Trump doesn’t have to tell his disciples what he wants. It is their job to know what he.....
» 13/11/2024 8:19:25 PM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « There is no example of Trump telling anyone to invade t.....
» 13/11/2024 2:53:43 AM . Dear Foxy, . Yes, nobody’s perfect, but I’m sure Kamala Harris is basically a “good g.....
» 13/11/2024 12:58:40 AM . (Continued …) . Michael Sherwin: So you're referring, Scott, to Lonnie Coffman. And I.....
» 13/11/2024 12:56:56 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « … A riot yes, an insurrection no … You won't find any qu.....
» 12/11/2024 9:26:36 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « A Fox exit poll revealed their real concerns », i.e., the.....
» 12/11/2024 7:56:08 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : [ "unlike you, mhaze, I have no political bias.".....
» 11/11/2024 11:12:13 AM . Dear Foxy, . That’s a very impressive list of defects that have been attributed to th.....
» 10/11/2024 1:11:31 AM . Dear mhaze, . Sorry to have taken so long to reply to your post dated Thursday, 7 Nov.....
» 6/11/2024 11:05:09 PM . Revenge is sweet ! . As Trump is poised to become the next president of the United St.....
» 6/11/2024 1:37:06 AM . Judgment Day 5 November 2024 . America’s Flawed Democracy is under stress. It stands .....
» 4/11/2024 11:50:22 PM . Very interesting, Binoy. Anything similar happening in Australia ? ......
» 4/11/2024 10:14:47 PM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : 1. « As Elon Musk has pointed out, if Harris, as the figur.....
» 4/11/2024 3:06:00 AM . Dear Foxy, . One thing you can count on is that Trump will declare that he won the el.....
» 4/11/2024 2:32:19 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « That's right Banjo - not rape but sexual abuse. Glad you.....
» 4/11/2024 1:28:42 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Voting corruption is rife in America. Americans know it, .....
» 3/11/2024 9:32:02 AM . (Continued …) . The former requires forcible, unconsented-to penetration with one’s p.....
» 3/11/2024 9:30:05 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « "[Trump was] found to have raped E. Jean Carroll &q.....
» 3/11/2024 2:35:31 AM . Trump’s religion/ideology : . White evangelical Protestants continue to have a positi.....
» 3/11/2024 2:25:19 AM . Dear Foxy, . Thank you for that link which might have been quite entertaining if it w.....
» 2/11/2024 7:54:27 AM . Trump’s Political affiliations : . 1. Republican – 1987 2. Independence Party of New.....
» 1/11/2024 3:38:27 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : 1. « It's a poor show when you are told by friends in the U.....
» 31/10/2024 3:37:17 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote about Trump : « He should never have been allowed to run for .....
» 30/10/2024 8:07:04 AM . Dear mhaze & ttbn, . I understand your point of view which, on the face of it, sounds.....
» 28/10/2024 11:33:24 PM . Republicans called it election 'cheating' in 2020. Now they’re doing it in Washington :.....
» 28/10/2024 11:08:36 PM . Dear mhaze, . Thanks for that list of cheating in national elections. I notice it’s a.....
» 28/10/2024 10:59:51 PM . It would be even better if it prevailed right from the start, Indyvidual ! ......
» 28/10/2024 7:29:52 AM . And, of course, his version of Ronald Reagan’s famous political slogan in the 1980 pre.....
» 28/10/2024 4:18:43 AM . Dear mhaze, . You seem to blame the Democrats for all the political woes of America. .....
» 27/10/2024 1:04:17 AM . (Continued …) . You conclude that Trump will win the election, and American democracy.....
» 27/10/2024 12:59:47 AM . Dear mhaze, . Unfortunately, as you have not indicated the source of your information.....
» 26/10/2024 12:16:37 AM . Dear mhaze, . Thanks for your comment, mhaze. You raise an interesting point about th.....
» 25/10/2024 12:56:41 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : 1. « If you want the same rights for all then a Govt .....
» 24/10/2024 7:47:56 AM . Dear Foxy, . Yes, America’s kairos, its critical moment, is fast approaching. The cho.....
» 23/10/2024 9:17:14 AM . Dear Paul1405, . Yes, Elbridge Gerry was one of America’s remarkable politicians and .....
» 23/10/2024 8:54:01 AM . Dear Rhian, . Oops, sorry ! That was a typing mistake. I meant to type 1888, not 1988.....
» 22/10/2024 11:25:17 PM . Dear Rhian, . Thank you for your comment. Yes, I am aware of the Economist Intellige.....
» 22/10/2024 12:28:36 AM . The US is rated by the Economist Intelligence Unit as a “flawed democracy” and has been.....
» 18/10/2024 9:22:17 AM . Dear ttbn, . The total annual cost in 2024 of employing the Governor General and the .....
» 17/10/2024 12:48:55 AM . Dear Foxy, . In inheriting the British Crown from his mother, King Charles III inheri.....
» 16/10/2024 3:05:23 AM . Dear Foxy, . Yes, I think we should always be polite, whatever the circumstances. . .....
» 16/10/2024 2:14:25 AM . The phrase "head of state" is not used in the constitution of: Antigua and B.....
» 15/10/2024 8:15:20 PM . Our old colonial constitution is the legal framework for how Australia is governed. The.....
» 14/10/2024 11:49:13 PM . I happen to have English and Irish blood in my veins, but I would, personally, prefer t.....
» 14/10/2024 1:23:35 AM . Dear ttbn, . You say : 1. « We Must Get Off Our Knees » . But, you must not sit sti.....
» 13/10/2024 11:39:09 PM . Why some posters on OLO often resort to ad hominem attacks : . 1. Because they cannot.....
» 11/10/2024 7:12:51 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . The Jewish Agency for Israel is the source of the country populations.....
» 11/10/2024 2:04:47 AM . Is criticism of Israel and Zionism antisemitism ? . The Jerusalem Declaration on Anti.....
» 11/10/2024 1:13:03 AM . The number of Jews worldwide stands at approximately 15.7 million. The number of Jews i.....
» 10/10/2024 6:28:01 AM . Dear mhaze, . 1. You ask : "The arrival of the first Zionist settlers in Palest.....
» 9/10/2024 8:13:47 AM . The arrival of the first Zionist settlers in Palestine towards the end of the 19th cent.....
» 8/10/2024 5:07:03 AM . Israel's parliament on Wednesday night, 17 July 2024, passed a resolution rejecting a t.....
» 6/10/2024 3:06:56 AM . My mother told me when I was a kid that I could fight whoever I liked as long as it was.....
» 13/09/2024 4:42:30 AM . I didn't see the debate, but I understand Biden was trailing a long way behind Trump so.....
» 11/09/2024 2:35:15 AM . Dear Graham, . I don’t know if “it’s everyone else’s fault” or everyone’s fault, but .....
» 10/09/2024 7:44:09 PM . Dear Foxy, . This seems to be a fitting illustration of your message : http://www.t.....
» 6/09/2024 2:47:10 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « The Liberal Party has been in a nose dive since Malcolm T.....
» 3/09/2024 10:17:33 PM . Dear Foxy, . I am pleased and not at all surprised to see that you have a healthy att.....
» 2/09/2024 8:47:37 PM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « Watching the Para-Olympics is truly an education. » . It.....
» 2/09/2024 6:05:29 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « … When you start deriding people for the looks you are we.....
» 1/09/2024 7:49:10 AM . Alternative LNP candidate for PM in 2025 federal election, . The names that come to m.....
» 31/08/2024 2:16:42 AM . Speaking of Peter Dutton, . I have serious doubts that Peter Dutton could ever become.....
» 29/08/2024 11:48:39 AM . Dear Foxy, . I’m afraid I only take an episodic interest in politics. It’s at the bot.....
» 28/08/2024 9:29:41 AM . Dear FireballXL5, . I forgot to comment on your remark that “Only lefties think Mr Du.....
» 28/08/2024 2:53:13 AM . Dear FireballXL5, . You ask : 1. « Why are you here ? » . I am here because OLO des.....
» 27/08/2024 12:10:25 AM . Cyberbullying … . Bullying, harassment, vilification, intimidation, etc. is unsocial .....
» 25/08/2024 2:17:47 AM . Avi Shlaim (age 79) is an Israeli and British historian of Arab-Jewish descent. He is o.....
» 24/08/2024 8:38:57 AM . (Continued …) . This is what the Special Rapporteur of the UN wrote regarding Human R.....
» 24/08/2024 8:30:26 AM . Some helpful facts : . According to a Palestinian public opinion poll, 71% of Palesti.....
» 23/08/2024 1:47:26 AM . Judging from his posts, ttbn appears to be more inclined to favour some form of authori.....
» 22/08/2024 1:41:33 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « It was only recently that I saw a map showing this .....
» 22/08/2024 1:39:02 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « … I don't give a stuff about opinions that differ from mi.....
» 21/08/2024 8:54:20 AM . Should we accept Palestinians in Australia for humanitarian reasons ? . It depends on.....
» 20/08/2024 7:59:32 AM . Dear Binoy, . You wrote: « If Olympism is to make sense, … why not get rid of the St.....
» 16/08/2024 2:39:41 AM . So far as I can judge, AI is still very much in its infancy. Nevertheless, it has prob.....
» 13/08/2024 6:20:38 AM . It was 100 years since the Summer Olympics had been held in Paris. In the 1924 Olympi.....
» 12/08/2024 1:58:11 AM . (Continued …) . The original meaning of the term “legitimate” in describing a politic.....
» 12/08/2024 1:52:57 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : « Is the truth of Ukraine crossing the Russian border sub.....
» 11/08/2024 8:01:47 AM . (Continued …) . Our initial perception may be false. We may incorrectly interpret wha.....
» 11/08/2024 7:59:43 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « Almost everyone is capable of perceiving but only f.....
» 9/08/2024 12:40:02 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « Almost everyone is capable of perceiving but only f.....
» 8/08/2024 2:35:38 AM . (Continued ...) . 4. « It's kind of sad you know watching the Western world become so.....
» 8/08/2024 2:31:46 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « Idealism is the biggest hurdle to realistic social .....
» 6/08/2024 7:34:06 PM . Dear Foxy, . Since the death of her husband in the Russian penal colony north of the .....
» 6/08/2024 6:16:59 PM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « Why do we live in this "Democracy" ? Beca.....
» 5/08/2024 11:10:28 PM . Dear Indyvidual, ttbn, and mhaze, . It’s interesting to see that you all prefer Putin.....
» 5/08/2024 2:07:42 AM . « Can Russia Ever Become a Democracy ? » . Of course it can, but its current autocrat.....
» 4/08/2024 2:56:36 AM . « Who cares! Whether or not Australia remains a democracy under increasingly Lefist pol.....
» 4/08/2024 12:47:31 AM . Is There A God ? . For those who believe what they are told : yes there is. For tho.....
» 2/08/2024 10:47:46 PM . As I see it, the staffer had every right to have his personal political opinion, but no.....
» 2/08/2024 1:01:55 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « Many still follow pagan customs even today. My Gran used .....
» 2/08/2024 12:51:02 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . You wrote : 1. « It seemed to be fairly clear to me they wer.....
» 1/08/2024 10:15:18 AM . « …lots of non-Christians celebrate Christmas because it's fun and part of Australia. N.....
» 1/08/2024 3:42:11 AM . « I'm looking forward to seeing multiculturalism at work in Paris. The opening ceremony.....
» 31/07/2024 9:33:17 AM . Multiculturism and Human Rights . Modern democracies in the free world continue to at.....
» 30/07/2024 12:56:25 AM . Law on Forced Marriages . Australia's forced marriage offences carry a maximum penalt.....
» 30/07/2024 12:46:47 AM . The federal immigration minister, Al Grassby, laid out a road map for multiculturism in.....
» 27/07/2024 11:09:06 PM . Dear anonymous recipients, . The opening ceremony of the Paris Olympic Games inspires.....
» 27/07/2024 3:17:23 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : 1. « … you keep on addressing me … » . No, ttbn, I do not......
» 26/07/2024 9:55:41 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « … we need a government that will not only drop official m.....
» 25/07/2024 8:18:14 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « I have to admit that I am disappointed that only idiots h.....
» 23/07/2024 11:22:31 PM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Multiculturalism should never have been inflicted upon us.....
» 23/07/2024 2:25:35 AM . Dear Steven (the author), . You wrote : 1. « We like to believe that we are the arch.....
» 22/07/2024 6:37:55 AM . Cultural, especially religious, differences are often a source of discord, occasionally.....
» 21/07/2024 1:14:44 AM . Dear ttbn, . You titled this thread : "Clashes of images: Trump vs Biden". .....
» 21/07/2024 12:07:38 AM . Dear Rhian, . You wrote : « There was an interesting opinion piece in yesterday’s Au.....
» 20/07/2024 8:22:25 AM . Dear NathanJ, . You ask : « Joe Biden - stay or go? » . In my view, NathanJ, nobody.....
» 20/07/2024 12:57:45 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Multiculturalism is the worst thing to have been inflicte.....
» 19/07/2024 2:11:41 AM . Dear diver dan, . You wrote : 1. « This attempt on Trumps life is out and out a Demo.....
» 18/07/2024 8:38:55 AM . Dear Steve S, . It seems you haven’t learned your lesson yet, Steve – the one Donald .....
» 18/07/2024 8:28:41 AM . We don’t need Trump or anybody else to tell us what to do, ttbn. If we don’t know what .....
» 17/07/2024 9:04:52 PM . Dear Indyvidual, . It’s kind of you to express concern for my emotions. I hasten to r.....
» 17/07/2024 12:38:11 AM . It’s a pity Trump’s attempted assassination didn’t happen half a century ago. It might .....
» 16/07/2024 12:32:47 AM . (Continued …) . Crooks had reduced himself to nothing. There was no personality, no e.....
» 16/07/2024 12:30:32 AM . Dear Vince (the author), . According to Trump, “People crossing the U.S.-Mexico borde.....
» 15/07/2024 2:53:44 AM . Dear mikk, . You ask : « What actually is 'Conservatism'? » It’s driving your Holde.....
» 14/07/2024 8:30:06 AM . (Continued …) . 3. « Anyway, I think that any adult, especially a close relative, sho.....
» 14/07/2024 8:01:36 AM . Dear JP, . You wrote : 1. « I continue to be confused by what you write, In your las.....
» 13/07/2024 2:07:35 AM . (Continued …) . The average success rate of suicides is 7%. Therefore those 2,000 gir.....
» 13/07/2024 2:00:14 AM . Dear JP, . You wrote : 1. « It seems to me that you are saying that suicide is terri.....
» 12/07/2024 1:42:55 AM . (Continued ...) . The point I was making was that, as I indicated in my post on page .....
» 12/07/2024 1:38:21 AM . Dear JP, . You wrote : 1. « If, the day after your thirteen-year-old granddaughter w.....
» 11/07/2024 2:20:36 AM . Dear JP, . The question of life and death is a serious matter, not to be taken lightl.....
» 10/07/2024 9:38:16 AM . (Continued …) . As I indicated in my previous post, suicide is the fourth leading cau.....
» 10/07/2024 9:34:54 AM . Dear JP, . I had that experience with one of my granddaughters. My daughter (her moth.....
» 9/07/2024 9:02:45 AM . (Continued …) . Euthanasia is not something for religion or the medical profession t.....
» 9/07/2024 8:58:25 AM . Dear JP, . According to government statistics, hanging has become the most common met.....
» 8/07/2024 9:03:24 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « … it is a fact that democracy is firmly based on Christia.....
» 2/07/2024 8:17:50 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . You wrote : « My issue is the attitude of the interviewer; .....
» 1/07/2024 6:19:46 AM . (Continued …) . Right-wing media personalities, including Fox News commentators Tucke.....
» 1/07/2024 6:18:32 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . You wrote : « I just want the facts, I don't really care abo.....
» 1/07/2024 4:33:23 AM . (Continued …) . That being the case, it is difficult to imagine how any covert operat.....
» 1/07/2024 4:24:05 AM . Dear Paul, . You wrote : 1. « If you apply the principal of confidentiality then Ass.....
» 29/06/2024 8:01:57 PM . There is an interesting editorial by Katherine Viner, editor-in-chief, in this morning’.....
» 29/06/2024 1:01:10 AM . Dear Foxy & Paul, . I agree with Foxy that “some things do need to remain confidentia.....
» 26/06/2024 12:33:48 AM . The release of Julian Assange may or may not be the end of the story. The prime cause .....
» 24/06/2024 9:29:52 AM . DearIndyvidual, . You wrote : « Wind & Solar are more polluting than coal. Anyone .....
» 23/06/2024 8:12:57 AM . Dear Paul1405, . Nature supplies us, free of charge, with an excellent source of ligh.....
» 13/06/2024 10:48:07 PM . Dear Canem Malum, . I understand that free will means autonomy. I think we all have .....
» 9/06/2024 1:39:19 AM . US national polls for the 2024 presidential election … . … continue to see-saw every.....
» 7/06/2024 7:01:16 AM . The Trumpism lexicon . • « Make America Great Again ! » = « Make Donald Trump Great .....
» 3/06/2024 11:59:45 PM . Dear Foxy, . Trumpism has undoubtedly become the most powerful political cult in the .....
» 3/06/2024 5:43:46 AM . Dear Foxy, . You ask : « Will the former US President be sent to prison for a non-v.....
» 30/05/2024 8:27:48 AM . Dear Peter (the author), . You ask : « Do we have free will ? » I don’t know about.....
» 23/05/2024 2:17:19 AM . Oops ! Sorry, that was meant for NathanJ who started this thread. ......
» 23/05/2024 12:43:12 AM . Dear diver dan, . There are many different types and styles of portraits : realistic,.....
» 21/05/2024 2:30:21 AM . Dear diver dan, . I must say you paint a rather pessimistic picture of the future dev.....
» 20/05/2024 4:50:00 AM . Dear diver dan, . You wrote : « You do bleat on about preconceived ideas concerning .....
» 18/05/2024 3:30:49 AM . Dear ttbn, . For the most part, your last post to me was a good, thoughtful, and well.....
» 18/05/2024 1:18:35 AM . Dear diver dan, . I’m afraid I’m not the sort of person who would, as you suggest, “.....
» 17/05/2024 2:39:44 AM . Dear ttbn, . You denounce what you consider to be the “Colonisation Of The West” by .....
» 10/05/2024 10:50:11 PM . Dear Graham, . Dominant males in many animal species treat their females and offspri.....
» 6/05/2024 2:15:56 AM . Speaking at the 2023 UN General Assembly, Maryana Iskander stated : . « One thing I’.....
» 5/05/2024 2:36:08 AM . The author of this article, Murray Hunter, wrote : « The recent revelations of past “t.....
» 1/05/2024 10:25:26 PM . Dear NathanJ, . 1. http://youtu.be/S2fGxefFBh4 2. http://taskandpurpose.com/history.....
» 15/04/2024 8:15:07 PM . I’m afraid I’m way out of my depth when it comes to psychiatry and I doubt that any of .....
» 15/04/2024 5:37:48 AM . Dear Foxy, You ask : « Does Donald Trump suffer from a mental illness? » . That’s a .....
» 9/04/2024 2:57:31 AM . Some helpful facts : According to a Palestinian public opinion poll, 71% of Palestinia.....
» 8/04/2024 2:32:35 AM . As I write, (Sunday 7 April) the antagonists are in Cairo negotiating some sort of deal.....
» 7/04/2024 6:39:42 AM . The lack of empathy of the Israelis for the Palestinians is explicable. After 2,000 yea.....
» 6/04/2024 12:54:36 AM . Dear ttbn, . The Israeli military dismissed two officers and reprimanded three others.....
» 4/04/2024 11:32:45 PM . Dear ttbn, . Netanyahu and the Israeli army have admitted that they are responsible f.....
» 4/04/2024 2:14:42 AM . Dear ttbn, . At least 196 humanitarians have been killed since October 2023 according.....
» 3/04/2024 1:15:34 AM . Dear ttbn, . The problem with religious schools is that they tend to conflate and con.....
» 2/04/2024 1:30:03 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Foxy proposed this debate on “The Forum” as follows : « The Australi.....
» 1/04/2024 11:20:03 AM . Dear Canem Malum, . You ask : 1. « Does "Banjo Paterson" think that other .....
» 31/03/2024 4:48:07 AM . Dear Canem Malum, . Thank you for your thoughtful comments and expressions of empathy.....
» 30/03/2024 2:20:07 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I don’t know if you have noticed, but the fastest-growing religion in.....
» 28/03/2024 11:42:14 AM . (Continued …) . « The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual A.....
» 28/03/2024 11:39:52 AM . Dear Foxy, . It took the Catholic Church 450 years to realise that Copernicus was rig.....
» 27/03/2024 7:27:10 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I hope you had a happy Holi Festival and that it has brought you and .....
» 27/03/2024 4:29:04 AM . Dear Foxy, . As you are probably aware, the Australian Christian Lobby and Archbishop.....
» 26/03/2024 1:13:25 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « … the [Australian Law Reform] Commission recommends that .....
» 25/03/2024 9:03:29 AM . Dear Foxy, . You ask : 1. « Should religious schools have the right to discriminate?.....
» 13/03/2024 3:46:05 AM . The UK has an extradition treaty with the USA and in the first paragraph of article 4 o.....
» 11/03/2024 8:11:07 AM . Dear mox, . You wrote : « In fact regarding the Ukraine war, information from the Ru.....
» 10/03/2024 12:17:29 AM . Dear mox, . I understand what you’re saying, but I’m afraid the Kremlin’s grip on Rus.....
» 9/03/2024 1:02:01 AM . Dear mox, . That’s OK. Don’t worry, it’s not your fault, mox, if there’s no longer an.....
» 8/03/2024 4:53:54 AM . (Continued …) . Southfront.press from Crimea Southfront describes itself as : South.....
» 8/03/2024 4:45:13 AM . Dear mox, . You wrote : . « Please go and check some "alternative" news s.....
» 7/03/2024 3:08:24 AM . Dear mox, . You wrote : . « Many of the claims made by Banjo Patterson and Fester a.....
» 5/03/2024 5:46:48 AM . The Ukraine conflict matters not just to America. It matters to the whole of the free w.....
» 3/03/2024 1:06:12 AM . Here is Mike Burgess, Director-General of ASIO’s Annual Threat Assessment 2024 : http:.....
» 3/03/2024 12:04:50 AM . There is a report on espionage in the US that could throw some light on the same proble.....
» 2/03/2024 2:53:33 AM . Dear ttbn, . Thank you for those interesting observations and insights. The debate o.....
» 1/03/2024 3:40:21 AM . Dear ttbn, . Whatever the government : left, right or centre - - - . We don’t need a.....
» 28/02/2024 1:48:53 AM . Dear Fester, . If I were the director of the CIA the first thing I would do when I go.....
» 27/02/2024 3:52:52 AM . (Continued ...) . The United Nations Security Council, in its resolution 1566 of Octo.....
» 27/02/2024 3:47:03 AM . Dear Fester, . I read your comments with interest but did not see any evidence that c.....
» 27/02/2024 3:42:56 AM . Dear Foxy, . You don’t have to regret your reaction. It is perfectly understandable a.....
» 26/02/2024 4:06:39 AM . Dear Foxy, . I appreciate your kind expression of compassion and solicitude, but perh.....
» 25/02/2024 9:20:02 AM . Dear Fester, . It’s quite understandable that the Pentagon is distressed that over ha.....
» 24/02/2024 1:55:58 AM . If it is proven by an international court that the US did commit war crimes in Iraq and.....
» 23/02/2024 3:42:40 AM . As I see it, a watershed decision of the High Court is possible, overturning that of th.....
» 22/02/2024 1:52:24 AM . Post Scriptum : . It’s difficult to imagine that the US authorities could ever be ext.....
» 21/02/2024 11:17:46 PM . The Assange trial seems to be a case of “the pot calling the kettle black”. As I under.....
» 21/02/2024 3:30:08 AM . Dear Foxy, . I understand that Assange registered the domain name wikileaks.org in 19.....
» 20/02/2024 3:12:12 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the reason for the collus.....
» 19/02/2024 8:39:59 AM . Trump Says He's Glad That Putin Prefers Biden to Win the 2024 Election ! http://www.ne.....
» 19/02/2024 2:55:39 AM . Trump and Putin have obviously coordinated their efforts to have Trump elected, the com.....
» 18/02/2024 3:07:27 AM . Alexei Navalny had suffered three attacks orchestrated by the Kremlin in 2017, 2019 and.....
» 16/02/2024 11:23:01 PM . Breaking News ... . Putin Under Fire After Alexei Navalny's Death : http://www.newsw.....
» 16/02/2024 1:13:58 AM . Miracles do happen, Foxy – but don’t hold your breath ! One thing you can count on is .....
» 15/02/2024 8:48:18 AM . YouGov in the US, an international online research data and analytics technology organi.....
» 15/02/2024 3:04:35 AM . How Will A Trump Presidency Affect Australia ? . Democratic backsliding is a trend th.....
» 14/02/2024 3:50:39 AM . Here is an interesting insight into Trump’s religious beliefs and practices. I find it.....
» 14/02/2024 2:04:27 AM . 40% of Americans (including 70% of Republicans) believe the 2020 presidency was stolen .....
» 13/02/2024 7:40:44 AM . Biden vs Trump 2024: where does Australia stand? . I guess the answer to that is Aust.....
» 9/02/2024 8:37:55 AM . Dear Chek, . The introduction of Preferential Representation in the Federal House of .....
» 8/02/2024 3:34:27 AM . I think we should start preparing for our future republic consisting not only of a demo.....
» 6/02/2024 3:38:46 AM . Dear mhaze, . Thanks, I sifted through all that. There sure is a lot of contradictor.....
» 5/02/2024 6:18:17 AM . Pathological liar for President … anyone ? . Why not Donald J. Trump ? He can swear o.....
» 5/02/2024 12:40:06 AM . Dear mhaze, . Thanks for providing your source information. If you don’t mind my say.....
» 4/02/2024 1:09:53 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « During the Trump administration, workers income increase.....
» 3/02/2024 8:19:30 AM . Dear mhaze, . Yes, I understand that party discipline is not as strict in the US parl.....
» 2/02/2024 2:27:47 AM . The problem is that what used to be called the Republican Party, the GOP (Grand Old Par.....
» 1/02/2024 12:46:10 AM . Here is an interesting clip of what the DJ had to say about some of his closest assista.....
» 31/01/2024 8:17:31 AM . In my opinion, the D.J. (Donald John Trump) is like sand in an oyster: a little produce.....
» 30/01/2024 2:49:41 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : « Here is a definition of genocidal: "relating to or.....
» 29/01/2024 7:45:59 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : 1. « … are you suggesting that people are somehow differe.....
» 28/01/2024 4:26:32 AM . Dear Ipso Fatso, . You wrote : « I was born here. I am part of this country. I belon.....
» 27/01/2024 8:58:00 AM . Dear David (the author), . You wrote : « The definition of racism is treating people.....
» 13/01/2024 2:24:52 AM . The exact date the British Admiralty agreed to the name of “Australia” for our island c.....
» 7/01/2024 9:00:56 AM . Dear Bezza, . You wrote : « I heard that speech that Trump gave on the day [January .....
» 6/01/2024 6:05:00 AM . Dear Foxy, . You ask : « Can Donald Trump still run for US President ? » . I guess.....
» 16/11/2023 10:34:36 PM . I admire your courage and wish you well Alan B. Thanks for the example. ......
» 10/11/2023 1:17:04 AM . Here is a brief audio report on the Albo/Xi meeting : http://open.spotify.com/episode/.....
» 9/11/2023 2:24:16 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « The Prime Minister stressed that " where differences.....
» 4/11/2023 10:11:14 PM . The test of any moral proposition is “Does it aid or hinder survival?” If it does not a.....
» 3/11/2023 10:46:47 PM . Dear Meg, . I forgot to indicate in my previous post that Jacque Monod's definition o.....
» 3/11/2023 10:46:03 AM . Dear Meg, . I don’t think there is any such dichotomy as “secular morality and religi.....
» 1/11/2023 3:13:35 AM . In my life ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqpysaAo4BQ&ab_channel=TheBeatlesStuff .....
» 30/10/2023 10:17:07 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « NO ! People voted against 101% certainty of corrupt.....
» 30/10/2023 3:37:22 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « Again, nothing about human responsibilities ! » . .....
» 30/10/2023 1:38:29 AM . This is what the eminent Australian historian, Henry Reynolds, has to say : . « The U.....
» 29/10/2023 3:30:21 AM . Dear Alan B., . Excellent suggestion, Alan B. Everyone has the right to practise hi.....
» 28/10/2023 7:22:26 AM . Dear Chek, . The word “requiem” in the title of your piece could have two meanings : .....
» 27/10/2023 11:35:54 PM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « As for all the mass killings supposedly perpetrated … the.....
» 27/10/2023 1:29:06 AM . Dear diver dan, . Before closing, if you are interested, allow me to recommend for fu.....
» 26/10/2023 3:43:24 AM . (Continued …) . Aborigines were considered to be an inferior race – and possibly stil.....
» 26/10/2023 3:29:30 AM . Dear diver dan, . You ask : « … if Aboriginals were considered to be children at ri.....
» 25/10/2023 3:09:21 AM . Dear Murray (the author), . As Darwin explained in 1859 in his famous book “On the O.....
» 24/10/2023 1:34:03 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . That’s interesting. I’m afraid it never occurred to me to categorise.....
» 23/10/2023 12:15:50 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « I've only ever seen mere females of questionable v.....
» 21/10/2023 8:45:08 PM . Dear Indyvidual, . Are you speaking from experience ? If so, better go for the Righ.....
» 21/10/2023 1:42:03 AM . Dear Bettina (the author), . I see that the Gander research paper on which you base .....
» 19/10/2023 7:40:55 AM . Dear John (the author), . You wrote : « She [Jacinta Price] advocated an end to &qu.....
» 18/10/2023 2:19:53 AM . Foxy describes Dutton as “not a good record and example - for inclusion and unification.....
» 17/10/2023 1:02:46 AM . Peter Dutton – Political Stirrer or Miracle-man ? . We have just sown deep shame and .....
» 13/10/2023 11:40:27 PM . Hallelujah ! … . Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we wil.....
» 13/10/2023 10:59:06 PM . Everybody knows … . Galatians 7-8-9 : A man reaps what he sows. The one who sows to.....
» 12/10/2023 3:19:24 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . I understand your frustration and disappointment. Managing indige.....
» 11/10/2023 8:08:14 AM . Dear VK3AUU, . You wrote : « https://quadrant.org.au/opinion/bennelong-papers/2013/0.....
» 11/10/2023 5:43:20 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « Totally agree, that's why the Voice will not work a.....
» 10/10/2023 5:22:49 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . As you know, I have already voted YES and it was not just for the .....
» 10/10/2023 2:06:06 AM . (Continued …) . “An Aboriginal leader is a person to whom other people will listen, a.....
» 10/10/2023 2:02:02 AM . Dear John (the author), . You wrote : « The Voice is a move to enshrine an unelected.....
» 7/10/2023 1:08:19 AM . Dear Viv (the author), . You wrote : « I will be voting “NO” » . Well, if you do, .....
» 5/10/2023 3:16:20 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You didn’t say if you contacted either of the organisations for wh.....
» 4/10/2023 2:27:31 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . I’m afraid I am not familiar with what may or may not be available.....
» 3/10/2023 5:03:13 AM . Also, Indyvidual, . As regards your comment about “the Voice … becoming another Cash .....
» 3/10/2023 1:19:56 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You paint a rather pessimistic picture there, Indyvidual. Since, .....
» 2/10/2023 4:14:06 AM . (Continued …) . The Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation in the form of a .....
» 2/10/2023 4:02:02 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You ask : 1. « … where does it say anything about protecting non-.....
» 1/10/2023 4:54:07 AM . (Continued …) . The research also revealed that people with certain personality trait.....
» 1/10/2023 4:23:44 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . You wrote : « Come on Banjo Paterson, the only time Albo is not lyin.....
» 29/09/2023 9:59:56 PM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « Would you kindly provide details that the Voice is .....
» 29/09/2023 2:38:42 AM . Dear Dinesh (the author), . You wrote : « I have read all 26 pages of Uluru Statemen.....
» 19/09/2023 9:28:40 PM . Dinesh Malhotra’s article reminds me of Bertrand Russell’s 1933 essay “The Triumph of S.....
» 19/09/2023 7:57:38 PM . Dear Indyvidual, . You asked : « Are you trying to tell us it isn't so ? » [that the.....
» 18/09/2023 10:50:35 PM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « [The] true measure of a democracy is the way it tre.....
» 18/09/2023 3:09:14 AM . (Continued …) . It has been said that the true measure of a democracy is the way it .....
» 18/09/2023 3:01:39 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : 1. « I think the word you want is identical … » . No, I .....
» 17/09/2023 12:51:09 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : « Whatever the circumstances, we are all in this nation t.....
» 16/09/2023 1:39:24 AM . The CIS debate for and against the Voice : . The Centre for Independent Studies is a .....
» 15/09/2023 8:51:57 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You may be right. I guess it's a question of which came first,.....
» 15/09/2023 8:47:59 AM . Dear Paul1405, . You wrote : « I've said many times that the majority of racists, ar.....
» 15/09/2023 5:00:29 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « When all you've got is supposed historic injustice to su.....
» 15/09/2023 3:25:31 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « Banjo believes that aboriginals have not been given .....
» 15/09/2023 3:19:23 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You asked : « Did this ANU researcher give any explanation as to .....
» 14/09/2023 7:01:14 AM . The objective of this referendum is to allow our indigenous peoples to have a greater s.....
» 13/09/2023 2:41:02 AM . Dear Paul1405, . You wrote : « Dutton is not sincere in his proposal of "recogn.....
» 12/09/2023 2:20:47 AM . Dear Foxy, . Peter Dutton is a fellow Queenslander but, apart from that, I can’t say .....
» 11/09/2023 8:20:09 AM . Dear Foxy, . We Australians are, generally speaking, a pretty easy-going, nonchalant .....
» 9/09/2023 12:28:34 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : « The only other issues I could think of are the wording .....
» 7/09/2023 12:29:00 AM . Dear ttbn, . As Isaac Asimov used to say : "People who think they know everythin.....
» 6/09/2023 7:50:39 AM . Oops ! The reference I indicated as the federal law that defines our public holidays sh.....
» 6/09/2023 2:01:14 AM . (Continued …) . In Australia, Section 115 of the Workplace Relations Act 1996 is the .....
» 6/09/2023 1:55:29 AM . Dear Fester, . You ask : « What is your position on the constitutional status of Chr.....
» 5/09/2023 6:11:57 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : 1. « Regarding the Lord's prayer being read, … aside from.....
» 4/09/2023 3:06:30 AM . Dear NathanJ, . Thanks for the link to the news article on the Adelaide council praye.....
» 4/09/2023 1:18:02 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote (to David f) : « … coercion by proxy, much like the Voice m.....
» 3/09/2023 7:35:16 AM . (Continued …) . Expanding on this, Jefferson famously wrote in 1802 : « Believing w.....
» 3/09/2023 7:27:38 AM . Dear Fester, . You will perhaps recall that Jesus is quoted in the synoptic gospels a.....
» 2/09/2023 2:54:04 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : « It is part of our history and heritage … Like mythology.....
» 1/09/2023 8:15:54 AM . Dear Fester, . You wrote : « … how horrid that each session of parliament should sta.....
» 31/08/2023 6:48:27 AM . What is it to be human ? . According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica : « The gap in.....
» 28/08/2023 8:05:46 AM . (Continued …) . 7. Only the completely naive or totally thoughtless will believe ther.....
» 28/08/2023 8:02:35 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . The referendum asks us to reply to a single question : A Propose.....
» 27/08/2023 9:50:15 PM . Dear SteeleRedux, . Thanks for those links. Yes, I was aware of our waltz hesitation.....
» 27/08/2023 3:58:04 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « I watched another person of my own conservative anti-Voic.....
» 26/08/2023 1:41:08 AM . Dear SteeleRedux, . I got it right this time ! You wrote : 1. « Tennant Creek was a.....
» 25/08/2023 6:36:51 AM . Oups ! That was meant for SteeleRedux (not Foxy). Sorry about that. ......
» 25/08/2023 6:33:46 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : 1. « I was in primary school in Darwin in the late 60s earl.....
» 25/08/2023 3:05:12 AM . Dear Foxy, . Treaty or law, I guess it doesn’t make much difference. If the First Nat.....
» 24/08/2023 2:15:07 AM . Dear SteeleRedux, . You’re right when you say : “Your narrow application of the word .....
» 23/08/2023 11:19:57 PM . Dear Foxy, . I think you must have read the “Uluru Statement from the Heart” … with y.....
» 23/08/2023 4:31:53 AM . Dear SteeleRedux, . You wrote : « If it fails at the referendum then it will be legi.....
» 22/08/2023 1:42:01 AM . PLAN B . So, what happens if the Voice referendum fails ? Is that the end of the sto.....
» 21/08/2023 7:45:25 AM . In case you missed it, here is an interesting article in the Alice Springs News : http.....
» 20/08/2023 7:23:12 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « The question has already been decided and legislated.........
» 19/08/2023 12:35:17 AM . Until the ballot papers are in hand, nobody can say with certainty what the text of the.....
» 18/08/2023 5:42:04 AM . Here is an interesting article on Australia's lobbying laws : http://insidestory.org.a.....
» 18/08/2023 12:48:47 AM . Dear Fester, . It’s interesting to see that Libby Mettam, the Liberal Party leader fo.....
» 17/08/2023 1:06:11 AM . (Continued …) . 3. As I’m sure you are aware, ttbn, a 46,000-year-old Aboriginal heri.....
» 17/08/2023 1:02:23 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « We now know that, if the Voice was successful, we could d.....
» 16/08/2023 5:53:05 AM . I indicated in my post on page 15 of this thread that there are currently 320 lobbying .....
» 15/08/2023 1:12:18 AM . (Continued …) . Professor Anne Twomey, one of the experts advising the federal govern.....
» 15/08/2023 1:09:59 AM . As I recalled on a previous thread, ever since Cook landed in Botany Bay, home of the E.....
» 15/08/2023 12:59:03 AM . As I recalled on a previous thread, ever since Cook landed in Botany Bay, home of the E.....
» 14/08/2023 7:14:05 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « The Voice is … prima facie racist … » That's just a pres.....
» 14/08/2023 4:01:08 AM . Oups ! Something went wrong there ! Let's try this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V.....
» 14/08/2023 3:54:09 AM . Dear ttbn, . To avoid any misunderstanding, perhaps I should explain the reason for m.....
» 13/08/2023 2:56:34 AM . As Foxy just pointed out in her latest post, the NO campaign seems to be “spear-headed”.....
» 12/08/2023 8:52:53 AM . According to the federal government register, there are currently 320 lobbying organisa.....
» 5/08/2023 1:00:47 AM . Forced labour, indentured labour, child labour, human trafficking, sexual exploitation,.....
» 3/08/2023 5:44:41 AM . By the way, Ken, you mention the word “truth” as “ … a view or perspective that is univ.....
» 3/08/2023 2:11:40 AM . Thanks for the info, Ken. I have made a submission as follows : « I respectfully sugg.....
» 1/08/2023 3:00:02 AM . . As we all know, ever since Cook landed in Botany Bay, home of the Eora people, in 17.....
» 6/05/2023 2:32:34 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thanks for that. It’s amazing how ingenious prescientific thinkers w.....
» 4/05/2023 11:46:12 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Many thanks for those precisions. I note, however, that as regards w.....
» 4/05/2023 9:33:29 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I guess all that has to do with Hindu spiritualism. I’m sure it has .....
» 3/05/2023 9:49:13 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, You wrote : 1. « Reality is much more than physical matter and energy. .....
» 1/05/2023 1:35:38 AM . Here is the link again : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Void_(philosophy) ......
» 1/05/2023 1:30:07 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « By definition, time cannot end, because "ending&q.....
» 30/04/2023 9:05:23 AM . Oops ! I meant to write that a clock on the ground shows less time than a clock in a pl.....
» 30/04/2023 9:00:21 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Yes, time is something of a conundrum. The only thing of which I am .....
» 28/04/2023 10:17:34 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thanks for introducing me to Ishvara. Very interesting. As for every.....
» 28/04/2023 7:14:40 AM . Dear Yuyutsu . Yes, I think we basically agree on the meaning of the word truth. As f.....
» 27/04/2023 8:44:52 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « There is what there is, it is true, but is beyond t.....
» 26/04/2023 2:55:52 AM . (Continued …) . You also indicated in one of your earlier posts that you consider tha.....
» 26/04/2023 2:44:26 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thanks for your response, but I see we continue to disagree on the me.....
» 25/04/2023 9:03:34 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « By definition, if one observer expresses one truth and.....
» 24/04/2023 11:59:01 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … there is only one absolute Truth … » . That’s corre.....
» 24/04/2023 5:08:27 AM . Dear Canem Malum, Dear david f., . Nietzsche obviously had a problem with the notion .....
» 23/04/2023 11:57:21 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « A dog has faith that the food its master brings is goo.....
» 23/04/2023 8:27:00 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « Faith is neither blind nor incredulous but trust in that.....
» 22/04/2023 8:29:48 AM . Dear Peter, . I think it is important to mention that we should not lose sight of the.....
» 21/04/2023 2:58:06 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « The word "religion" is derived from the Latin .....
» 9/02/2023 10:06:12 PM . Yes, thanks Shadowminister. Don’t worry, everything will be OK. Take it easy now. See.....
» 9/02/2023 8:03:37 AM . Dear shadowminister, . I was willing to give you the benefit of the doubt but, appare.....
» 8/02/2023 9:08:45 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : « Reasonable doubt is far from being purely subje.....
» 7/02/2023 9:11:07 AM . Oops, I meant : Consequently, “reasonable doubt” is a purely subjective notion, specif.....
» 7/02/2023 9:05:49 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : « He died without a single charge against him. Hi.....
» 3/02/2023 7:37:29 AM . Cardinal Pell and Mr Pell (alias Mr “Demos”) . No sooner Pell dead and buried and out.....
» 30/01/2023 2:23:19 AM . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzOmPUu-F_M&ab_channel=NathalieStutzmann ......
» 29/01/2023 12:46:09 AM . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dp2SJN4UiE4&ab_channel=FranceMusique ......
» 28/01/2023 6:35:28 AM . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQOpeJ8YHrE&ab_channel=EvergreenBestMusic ......
» 27/01/2023 7:36:27 AM . Dear shadowminister, . Looks like you’ve had enough, so I won’t bother you any longer.....
» 26/01/2023 8:45:30 AM . Yes, shadowminister, it was the human faculty of discernment that the jury employed in .....
» 26/01/2023 8:36:21 AM . (Continued …) . 2. « In Pell's trial, there is always a chance that the accuser is ly.....
» 26/01/2023 8:16:13 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : 1. « Saying reasonable doubt should be 95% shows .....
» 25/01/2023 6:25:03 AM . (Continued …) . Reflecting further on this, I realised that the presumption of innoce.....
» 25/01/2023 6:12:52 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : « Life is not always fair. To convict someone to .....
» 24/01/2023 9:54:42 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : « The presumption of innocence and rules of evide.....
» 24/01/2023 3:13:40 AM . Cardinal Pell and Mr Pell . While the first merits the honours that are about to be b.....
» 23/01/2023 2:54:53 AM . (Continued …) . In fact, the expression has a much wider understood meaning in Austr.....
» 23/01/2023 2:51:14 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : « The presumption of innocence is the bedrock of .....
» 22/01/2023 10:25:26 AM . (Continued …) . Smith adds that “in a ringing dissent”, Lord Steyn, a life peer (judi.....
» 22/01/2023 10:22:28 AM . Dear shadowminister, . Yes, I understand your reaction. It seems quite shocking, but .....
» 21/01/2023 9:54:25 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote to Foxy : « Discarding the need for actual evidence.....
» 21/01/2023 8:55:31 AM . Dear NathanJ, . You wrote : « Your mixed messages here are doing you no credit. For .....
» 21/01/2023 3:01:42 AM . (Continued …) . « … All these candidates for the prize of humanity have been outstri.....
» 21/01/2023 2:56:20 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : « Banjo, Foxy, « It is blindingly clear that you.....
» 20/01/2023 10:01:14 AM . Yes, Foxy, I agree. By the way, I see that of the seven justices of the High Court, fo.....
» 20/01/2023 9:44:53 AM . The core values of justice are : 1. Fairness 2. Equality before the law [All are equ.....
» 19/01/2023 4:41:01 AM . (Continued …) . The third judge, Justice Weinberg, dissented. Chief Justice Ferguson.....
» 19/01/2023 4:21:16 AM . Dear SteeleRedux, . Yes, thanks. That pretty much explains and justifies the ruling o.....
» 18/01/2023 9:56:32 AM . (Continued …) . From what I can understand of the case of Pell v The Queen and with .....
» 18/01/2023 9:37:37 AM . Dear Foxy, . I wish to thank you for that excellent excerpt from Louise Milligan’s bo.....
» 18/01/2023 4:12:49 AM . (Continued …) . In Pell’s case, the High Court ruled that the jury verdict did not co.....
» 18/01/2023 4:00:09 AM . The Law is Not Justice ! . The role of the High Court of Australia is defined on its .....
» 17/01/2023 4:07:30 AM . A couple of things I should rectify … . I mistakenly indicated in my previous post th.....
» 16/01/2023 7:23:21 AM . Apparently, Foxy’s closing remarks came a little too early this year. The enigma that w.....
» 15/01/2023 8:43:59 AM . Dear NathanJ, . I read your feedback with interest. Though we obviously have differen.....
» 15/01/2023 8:00:39 AM . Dear shadowminister, . Thanks for that. Yes, I’m sure there are quite a number of cas.....
» 15/01/2023 3:34:46 AM . Oops, that was meant for shadowminister ! Sorry about that. ......
» 15/01/2023 3:32:13 AM . Dear . You wrote : « There are already a huge number of people falsely convicted an.....
» 14/01/2023 3:44:24 AM . (Continued …) . As a final remark, you indicate that “no right to silence by either d.....
» 14/01/2023 3:36:21 AM . Dear NathanJ, . You wrote : « That [“putting justice back on the drawing board] shou.....
» 13/01/2023 6:37:01 AM . (Contrinued …) . I advocate that our criminal law and court procedures incorporate th.....
» 13/01/2023 6:33:54 AM . The High Court of Australia’s verdict on 7 April 2020, in the case Pell v The Queen was.....
» 6/01/2023 9:18:40 AM . (Continued …) . He later became bishop, then archbishop, and was elected primate of .....
» 6/01/2023 8:45:08 AM . Dear Paul1405, . As Wikipedia puts it : « Many religions have narratives, symbols, t.....
» 4/01/2023 9:56:49 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Yes, Yuyutsu, thanks to our long and countless exchanges here on OLO,.....
» 4/01/2023 8:33:58 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thanks for sharing your interpretation of what the author meant by hi.....
» 3/01/2023 9:28:35 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Would you please explain how “… the world is … an essential part of t.....
» 3/01/2023 4:01:33 AM . I guess Peter’s question is : “What is God for ?” . I’m inclined to reply : God is ….....
» 29/11/2022 12:38:43 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thanks, Yuyutsu. I guess we have done just about all we can on this .....
» 28/11/2022 10:30:25 AM . (Continued …) . ... have tried, but no one has ever succeeded. If there is a God, he/.....
» 28/11/2022 10:16:22 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I wrote : « “I am, indeed, an idea in your mind and you are an idea .....
» 27/11/2022 10:38:07 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « You also are God, so are you claiming that there is no.....
» 25/11/2022 11:00:40 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : • To me (page 7 of this thread) : « Since we already AR.....
» 25/11/2022 3:30:38 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I wrote : « Based on your indications and explanations, it appears t.....
» 24/11/2022 10:25:56 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I wrote : «I find it incomprehensible that he [you, Yuyutsu] should .....
» 23/11/2022 8:32:36 AM . Dear david f. . You ask : « Have either of you [Yuyutsu and me] thought that God is .....
» 23/11/2022 12:44:19 AM . From what I can understand from Yuyutsu’s posts over the years, he appears to practice .....
» 22/11/2022 11:04:18 AM . According to some estimates, there are roughly 4,200 religions, churches, denominations.....
» 21/11/2022 8:20:28 AM . (Continued …) . But that was, let us say, at the most 7 million years ago, and at lea.....
» 21/11/2022 7:54:58 AM . Dear diver dan, . I have the impression from your last post that we are pretty much o.....
» 20/11/2022 8:32:16 AM . (Continued …) . Such behaviour is maximally altruistic: sterile workers obviously do .....
» 20/11/2022 8:28:32 AM . Dear diver dan, . You wrote : « Well, transpose the term right and wrong with the te.....
» 19/11/2022 3:02:03 AM . As I understand it the notions of right and wrong are the basic elements of the surviva.....
» 31/10/2022 3:42:34 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Nobody seems to know exactly who invented Yoga nor how, when, where, .....
» 30/10/2022 3:14:54 AM . (Continued …) . An increasing number of scholars have expressed reservations about ev.....
» 30/10/2022 3:01:39 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … I could only look at the latest version of the OED. .....
» 30/10/2022 12:10:35 AM . Dear Paul, . You raise the question of the difference between philosophy and religion.....
» 28/10/2022 11:53:31 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Here is a more balanced definition [of religion], and .....
» 28/10/2022 9:04:30 AM . Cher Ipso Fatso, . I wrote : « Contrary to religion, which is a set of beliefs, athe.....
» 27/10/2022 8:16:08 AM . Dear Ipso Fatso, . The OED defines religion as : « A set of beliefs concerning the .....
» 24/10/2022 2:21:57 AM . Historical alternatives to the death penalty … . Exclusion, ostracism, exile, and ban.....
» 23/10/2022 7:14:05 AM . Dear David, . Many thanks for that interesting list of conscientious objectors. The.....
» 21/10/2022 7:46:49 AM . . According to an article on our federal parliament website : . « There is … a somewh.....
» 19/10/2022 7:48:51 AM . (Continued …) . It will be a long time before mentalities change in order for justice.....
» 19/10/2022 7:45:51 AM . Dear Paul1405, . « For or against the death penalty ? » . That is a question of just.....
» 18/10/2022 12:00:58 AM . Dear david f., Dear ttbn, . According to the latest census, the number of Australians.....
» 17/10/2022 7:02:29 AM . Dear Paul1405, . You wrote : « I totally oppose the death penalty … Calling for the .....
» 17/10/2022 6:22:56 AM . Dear thinkabit, . I wrote : « But it’s a bit disturbing to learn that Australia is a.....
» 17/10/2022 12:28:01 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « All this waffle flies out the window as soon as a c.....
» 16/10/2022 9:39:58 AM . Dear mhaze . You wrote : « How many species have gone extinct in Australia since 178.....
» 16/10/2022 7:29:35 AM . Dear ttbn, . Australia ratified the ICCPR (International Covenant on Civil and Politi.....
» 15/10/2022 6:07:55 AM . Oops ! I forgot to post this one too : http://twitter.com/RojavaIC/status/137251884472.....
» 15/10/2022 2:21:10 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « … Australian Citizens have responsibilities towards.....
» 15/10/2022 1:17:06 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Can you direct us to these "conventions" where .....
» 14/10/2022 9:12:32 AM . In case you missed it, The Living Planet Report 2022 has just been published. It claims.....
» 14/10/2022 8:55:49 AM . Dear Indyvidual, Dear ttbn, . You consider that : « The kind of people supporting th.....
» 13/10/2022 6:57:19 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . You wrote : « I think the link you gave me regarding 'preven.....
» 12/10/2022 3:09:55 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . You describe the experts of the IPBES as “a bunch of activists”. I c.....
» 11/10/2022 7:29:07 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . I wrote : « It’s our problem, Indyvidual, not the UN’s problem or.....
» 11/10/2022 1:53:30 AM . Dear mhaze, . I wrote : « I was reading the report in French » And you replied : «.....
» 10/10/2022 5:44:08 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . Here is the link to the federal government's web page on the.....
» 10/10/2022 5:31:00 AM . Dear mhaze, . I wrote : « It is estimated that 1 million animal and vegetable speci.....
» 10/10/2022 12:32:58 AM . Dear ttbn, . I wrote : « If we do repatriate these men, women, and children from th.....
» 9/10/2022 9:25:27 AM . Dear David, . The 2022 IPBS (Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversit.....
» 9/10/2022 7:09:49 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You wrote : « … what I do suggest are places that the UN arrange .....
» 8/10/2022 2:53:33 AM . Dear Indyvidual, . You evoke various situations and circumstances relating to the Aus.....
» 7/10/2022 11:54:13 PM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Banjo, I'm sure you mean well, but I'm also sure that you.....
» 7/10/2022 9:33:30 AM . Dear Foxy, . Thank you for your comments. You wrote earlier : « It should be noted .....
» 7/10/2022 9:01:37 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Any Australian who thinks that these creatures should be .....
» 7/10/2022 7:11:05 AM . (Continued …) . Pinochet (Chili) 2006 – died of a heart attack a few weeks after bein.....
» 7/10/2022 6:51:58 AM . Dear David, . You note : « … the greatest terrorist in today's world is Putin » … and.....
» 6/10/2022 10:20:58 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Australia is preparing to overturn its policy of more tha.....
» 27/09/2022 9:26:04 PM . Dear Foxy, . I appreciate your reassurance that I have not misinterpreted your though.....
» 27/09/2022 10:04:15 AM . (Continued …) . 3. « Is it OK to mock Islam, to mock the Prophet Muhammad? Certainly .....
» 27/09/2022 9:59:55 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : 1. « … Foxy wrote that it is alright to mock religion … .....
» 26/09/2022 7:23:34 AM . Dear Is Mise, . Foxy wrote : « .People have every right to practice their religion ......
» 22/09/2022 2:56:39 AM . (Continued …) . 2. The Chagos Islands affair – islands in the Indian Ocean that were .....
» 22/09/2022 2:53:58 AM . Elizabeth II : The Good, The Bad And The Ugly . She had little or no executive power .....
» 18/09/2022 1:51:43 AM . The awesome immensity of the worldwide public reaction to this historical event gives t.....
» 11/09/2022 4:20:16 AM . Dear Maverick, . You wrote : « You're lucky the Queen didn't Moon youse ! » . Mooni.....
» 10/09/2022 2:11:55 AM . (Continued …) . Some years later, I was invited together with Fr. Keith Rayner to lun.....
» 10/09/2022 2:06:25 AM . Fond memories of a passing Queen ! . What a beautiful day it was as I stood on the hi.....
» 9/09/2022 2:44:51 AM . Dear Rhian, . I read Lewis Ross’s article in the Public Ethics blog of the Stockholm .....
» 8/09/2022 10:55:16 AM . Dear Rhian, . You wrote : « … most sexual assaults are not even reported … » . Thou.....
» 8/09/2022 1:42:18 AM Here is our agreement with the PRC regarding Taiwan : JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE AUSTRALIAN .....
» 7/09/2022 9:59:42 AM . At the latest count, only 1.5% of sexual assaults in Australia resulted in a conviction.....
» 7/09/2022 8:03:52 AM . (Continued …) . The status of Taiwan was to become uncertain after events in 1945. Wh.....
» 7/09/2022 7:47:11 AM . Here are the facts as I understand them : . November 26, 1943 The Cairo Declaration : .....
» 14/08/2022 2:34:07 AM . Dear Paul1405, . ttbn seems to me to be a decent fellow. Like the rest of us, he has .....
» 13/08/2022 12:58:26 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « People die. There is something not quite right about the .....
» 12/08/2022 7:35:34 AM . This is what the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority reports on its website : &qu.....
» 11/08/2022 7:25:21 AM . For a long time, I thought it would be impossible to manage a country like China as a f.....
» 9/08/2022 10:03:30 PM . Judith Durham of The Seekers died on Friday aged 79. My favourites are "A world of.....
» 9/08/2022 7:21:50 AM . Dear Binoy (the author), . ttbn wrote : « People living in the Free World have the r.....
» 5/08/2022 1:26:03 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : 1. « Homosexuality is not "perfectly natural" » ......
» 4/08/2022 12:27:25 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Many thanks for your input. I immediately looked it up on the interne.....
» 4/08/2022 12:11:01 AM . Dear diver dan, . You wrote : « Monkeypox spreading disproportionately among the gay.....
» 31/07/2022 11:13:45 PM . Dear Alan B, . You wrote : « … either we believe in intelligent design by an oversee.....
» 31/07/2022 2:33:28 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Atheists have no more proof that there is no God than do .....
» 31/07/2022 1:23:07 AM . Dear Greg, . You conclude : « To sum up, the conclusion can be made that we are witn.....
» 30/07/2022 8:03:41 PM . Dear ttbn, . Interesting observations you made there, ttbn. 1. « It is always intere.....
» 30/07/2022 8:05:09 AM . Dear Greg, . I'm not sure that Neil Johnson understands what the term secularism mean.....
» 30/07/2022 3:16:12 AM . Dear Peter, . Though they were two of the major Christian reformers of the 16th centu.....
» 29/07/2022 1:49:49 AM . Dear Peter, . Of course, Calvin and Luther both believed in the God hypothesis concei.....
» 25/07/2022 1:05:58 AM . Dear ttbn, . The Eurasian Times echoed that UK Daily Mail “rumour” in an article enti.....
» 23/07/2022 5:57:38 AM . Dear SteeleRedux, . Prior to Covid, I quite enjoyed visiting my Chinese friends in Be.....
» 20/07/2022 11:19:04 PM . « It is not Chinese people here, or in China. It is the Chinese Communist Party, a thre.....
» 19/06/2022 10:50:35 PM . Dear Bazz, . If the monarchy were an elective position, I'm pretty sure the bookmaker.....
» 16/06/2022 9:29:55 PM . Dear Canem Malum, . Thanks for the link to the article on the 2019 speech by Professo.....
» 16/06/2022 7:24:41 AM . I guess I posted this on the wrong thread. Here it is on the right thread : . In thei.....
» 16/06/2022 7:17:40 AM . In their book The Role of Monarchy in Modern Democracy (Hart 2020) Professor Robert Haz.....
» 15/06/2022 7:37:48 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « There is not a single reason for Australia to become a re.....
» 14/06/2022 9:25:41 AM . Dear Paul, . Thanks for that insight to your political background, Paul. I appreciate.....
» 13/06/2022 7:48:23 PM . Dear Foxy, . Thanks for that. I guess the best we can do if we’ve got any ideas, com.....
» 13/06/2022 12:31:38 AM . Dear Paul1405, . Many thanks for sharing your personal appreciation of Matt Thistleth.....
» 12/06/2022 8:15:51 AM . I see that Matt Thistlethwaite, Federal MP for Kingsford Smith NSW, cumulates three por.....
» 10/06/2022 2:11:01 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . You wrote : « I'm still waiting for one of these republicans to poin.....
» 9/06/2022 10:20:37 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote in the introduction to this thread : « I really do think t.....
» 8/06/2022 2:48:33 AM . Head of state . 1. OED definition : The chief public representative of a country, su.....
» 6/06/2022 10:58:16 PM . « Do we need a head of state ? » . The function of head of state is that of a chief e.....
» 6/06/2022 1:58:39 AM . “Voltaire’s principle” (freedom of expression) . In her book “The Friends of Voltaire.....
» 5/06/2022 12:37:36 AM . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3ENX3aHlqU&ab_channel=axedagobert22 http://www.youtube.....
» 4/06/2022 9:51:14 AM . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ceX5jJ5fggs&ab_channel=QuantumMath ......
» 4/06/2022 2:46:03 AM . (Continued …) . So far, Queen Elizabeth’s exceptionally long 70-year reign has been .....
» 4/06/2022 2:40:06 AM . My previous post requires clarification. Wikipedia does it nicely : « The Coronation o.....
» 3/06/2022 8:58:18 AM . On February 6, 1952, after a long illness, King George VI of Great Britain and Northern.....
» 21/05/2022 12:57:03 AM . Dear Paul1405, . You wrote : « "the evolutive and the static", I must dis.....
» 20/05/2022 9:18:13 AM . Dear Paul1405, . I discovered recently that I tend to think along similar lines to th.....
» 20/05/2022 2:25:42 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : 1 - « No matter which reptiles slither into government, it .....
» 18/05/2022 12:59:05 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : "The Greens are troubled people, not mad, but not norm.....
» 16/05/2022 9:17:00 PM . I must confess I don’t see why all this fuss about owning a house. I have never felt th.....
» 16/05/2022 12:08:53 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . You wrote : « It is a pity we don't have someone really outstanding .....
» 14/05/2022 11:11:01 PM . I was pleased to be able to contribute to the removal of Scomo and Dutton from office b.....
» 4/05/2022 2:26:51 AM . Putin dies and goes to hell, but after a while, he is given a day off for good behavior.....
» 2/05/2022 3:45:23 AM . It’s interesting to note that the US non-profit organisation, ACLED, which collects inf.....
» 2/05/2022 1:59:14 AM . Dear david f, . I agree with your opening gambit on this thread. In addition to the .....
» 21/02/2022 9:35:58 AM . (Continued …) . And, finally, I’m sorry to have to say that your response to my quest.....
» 21/02/2022 9:32:16 AM Dear Yuyutsu, . In response to my statement : “I have great respect for the kaleidoscope.....
» 21/02/2022 3:17:10 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « If you testify that this is your understanding then I .....
» 20/02/2022 7:56:08 AM . Dear Canem Malum, . You wrote : « All ideology is a source of conflict and division .....
» 20/02/2022 3:50:44 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Yes, religion heals … it broadens our limited percepti.....
» 19/02/2022 10:56:57 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : 1. « The Church, therefore, has no reason to enter the min.....
» 18/02/2022 2:16:32 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « The problem with this concern was that it attributed gen.....
» 15/02/2022 10:08:04 AM . (Continued …) . If he did, he would probably never have promoted the Religious Discr.....
» 15/02/2022 10:03:16 AM . Dear Spencer (the author), . You wrote : « Instead of trying to save his political b.....
» 12/02/2022 12:48:52 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « … discrimination to Christians and others whose values .....
» 11/02/2022 10:15:30 AM . (Continued …) . 2. « That in a previous post you flippantly claimed that there is no r.....
» 11/02/2022 10:08:40 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : 1. « Your last post made a clear and cogent argum.....
» 10/02/2022 8:40:39 AM . Dear shadowminister, . Not if you interpret it through the lens of my previous posts......
» 10/02/2022 3:38:50 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : 1. « How about "Racial intolerance is a fact.....
» 9/02/2022 11:40:13 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : 1. « OF course, the bar association promotes a bi.....
» 8/02/2022 10:57:51 AM . Dear diver dan, . You wrote : « Protecting rights should be performed at street leve.....
» 8/02/2022 2:22:41 AM . (Continued …) . Here is what the Law Council of Australia wrote in its submission to .....
» 8/02/2022 2:07:23 AM . Dear Greg (the author), . You wrote : « So, will the Religious Discrimination Bill se.....
» 23/01/2022 11:03:37 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : 1. « The Queen [Crown] or the Governor-General … has th.....
» 22/01/2022 1:35:38 AM . (Continued …) . Whether “de jure” or “de facto”, the role and power of the president .....
» 22/01/2022 1:24:30 AM . Dear David f, . You wrote : « … The United States does not have a head of state. Aus.....
» 21/01/2022 5:55:16 AM . Dear David f, . You wrote : « I still don't see the necessity for a head of state. T.....
» 20/01/2022 4:30:24 AM . If a majority of Australians confirms that it wishes to keep our old colonial Constitut.....
» 20/01/2022 1:16:34 AM . (Continued …) . You now affirm that “life HAS a purpose - to be a school”, whereas yo.....
» 20/01/2022 1:14:29 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « I consider the world to be a school, where we receive .....
» 19/01/2022 3:02:27 AM . ‘Continued …) . What has happened in Germany may well happen elsewhere. The British F.....
» 19/01/2022 2:58:31 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « She [Foxy] quoted him [Bertrand Russell] as saying : “.....
» 18/01/2022 9:25:03 AM . Dear Yuyutsu., . Foxy quoted Bertrand Russell as saying : « The whole problem with t.....
» 18/01/2022 7:54:07 AM . Dear david f., . You wrote : « Anarchy in sense 2 is NOT direct democracy … Anarchy .....
» 17/01/2022 8:08:58 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Foxy wrote : « "The whole problem with the world is that fools .....
» 17/01/2022 8:03:33 AM . Dear david f, . You wrote : « 2. the organization of society on the basis of volunta.....
» 16/01/2022 10:21:21 AM . Dear Individual, . You wrote : « Banjo Paterson, How do you think that'd work with .....
» 15/01/2022 4:00:00 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « I think the suggested model by the ARM is a step in the r.....
» 14/01/2022 12:58:47 AM . Dear Foxy, . I am fully in favour of a democratic form of government in Australia. .....
» 13/01/2022 10:17:29 AM . (Continued …) . 4. « Can we agree that the mechanisms of nature were established and .....
» 13/01/2022 10:09:40 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « So, we seem to be converging, with differences bein.....
» 12/01/2022 8:50:28 AM . (Continued …) . … “not anything else other than my body (that of a human being)” – un.....
» 12/01/2022 8:33:15 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « … "breaking the law" is an inaccurate col.....
» 11/01/2022 12:29:22 AM . (Continued …) . We now employ multiple-choice patterns and exercise our own free will.....
» 11/01/2022 12:18:30 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « The law of gravity produces forces of gravity. The ef.....
» 10/01/2022 10:03:39 AM . (Continued …) . 3. « Indeed, I said: "That correctly describes human beings, but.....
» 10/01/2022 9:59:31 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « What was neutralized by Apollo's rockets was the fo.....
» 8/01/2022 9:16:11 AM . (Continued …) . 3. « Let us not diverge into the topic of souls (sorry, my time is li.....
» 8/01/2022 9:03:16 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « The law of gravity was not ineffective: it had the .....
» 6/01/2022 10:18:30 AM . (Continued …) . 3. In reply to my statement “I see us human beings simply as biologic.....
» 6/01/2022 10:14:10 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « I am dumbfounded by your suggestion that by flying .....
» 5/01/2022 6:52:01 AM . (Continued …) . So, in conclusion, Yuyutsu, to sum-up, I consider that even if, as yo.....
» 5/01/2022 6:43:04 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I hope everything went OK for you yesterday. You seemed a bit preoccu.....
» 4/01/2022 3:25:58 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « … there are laws in this cosmos which carry consequ.....
» 3/01/2022 1:27:38 AM . Dear diver dan, Dear Yuyutsu, . I understand your points of view which, though the ar.....
» 2/01/2022 4:04:11 AM . (Continued …) . It is an evolutive mode of functioning. It has been evolving ever sin.....
» 2/01/2022 3:59:57 AM . Dear Uuyutsu, . You wrote : « … from an objective point of view, there is no such th.....
» 1/01/2022 11:56:40 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « In your previous post you praised objective reality ov.....
» 31/12/2021 11:08:33 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Life is all around, at least wherever matter exists. C.....
» 31/12/2021 3:31:35 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You explain : « Life has no beginning simply because one cannot conc.....
» 30/12/2021 11:25:29 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You affirm : « Life has no beginning and no end » . The fact that t.....
» 30/12/2021 10:00:59 AM . Dear Peter, . You declare : « The Church, in most of its forms, has opposed abortion.....
» 27/12/2021 12:56:58 AM . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-QV_I-xseA&ab_channel=AmericanBachSoloists . http://w.....
» 26/12/2021 9:54:28 AM . Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year, everyone ! . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LHl0.....
» 23/12/2021 8:34:28 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « But alas, as the Church declines and most of the populat.....
» 13/12/2021 3:43:16 AM . Dear Is Mise, . I see you have not replied to the specific points I made in my previo.....
» 12/12/2021 10:13:33 AM . Dear Is Mise, . Foxy mentioned a number of problems with our old colonial constitutio.....
» 10/12/2021 11:36:24 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « Banjo, But what happens if a State wishes to remain a .....
» 10/12/2021 4:53:19 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « Banjo, Nebulous, but you have Fojxy’s thanks. What wil.....
» 9/12/2021 10:38:32 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You indicate : « I’d still like to know how the average Australian i.....
» 8/12/2021 10:42:48 PM . Dear Foxy and Is Mise, . I must confess that I have never done any navigation. As a m.....
» 8/12/2021 10:45:10 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « You forgot to mention that Turkey is next door, no won.....
» 8/12/2021 10:16:55 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « I don’t imagine that people would be fool enough to th.....
» 8/12/2021 9:18:22 AM . Dear Is Mise and Josephus, . • Is Mise wrote : « France is a Republic but people are.....
» 7/12/2021 1:24:05 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You ask : « … if having the Union Jack in the canton of our flag mak.....
» 6/12/2021 8:12:56 AM . Dear Is Mise, individual, Bazz ttbn, and (perhaps) others, . You ask : « What is the.....
» 6/12/2021 7:45:09 AM . Dear Josephus, . You requested : « Banjo, pleqse give us some names of current poten.....
» 5/12/2021 3:49:00 AM . (Continued ...) . Also, given the critical importance the drafters placed on represen.....
» 5/12/2021 3:24:50 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : 1. « "We are no longer a British penal colony...".....
» 4/12/2021 3:23:36 AM . Dear ttbn, . I, personally, do not feel comfortable conserving the remnants of Britis.....
» 3/12/2021 10:07:12 AM . Dear Foxy, . « Barbados Ditches the Queen », you wrote, and asked : « Will Australia .....
» 22/10/2021 9:43:07 AM . Dear Graham, . We have been discussing this subject on OLO, off and on, for many year.....
» 11/10/2021 9:23:53 PM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « … I agree that it is a good thing to have the US presenc.....
» 11/10/2021 7:12:56 AM . Dear Chris Lewis, . You wrote : « … there is a clear difference between Australia's .....
» 11/10/2021 1:11:32 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : 1. « You are obviously determined to see the worst in what .....
» 10/10/2021 7:34:58 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « I am saddened to see you too speaking like a robot, re.....
» 10/10/2021 2:11:05 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Australia and America are allies … we could simply not su.....
» 9/10/2021 10:41:05 AM . Dear ttbn, . You noted : 1. « UKUS? You left Australia out of AUKUS, … » . Yes, tha.....
» 8/10/2021 2:30:59 AM . Dear ttbn, . You ask : « Are Australian Nuclear Submarines A Myth? » . Rather a lon.....
» 7/10/2021 11:41:00 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : 1. « Are you saying that vaccines were developed and produ.....
» 7/10/2021 8:27:59 AM . It seems to me that the objective of democracy is justice and that the role and duty of.....
» 5/10/2021 7:10:00 AM . Dear Graham, . “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” That is the most .....
» 10/09/2021 1:56:00 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « We are here to glorify God » . Wow ! That's a magnific.....
» 30/07/2021 7:36:01 AM . Dear LEGO, . That is an interesting narrative. Perhaps you would be kind enough to i.....
» 28/07/2021 11:14:52 PM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « Rodney's claim that finding out the source of the pandemi.....
» 19/07/2021 11:10:53 PM . Was it just a dream ? . I dreamt last night that I had lost my attaché case with impo.....
» 18/07/2021 7:08:45 AM . Josephus wrote : « The WA Labor Governments believe a majority of opinion is the only .....
» 16/07/2021 2:26:23 AM . (Continued …) . « In the field of media studies … we find once again the old, bifurca.....
» 16/07/2021 2:24:56 AM . Dear Foxy, . Here is an interesting passage on public opinion from a book entitled “M.....
» 15/07/2021 8:13:26 PM . Dear Foxy, . Many thanks for that Britannica Encyclopedia article. I find it interes.....
» 15/07/2021 9:43:08 AM . Dear Foxy, . Allow me to add that democracy embraces every opinion indiscriminately,.....
» 15/07/2021 8:31:46 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote (to me) : « The problem is that on some issues expertise or.....
» 14/07/2021 11:13:47 AM . To all & sundry, . Some may take comfort in this, at least … for the time being : ht.....
» 14/07/2021 9:03:14 AM . To all & sundry, . Foxy asks : « Are we really entitled to our opinions? Can we say .....
» 13/07/2021 3:52:27 AM . Dear Foxy, . An opinion is “a view or judgment formed about something, not necessaril.....
» 8/07/2021 8:59:06 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « How about the first part of my statement: "God ca.....
» 7/07/2021 8:31:01 AM . (Continued …) . Nevertheless, Yuyutsu, please be assured that I understand your inter.....
» 7/07/2021 8:15:39 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « Sure, they [powerful politicians] have a tough skin.....
» 5/07/2021 10:06:41 AM . (Continued ...= . 8. « May I suggest instead, that your comprehension is derailed by .....
» 5/07/2021 10:03:16 AM . (Continued ...) . 4. « … believing in "No God" is often also an important s.....
» 5/07/2021 9:56:39 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « I do not find it wise or healthy to expose identify.....
» 5/07/2021 2:32:13 AM . Dear Foxy, . Thanks for that. I see that Ross Douthat was brought up by his mother as.....
» 4/07/2021 10:46:03 AM . Dear Foxy, . Yes, it seems there are several strands of mysticism and “the acceptance.....
» 2/07/2021 11:54:17 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, Dear Foxy, . To my question : “What about you, Yuyutsu ? How did you co.....
» 2/07/2021 1:32:14 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « There are no crystal balls; nobody knows what's going to .....
» 1/07/2021 11:40:33 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . That's all very interesting, Yuyutsu, but you did not reply to my que.....
» 1/07/2021 11:20:25 PM . Dear Hasbeen, . That’s a pretty gloomy picture you paint, Hasbeen, but it certainly s.....
» 1/07/2021 5:37:07 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « If God wants you to become a terrorist, then you ought.....
» 1/07/2021 1:22:51 AM . Dear Foxy, . Yes, Australia is still tied to Britain. We never really grew up and lef.....
» 30/06/2021 2:52:13 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : 1. « And who could the courts appoint in matters of religi.....
» 29/06/2021 9:49:51 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « Unfortunately, they [democratic courts of justice] .....
» 28/06/2021 8:01:43 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Re : God as a cinema screen … Please be assured I understand your in.....
» 28/06/2021 2:33:24 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : « Nice in theory, but who is to decide what is or isn't mo.....
» 27/06/2021 7:31:09 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : 1. « How easy it is and seemingly noble to protect thou.....
» 26/06/2021 10:43:05 PM . Dear Josephus, . Naturally, I fully respect your right to believe in “the God of the .....
» 26/06/2021 3:10:21 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « Foxy said, "And people also have every right to .....
» 19/06/2021 6:49:51 AM . I was interested by ttbn's reference to Marxism on this thread. As Marx rightly pointe.....
» 17/06/2021 5:20:29 AM . (Continued ...) . When asked of their religious affiliation in the 2016 census, 29.6%.....
» 17/06/2021 2:19:29 AM . Dear Akos, . Australia is a modern democracy that respects the UN’s 1948 Declaration .....
» 7/05/2021 7:44:22 AM . Dear Cumberland, . You wrote : « So saying it would be better if we were all dead is.....
» 6/05/2021 9:11:36 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote of David Attenborough : “he's not the only environmentalist .....
» 5/05/2021 2:06:40 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « … Nietzsche who, despite his atheism, lamented the death.....
» 30/04/2021 8:42:12 AM . Dear shadowminister, . Yes, on paper, the ROC’s military defence seems to be fairly d.....
» 28/04/2021 7:04:14 AM . Dear Mr. Opinion, . You wrote : 1. « You fail to see the place of the Uighurs in imp.....
» 28/04/2021 5:21:24 AM . Dear Bazz, . You wrote : « Australia is not in Asia .. » . Thanks for that, Baz. Ye.....
» 27/04/2021 7:26:39 AM . Dear Faustino, . You wrote : « There was no rational reason for a longer lease rathe.....
» 27/04/2021 7:18:58 AM . Dear Pliny of Perth, . Commenting on my statement : “You also mention the Uyghurs, Mr.....
» 27/04/2021 12:03:54 AM . Dear Mr. Opinion, . Thank you for that 9News article entitled “'China is militarising.....
» 26/04/2021 11:01:00 PM . Dear Mr. Opinion, . I wrote : « China is not only our leading trading partner, it is.....
» 26/04/2021 6:34:38 AM . Dear Mr. Opinion, . I understand your concerns, but I can’t say I share them on such .....
» 25/04/2021 11:04:07 AM . Dear Graham, . Perhaps I should mention that I thoroughly approve any measures our st.....
» 23/04/2021 8:49:30 AM . Dear Graham, . Many thanks for that excellent, informative article. China certainly .....
» 22/04/2021 11:24:34 PM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Let's just say that only a referendum would solved this q.....
» 22/04/2021 1:23:00 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « "The nostalgia of British colonisation". « Wha.....
» 21/04/2021 8:15:40 AM . Dear Mr. Opinion, . You wrote to Foxy (page 8 of this thread) : « No, it's not the r.....
» 20/04/2021 8:50:56 AM . Dear Foxy, . I, personally, am not in favour of a hereditary head of state, nor of an.....
» 15/04/2021 2:14:36 AM . Dear Don (the author), . Angels v Demons, tough-minded empiricism v tender-minded rat.....
» 12/04/2021 8:46:11 AM . Thanks, Yuyutsu. Perhaps you might like to listen to hear what the moon has to say abo.....
» 11/04/2021 8:54:10 AM . Dear CHERFUL, . I think you're right. Love does not change reality. But I do think .....
» 10/04/2021 9:02:15 AM . All you need is love . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2snTkaD64U&ab_channel=Metro.....
» 10/04/2021 12:29:28 AM . All you need is love . . . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNgVdj4M4KM&ab_channel=Lolos.....
» 8/04/2021 8:28:16 AM . Dear Graham, . The paradox of the New Testament narrative is that as a constitutive “.....
» 27/03/2021 3:39:37 AM . Dear David, . Like many other commentators here, I am inclined to place the subject u.....
» 26/03/2021 3:59:41 AM . Dear Foxy, . Thanks for the typos. If machines were really designed to write like hu.....
» 24/03/2021 11:10:31 AM . Dear Foxy, . Shakespeare wrote : « No longer mourn for me when I am dead. Then you s.....
» 23/03/2021 3:20:28 AM . Dear Foxy, . Mourning, the sense of sorrow and emptiness is perfectly human and terr.....
» 23/03/2021 2:05:22 AM . Dear Peter, . You ask : “Why not evil ?”. Because, as you seem to acknowledge in yo.....
» 18/03/2021 4:57:48 AM . (Continued …) . I had many long discussions with Loudmouth – usually about Aborigin.....
» 18/03/2021 4:42:23 AM . Dear Foxy, . Thank you for informing us of the decease of Joe Lane, alias Loudmouth a.....
» 20/02/2021 8:14:09 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : 1. « Banjo, please stop fantasising … How you can even be.....
» 20/02/2021 3:48:43 AM . Dear shadowminister, . There is no doubt that those three safeguards you indicate in .....
» 19/02/2021 4:47:12 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « … Manson specifically told his cultists to go to Polansk.....
» 19/02/2021 3:46:07 AM . (Continued ...) . ... strategy to “steal the election” from Sleepy old Joe if he won .....
» 19/02/2021 3:40:15 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : « Trying to compare the actions of a murderous cu.....
» 18/02/2021 9:26:49 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . I’m pleased to see that we’re beginning to have a civil, mutually resp.....
» 18/02/2021 2:53:56 AM . (Continued …) . Also, in my post on Monday, 15 February 2021 12:59:12 AM, I quoted th.....
» 18/02/2021 2:30:46 AM . Dear shadowminister, . The free online US legal dictionary, Black's Law Dictionary, i.....
» 17/02/2021 10:35:13 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . Your last post looks like a cocktail of hate, frustration and paranoia.....
» 16/02/2021 9:31:30 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You complain about all the criticism of Donald the dictator on OLO. . .....
» 16/02/2021 2:41:04 AM . According to the 2020 Scanlon “Mapping Social Cohesion Survey” : « In 2020, there was .....
» 16/02/2021 12:41:24 AM . Dear shadowminister, . You wrote : « There were a number of flaws in the second impe.....
» 15/02/2021 8:28:56 AM . Dear hris, . Let's hope Sleepy old Joe succeeds where Donald the dictator failed. Ke.....
» 15/02/2021 4:01:28 AM . Mitch McConnell explained that he (and his republican colleagues) voted the acquittal o.....
» 15/02/2021 12:59:12 AM . The most spectacular event that occurred last night was not the result of the vote. Tha.....
» 13/02/2021 5:17:16 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « Still waiting on Plantagenet to post that link showing T.....
» 11/02/2021 8:33:54 AM . Dear Graham, . Like your previous article, this one is also a deeply passionate plea .....
» 4/02/2021 12:13:20 AM . Dear david f, . You wrote : « In my younger days I enjoyed the happiness of pursuit......
» 3/02/2021 10:01:49 AM . Dear Peter, . I don’t wish to hurt you, but, to be honest, I have to say that I think.....
» 16/01/2021 3:22:51 AM . Dear SteeleRedux, . Many thanks for those interesting observations. Trump has certai.....
» 15/01/2021 9:45:33 AM . Dear Graham, . Everything Donald Trump says, or writes is questionable. Much is false.....
» 15/01/2021 6:50:10 AM . (Continued …) . 2. « ... even banning Trump from Twitter » Twitter Inc. declared : .....
» 15/01/2021 6:18:11 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : 1. « He didn't urge people to break into the Capitol, he .....
» 12/01/2021 1:44:44 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Twitter, Instagram and Facebook have now all silenced Tru.....
» 12/01/2021 1:09:13 AM . Dear Binoy, . There seems little doubt that Captain Ahab (alias Donald the dictator) .....
» 11/01/2021 8:43:31 AM . All the individuals I cited above are psychologically vulnerable to megalomaniac predat.....
» 11/01/2021 7:20:14 AM . A pro-Captain Ahab (alias Donald the dictator) lawyer, Lin Wood, called for the Vice Pr.....
» 11/01/2021 2:41:17 AM . Congresswoman Nancy Mace of South Carolina was the only House Republican who certified .....
» 11/01/2021 1:44:24 AM . Dear Mr Opinion, . You wrote to Canem Malum : « You can like Trump if you wish but I.....
» 10/01/2021 7:18:18 AM . Dear Plantagenet, . Thanks for the link to that MSNBC video. It faithfully records mu.....
» 9/01/2021 1:46:34 AM . TO PRISON WITH LOVE !. . What a brave and heroic leader Captain Ahad (alias Donald th.....
» 8/01/2021 2:54:36 AM . In view of the monomaniacal behaviour of “Captain Ahab” (alias “Donald the dictator”), .....
» 5/01/2021 9:30:05 AM . Oops ! I meant to write 160,000 British convicts – not 60,000 ! Sorry about that. ......
» 5/01/2021 9:23:23 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « The riff raff referred to are activists, not those people.....
» 4/01/2021 9:31:11 AM . Dear ttbn, . I forgot to mention that as at 30 June 2020, Aboriginal and Torres Str.....
» 4/01/2021 9:21:42 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « I think that you are doing Nelson Mandela a great disse.....
» 4/01/2021 9:17:55 AM . Thanks for those video songs Canem Malum. I enjoyed them. I must say that if ever I ha.....
» 4/01/2021 5:30:16 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « The SMH article highlights the brainwashing of children a.....
» 3/01/2021 10:19:03 AM . In case you missed it, this is what The Sydney Morning Herald has to say : . http://ww.....
» 3/01/2021 2:28:08 AM . First, allow me to say that I’m pleased to see that Foxy is back on board and hope that.....
» 2/01/2021 12:54:42 AM . Our Prime Minister said : “One and free” is and must be the story of every Australian .....
» 1/01/2021 1:23:07 AM . Whilst waiting to see if a special counsel gets appointed, a special bard from Texas wi.....
» 31/12/2020 2:19:56 AM . Beware ! Democracy is coming to the USA ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDi2mJcBy.....
» 30/12/2020 10:21:56 PM . Dear David, . You ask : « Will Trump's Petition – like so many cases contesting the .....
» 29/12/2020 11:10:32 PM . Dear David, . To keep your spirits up during the festive season, I thought you might .....
» 29/12/2020 2:23:39 AM . « President Donald Trump’s donors — the vast majority of whom are working-class support.....
» 28/12/2020 2:43:25 AM . With just 24 days to go before Donald’s dictatorship comes to an end, I have been think.....
» 27/12/2020 12:12:59 AM . Dear David, Dear loudmouth2, . To complete David’s information on the Dominion voting.....
» 26/12/2020 1:17:31 AM . The Epoch Times is a far-right international multi-language newspaper and media company.....
» 23/12/2020 10:52:35 PM . Many thanks for starting this thread, ttbn. I wish you, Graham, and everyone on OLO a.....
» 23/12/2020 3:39:53 AM . Dear David, . You wrote : « The problem is that the State Legislatures did not fix t.....
» 21/12/2020 11:01:03 PM . Dear plantagenet, . Here is one of my namesake’s bush poems with an Irish flavour I t.....
» 21/12/2020 8:52:06 AM . Dear David, . You wrote : « … the States need this Court [the US Supreme Court] to d.....
» 21/12/2020 2:26:29 AM . Dear plantagenet, . Thanks for this year’s Christmas carol but I sincerely hope we do.....
» 21/12/2020 1:42:33 AM . Dear David, . You are quite right in pointing out that it was not the Supreme Court j.....
» 20/12/2020 3:28:38 AM . Thanks, plantagenet. It looks like David has jumped ship and reneged on his promise to .....
» 18/12/2020 1:48:16 AM . (Continued …) . 1. « Texas commenced the present action on December 7, 2020, thirty-f.....
» 18/12/2020 1:37:49 AM . Dear David, . You state that the major claim in your article is : « that the Suprem.....
» 16/12/2020 9:54:03 PM . Dear David, . The long-shot case initiated by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (who .....
» 16/12/2020 2:17:42 AM . Dear David (the author), . You can rest assured that if there had been even the sligh.....
» 14/12/2020 1:01:46 AM . Dear loudmouth2, . Yes, it’s a pity the Senate did not put the skids under “Donald th.....
» 13/12/2020 10:38:52 AM . “Donald the dictator” and the Republican Party continue to try to undermine American de.....
» 10/12/2020 9:05:30 AM . In preparation of “Donald the dictator’s” exit from the White House, Ivanka Trump and J.....
» 10/12/2020 12:58:35 AM . “Donald the dictator” and the Republican party lost the 2020 presidential election but,.....
» 9/12/2020 3:29:53 AM . It is interesting to see that only 27 (10.8%) of the total of 249 Republicans in the tw.....
» 1/12/2020 1:31:58 AM . Dear ttbn, . Here is an extract of a Time Magazine article (considered a reliable sou.....
» 27/11/2020 1:51:07 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Your misuse of the reflexive pronoun, and your inability .....
» 25/11/2020 8:33:34 PM . Dear ttbn, . I’m sorry if I seem “obtuse” but I must say I’m surprised to learn that .....
» 25/11/2020 10:43:37 AM . Dear ttbn, . That was part of the subject "Loss Of Trust In The Political System.....
» 25/11/2020 9:38:31 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « … past politicians who actually achieved something during.....
» 25/11/2020 12:11:51 AM . I happen to know a couple of pathological cheats and liars who constantly accuse others.....
» 23/11/2020 8:44:21 AM . Dear CHERFUL, . You wrote : « Banjo Paterson, you did say the mail-in ballots are no.....
» 22/11/2020 11:03:43 AM . Dear CHERFUL, . Thank you for the post that you addressed to me, but I think you’ve g.....
» 21/11/2020 1:44:15 AM . Dear David (the author), . You wrote : « Mail-in ballots have corrupted the electora.....
» 20/11/2020 2:16:57 AM . Dear Raycom, . You wrote : « Few are aware that the Democratic Party chose former Vi.....
» 19/11/2020 12:45:46 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Apparently Australia is physically moving away from the A.....
» 18/11/2020 3:56:52 AM . Dear Graham, . I read your article in the Spectator yesterday and didn’t realise you .....
» 12/11/2020 12:26:37 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . I wrote : « It could be that “sleepy old Joe” may well be jus.....
» 11/11/2020 2:54:42 AM . Dear Binoy, . From my perspective, Donald Trump’s presidency has not been entirely ne.....
» 9/10/2020 8:49:16 PM . (Continued …) . A moral is easily extracted from this parable: a singular perspective.....
» 9/10/2020 8:46:53 PM . Once upon a time in the city of Shravasti, there were many brahmans of varying sects, o.....
» 6/10/2020 2:35:32 AM . Dear david f, . You ask : « … if these discussions have changed … [my] … opinion on .....
» 15/08/2020 8:45:11 AM . Dear loudmouth2, . Many thanks for your recommendation of Francis Fukuyama’s two book.....
» 14/08/2020 10:50:51 AM . Dear individual , . You wrote : « Just go & speak with Public Servants & bring up th.....
» 14/08/2020 10:12:24 AM . (Continued …) . « By the time of the Neanderthals, hunter-gatherers were displaying s.....
» 14/08/2020 10:08:26 AM . Dear david f., Dear Loudmouth2, . Thank you both for introducing me to John Keane and.....
» 14/08/2020 3:22:54 AM . Dear Individual, . You wrote to david f. : « In conversations with Public Servants i.....
» 12/08/2020 10:47:59 PM . (Continued …) . In short, the High Court placed greater weight on the Federal Governm.....
» 12/08/2020 10:46:09 PM . Dear Individual, . You wrote : « … no matter which Govt we get, the Public Service i.....
» 12/08/2020 7:51:41 AM . Dear Individual, . You wrote : « … they [public servants] should not roam the halls .....
» 11/08/2020 3:16:03 AM . (Continued …) . Likewise, there can be no justice without rule and order. The state .....
» 11/08/2020 2:51:02 AM . Dear Individual, . You wrote : 1. « he [Trump] has torn it [America] apart and sever.....
» 10/08/2020 1:18:29 AM . Dear David, Dear Individual, . The image of the US prior to Trump was that it was a h.....
» 9/08/2020 12:08:49 AM . Dear Individual, . You wrote : « No surprise whatsoever because without doubt the po.....
» 7/08/2020 7:43:36 PM . To all and sundry, . The recent 2020 Lowy Poll revealed that a mere 25% of young Aust.....
» 7/08/2020 1:37:41 AM . (Continued …) . « So that leaves Western Europe, Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zea.....
» 7/08/2020 1:34:58 AM . To all and sundry, . David Hetherington of the think tank, Per Capita, just published.....
» 6/08/2020 9:48:00 PM . Dear David f., . Many thanks for your suggestions, David. They certainly make sense t.....
» 6/08/2020 11:11:14 AM . Dear David f., . You ask : « Who would decide what issues would be subject to direct.....
» 6/08/2020 10:01:56 AM . Dear Individual, . You wrote : « (the so-called “experts”) could only succeed in obt.....
» 6/08/2020 2:53:18 AM . Dear david f., . You wrote : « Nobody from government has consulted you about your i.....
» 6/08/2020 12:04:57 AM . Dear ttbn, . You answered : « … I mean no one is running Australia. We are in freefa.....
» 5/08/2020 9:23:12 AM . Dear Chris Lewis, . You wrote : « Anyone with any logic could have seen advantage of.....
» 5/08/2020 8:15:07 AM . Dear David f., . You indicate : « I belong to the Greens. We are not supported by bi.....
» 5/08/2020 5:20:59 AM . Dear runner, . You add : « There is little doubt that most [politicians] don't hold .....
» 5/08/2020 12:42:03 AM . Dear Individual, . You wrote : « Welcome to so-called democracy where a hand full of.....
» 4/08/2020 12:25:31 AM . I have never met our head of state, Her Royal Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, any of our p.....
» 31/07/2020 8:06:33 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Many thanks for those precisions. Apparently, I was not too far off, .....
» 31/07/2020 3:33:07 AM . Dear david f., . You wrote : « … most interesting was … Yuyutsu … remarking that Hin.....
» 30/07/2020 12:28:05 AM . To all and sundry, . It appears that the notions of faith, religion and superstition .....
» 29/07/2020 2:49:07 AM . Dear Chris, . I don’t often agree with ttbn, but I do when he writes : « … I fear th.....
» 28/07/2020 2:15:16 AM . Dear David f., . I am willing to put my head on the block for my dear wife. All she h.....
» 25/07/2020 10:12:54 AM . A moment of communion : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eNgVdj4M4KM ......
» 23/07/2020 12:09:27 AM . Dear David f., . You wrote : « At 94 most of my friends are dead. My daughter's husb.....
» 21/07/2020 10:39:11 PM . Dear Mr Opinion, Foxy, and whoever cares to join in (it’s open house for all !), . Mr.....
» 21/07/2020 7:47:15 PM . Dear Foxy, David f., ALTRAV and whoever cares to join in (it’s open house for all !), .....
» 21/07/2020 8:38:25 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . This forum is described by its founders as “an area for deliberative d.....
» 20/07/2020 2:43:55 AM . (Continued …) . This is the second incident of an antisemitic nature, ALTRAV. Three .....
» 20/07/2020 2:40:52 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « … one which is typically arrogant … are the elite Jews .....
» 19/07/2020 5:49:29 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « … one which is typically arrogant … are the elite Jews .....
» 18/07/2020 8:40:29 AM . Dear David f., . You wrote : « I see hate, violence, fanaticism and inequality as pa.....
» 17/07/2020 2:24:31 AM . Dear Saltpetre, . Inequality is an inexhaustible subject. Libraries are full of the s.....
» 17/07/2020 1:06:42 AM . Dear david f., . You ask : « Please tell us what you think those root causes are tha.....
» 16/07/2020 11:11:34 AM . Dear david f., . You ask : « … what root causes of war would you eliminate? » You w.....
» 15/07/2020 2:08:37 AM . Dear david f., . While I share your objective of “peace”, your proposed “initiative” .....
» 2/07/2020 10:39:33 AM . Dear Foxy, . You ask a simple question, but the reply is not so simple. I’ll narrow .....
» 1/07/2020 3:28:53 AM . Dear Bill (the author), . . Dear Bill (the author), . Of course, black lives matte.....
» 24/06/2020 12:53:33 AM . Dear Paul1405, . You wrote : « Mr Trump would not like to see himself associated wit.....
» 22/06/2020 2:34:15 AM . Dear Loudmouth2, . You wrote : « Some photos here - obviously faked - of the vast cr.....
» 22/06/2020 12:56:26 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « That people want to live in a historical past when al.....
» 21/06/2020 7:59:53 AM . Dear Loudmouth 2, . You wrote : « You may have to clarify your claims that 75 % of t.....
» 20/06/2020 1:17:38 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You then ask : « … does this reasoning of racial discrimination.....
» 19/06/2020 8:05:22 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You keep asking me how I justify my statements regarding Afro-Am.....
» 18/06/2020 12:56:26 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : 1. « Earlier in the thread (as you've repeated) you.....
» 16/06/2020 2:35:23 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . I’m sure you will recall that I indicated in a previous post (pa.....
» 15/06/2020 7:19:31 AM . Dear loudmouth2, . Thanks, Joe. I managed to find an extract of Hugh Thomas's "T.....
» 15/06/2020 1:43:17 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « Obviously you live in the past hurts » . Not exactly.....
» 14/06/2020 9:12:46 AM . (Continued …) . Now, NNS, you say that black people are victims of discrimination be.....
» 14/06/2020 9:06:28 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « What I'm saying is that violence and crime contri.....
» 13/06/2020 8:57:09 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « Violence and crime are now what fuel discriminati.....
» 12/06/2020 12:18:28 AM . (Continued …) . « It was the association of civil rights legislation with John F Kenn.....
» 12/06/2020 12:16:23 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « It should be pointed out that the solutions that LBJ and.....
» 11/06/2020 6:57:45 AM . Dear mhaze & Not_Now.Soon, . Lyndon B. Johnson had this to say about the subject unde.....
» 10/06/2020 6:34:28 AM . (Continued …) . Naturally, I agree with you and NNS that, ideally, the best family st.....
» 10/06/2020 6:29:23 AM . Dear mhaze, . That’s an interesting historical analysis you made (page 45). However, .....
» 9/06/2020 8:53:50 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « As best I can tell, the disadvantages in African .....
» 7/06/2020 6:40:16 AM . To all and sundry, . According to the US Census Bureau, the “white only” population i.....
» 4/06/2020 9:39:55 AM . To all and sundry, . As the lead actor in the presidential role of the United States,.....
» 3/06/2020 2:22:01 AM . Dear Chris Lewis, . You wrote : « Really, china still has 600 million earning less t.....
» 3/06/2020 12:35:27 AM . Dear Aidan, . You wrote : « The biggest difference is that the USA has the rule of l.....
» 2/06/2020 8:28:42 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . If I understand you correctly, you live in the US. So the social.....
» 2/06/2020 2:02:28 AM . To all and sundry, . I think Foxy’s explanation of “injustice” on page 4 of this thre.....
» 1/06/2020 12:57:48 AM . Dear Paul1405, . It’s certainly headed in that direction, Paul. China is slowly limpi.....
» 29/05/2020 4:54:19 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . Thank you for those details of the social and religious influenc.....
» 26/05/2020 11:09:26 PM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « People are praying all the time and getting answers a.....
» 26/05/2020 6:29:37 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « What I'm saying is that the existence of God has .....
» 25/05/2020 1:07:29 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon , . You wrote : « If scientists create life from no living matter,.....
» 24/05/2020 7:09:41 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . Commenting on the theory of Democritus that “everything in the u.....
» 22/05/2020 11:35:03 PM . What is life ? Here are my thoughts on the question : Superstition and religious dog.....
» 22/05/2020 7:26:39 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . I think we have exhausted our arguments on this one. We are n.....
» 22/05/2020 8:27:40 AM . (Continued …) . 3. « In both criminal and civil courts, you cannot compel anyone to .....
» 22/05/2020 8:16:07 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « There is no complainant in a criminal trial.....
» 21/05/2020 6:40:14 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : 1. « The mistake that modern atheism has made is that it t.....
» 21/05/2020 1:15:00 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « In criminal cases, it is the State vs the d.....
» 19/05/2020 11:37:55 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « There are limits to how far you can pervert th.....
» 19/05/2020 1:25:15 AM . To all and sundry, . A coalition of 62 countries backs joint Australian, EU push for .....
» 18/05/2020 8:28:19 PM . To all and sundry, . For those who consider that the concept of a god is simply a fig.....
» 18/05/2020 10:06:04 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You Wrote : 1. « If you ditch the fundamental concept of inn.....
» 15/05/2020 8:48:13 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « I still fail to see why the entire justice sys.....
» 15/05/2020 9:47:31 AM . (Continued …) . 2. « … while you are happy to throw out the basic foundations of just.....
» 15/05/2020 9:34:40 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « Special leave to appeal is given in cases o.....
» 14/05/2020 8:27:04 AM . (Continued …) . But given the special nature of sex crimes, there should be no presum.....
» 14/05/2020 8:09:57 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . Thanks for posting that interesting article by John Ferguson,.....
» 13/05/2020 2:25:10 AM . (Continued …) . 4. « If the court is to not prusume innocence or guilt, I assume that.....
» 13/05/2020 2:22:37 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : 1. « I don't know what it would look like to have a.....
» 12/05/2020 2:15:53 AM . (Continued …), . By the way, Not_Now.Soon, I never suggested that “less proof” was ne.....
» 11/05/2020 8:32:00 PM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « The idea of less proof needed would reduce judici.....
» 11/05/2020 10:38:55 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon . You wrote : « Rape would be an accusation like any other crime w.....
» 11/05/2020 12:09:45 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « … Brad Hazzard is … the NSW health minister responsible t.....
» 10/05/2020 10:46:00 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « As for the system you're asking, to go to court p.....
» 10/05/2020 9:50:26 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « Thanks for your stats, it shows that 65% of ch.....
» 10/05/2020 3:08:30 AM . Dear Runner, . The High Court decision in Pell's case was as follows : « The Court h.....
» 9/05/2020 12:53:34 AM . When I was a little boy, I guess about 10 years old, I wondered, as I didn’t have a fat.....
» 8/05/2020 8:49:15 PM . (Continued …) . The statistics are nauseating. Having considered evidence from nearl.....
» 8/05/2020 8:47:15 PM . (Continued …) . In 1993, Pell (then a bishop) participated in a meeting of an advisor.....
» 8/05/2020 8:45:26 PM . MICHAEL BRADLEY, writing in CRIKEY on 7 May, 2020 : Here’s what the commissioners foun.....
» 8/05/2020 1:43:35 AM . Dear Paul1405 and Josephus, . Cardinal Philippe Barbarin of Lyons, France, was convic.....
» 7/05/2020 9:00:51 PM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : "My mum taught me everything except how to live withou.....
» 7/05/2020 7:50:23 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for your explanations. I look forward to learning more abou.....
» 7/05/2020 6:18:34 AM . Dear Foxy, . My mother considered that Mothers’ Day was a purely commercial operation.....
» 6/05/2020 2:20:44 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Truth is that which stands/remains at all times: past,.....
» 5/05/2020 2:29:36 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « After an early deep involvement with the Church and then .....
» 4/05/2020 9:24:33 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You are quite right, the word “nothing” has been bandied about to mea.....
» 4/05/2020 9:31:41 AM . Dear Foxy, . I just wanted to say that I found your post to Joe (Loudmouth2) on page .....
» 4/05/2020 3:06:39 AM . Dear OzSpen, . I asked : « Whichever way you look at it, it's always difficult to e.....
» 4/05/2020 12:36:01 AM . Dear Runner, . You posted the following list of “atrocious and irrational” items : 1.....
» 3/05/2020 2:02:29 AM . Dear Spencer, . You wrote in your article (quoting – in part – Luke 18:19 of the New .....
» 23/04/2020 12:44:59 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « "And then, amid the dismal suppression of freedom an.....
» 20/04/2020 9:47:51 PM . To all and sundry, . There has been no finding of truth – in fact, no finding at all......
» 20/04/2020 2:25:37 AM . Another famous Australian criminal trial : « After a Petty Sessions hearing at Beechwo.....
» 19/04/2020 12:52:52 AM . Dear ttbn and Joe (loudmouth2, . ttbn wrote (and Joe wrote something similar a while .....
» 17/04/2020 8:53:13 PM . A little history : In Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, Gloucester’s bastard son, Edmu.....
» 17/04/2020 3:06:04 AM . Dear Joe (Loudmouth2), . You wrote : « First, surely, let priests marry, hetero or h.....
» 16/04/2020 12:01:48 AM . From the federal government web site : « The High Court is the highest court in the Au.....
» 15/04/2020 1:29:07 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « I don't think that the quote I cited [“I am the good shep.....
» 14/04/2020 6:07:44 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « Perhaps it would have been better if the Church would hav.....
» 13/04/2020 10:01:32 PM . Pell’s legal battles are not yet over. The deceased choir boy’s father’s lawyer has co.....
» 13/04/2020 9:10:12 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « Guilt is defined as the state of having commit.....
» 13/04/2020 1:32:44 AM . Thanks, John. That's a highly informative and very interesting article. I very much ap.....
» 12/04/2020 8:47:04 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « The issue with verdicts of not guilty vs innoc.....
» 11/04/2020 11:35:44 PM . Dear Joe (loudmouth2), . You wrote : « The highest court unanimously has now found h.....
» 11/04/2020 3:07:04 AM . (Continued …) . They explain in the article : « The High Court allowed "special.....
» 11/04/2020 3:02:28 AM . Dear Foxy, Is Mise & ttbn, . You, Foxy, posted a link to an article written by Ben Ma.....
» 10/04/2020 2:49:12 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « Presumption of innocence … [dates] back to hab.....
» 9/04/2020 1:47:06 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « The very nature of sexual assault is complex. It regular.....
» 8/04/2020 11:35:41 AM . From a purely legal point of view, the High Court decision was a foregone conclusion. .....
» 24/03/2020 1:02:58 AM . On 27 June 2018, the Australian Senate instructed the Senate Standing Committee on Proc.....
» 23/03/2020 10:58:41 AM . Thanks, Not_Now.Soon, but I can’t say I share that vision. I think I have amply explai.....
» 23/03/2020 1:01:51 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « Natural laws and natural principles are not a set.....
» 22/03/2020 11:19:17 AM . Dear NNS & OzSpen, . NNS wrote : « We don't get to choose to be born, and most peopl.....
» 21/03/2020 7:11:34 AM . Dear Mark (the author), . You pose some interesting questions. My guess is that the .....
» 21/03/2020 12:34:57 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote (in relation to the fundamental human right to life and deat.....
» 20/03/2020 1:56:11 AM . Dear Spencer, . You ask : « If a majority of people agree with a position [legalisin.....
» 20/02/2020 4:03:23 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . I'm sorry if you thought I was trying to convince you of some.....
» 20/02/2020 12:48:27 AM . Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « 100% bipartisan would be where all parties vote exa.....
» 18/02/2020 4:19:02 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « That the democrats in the house and senate vot.....
» 18/02/2020 8:09:57 AM . (Continued …) . For the OED, the adjective “partisan” means “prejudiced in favour of .....
» 18/02/2020 8:06:36 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « That is a stupid example as anyone that was on.....
» 18/02/2020 2:10:27 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « … I agree that debating whether the issue of p.....
» 17/02/2020 1:16:43 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You keep going back over old ground. I already replied twice .....
» 15/02/2020 10:46:58 AM . Dear David, . You wrote : 1. « Trump was charged with abuse of power and obstruction.....
» 15/02/2020 9:06:35 AM . (Continued …) . There was no such declaration on the part of the Democrats in relatio.....
» 15/02/2020 9:04:39 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « The Democrats poisoned the process with its bl.....
» 15/02/2020 1:55:42 AM . Dear David, . Three presidents – Andrew Johnson, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump – have.....
» 13/02/2020 8:00:46 PM . Dear David, . You ask : « Which former Presidents would you say met these high and e.....
» 13/02/2020 7:47:04 AM . Dear David, . Trump was never a politician. He was in real estate – having inherited .....
» 11/02/2020 11:40:10 PM . Dear David, . You wrote : 1. « You really need to judge Trump's record as President .....
» 11/02/2020 2:03:47 AM . Dear David (the author), . My understanding is that Donald Trump is a crook, a cheat,.....
» 16/01/2020 8:32:44 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . As I explained in my previous post, a unanimous vote in Congr.....
» 16/01/2020 4:01:52 AM . (Continued …) . This is clearly the case in the voting intentions of the Republicans .....
» 16/01/2020 3:43:02 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « At last you have recognised that Congress's de.....
» 14/01/2020 8:25:48 AM . Dear Runner, . Welcome to the discussion, though I think I have just about exhausted .....
» 14/01/2020 7:37:41 AM . Dear Shadow Minister . You wrote : « That you claim to have no political allegiances.....
» 13/01/2020 10:23:39 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . Thanks for your résumé, but you seem to have attributed most .....
» 13/01/2020 9:20:27 AM . Dear Has been, . You did not provide any details of what you were alluding to when yo.....
» 12/01/2020 9:38:45 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . The House of Representatives is not empowered to conduct a tr.....
» 11/01/2020 8:03:16 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « … the impeachment process in the house was such.....
» 10/01/2020 9:54:29 AM . (Contunued …) . 3. « Trump would like the Bidens on the stand as Joe is unlikely to w.....
» 10/01/2020 9:28:53 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « The impeachment process has been a partisa.....
» 9/01/2020 9:56:25 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « "The House of Representatives represents .....
» 8/01/2020 8:19:22 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « Perhaps you could refrain from democratic talk.....
» 7/01/2020 2:41:50 AM . Dear Laurence (the author), . You wrote : « President Trump has made a big issue of .....
» 6/01/2020 10:55:40 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « The Bidens are neck deep in the purpose why th.....
» 6/01/2020 3:29:10 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « Republicans were not allowed to cross examine the sup.....
» 5/01/2020 12:22:23 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « The senate trial is entirely up to the majo.....
» 3/01/2020 4:00:40 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « If the democrats had followed normal procedure.....
» 2/01/2020 6:23:18 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « My assertion is that the democrats were cal.....
» 31/12/2019 8:27:22 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « What is clear is that the impeachment proce.....
» 30/12/2019 3:46:07 AM . Sorry, that was meant for Shadow Minister ... ! ......
» 30/12/2019 3:41:43 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . Here is Trump’s approval index history as per Rasmussen Repor.....
» 30/12/2019 12:58:45 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . Article 1, Section 3 of the JUS Constitution states : « The .....
» 29/12/2019 3:02:56 AM . As I understand it, the House of Representatives majority leader, Nancy Pelosi and the .....
» 29/12/2019 12:08:17 AM . Here is another example – in the news today : http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2.....
» 26/12/2019 2:38:50 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « Banjo, Parties who have listened to their constituent.....
» 25/12/2019 7:03:36 AM . Dear Bazz, Josephus and ttbn, . Josephus asked : “So Banjo what is the best [politica.....
» 24/12/2019 1:19:51 AM . Dear Bazz, . You wrote : « The majority elected them [the members of the House of R.....
» 23/12/2019 7:14:37 AM . . ,*, . *,,*@*, *, ,,*@*@*, , *,*,@*,*,*,@*, *,**,*,@*,*,*,@*, ,*,*@*, *,*,@*,*,*,@*,.....
» 23/12/2019 2:55:44 AM . Dear Bazz, . You wrote : « … the PM is an elected member of parliament » Quite so, .....
» 22/12/2019 11:04:24 AM . Dear Bazz, . You wrote : « … I am glad that we are not a republic. How much better i.....
» 21/12/2019 12:12:17 AM . Dear Baz, . I did not see the opening ceremony of the impeachment trial in the US Hou.....
» 20/12/2019 11:21:13 AM . Dear Graham, . In my opinion, conflicts are inevitable in the domain of individual ri.....
» 18/12/2019 11:55:56 PM . Dear Canem Malum, . You wrote : « In battle it's not your hair cut that wins … » Qu.....
» 18/12/2019 9:14:22 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : 1. « The primary argument that has won in the UK is that .....
» 9/12/2019 1:11:02 AM . Dear Bazz, . Australia is an active member of the International Alliance fighting Dae.....
» 7/12/2019 2:25:58 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « Margaret Court … upholds the biblical requirement of he.....
» 6/12/2019 12:39:18 AM . In homage to Foxy ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4am06KvZys http://www.youtube.c.....
» 5/12/2019 10:02:15 AM . Dear OzSpen, . When I opened it this time only “pages 3 to 4” were unavailable. I rea.....
» 4/12/2019 8:07:11 AM . Thanks, OzSpen. I’m afraid I’ve got no time now, but I’ll try to look into Lenski’s “Th.....
» 3/12/2019 3:11:46 AM . Dear OzSpen, . All I can do is assure you once again that it was never my intention t.....
» 2/12/2019 4:26:32 PM . Yes, I answered that in the second part, above, OzSpen. You must have missed it. Sorry.....
» 2/12/2019 7:45:42 AM . (Continued …) . You then wrote : « You have taken this information directly from Dan.....
» 2/12/2019 1:34:59 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « New Testament researcher, Michael D. Marlowe, disagrees.....
» 29/11/2019 10:58:24 PM . Dear OzSpen, . Yes, I understand that the tradition that the Greek text of “Matthew” .....
» 29/11/2019 7:45:36 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You also wrote : « Your ramblings about Matthew have nothing to do wi.....
» 29/11/2019 3:21:37 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « You have chosen to slam the Gospel of Matthew because I.....
» 27/11/2019 6:55:19 PM . Here is an interesting development : http://7ampodcast.com.au/episodes/changing-consen.....
» 26/11/2019 9:04:51 PM . Dear OzSpen, . Referring to my comment that « nobody knows what “God’s view” is – of .....
» 26/11/2019 8:16:10 AM . Dear Spencer Gear (the author), . You wrote : « She [Margaret Court] presents God's .....
» 25/11/2019 2:02:43 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for your Godly pronouncement : « As for the people you men.....
» 24/11/2019 10:55:03 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Referring to the atrocities and terrible injustices which I indicated.....
» 24/11/2019 9:36:48 AM . Dear OzSpen, . There is no consensus among scholars as to why Jesus was crucified. .....
» 23/11/2019 7:13:20 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . What had the young Jesus of Nazareth done to merit being t.....
» 23/11/2019 2:05:17 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You ask : “Why are atheists so divisive?" I presu.....
» 22/11/2019 1:51:06 AM . According to the Encyclopedia of Wars (2005), of the 1,763 wars that occurred between.....
» 16/11/2019 8:11:19 AM . Dear George, . Welcome back … If you don’t mind my saying so, George, I have difficu.....
» 9/11/2019 12:47:38 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « When caps on political spending are in place – parties .....
» 7/11/2019 8:14:12 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « Wouldn't it be great if politicians would remember that t.....
» 2/11/2019 3:22:11 AM . Dear Peter, . You ask : « There is little possibility that we will revert to a time .....
» 29/10/2019 5:39:18 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . You ask : « Banjo, do you think it is entirely possible that "E.....
» 28/10/2019 12:58:56 AM . Economic modelling by Deloitte Access Economics for Oxfam found that increasing Austral.....
» 25/10/2019 5:50:16 PM . I saw an interesting street message doing my footing this morning that somebody painted.....
» 18/10/2019 12:51:10 AM . Dear individual, . I understand your concern regarding the fate of the ISIS women. M.....
» 17/10/2019 7:46:40 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . You wrote : 1. « The US wasn't doing squat against Islamic S.....
» 16/10/2019 11:31:08 PM . Dear Bazz, . I don’t wish to offend you in any way, but I do think you are projecting.....
» 16/10/2019 10:44:46 PM . Dear individual, . You wrote : « “intolerance inevitably leads to conflict and war, .....
» 16/10/2019 9:39:37 PM . Dear Bazz, . You wrote : « Banjo, everything you say might be right but the genome p.....
» 16/10/2019 7:07:57 AM . Dear Bazz, . You wrote : « The Arab's genome is badly damaged after some thousands o.....
» 14/10/2019 5:37:02 AM . To all and sundry, . There’s nothing wrong with Trump pulling back the American troo.....
» 13/10/2019 1:30:00 AM . To all and sundry, . While I agree with Loudmouth (Joe) when he writes : « … the US r.....
» 12/10/2019 9:31:50 AM . What happens outside Australia is beyond our control. We have to fix our domestic probl.....
» 11/10/2019 9:31:13 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . You wrote : « These women are traitors to Australia. If they are bro.....
» 10/10/2019 7:20:04 AM . Dear Belly, . As Armchair Critic just pointed out : the “Syrian camp refugees” under .....
» 8/10/2019 7:51:46 AM . It is quite obvious that the Aboriginal police officer did not kill the wombat in the t.....
» 5/10/2019 9:31:24 AM . Dear Armchair Critic, . You wrote : « Those who would give up essential Liberty, to .....
» 4/10/2019 10:49:34 PM . Dear Mr Opinion, . Mea culpa, I forgot to reply to your post of Wednesday, 2 October .....
» 4/10/2019 9:17:13 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « … Australian politicians, both Liberal and Labor, took pa.....
» 3/10/2019 8:05:59 AM . Dear Mr Opinion, . It seems there is no consensus among historians as to whether the .....
» 2/10/2019 6:18:05 AM . (Continued …) . Prior to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour, Churchill and Roosevel.....
» 2/10/2019 6:13:35 AM . Dear Mr Opinion, . You wrote to Foxy : « The Japanese tried to capture Australia in .....
» 28/09/2019 7:55:10 AM . Dear Big Nana, . The subject of “consenting adults engaging in an incestuous relation.....
» 26/09/2019 8:34:24 AM . (Continued …) . In Australia, the most common form of incest is parental child sexual.....
» 26/09/2019 8:29:53 AM . Dear Big Nana, . You wrote : « … no one can give me any logical reason why consenti.....
» 25/09/2019 1:21:52 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You ask : « 'No gay gene.' Does new study have faults or hold m.....
» 24/09/2019 9:05:28 AM (Continued …) . « Modinos v. Cyprus (1993) – Ruling invalidating Section 171 of the Cri.....
» 24/09/2019 9:03:14 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « Researchers have described the human sex drive to the hun.....
» 23/09/2019 8:42:38 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . In my previous post I wrote : « Our conscious mind is produced by .....
» 21/09/2019 7:57:35 AM . (Continued …) . Our conscious mind is produced by our brain and allows us to be aware.....
» 21/09/2019 7:55:16 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « If 3 % of Australians over 18 are either homosexual .....
» 20/09/2019 2:28:52 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « How would you approach the topic as a whole, look.....
» 18/09/2019 9:55:04 PM . Dear Foxy, . Whether it be due to nature or nurture, the dividing line between male a.....
» 18/09/2019 7:45:14 AM . Dear Big Nana, . Thank you for that interesting post. I appreciate it. I’m sure ther.....
» 18/09/2019 7:28:31 AM . It's a pity you didn't write that, Not_Now.Soon. Unfortunately, I had to do it. ......
» 18/09/2019 7:25:01 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : The few homosexual couples I have known over the ye.....
» 18/09/2019 6:30:39 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : 1. « … Mr Boeckman is entitled to his opinion, but I am r.....
» 17/09/2019 3:25:55 AM . Of course, that was intended for Not_Now.Soon. Soory about that. ......
» 17/09/2019 3:23:48 AM . Dear , . You wrote : 1. « Being gay isn't normal. Whether it should be accepted, tol.....
» 17/09/2019 12:41:32 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : 1. « Your concept of normal is not in keeping with the so.....
» 16/09/2019 2:25:50 AM . To all and sundry, . Whatever the cause or contributing factors that determine our se.....
» 13/09/2019 11:13:21 PM . (Continued …) . All this is explained in Prof. Douglas Pike’s article “Introduction o.....
» 13/09/2019 11:07:04 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : 1. « Wish you were here ! Then you might have a more a.....
» 12/09/2019 11:13:37 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « As I've tried to point out many times, the colonial .....
» 12/09/2019 8:53:41 PM . (Continued ...) . And to conclude : « 63 …The common law of this country would perp.....
» 12/09/2019 8:51:08 PM . Dear ALTRAV, . The High Court judges carried out a very thorough analysis of the lega.....
» 12/09/2019 12:18:21 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . I understand your position. It’s an opinion shared by many of our fell.....
» 11/09/2019 8:10:19 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « As for jails filling with aboriginals, it is a tragedy.....
» 11/09/2019 7:29:53 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « We are not the ones "filling the jails with blacks.....
» 10/09/2019 12:44:04 AM . @ Foxy (ladies first), ALTRAV, Loudmouth & Yuyutsu, . We have been living in this cou.....
» 9/09/2019 6:12:58 AM . Dear Loudmouth, Yuyutsu, ALTRAV and HenryL, . In the March quarter 2019, the average .....
» 9/09/2019 12:25:13 AM . Dear Yuytsu, . You wrote : « If that was only an intellectual exercise, a game of ch.....
» 7/09/2019 6:50:13 AM . (Continued …) . Yes, something like that, Joe. That’s because the system is different.....
» 7/09/2019 6:47:10 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : 1. « Pretty clearly, a presumption of innocence is a t.....
» 6/09/2019 8:28:20 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « So how do you do that ? Neither a presumption of gui.....
» 5/09/2019 10:14:36 AM . Dear HenryL, . You wrote to ALTRAV : « … with the Pell case, where 4 years previousl.....
» 5/09/2019 2:37:14 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « … Manson died a couple of years ago. So no release, .....
» 4/09/2019 5:01:25 AM . Hi runner ! . On the Rhodes again … homeward bound ? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....
» 4/09/2019 3:16:32 AM . Dear o sung wu, . Many thanks for refreshing my memory of the case of the dingo abduc.....
» 3/09/2019 7:51:37 AM . (Continued …) . Unfortunately, there are no statistics for wrongful convictions and w.....
» 3/09/2019 7:43:24 AM . Dear o sung wu, . You wrote : 1. « If we were to stone a person to death, for the cr.....
» 2/09/2019 8:09:11 AM . Dear Paul1405, . You wrote : « War is no excuse for "legalised" murder. Of.....
» 2/09/2019 2:48:20 AM . Dear Mr Opinion, o sung wu & ttbn, . Mr Opinion wrote : « Those among you who condon.....
» 1/09/2019 11:48:23 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Regarding the concept of the social contract you ask : « But what abo.....
» 1/09/2019 1:10:06 AM . Dear o sung wu, . You wrote : « … provided the patient is appropriately medicated to.....
» 31/08/2019 8:16:02 AM . Dear o sung wu, . You ask : « Should this ultimate punishment [the death penalty] be.....
» 24/08/2019 8:18:37 AM . To all and sundry, . I think we can agree that nobody can affirm beyond all reasonabl.....
» 21/08/2019 11:50:26 PM . (Continued …) . In Shakespeare’s tragedy, King Lear, Gloucester’s bastard son, Edmund.....
» 21/08/2019 11:46:30 PM . Dear Foxy, . Having read the “Supreme Court of Victoria, Court of Appeal written reas.....
» 19/08/2019 11:44:45 PM . Dear Foxy, . The article on euthanasia was the second of a trilogy I wrote on justice.....
» 19/08/2019 8:57:02 AM . Dear Fozy, . I’m sorry about the link. For some unknown reason, it works for me here .....
» 18/08/2019 2:40:29 AM . As I have already written and published an article on this subject, I provide a link to.....
» 15/08/2019 6:50:49 AM . Dear Alon (the author), . I think it’s worth recalling that in the US presidential el.....
» 4/08/2019 2:29:13 AM . (Continued …) . There are two other statements that you made that, in my view, are in.....
» 4/08/2019 2:01:59 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . In your last post, there is one instance where either you misread or m.....
» 3/08/2019 3:21:04 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : 1. « I must confess not subscribing to any particular thi.....
» 2/08/2019 10:42:40 AM . Dear Foxy, . It’s nice to hear from you. Sorry I couldn't get back to you earlier, I .....
» 2/08/2019 2:36:35 AM . (Continued …) . My understanding is that life on earth was triggered by the fortuitou.....
» 2/08/2019 2:26:19 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . Well, it’s good to see you’re fighting fit. I weigh in as a light-heav.....
» 1/08/2019 9:14:36 AM . (Continued …) . While there is every good reason to celebrate strong female participa.....
» 1/08/2019 9:12:41 AM . Equal does not mean identical. Boy and girl, man and woman are by no means identical. T.....
» 31/07/2019 1:03:34 AM . Dear Peter (the author), . The differences that the evocation of your subject brings .....
» 22/07/2019 5:41:45 PM . Dear ALTRAV, . Many thanks for explaining your position. Naturally, I understand and.....
» 22/07/2019 2:09:07 AM . (Continued …) . There is no objective reason to discriminate against either heterose.....
» 22/07/2019 1:53:57 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « Banjo, I agree completely with your last sentence, espe.....
» 21/07/2019 10:25:33 AM . (Continued …) . I see no reason to believe in the existence of deity or supernatural .....
» 21/07/2019 10:21:26 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . Superstition and religious dogma aside, the most plausible explanation.....
» 20/07/2019 1:24:10 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . I see you are a man of conviction. But, obviously, the claim that gen.....
» 19/07/2019 8:55:40 AM . (Continued …) . A 2014 High Court of Australia judgment unanimously ruled in favor of.....
» 19/07/2019 8:39:59 AM . Dear Armchair Critic . You raise some interesting questions there, but you are getti.....
» 18/07/2019 12:29:46 AM . (Continued …) . The Human Rights Law Centre observes that the “active exercise” of t.....
» 18/07/2019 12:24:30 AM . Dear Augusto (the author), . You wrote : 1. « The Morrison government is preparing a.....
» 17/07/2019 3:33:11 AM . (Continued …) . Biological individuality has always been a characteristic of all life.....
» 17/07/2019 3:24:00 AM . Dear Peter (the author), . You wrote : 1. « Free speech is being closed down in the .....
» 9/07/2019 11:25:30 PM . Dear ALTRAV, . The founders, developers and promoters of the Christian religion have .....
» 9/07/2019 8:26:57 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You advise : « … you seem to have a problem with men » That's an int.....
» 8/07/2019 7:32:30 AM . Dear Rivka (the author), . Israel Folau's outburst reminds me of that phrase in Willi.....
» 4/07/2019 12:44:16 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « "We have no way of knowing, today, if, ..... &q.....
» 2/07/2019 11:59:03 PM . (Continued …) . We have no way of knowing, today, if, at the time, the Aboriginal peo.....
» 2/07/2019 11:43:14 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You ask : « You don't think choice, including poor choices, had an.....
» 2/07/2019 2:29:46 AM . Dear Peter (the author), . It appears that sex has been commonly practised independen.....
» 1/07/2019 10:27:07 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Early benefits of colonisation ? … Well, the ration .....
» 1/07/2019 12:48:48 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . I'm inclined to agree with you, Joe. Your reasoning makes good sens.....
» 29/06/2019 11:38:44 PM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « Nor is there any evidence that these early invaders b.....
» 29/06/2019 1:01:53 AM . Dear rhross, . You wrote : « I repeat, even in the time of King George, while token .....
» 29/06/2019 12:51:56 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : . « It's a technicality, arising from its assertion o.....
» 28/06/2019 7:07:40 AM . (Continued …) . « … The bill was rejected by the Lords; three days later, the Portlan.....
» 28/06/2019 7:05:38 AM . Dear rhross, . You wrote : « You have suggested it was Government policy. I have sa.....
» 28/06/2019 1:49:32 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Yes, precisely, pastoral leasehold land is not owned.....
» 27/06/2019 7:35:34 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . I found this on the internet : ACT, Victoria and Tasmania have ne.....
» 26/06/2019 8:36:09 PM . Dear rhross, . You wrote : « Provide sourced links to Government policy supporting.....
» 26/06/2019 7:55:20 AM . Dear rhross, . You wrote : « I said: And the idea that invasion and colonisation by.....
» 26/06/2019 6:15:21 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You asked : « … how was the beach ? » I didn't go to the beach, .....
» 25/06/2019 12:30:56 AM . Dear rhross, . This is in response to your post of Saturday, 22 June 2019 4:21:42 PM.....
» 24/06/2019 11:27:57 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . I'm back on stream and can now respond to your post of Saturday, 22.....
» 22/06/2019 5:47:34 PM . Dear Loudmouth, Dear rhross, . Thank you for your posts. I'm about to catch a train .....
» 22/06/2019 2:35:26 AM . Dear rhross, . You ask : « Can I ask you why, it was okay for different waves of pe.....
» 21/06/2019 11:09:13 PM . (Continued …) . And I remarked : « In any event, if Aboriginal peoples were deemed t.....
» 21/06/2019 10:51:38 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « There may have been cases of the early SA colonial a.....
» 21/06/2019 8:19:46 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . Thanks, Joe. If I understand you correctly, so far as you are aware.....
» 20/06/2019 8:46:56 AM . (Continued …) . Getting back to our mainstream discussion, here is an article by Doug.....
» 20/06/2019 8:43:32 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Pastoralists don't own their stations, at least in c.....
» 18/06/2019 11:39:34 PM . Oops ! I should have written : « South Australia’s climate and vegetation were much mo.....
» 18/06/2019 11:30:58 PM . (Continued ...) . «... After 1842 stock owners had to pay $10 per annum for their run.....
» 18/06/2019 10:58:12 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « … immigrants were cultivating the soil from the firs.....
» 18/06/2019 12:55:46 AM . (Continued ...) . By the way, Joe, it seems the British colonisers didn't do much mo.....
» 18/06/2019 12:22:08 AM . (Continued ...) . It seemed to me, therefore, that in our discussions, we should tak.....
» 18/06/2019 12:14:40 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Generally, at least in Australia and perhaps in Fran.....
» 17/06/2019 2:14:51 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « 'Farming' is generally defined as requiring the cult.....
» 16/06/2019 8:54:09 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Some land lease in Queensland and WA were issued fre.....
» 15/06/2019 2:52:08 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « And so, one can speak of 'sovereignty' far more easi.....
» 14/06/2019 9:24:29 AM . Dear Paul1405, . Thank you for those personal details of your close connection to New.....
» 13/06/2019 8:02:28 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . All the issues you mentioned in your last post have been very caref.....
» 13/06/2019 8:41:02 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « Why not just omit to sing the one offending word, or mo.....
» 13/06/2019 4:19:11 AM . (Continued ...) . Clearly, in Latin, whereas 'territorium' carried the sense of 'terr.....
» 13/06/2019 4:00:37 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Thank you, that's what I was after: possibly no refe.....
» 12/06/2019 7:59:16 AM . (Continued ...) . And to conclude : « 63 …The common law of this country would perpe.....
» 12/06/2019 7:57:24 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . The High Court judges carried out a very thorough analysis of the l.....
» 9/06/2019 9:23:43 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « I can't read the copy of Bourke's Proclamation. Does.....
» 9/06/2019 9:34:54 AM . (Continued …) . You added : « As for the term, "terra nullius" being used .....
» 9/06/2019 9:29:06 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « You should ask "What was the value of Eastern Aus.....
» 8/06/2019 1:53:16 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote: « Sorry, nobody has ever claimed that Australia was uni.....
» 7/06/2019 11:47:13 PM . Dear Individual, . You ask: « Any figures/estimates what it's [Australia’s] worth wa.....
» 7/06/2019 2:30:40 AM . (Continued …) . ... orphanages, church missions and the more affluent foster homes of.....
» 7/06/2019 2:21:18 AM . We’re obviously dealing with a complex problem here. I think it’s worth recalling that.....
» 5/06/2019 7:19:31 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Yes, a nation is a large group of people "speak.....
» 3/06/2019 10:52:56 PM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « Do the learned authors not know the meaning of 'Nation.....
» 2/06/2019 6:57:08 AM . Dear Is Mise, . That’s interesting. I saw the film “The Scarlet and the Black” on one.....
» 1/06/2019 12:16:40 AM . Dear Paul1405, . I just discovered this thread which I see you initiated almost a wee.....
» 31/05/2019 1:00:44 AM . Dear Graham, . As I see it … The polls were an indication of the state of mind of t.....
» 30/05/2019 3:06:01 AM . Dear Peter, . Ever since their early beginnings, religious orders, particularly those.....
» 29/05/2019 1:38:35 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . No, you didn’t say that, Joe. I, [Ban-jo], did. I think it was mean.....
» 28/05/2019 2:22:16 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « Your atrocious attempts to justify butchering unborn ba.....
» 28/05/2019 1:16:36 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You indicate that you would prefer women to give birth to unwant.....
» 27/05/2019 8:23:39 AM . Dear Runner, . In reply to my comment “A baby does not remain a baby all its life …”,.....
» 26/05/2019 10:23:32 PM . Dear Runner, . A baby does not remain a baby all its life. As it develops, we usually.....
» 25/05/2019 8:48:54 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You ask : « What does the book or any reviews and critisms of t.....
» 25/05/2019 1:02:18 AM . Dear david f, NNS & OzSpen, . Professor Kenneth Anderson Kitchen is an evangelical Ch.....
» 22/05/2019 7:55:29 AM . As a simple citizen, it makes sense to me to anticipate the phasing out of fossil fuels.....
» 21/05/2019 12:33:52 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « The writers of the gospels are better described as artis.....
» 20/05/2019 8:51:21 PM . Dear david f, . The link opens-up when I click on it. Here it is again : http://www......
» 20/05/2019 8:42:39 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . The educational abortion videos you posted are quite impressive,.....
» 19/05/2019 2:09:24 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You cited the gospel of John 15:18-20 in which the author claims to qu.....
» 17/05/2019 11:50:15 PM . (Continued …) . « 1. Everyone shall have the right to freedom of thought, conscience .....
» 17/05/2019 11:45:49 PM . Dear Patrick J Byrne (the author), . You wrote : « What about the rights of parents .....
» 17/05/2019 9:49:29 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « give up your lies. Changing the name of an unborn baby .....
» 16/05/2019 2:48:10 AM . Dear Not Now Soon, . You wrote : « I do not see any rejection of these words [“abort.....
» 14/05/2019 8:58:55 PM . Dear Runner, . I often wonder, when I see your pithy little snippets on abortion, whe.....
» 13/05/2019 11:20:53 PM . Dear Tristan (the author), . For all the reasons, of which I am sure you are aware – .....
» 13/05/2019 9:38:35 PM . Dear Graham, . My family has been living in the bush on the Darling Downs for five ge.....
» 13/05/2019 12:40:55 AM . Dear ttbn, runner and nns, . You obviously do not accept the OED definitions of what .....
» 11/05/2019 9:59:33 PM . Dear Andrew (the author), . Freedom of religion is a noble aspiration. Freedom of con.....
» 11/05/2019 8:40:24 AM . The U.S. has the worst rate of maternal deaths in the developed world, and 60 percent a.....
» 11/05/2019 7:58:35 AM . Dear Graham (the author), . The remarks of the medical personnel and abortion practit.....
» 10/05/2019 1:11:41 AM . Dear Runner, . The OED defines secularism as : « the principle of separation of the .....
» 10/05/2019 1:06:59 AM . Dear Max (the author), . Many thanks for that interesting historical and cultural bac.....
» 9/05/2019 9:18:20 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « The case of Folau - in which a young working-class man .....
» 8/05/2019 1:12:25 AM . Dear Augusto (the author), . According to the latest Pew Research Report, in 2016, Ch.....
» 2/05/2019 12:12:18 AM . Dear Pablo (the author), . You wrote : « … this resurgence of religious matters in pu.....
» 1/05/2019 8:44:45 AM . Dear Sells, . You wrote : « Jesus was more about justice in an oppressive time. His .....
» 30/04/2019 9:27:50 AM . Dear Peter, . You ask if Jesus was a socialist. Perhaps he was inspired by Aristoph.....
» 27/04/2019 1:58:09 AM . Dear Ponder, . Thank you for kindly explaining that the author’s correct name is Mr R.....
» 24/04/2019 9:55:37 PM . Dear Ren Zegang or Zegang Ren, . Perhaps you may be kind enough to tell me which is .....
» 24/04/2019 2:41:05 AM . Dear Natasha (the author), . I am inclined to agree with you. If we want to escape t.....
» 21/04/2019 5:59:02 PM . Dear OzSpen, . Belief in historical evidence and proclaiming belief as historical evi.....
» 21/04/2019 7:31:24 AM . Dear david f, . Thank you for introducing me to Nicholas of Cusa. He certainly seems .....
» 21/04/2019 6:53:17 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « One could call Lourdes a miracle of job creation!! » ......
» 21/04/2019 2:15:20 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « You misrepresent what I've stated. I've NOT given the B.....
» 20/04/2019 4:13:12 AM . Dear Is Mise, . Sorry if I misunderstood you. I thought the subject was miracles and .....
» 19/04/2019 11:22:54 PM . Dear Is Mise, . Yes, miracles do occur. They are inexplicable. Hence their appropriat.....
» 19/04/2019 7:05:44 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You continue to quote the bible as the sole evidence of the existence .....
» 19/04/2019 3:29:49 AM . Dear Is Mise, . If I may butt in on your conversation with David f, allow me to obser.....
» 17/04/2019 11:24:30 PM . Happy 20th anniversary, Graham to you and all those who collaborate with you on OLO. F.....
» 17/04/2019 10:02:34 PM . Oops! My post got amputated ... . « I know your atheism did not come from the Judeo-C.....
» 17/04/2019 7:53:43 PM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « I know your atheism did not come from the Judeo-Christi.....
» 16/04/2019 7:39:28 PM . Dear The Inspector, . You wrote : « If you have jettisoned a belief in the existence.....
» 16/04/2019 8:57:39 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You quoted my explanation of word definition and commented : « So .....
» 16/04/2019 7:04:02 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You commented : « You are myopic if you read the NT and do not see.....
» 16/04/2019 5:36:48 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You quoted my comment … “All too often, I have observed in some peo.....
» 15/04/2019 10:59:19 PM . (Continued …) . I understand that "liberal-progressive" was a label used by.....
» 15/04/2019 10:56:24 PM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : 1. « You have stated on this post and on another, that free.....
» 15/04/2019 7:35:31 AM . Dear OzSpen, . Yes. Sorry about that. I was a bit pressed for time and missed your re.....
» 15/04/2019 2:11:33 AM . Dear SteeleRedux, . Thank you for posting Izzy’s declaration following his meeting wi.....
» 15/04/2019 12:40:24 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : 1. « Freedom of Speech is hardly "important" if y.....
» 14/04/2019 10:39:46 AM . Something wrong with the link to the brief explanatory note on that bill. Best to open.....
» 14/04/2019 10:29:38 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « What Rugby Australia should have written is this. "R.....
» 14/04/2019 8:37:51 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You ask : « Where do you go for your interpretation of 'objective'? ».....
» 13/04/2019 8:37:32 AM . Dear Laurence (the author), . The reformation provoked by Martin Luther 500 years ago.....
» 13/04/2019 12:00:49 AM . Dear Bill (the author), . Israel Folau posted a meme on Instagram that read: "WA.....
» 12/04/2019 9:31:58 PM . Dear OzSpen, . Thank you for sharing your intimate convictions with me. I note with .....
» 11/04/2019 7:08:16 AM . Dear OzSpen, . If I understand you correctly, you deplore that those Christians who a.....
» 10/04/2019 7:35:43 AM . Dear OzSpen, . Many thanks for your response. I appreciate it. As you may have notic.....
» 9/04/2019 6:58:41 PM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « … Trump is a breath of fresh air » . I guess you need .....
» 9/04/2019 11:15:38 AM . Dear Spencer (the author), . You ask : « Does it occur to these researchers and the .....
» 3/04/2019 1:50:32 AM . Dear David, . I understand you represent the Liberal Democratic Party (LPD) but descr.....
» 28/03/2019 12:13:01 AM . The rise and fall of Cardinal Pell … . … reminds me of the rise and fall of DSK (Domi.....
» 25/03/2019 12:50:21 AM . Dear Individual, . You wrote : « … euthanising them would negate punishment. By all .....
» 24/03/2019 9:01:40 AM . Dear individual, . You ask (somewhat facetiously) : « An even greater torture is bei.....
» 23/03/2019 1:17:12 AM . A matter of life and death … . Judging from the media reports, there is no doubt that.....
» 20/03/2019 8:20:47 PM . (Continued …) . Commenting on the doctrine of the “presumption of innocence”, the Eng.....
» 20/03/2019 8:17:33 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « The presumption of innocence grants no one .....
» 19/03/2019 11:21:30 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . Deviating from the sacrosanct presumption of innocence in jud.....
» 19/03/2019 8:58:47 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : 1. « Given that conviction in a sexual assault c.....
» 18/03/2019 2:15:30 AM . Dear Yuyutsu ; . You wrote : 1. « Only a saint is completely devoid of narcissism » .....
» 17/03/2019 10:46:40 AM . Dear mhaze, . You wrote : « Narcissism is a pejorative. » Pejorative means “express.....
» 16/03/2019 8:13:05 AM . Dear Peter (the author), . Allow me to suggest that the so-called “conservative” peop.....
» 15/03/2019 8:25:16 AM . Oops ! I meant to write “(our Constitutional Monarchy)” – of course – not “(our Inst.....
» 15/03/2019 8:17:10 AM . (Continued ...) . In my view, for sex crimes, prosecution and defence should present .....
» 15/03/2019 8:06:08 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « The moment you abandon the principle of presum.....
» 14/03/2019 9:06:20 AM . That said, HenryL, if – based on what would seem to be the logical outcome of Cardinal .....
» 14/03/2019 8:05:01 AM . Dear HenryL, . You wrote : « The rules of evidence have already been changed for chi.....
» 13/03/2019 10:52:39 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « The question should be why are the left whinge.....
» 13/03/2019 9:49:47 AM . According to the Crime and Corruption Commission of Queensland, only about a quarter of.....
» 12/03/2019 2:56:19 AM . Cardinal George Pell has been found guilty of sexually penetrating a child under the ag.....
» 10/03/2019 9:29:52 AM . "Children-check row shows Catholic church has ‘learned nothing’, says senator".....
» 8/03/2019 8:55:46 PM . In case you missed it : . http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/french-cardinal-conv.....
» 7/03/2019 11:14:30 PM . Dear David (VK3AUU), . You wrote : « There is material evidence. It is the fact that.....
» 7/03/2019 10:46:34 PM . There have been widespread reports in the French media in the last few days on the Pope.....
» 7/03/2019 1:27:57 AM . Basis of Cardinal Pell’s appeal : . "The VERDICTS ARE UNREASONABLE and cannot be.....
» 6/03/2019 6:00:08 AM . “Beyond reasonable doubt” ! . Cardinal Pell’s lawyers are confident that not only the.....
» 4/03/2019 2:50:02 AM . There have been widespread reports in the French media in the last few days on the Pope.....
» 2/03/2019 4:11:09 AM . Dear Is Mise, Dear runner, . You both wrote : « Is that designation of worst offende.....
» 1/03/2019 7:08:29 PM . Revelations of Church-related paedophilia continue around the world and seem to be neve.....
» 1/03/2019 9:50:37 AM . Revelations of Church-related paedophilia continue around the world and seem to be neve.....
» 26/02/2019 11:29:18 PM . Dear plantagenet, . You wrote : « May His Eminence’s incarceration not be overly str.....
» 26/02/2019 1:50:23 AM . (Continued …) . 5. Matthew deliberately connected Jesus to Messianic prophecies in o.....
» 26/02/2019 1:46:19 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … the question is, what exactly was Jesus referring to.....
» 25/02/2019 10:24:38 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … the old-testament was finalised around 200AD when it.....
» 23/02/2019 2:44:50 AM . (Continued …) . Also, the bible was composed long before the Bohemian Reformation in .....
» 23/02/2019 2:39:28 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Thank you, Peter, for this great article. I wish half .....
» 22/02/2019 10:14:33 PM . Dear OzSpen, . Yes, I had Gideons in mind when I wrote « bibles are rarely “given” to.....
» 22/02/2019 2:23:24 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « The mistake of the Reformation was to give the bible to .....
» 11/02/2019 8:32:18 AM . (Continued …) . In support of this theoretical view, the current research has shown t.....
» 11/02/2019 8:30:08 AM . Dear Peter, . To describe Christianity (“the Church”) in terms of a conflict between .....
» 8/02/2019 2:40:12 AM . Dear OzSpen, . To my observation : “The comparative study would have produced exactly.....
» 7/02/2019 1:23:29 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « We have many ways to compare the copies to arrive at cl.....
» 6/02/2019 9:13:40 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : «... the issue to which I responded …was whether we can d.....
» 5/02/2019 8:59:29 AM . Dear OzSpen, . Commenting on my statement : “the notion of original documents or “ori.....
» 4/02/2019 9:46:53 AM . (Continued …) . Mathematically, it is a “zero probability” but not an “impossibility.....
» 4/02/2019 9:38:37 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « I can agree with you that many believe the Scriptures b.....
» 3/02/2019 7:20:42 AM . (Continued …) . To be complete, OzSpen, I should add that as there have been no major.....
» 3/02/2019 2:56:59 AM . Dear OzSpen, . In response to my comment : “I’m sure the Gospels, in particular, are .....
» 1/02/2019 10:13:56 AM . (Continued …) . You declare that it is “false” to consider that “Wright cites Matthew.....
» 1/02/2019 10:10:21 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrore : « Previously you claimed you read 200 of N T Wright's 817.....
» 29/01/2019 4:14:50 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You ask me to provide the precise reference for my comment : “as the a.....
» 28/01/2019 5:45:46 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You quoted my statement that “Wright has a good analytical mind but, a.....
» 26/01/2019 9:16:10 AM . Dear OzSpen, . Oops, my PDF page counter indicated 29 pages for Einstein’s paper on G.....
» 26/01/2019 8:08:10 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « You read 200 of 817 pages of Prof N T Wright's research.....
» 24/01/2019 9:30:07 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You asked : « Do you know what historical science is? Or are you conf.....
» 24/01/2019 7:12:37 AM . Dear George, . You asked : « Who offered a "scientific explanation" of any.....
» 23/01/2019 8:51:14 AM . To all and sundry, . I must say I am deeply impressed by all those on this forum whos.....
» 1/01/2019 9:03:54 AM . Dear NathanJ, . A happy New Year to you too NathanJ. I shall leave it to Peter Selli.....
» 31/12/2018 10:21:55 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : [ Dear Peter and Banjo, “people like me, educated in th.....
» 28/12/2018 3:19:07 AM . Dear Foxy, . Your declaration of faith is very touching. It does you honour and comma.....
» 28/12/2018 12:38:11 AM . Dear OzSpen, . You wrote : « Logic is used in every sentence, paragraph, chapter and.....
» 27/12/2018 3:38:36 AM . Dear Peter, . While I have utmost respect for your belief in some sort of divinity, t.....
» 12/12/2018 11:31:17 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « If you google "knowledge vs belief" you get o.....
» 12/12/2018 9:35:04 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « … we, as laymen can chase quotes in support of this or .....
» 11/12/2018 9:46:36 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Kant is not mentioned in the list of agnostics you gave.....
» 11/12/2018 1:20:27 AM . Dear George, . In case you missed it, here is an interesting article that just appear.....
» 11/12/2018 12:39:52 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for advising that from your experience as a professional ma.....
» 10/12/2018 7:23:46 AM . . Dear George, . Re : Wikipedia about Kant and Einstein : I am very wary about labe.....
» 9/12/2018 8:50:33 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « I am not a philosopher to critically evaluate Kant. I o.....
» 8/12/2018 9:35:51 AM . Dear George, . The depth and perspicacity of your analysis commands my respect. You h.....
» 6/12/2018 11:59:35 AM . Dear George, . You wrote: « What you mean to say is that for you what I called trans.....
» 6/12/2018 2:48:10 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « I refer to transcendence as that part of Reality that c.....
» 5/12/2018 10:01:03 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « An ongoing problem is to philosophize other peopl.....
» 4/12/2018 11:07:33 AM . Dear George, . 1. You wrote : « Reality - objective, all that exists independent of .....
» 28/11/2018 9:49:52 AM . Dear Binoy Kampmark, . You wrote : « The initial target was increased fuel taxes, bu.....
» 28/11/2018 2:40:00 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . Thank you for your response and for contributing to this importa.....
» 27/11/2018 6:15:24 AM . Suicide is perfectly legal in Australia. We can commit suicide whenever we like and whe.....
» 20/11/2018 8:12:36 AM . Dear James Allan, . You wrote : « I am a long-time opponent of these instruments bec.....
» 14/11/2018 11:10:23 AM . Good and evil seem an odd couple. Good is an ethical term whereas evil is distinctly re.....
» 13/11/2018 1:48:19 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Hitler was correct in claiming that we are not humans,.....
» 12/11/2018 9:11:56 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : «A person is a physical object … » . That’s Nazi langua.....
» 10/11/2018 3:08:37 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « A precondition for free will is to have a subjective s.....
» 8/11/2018 9:42:35 AM . Dear Louis O'Neill, Dear Graham Preston, . It seems to me that Sam Harris’s book on “.....
» 31/10/2018 1:37:12 AM . (Continued …) . http://www.guttmacher.org/sites/default/files/article_files/advisory-.....
» 31/10/2018 1:31:11 AM . Dear BigAlOz, . I agree, the late David Fergusson’s research is worth mentioning. Th.....
» 30/10/2018 2:32:30 AM . (Continued …) . « … Abortion became a crime and a sin for several reasons. A trend of.....
» 30/10/2018 2:27:03 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . Pro-Life and Pro-Choice organisations play a significant role in.....
» 29/10/2018 12:50:06 AM . (Continued …) . ... the main body of his submission. Also, there is nothing to indica.....
» 29/10/2018 12:21:40 AM . Dear BigAlOz, . Having checked-out the four references you quoted in your recent post.....
» 27/10/2018 10:43:04 PM . Dear BigAlOz, . All that you say may be true, BigAlOz, but, I’m afraid it’s only one .....
» 27/10/2018 1:18:15 AM . (Continued …) . « … several years later [after the abortion], while studying anatomy .....
» 27/10/2018 1:14:12 AM . So the cat’s out of the bag ! Thanks to the video posted by Toni Lavis we can see and h.....
» 26/10/2018 3:19:05 AM . Dear Foxy, . I see with pleasure that you are beginning to know me well. I confirm, i.....
» 25/10/2018 2:07:53 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . This abridged version of Madeleine’s speech to a Rally for Life .....
» 24/10/2018 9:51:54 AM . Dear Runner, . Commenting on my statement that “scientists now estimate that planet e.....
» 23/10/2018 9:49:06 AM . According to Christian doctrine, the authors and editors of the Bible were led or influ.....
» 22/10/2018 6:38:23 AM . Dear Runner, . I thought I should mention that, in addition to being a brilliant (and.....
» 21/10/2018 6:58:57 AM . As Foxy soberly observed : « Not surprisingly, opinion polls show public confusion on .....
» 19/10/2018 8:17:24 PM . Dear Runner, . Commenting on my statement : “Human and chimpanzees’ genes split about.....
» 19/10/2018 9:43:32 AM . Dear Madeleine, . You wrote : « Choosing abortion is the greatest regret of my life .....
» 13/10/2018 9:29:43 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « One can "see gravitation" only through its ef.....
» 12/10/2018 8:13:58 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Your understanding of God seems to be based on literal.....
» 11/10/2018 8:01:32 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … I cannot conceive how voluntary worship that comes f.....
» 11/10/2018 2:31:37 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : « I understand "dignity", but what do you mean b.....
» 11/10/2018 12:56:47 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . Thank you for indicating your threefold method of determining th.....
» 10/10/2018 3:30:47 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « This is how me and my friends feel when we kneel, genu.....
» 9/10/2018 8:51:38 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « If something is true it is unchanging » That’s tr.....
» 9/10/2018 12:47:22 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for expanding on your notion of worship. What I intensely d.....
» 8/10/2018 2:57:28 AM . (Continued …) . Commenting on my statement «God is a hypothesis that some people bel.....
» 7/10/2018 11:58:56 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Worship is an expression of love, consisting of the wo.....
» 7/10/2018 8:57:58 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . The fact that science still has a lot to learn goes without sayi.....
» 6/10/2018 11:16:10 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Definition of nothing … : not any thing : no thing … Ag.....
» 6/10/2018 10:56:27 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … we ought to have faith in God, worship and love Him .....
» 6/10/2018 9:05:59 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . Thank you for reciprocating with your personal story. It corres.....
» 5/10/2018 8:51:01 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « So at the moment there is no God (yet), but possibly in.....
» 5/10/2018 7:54:50 AM . Dear George, . The online Apple dictionary you cited requires a paying subscription t.....
» 4/10/2018 10:17:25 AM . (Continued …) . That time came 44 years later. I took up my research once again and i.....
» 4/10/2018 8:57:09 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . I apologise for not getting back to you earlier. Still, better l.....
» 4/10/2018 2:19:25 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . On God, atheists, agnostics and worship : I consider that there is n.....
» 4/10/2018 2:06:22 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Your quote describing quantum vacuum shows indeed that .....
» 3/10/2018 9:18:16 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : « Now I really don't know anyone who believes that a suppo.....
» 3/10/2018 8:04:11 AM . Dear George, . Indeed, the “nothing” I was referring to was the nothing in a quantum .....
» 2/10/2018 8:29:45 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . I have just noticed your long post on page 14 of this thread but.....
» 2/10/2018 8:13:26 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … I do not know of anyone, religious or otherwise, who.....
» 1/10/2018 1:25:10 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote in the first paragraph of your post : « … either the .....
» 29/09/2018 11:32:33 PM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You ask : « What is irrational to the idea that God has always .....
» 27/09/2018 8:07:59 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . Thank you for indicating that various verses in the bible are th.....
» 24/09/2018 8:09:31 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « The difference here though is that God has no beg.....
» 23/09/2018 8:44:18 AM . (Continued … ) . Life on earth : Life began on earth 3.5 billion years ago. The Sun .....
» 23/09/2018 8:39:58 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . The speculation of the authors of the Hebrew bible are amusing. They,.....
» 22/09/2018 2:48:14 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « … the rationale of something from nothing, design from.....
» 12/09/2018 12:31:18 AM . (Continued …) . John Paul II had the good fortune to die peacefully, in office, at th.....
» 11/09/2018 7:55:30 AM . (Continued …) . Both Pope Francis and his predecessor, Benoît XVI, are potentially ex.....
» 10/09/2018 11:44:42 PM . (Continued …) . The UN, at its inception, refused membership to the Vatican but has a.....
» 10/09/2018 11:32:18 PM . To all and sundry, . Pope Francis is as smug as a bug in a rug in refusing to respond.....
» 10/09/2018 7:21:16 AM . To all and sundry, . In addressing 75 newly ordained bishops at the Vatican from 34 c.....
» 8/09/2018 7:53:54 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … once you discover yourself as God, you also discover.....
» 7/09/2018 8:41:22 AM . Dear Yuyututsu, . You wrote : « God is not an hypothesis … Without God, our existenc.....
» 6/09/2018 2:48:31 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Well if you believe that Moses wrote the bible, then y.....
» 5/09/2018 2:25:01 AM . (Continued …) . I have full respect for your religious beliefs, Not Now Soon, whateve.....
» 5/09/2018 2:17:36 AM . Dear Not Now Soon, . You wrote : « The Historic Jesus theories are a copout … The sa.....
» 4/09/2018 2:27:26 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for your comments and clarifications. I am totally illitera.....
» 4/09/2018 1:57:53 AM . Dear Not Now Soon, . You wrote : « History will likely tell how much Paul did for st.....
» 3/09/2018 8:03:24 AM . Dear CHERFUL, . You wrote : « Funny how woman came out of a man’s rib, but ever sinc.....
» 3/09/2018 12:03:35 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Many thanks for your kind response. I’m afraid there really is nothin.....
» 2/09/2018 11:35:38 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « There is a wonderful hopefulness in Adam's voice when Go.....
» 2/09/2018 8:42:00 AM . Dear Not Now Soon, . I tend to think there might be some truth in the theories of Jew.....
» 29/08/2018 10:41:01 PM . No doubt, Pope Francis had in mind Saul of Tarsus’ epistle to the Romans : « Romans 1:.....
» 29/08/2018 1:04:30 AM . In publishing his reply to a journalist’s question, the Vatican has erased the recommen.....
» 27/08/2018 7:06:06 PM . The foundations of the Catholic Church are beginning to tremble from the onslaughts of .....
» 23/08/2018 9:04:07 AM . Pope Francis has issued a 2,000 word letter following the recent Pennsylvania Grand Jur.....
» 19/08/2018 10:06:03 PM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « Maggots there are a plenty but that doesn't affect the.....
» 18/08/2018 12:37:59 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « Just goes to shew what can happen when an institution .....
» 16/08/2018 11:17:28 PM . The horrendous paedophile scandal in the US, following the release of the Grand Jury re.....
» 14/08/2018 12:48:38 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « The usual quote is "Whom God has joined together,.....
» 13/08/2018 1:43:59 AM . Dear Peter, . So, Arius, whose common sense dictated that “the Son was subordinate to.....
» 8/08/2018 1:15:06 AM . Dear WilliamS, . You wrote : « … legalising euthanasia would pose a risk to people ….....
» 1/08/2018 1:44:25 AM . Dear david f, Dear Toni Lavis, . The bottom line seems to be that while Churchill aut.....
» 31/07/2018 8:37:57 AM . Dear David f, . You wrote : « Perhaps, English democracy is like English cooking. [D.....
» 30/07/2018 2:20:32 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « That these bullying gangs that forcibly control this w.....
» 29/07/2018 9:22:34 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Given the circumstances you describe, I shouldn’t hesitate to move th.....
» 28/07/2018 2:52:30 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « If you want to have a social contract, then everyone i.....
» 27/07/2018 1:28:48 AM . (Continued …) . Something that lacks consciousness (e.g., a chair) is neither guilty .....
» 27/07/2018 1:17:25 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Legislation is a form of violence, imposed on us from .....
» 25/07/2018 5:32:51 PM . As souls and gods, angels and devils are hypotheses to which I do not subscribe, if you.....
» 25/07/2018 12:30:11 AM . (Continued …) . 2. According to the Christian doctrine of “original sin”, what you re.....
» 24/07/2018 11:16:49 PM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « I am Christian … As for … babies … At this stage .....
» 24/07/2018 7:46:53 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for clarifying what you consider constitutes a soul : « it.....
» 24/07/2018 12:07:15 AM . (Continued …) . In my post on page 12 of this thread, I indicated, as regards the foe.....
» 23/07/2018 11:59:57 PM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You ask : « How can it not be considered a biological fact that.....
» 23/07/2018 8:07:54 PM . Dear Yuyutsu . You wrote : « Assuming there is no soul, then the concept of morality.....
» 23/07/2018 3:58:32 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Should no souls exist, then what could possibly be wro.....
» 22/07/2018 11:57:51 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « The difficult question is whether and to what extent, .....
» 21/07/2018 11:35:31 PM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You commented : « You mentioned that many if not most jurists a.....
» 20/07/2018 11:55:46 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You indicate : « … a foetus is … an organism … unless someone identi.....
» 20/07/2018 12:54:56 AM . To all and sundry, . I think it would help if we all agree on what exactly a foetus i.....
» 18/07/2018 5:28:24 AM . (Continued …) . 10 End of production : The vehicle is complete (but remains to go thr.....
» 18/07/2018 1:56:08 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . I have noticed that you are particularly fond of the use of meta.....
» 17/07/2018 7:35:40 AM . Oops ! I wrote "perspectives in life" but, of course I meant "prospect.....
» 17/07/2018 3:15:59 AM . (Continued …) . A foetus is a life form that is “partly different from” but “totally.....
» 17/07/2018 3:07:20 AM . Dear david f, Dear Not_Now.Soon, . david f wrote : « The indigenous people were quit.....
» 16/07/2018 7:23:06 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . Famine and food shortage kills more people every year than road .....
» 14/07/2018 11:59:54 PM . Thanks, Yuyutsu. I first published that poem in “The Bulletin” in 1893. Thank you, al.....
» 13/07/2018 9:20:29 PM . (Continued …) . He was none of your dolts, he had seen them brand colts, And it seem.....
» 13/07/2018 9:15:36 PM . Such is life, . Question : When does life begin ? Reply (the astrophysicists) : On e.....
» 12/07/2018 8:01:19 PM . Dear Peter, . The Christian Church buildings are often referred to as “God’s House”, .....
» 12/07/2018 8:20:42 AM . Dear Peter, . In my previous post on page 3 of this thread, I surmised that perhaps t.....
» 11/07/2018 1:37:52 AM . Dear Peter, . Here are some interesting facts and figures on abortion : Legal restri.....
» 10/07/2018 7:30:33 AM . Dear David (Leyonhjelm), . Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched, David. .....
» 10/07/2018 2:20:45 AM . (Continued …) . ... prompted the creation of the OIC when he set fire to the pulpit o.....
» 10/07/2018 2:14:11 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « The fall of Christendom and the rise of secularism has p.....
» 8/07/2018 7:21:27 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You asked : « Are you postulating that Wilson's conviction was God's.....
» 7/07/2018 8:22:59 PM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « Christ had no earthly court to which to appeal, Wilson.....
» 6/07/2018 10:57:42 PM . For those who may not have seen it, here is an interesting account of the Wilson affair.....
» 6/07/2018 9:34:26 AM . It seems that Adelaide’s Archbishop Wilson has decided to play poker with the judges of.....
» 5/07/2018 3:06:20 AM . (Continued …) . « Legislation in all jurisdictions identifies the best interests of t.....
» 5/07/2018 2:39:39 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « However, on the issue of pederasty, I don't think that.....
» 4/07/2018 3:08:05 AM . Dear Is Mise, . Yes, I noticed you have a few imperfections, Is Mise. I guess I have .....
» 3/07/2018 1:33:27 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « "the penitent must be truly sorry for his sins an.....
» 2/07/2018 1:32:31 AM . Dear Is Mise, . I waded through that lengthy article you indicated in the New Advent .....
» 30/06/2018 12:39:09 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « It is a condition of Confessional Absolution that the .....
» 28/06/2018 8:48:07 PM . Dear Is Mise, . You indicate : « They [the Christian Churches]do consider it [paedop.....
» 28/06/2018 9:12:25 AM . According to the specialists, paedophilia, is a psychiatric disorder which emerges befo.....
» 27/06/2018 8:29:56 AM . Dear Peter (Bowden), . There’s no way the Christian Churches could possibly ignore th.....
» 26/06/2018 8:33:08 AM . Dear Don (Aitkin), . To understand Trump you have to understand all those Americans i.....
» 22/06/2018 8:01:29 AM . Dear. Not_Now Soon, . You wrote : « Even with the OED dictionary of repentance, deep.....
» 20/06/2018 8:32:14 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You wrote : « Your comment on repentance caught my eye … Repent.....
» 20/06/2018 7:44:27 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « It's the old story of the blind men who touched an ele.....
» 19/06/2018 11:41:15 PM . Dear runner, . You wrote : « Repentance and faith in Jesus Christ is the only sensib.....
» 19/06/2018 9:33:13 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Many indeed do refer to God as Love. They are one and .....
» 18/06/2018 6:54:05 AM . (Continued …) . Our problem, our unease, or “existential anxiety”, is the insupportab.....
» 18/06/2018 6:43:17 AM . Dear Peter, . Preparing for death as you describe it is a purely egotistical affair :.....
» 6/06/2018 1:57:07 AM . (Continued …) . Roberts holds up as a major piece of evidence of his theories, Abraha.....
» 6/06/2018 1:44:31 AM . Dear Galen, . A little more about Paul Craig Roberts' article. First, I must acknowl.....
» 5/06/2018 1:15:50 AM . Dear plantagenet, . You wrote : « Sorry … sometimes I overly attack the person, rath.....
» 4/06/2018 11:18:00 AM . Dear Galen , . You wrote : « … slavery was never a consideration, the entire premis .....
» 4/06/2018 7:47:41 AM . (Continued) . ... thrown much of their youth into prison, created dependence on drug.....
» 4/06/2018 7:41:59 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, Dear Loudmouth, . Many thanks for your comments. Much appreciat.....
» 3/06/2018 1:00:57 PM . Dear Alan B, . You wrote : « A nation divided against itself cannot stand! » Abrah.....
» 3/06/2018 9:42:51 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . As often, your vision of the myriad examples of the inacceptable b.....
» 2/06/2018 11:03:01 PM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « Perhaps we have different definitions of loyalty » I do .....
» 2/06/2018 10:49:41 PM . Dear plantagenet, . You wrote : « Where you say "[You] cannot comment on that.&.....
» 2/06/2018 9:50:13 AM . Dear Plantagenet, Sorry, I omitted to reply to points 2 and 3 of your first post. “2.....
» 2/06/2018 8:33:00 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, “I … prefer the … tyranny of one dispassionate person in England … over .....
» 2/04/2018 7:06:51 AM . Dear david f, . You wrote : « … Christianity could disappear as completely as Manic.....
» 31/03/2018 11:17:47 PM . Dear Peter, . « The rise and fall of English [and Australian] Christendom » ? For w.....
» 22/03/2018 12:16:15 PM . Dear Peter, . Thank you for that interesting review of the ABC’s TV programme on E M .....
» 19/03/2018 2:24:02 AM . (Continued ...) . The biological anthropologist, Helen Fisher, suggested that " .....
» 19/03/2018 2:16:23 AM . Dear NathanJ, . You ask : « Is there life after death? » From a purely biological p.....
» 17/03/2018 4:14:07 AM . Dear ttbn, . You ask : « What are you doing about it, BJ? » I vote for politicians .....
» 15/03/2018 9:02:54 AM . Dear Greg (the author), . You wrote : « What continues to puzzle me is why those who.....
» 5/03/2018 12:12:08 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Two populations, separated mainly by that pastoral-s.....
» 4/03/2018 11:31:14 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . As I have often remarked on this thread, your extensive personal kn.....
» 3/03/2018 2:43:21 AM . (Continued …) . It is time to take stock of the situation and initiate a more sensibl.....
» 3/03/2018 2:12:11 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . Thanks for those details. I see that in the prime minister’s 2018 .....
» 2/03/2018 11:11:05 AM . Dear Loudmouth, Dear Luciferase, . Thank you, once again, Loudmouth, for sharing your.....
» 1/03/2018 4:02:32 AM . (Continued …) . « In remote Australia, many older Aboriginal people retain the knowle.....
» 1/03/2018 3:57:06 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . Here are some interesting facts relating to domestic violence in Au.....
» 28/02/2018 1:44:55 AM . (Continued …) . … were sexually harassed on public transport between 2014 and 2015, i.....
» 28/02/2018 1:37:20 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . The breakdown of the traditional social organisation of our Aborigi.....
» 27/02/2018 12:05:36 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « "Preservation" ?! Surely it stands or fall.....
» 26/02/2018 7:04:18 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . Thank you for those reflexions which I find quite remarkable, and f.....
» 25/02/2018 8:07:05 AM . (Continued …) . When the Declaration was adopted in 2007 only four countries voted ag.....
» 25/02/2018 7:59:12 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . Well, you have had your finger on the pulse of Aboriginal Australia.....
» 24/02/2018 11:27:46 AM . (Continued …) . You conclude: “that's their choice and you have no right to demand ot.....
» 24/02/2018 11:11:17 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Banjo, you may wish to preserve Aboriginal people in.....
» 23/02/2018 10:39:29 AM . (Continued …) . Very recently in the presence of two clergymen, a man of education n.....
» 23/02/2018 10:28:46 AM . Dear Loudmouth,. The Samuel Griffith Society, named after the chief architect of the A.....
» 22/02/2018 1:34:04 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Funny, I've never thought about Indigenous people in.....
» 21/02/2018 9:42:30 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You ask : « So where is the good news ? Where is the chronically b.....
» 18/02/2018 8:43:33 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . Thanks for going to the trouble of spelling all that out, Loudmouth.....
» 16/02/2018 10:55:22 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Latest news ! Indigenous people are not like sheep, .....
» 16/02/2018 12:20:24 PM . Dear Anthony (the author), . The general gist of your article makes good sense if, as.....
» 15/02/2018 11:14:43 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « The "unseen" refers not to a spooky otherworld.....
» 13/02/2018 8:07:45 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I wish you and your family a very happy Shivaratri day, Yuyutsu. Unt.....
» 12/02/2018 9:27:01 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thanks, Yuyutsu, but I noticed a few incoherencies with your explanat.....
» 11/02/2018 9:31:28 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « The most common parody on religion is how some churche.....
» 10/02/2018 9:02:57 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Judging from the way you now describe it, Yuyutsu, it appears to me t.....
» 9/02/2018 9:23:56 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I had prepared a detailed response to your latest post but decided no.....
» 7/02/2018 3:15:58 AM . (Continued …) . You noted : « Deities are not religion … » That’s correct. Deities .....
» 7/02/2018 2:49:34 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « The issue of time (past-present-future) is complex and.....
» 6/02/2018 1:56:21 AM . (Continued …) . ... the kinds of leafy matter they use to block their tunnels. Earthw.....
» 6/02/2018 1:39:36 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Hopes, wishes and expectations belong in the future … .....
» 5/02/2018 11:04:20 AM . (Continued …) . So he asked himself : “Who are these people ? Where are they ? Why ca.....
» 5/02/2018 11:00:36 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You replied : « God cannot be defined directly in positive terms, bu.....
» 4/02/2018 10:50:46 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You replied : « In the broadest sense, Religion is the process of co.....
» 3/02/2018 10:06:24 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Christianity was a Jewish SECT, it was not yet called .....
» 2/02/2018 2:00:04 AM . (Continued …) . You then add : « First study what religion truly is and find actual .....
» 2/02/2018 1:37:40 AM .
Dear Yuyutsu,
.
You wrote :
« The author … admits that the Church never represented .....
» 30/01/2018 10:39:05 AM . In “Of the Nature of the Gods”, Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), considered to be a model of Cl.....
» 30/01/2018 9:54:46 AM . (Continued …) . Faith was the strategy that primeval man devised to pacify his early .....
» 30/01/2018 9:39:07 AM .
Dear Peter,
.
You wrote :
« … we are now in an age in which the moral guardianship o.....
» 28/01/2018 9:27:06 AM . Dear WilliamS, . You wrote : « It's totally obvious that "god" exists » . .....
» 27/01/2018 7:25:33 AM . 30 years jail for a miscarriage . A woman from El Salvador who was jailed for 30 year.....
» 26/01/2018 9:33:20 PM . Abortion in Australia . Here are the essential facts on abortion . TYPES OF ABORTI.....
» 26/01/2018 4:29:14 AM . Dear Wendy, . You wrote : « Revealing a most unfortunate lack of understanding and i.....
» 25/01/2018 9:27:10 AM . Dear Ashbo, . I just found "Justice - A Matter of Life and Death" on the Au.....
» 25/01/2018 8:55:18 AM . Dear Ashbo, . I just checked the link I provided for my article “Justice – A Matter o.....
» 23/01/2018 9:07:47 PM . Dear Ashbo, . You wrote : « I won't respond in kind (to your last post). Your positi.....
» 22/01/2018 7:15:09 AM . Dear Ashbo, . I see that the number of your arguments against capital punishment has .....
» 21/01/2018 10:23:24 AM . (Continued … . ... the carrying out of the Messianic purposes which rendered the dea.....
» 21/01/2018 10:16:05 AM . Dear Ashbo, . You wrote : « I'm an atheist by the way - god does not exist for me (n.....
» 20/01/2018 4:30:11 AM . (Continued …) . « Life imprisonment is an extremely shameful measure, worse that a de.....
» 20/01/2018 4:26:49 AM . Dear Ashbo, . Thank you for your reply, which I appreciate. It seems to me that the .....
» 19/01/2018 10:36:38 AM . (Continued …) . more than 50% sure. I see “conclusive evidence” as a micron less than.....
» 19/01/2018 10:28:37 AM . Dear AJ Philips, . Thank you for those interesting and well documented posts. I agree.....
» 18/01/2018 9:58:43 AM (Continued …) . The evidence in the cases I cited in my post to Ashbo qualifies as what .....
» 18/01/2018 9:44:13 AM .
Dear AJ Philips,
.
You wrote :
« Like science, the law does not deal in absolute cer.....
» 17/01/2018 2:57:21 AM . (Continued …) . ... only be reserved for the most heinous crimes » I grant you that .....
» 17/01/2018 2:43:22 AM . Dear Ashbo, . You indicate that the first and foremost reason for your opposition to .....
» 16/01/2018 12:27:37 AM . (Continued …) . My daughter and granddaughters have not seen him for the past few yea.....
» 15/01/2018 11:57:57 PM . Dear diver dan, . You advised : « Best to rely on the Jewish interpretation of love......
» 15/01/2018 1:14:21 AM . Dear diver dan, . You ask : « Quite frankly, it is hard to find two Christians agree.....
» 14/01/2018 12:11:10 PM . (Continued …) . allomothering (foster mothering), cooperative foraging, and mutual pr.....
» 14/01/2018 12:08:35 PM .
(Continued …)
.
allomothering (foster mothering), cooperative foraging, and mutual pr.....
» 14/01/2018 12:03:03 PM . Dear diver dan, . You suggest : « Since Christianity is a sect with Jewish heritage,.....
» 12/01/2018 10:29:57 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : « … how can anyone love (put first) that which they percei.....
» 11/01/2018 11:08:26 PM . (Continued …) . I met my wife in Paris and we have been through many years of stormy .....
» 11/01/2018 10:58:47 PM . Dear diver dan, . You wrote : « Define your version of love ! » It seems there is n.....
» 11/01/2018 4:16:37 AM . Dear Peter, . I would like to enlarge on the point I made about love because I think .....
» 10/01/2018 2:11:46 AM . Dear Tristan Ewins, . You wonder : « … how can we explain free-will and consciousnes.....
» 10/01/2018 12:05:26 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « … nothing stands, even the closest love of child, countr.....
» 9/01/2018 7:50:09 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . I agree with your simple but eminently wise reflection (page 25 .....
» 9/01/2018 7:00:09 AM .
Dear AJ Philips,
.
You wrote :
« There is much evidence to suggest that capital puni.....
» 8/01/2018 10:13:39 AM . (Continued …) . Nature has attributed many life forms with immune systems capable of.....
» 8/01/2018 10:09:56 AM . Dear Ashbo, . You ask : « It seems to me you … accept that miscarriages of justice h.....
» 7/01/2018 4:25:44 AM . (Continued …) . Unfortunately, as I pointed out, even in the best of conditions, perf.....
» 7/01/2018 4:12:19 AM . Dear Ashbo, . You ask : « Can you try this for me : Imagine YOU are facing the deat.....
» 6/01/2018 11:16:36 PM . Dear AL TRAV, . An “Aboriginal” cineaste came through here quite some time ago now, a.....
» 5/01/2018 11:39:10 PM . Dear AL TRAV, . You wrote : « I do not believe in the many reasons I have heard j.....
» 5/01/2018 11:31:03 PM .
Dear AL TRAV,
.
You wrote :
« I do not believe in the many reasons I have heard just.....
» 5/01/2018 2:27:27 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . You ask : « Banjo, I confess, your knowledge of religion and it's wo.....
» 4/01/2018 9:09:52 AM . (Continued …) . Saul of Tarsus had a long history of religious fanaticism. He partic.....
» 4/01/2018 9:06:07 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . You wrote : « My point is that Australia started from convict beginn.....
» 3/01/2018 11:59:54 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . You wrote : « The real majority of the first 'white' Australians wer.....
» 3/01/2018 12:27:02 AM . (Continued …) . Despite all the pitfalls and imperfections, I, personally, consider t.....
» 3/01/2018 12:24:14 AM . Dear Ashbo, . You ask : « So, do you carry out the death penalty, knowing there is a.....
» 2/01/2018 10:56:42 AM . (Continued …) . I have never been attracted to any sort of Mafiosi or criminal netwo.....
» 2/01/2018 10:48:28 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . You wrote : « … you mask the real Australia by not acknowledging it'.....
» 1/01/2018 3:29:53 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . (Continued …) . The productivity rate of Australia in 2017 is sligh.....
» 1/01/2018 1:36:25 AM . (Continued …) . If the country works, despite our out-dated constitution and despite .....
» 1/01/2018 1:28:56 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . You wrote : « I found that Aussies are not a mature and knowledgeabl.....
» 31/12/2017 8:32:22 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . You wrote : « To explain; from birth my lifestyle has been contrary .....
» 30/12/2017 9:22:29 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . You wrote : « Unfortunately Australia is a stand out country of patr.....
» 29/12/2017 10:08:22 PM . Dear AL TRAV, . My heart goes out to you, my friend. I fully understand what you mean.....
» 29/12/2017 7:30:34 AM . Dear AL TRAV, . I am pleased to learn that you have managed to arrive at an informed .....
» 28/12/2017 3:35:39 AM .
(Continued …)
.
« Human sexual orientation is influenced by biological, cognitive, cu.....
» 28/12/2017 3:31:32 AM .
Dear AL TRAV,
.
I note your particular attachment to norms and the importance you pla.....
» 27/12/2017 2:18:19 AM .
(Continued …)
.
It’s not the fault of nature either. There is no right or wrong in na.....
» 27/12/2017 2:13:52 AM .
Dear AL TRAV,
.
You ask :
« Are you saying that homosexuality is as natural as heter.....
» 26/12/2017 1:52:30 AM .
(Continued …)
.
Also, I don’t know how you feel, but, I must say that I am more than .....
» 26/12/2017 1:46:04 AM . Dear Tristan, . You wrote : « But there's a difference between self-awareness on the.....
» 25/12/2017 10:04:44 AM .
(Continued …)
.
And, unless I am mistaken, the range and sensitivity of consciousness.....
» 25/12/2017 10:01:17 AM .
Dear Tristan,
.
You wrote at the outset of your article :
« I will argue that there .....
» 17/12/2017 12:03:56 PM . Dear Ian, . The evolution of religion depends entirely on demographic factors such as.....
» 16/12/2017 10:43:16 AM . Dear Ian (the author), . I don’t think the decline in the belief in God has anything .....
» 13/12/2017 4:28:22 AM . Dear Graham Preston & Peter Sellick, . I have just (rather belatedly) discovered your.....
» 27/11/2017 2:02:01 AM . Dear David, . There comes a time when there are so many holes in the rusty old bucket.....
» 10/11/2017 9:39:37 PM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « I care not why the change was made. Obviously it aided .....
» 10/11/2017 8:50:16 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « I haven't changed my position, I simply see the interpr.....
» 9/11/2017 10:13:46 PM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « … the correct outcome is to retain the current interpre.....
» 9/11/2017 1:29:59 AM . (Continued …) . Virginia Bell, a justice of the High Court of Australia, observed dur.....
» 9/11/2017 1:09:01 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « If it was not written into the constitution I would not.....
» 8/11/2017 1:37:56 AM . (Continued …) . Jurors receive a small payment for each day of attendance. Employers .....
» 8/11/2017 1:05:00 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « As I still see no mention of removing a jury from a tri.....
» 7/11/2017 2:33:48 AM . (Continued …) . You added : « BTW I still have not had any comments on why we are n.....
» 7/11/2017 2:28:27 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . Thank you for explaining your world view as it applies to the constitu.....
» 5/11/2017 10:55:42 PM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « Banjo, staying with what I have written previously » N.....
» 5/11/2017 8:39:42 AM . (Continued …) . In fact, 1989 was the first time that a plaintiff was successfully a.....
» 5/11/2017 8:30:28 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote: « I don't see these problems you speak of with the current.....
» 4/11/2017 9:49:16 AM . Dear ALTRAV, . You wrote : « I do not mind being beholding to Britain … I like the f.....
» 4/11/2017 1:02:32 AM . Dear Brendan, . There comes a time when there are so many holes in the rusty old buck.....
» 25/10/2017 6:49:00 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « You cannot expect from me any solidarity with a body-o.....
» 25/10/2017 3:18:56 AM . (Continued …) . Might I add that, from a purely moral point of view, I, personally co.....
» 25/10/2017 3:16:04 AM . Dear Yuytsu, . You wrote : « Realistically, it is very unlikely for too many people .....
» 24/10/2017 3:07:50 AM . Dear Yuytsu, . You wrote : « The state has no right to prohibit assisted killing, bu.....
» 23/10/2017 9:26:58 PM . Dear NathanJ, . Thanks for your explanations but I still consider that governments sh.....
» 23/10/2017 7:50:03 AM . Dear NathanJ, . I wrote : « I couldn’t agree with you more as regards the privacy of.....
» 23/10/2017 2:47:27 AM . (Continued …) . are loss of autonomy and dignity and being less able to enjoy life’s .....
» 23/10/2017 2:43:08 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . You ask : « If you have the reference handy I'd like to see whe.....
» 22/10/2017 2:07:51 AM . Dear NathanJ, . You wrote : « Having high respect for the vast medical specialists I.....
» 21/10/2017 9:00:01 AM . Dear Not_Now.Soon, . According to the latest statistics, in 2016, about 8 people died.....
» 21/10/2017 1:18:10 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for that clarification. You are right in thinking that I .....
» 19/10/2017 11:40:11 PM . (Continued …) . Euthanasia is not, however, a question for the medical profession to .....
» 19/10/2017 11:37:53 PM . (Continued …) . Euthanasia of convicted criminals must necessarily be carried out in .....
» 19/10/2017 11:33:26 PM . Dear Simon (the author), . I fully subscribe to Yuyutsu’s words of wisdom : « The fr.....
» 17/10/2017 11:11:25 PM . Dear George, Dear Peter, . I often wonder if prolific writers take the time to re-rea.....
» 17/10/2017 7:00:07 AM . Dear Peter, . You have elevated your mysticism to a paroxysm of ecstasy on that one, .....
» 16/10/2017 11:20:35 PM . Dear George, . Thank you for the link to your article on “The nature of reality”. An .....
» 15/10/2017 10:05:28 AM . (Continued …) . As I tried to explain in my previous post, the only “time” I am capa.....
» 15/10/2017 10:02:42 AM . Dear George, . You point out : « You obviously misunderstood my TECHNICAL (semantic?.....
» 14/10/2017 1:32:02 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Here are some things that we can indeed agree on … » ......
» 14/10/2017 12:46:19 AM . (Continued …) . Although I try to keep an open mind on everything, I do my best to k.....
» 14/10/2017 12:40:43 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « It is a deeper philosophical (semantic) question, wheth.....
» 13/10/2017 12:50:06 AM . (Continued …) . Having invented the supernatural, we elaborated a strategy for surviva.....
» 13/10/2017 12:39:27 AM . Dear Jayb, . Thank you for those interesting comments. Allow me to make the following.....
» 12/10/2017 7:21:12 AM . Dear Peter, . You conclude : « Any healing of the Church, which is now in disarray o.....
» 12/10/2017 5:45:54 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I understand that the precise number of religions in the world is not.....
» 12/10/2017 12:53:21 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « While no positive description of God is possible, one .....
» 12/10/2017 12:05:30 AM . (Continued …) . As for the Czechs and East Germans, defenders of "our Christian .....
» 11/10/2017 11:57:37 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « You make me nostalgic, because this is exactly what I l.....
» 11/10/2017 1:33:46 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Description?? I would be stupid indeed to attempt to d.....
» 11/10/2017 12:25:55 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Western Europe, apparently on its way to Islamisation, .....
» 10/10/2017 7:14:49 AM . Dear nicknamenick, . If Spinoza’s pantheism equates to “chance and necessity” (which .....
» 10/10/2017 6:50:59 AM . Dear George, . It’s nice to hear from you again. You ask : « Is one right in interpr.....
» 10/10/2017 12:17:47 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, Dear George, . Yuyutsu wrote : « God Himself/Herself has no shape or f.....
» 9/10/2017 1:25:22 AM . Dear Peter, . Further to my previous post (page 7 of this forum) : In his post-synod.....
» 7/10/2017 11:45:52 PM . Dear Peter, . The theological concept of the trinity clearly reflects the macho menta.....
» 29/09/2017 12:00:24 AM . Dear Philip S. . Many thanks for your response. As regards my comment that « we wer.....
» 27/09/2017 11:05:34 PM . Dear Philip S, . It seems only right to me that, like every other country in the worl.....
» 21/09/2017 9:56:33 PM . Dear Graham, . Unless I have misunderstood your calculations, it seems to me that the.....
» 7/09/2017 7:20:10 AM . I should add that, much to my regret, I did not invent the wheel either - and yet, wher.....
» 7/09/2017 12:29:09 AM . Graham wrote : « I don't see much point in arguing about why the Aborigines were so pr.....
» 2/09/2017 11:04:12 PM . Dear Leo Lane, . You wrote : « Banjo, what are the "sovereign rights" you .....
» 2/09/2017 1:00:48 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « Certainly Cook didn't expect to find uninhabited lands .....
» 3/05/2017 6:22:10 PM . Dear David, . I get your point, David. It might be nice to have an Australian as our .....
» 1/05/2017 8:18:50 AM . (Continued …) . We have no alternative but to take up arms against them. We must stop.....
» 1/05/2017 8:10:40 AM . Dear Foxy, . The Christian Reformation took about 150 years to complete. Though most .....
» 30/04/2017 6:55:36 AM . Oops ! I meant to write : Contemporary Salafis (the usurpers of Al-Afghani’s term) are.....
» 30/04/2017 6:41:26 AM . (Continued …) . It was with the help of these tools that he could attain happiness. H.....
» 30/04/2017 6:35:16 AM . Dear Foxy, . Thanks for the link to the “Best Answer” to the question “How can Islam .....
» 29/04/2017 8:33:59 AM . Dear Foxy, . I’m sorry not to have replied earlier to your last post “regarding relig.....
» 28/04/2017 11:25:18 AM . (Continued …) . And I have just as reasonably explained, Leoj, that, having read the .....
» 28/04/2017 10:56:37 AM . Dear Leoj, . You wrote : « … then I must have Jewish origins. I don't … » That’s OK.....
» 28/04/2017 7:44:29 AM . Dear John, . Australia was ranked 8th Best Country in the world by the US News Report.....
» 27/04/2017 9:08:18 AM . I thought I should share this one with you, Joel (Oops ... Loej) : http://www.uua.org/.....
» 27/04/2017 8:59:34 AM . Dear John, . I see you shoot from the hip ... and there are an awful lot of holes in .....
» 26/04/2017 7:16:36 PM . Dear Leoj, . You wrote : « You appear to attack the personality of the reviewer but .....
» 26/04/2017 6:07:00 AM . (Continued …) . I first heard of Ayaan Hirsi Ali when the Dutch film director, Theo v.....
» 26/04/2017 6:02:27 AM . Dear Leoj, . You wrote : « That was a lot of personal marketing … » It was intended.....
» 25/04/2017 7:15:09 AM . Dear Foxy, . Thank you for your link to the article on Karen Armstrong’s book. I read.....
» 25/04/2017 2:57:31 AM . (Continued ...) . It follows that their motivation is not to be found in religious be.....
» 25/04/2017 2:49:06 AM . Dear leoj, . Thank you for giving me the opportunity of clarifying a number of popula.....
» 24/04/2017 7:37:07 AM . Dear leoj, Shockadelic and o sung wu, . I read your posts with interest and thank you.....
» 23/04/2017 6:45:17 AM . (Continued ...) . In response to your comment regarding “contributory negligence” on .....
» 22/04/2017 10:47:41 PM . Dear o sung wu, . You wrote : ... in commenting on the domestic violence prevention .....
» 22/04/2017 1:38:39 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « yeah meanwhile today in France and yesterday in USA .....
» 21/04/2017 9:59:42 PM . Dear o sung wu, . You ask : « … what should we all do about it [domestic violence] ?.....
» 21/04/2017 2:36:47 AM . Graham wrote : « If Australians are really serious about this violence, then they need.....
» 20/04/2017 7:01:36 AM . Dear Phanto, . You wrote : « They [women victims] also fear the criticisms and deris.....
» 19/04/2017 8:13:37 PM . Intimate partner violence is endemic in Australia, but we are not alone in that, and it.....
» 19/04/2017 9:27:44 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « If a woman wants to voluntarily submit to such a regime.....
» 18/04/2017 1:46:49 AM . (Continued …) . But, as we all know, Yuyutsu, nothing in this world is perfect, Even.....
» 18/04/2017 1:24:36 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Perhaps the constitution never intended to protect rel.....
» 16/04/2017 11:09:20 PM . (Continued ...) . From this, it derives that all belief is “binding” and that all bel.....
» 16/04/2017 11:01:27 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « ... "secularism" has, this way or the other,.....
» 15/04/2017 7:31:06 AM . (Continued …) . You ask : « How could they [the Commonwealth] possibly tell what's r.....
» 15/04/2017 7:23:11 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … I understand 'secular' to mean "worldly" ….....
» 14/04/2017 5:56:46 PM . Dear Foxy, . My best wishes to you and yours too, Foxy, for a relaxing and enjoyable .....
» 14/04/2017 1:19:43 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You suggest : « … one of the uses of the word 'secular' is derived f.....
» 13/04/2017 1:29:45 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « Secularism is an ideology … » Not according to the Oxfo.....
» 12/04/2017 11:03:43 PM . Dear Foxy, . I wrote an article entitled “Justice – A matter of Life and Death” that .....
» 9/04/2017 2:26:15 AM . (Continued …) . For Saul, religion appears to have been the sublimation of the death .....
» 9/04/2017 2:16:34 AM . Dear Greg, . You posit: « The Bible is a mainstay of Western life » I think it woul.....
» 3/04/2017 3:21:35 AM . Dear Runner, . Thanks for the link but, unfortunately, it didn’t work. However, I ma.....
» 2/04/2017 9:40:13 AM . Perhaps I should add that the White Australia policy ended with the Racial Discriminati.....
» 2/04/2017 9:16:30 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « I don't quite understand how 18C of the Racial Discrimin.....
» 1/04/2017 2:09:05 AM . The rejection by the Senate last night must have come as a bit of a disappointment, not.....
» 30/03/2017 10:58:55 AM . Dear Graham, . An excellent, well-documented article in support of the Prime Minister.....
» 28/03/2017 7:14:45 PM . Dear leoj, . You ask : « How can a brown, sun-burned land be white? » . We do ha.....
» 27/03/2017 6:51:37 AM . Dear Mike, . You wrote : « … Stan Grant said: "The Australian dream is rooted i.....
» 24/03/2017 11:51:35 PM . Dear Luciferase, Dear phanto, . There comes a time when there are so many holes in th.....
» 24/03/2017 2:18:12 AM . Dear Tombee, . You wrote : « Nothing highlights more the absurdity of 18C and the hy.....
» 28/02/2017 9:45:05 AM . (Continued …) . You then wrote : « And here is a link referencing Aboriginal use of .....
» 28/02/2017 9:39:06 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « … your … asserting that the "Abrahamic" relig.....
» 25/02/2017 11:16:29 AM . (Continued ...) . The various phases in the timeline of the social development of hum.....
» 25/02/2017 11:04:11 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « "The action of the legendary Jesus no doubt render.....
» 23/02/2017 10:24:46 PM . (Continued ...) . It is amusing to note in this respect that so-called modern day lai.....
» 23/02/2017 10:15:48 PM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « Banjo, I think you have a severe comprehension problem......
» 23/02/2017 10:04:52 AM . (Continued ...) . The rest of the people will hear of this and be afraid, and never a.....
» 23/02/2017 9:56:11 AM . Dear Graham, . You wrote : « … the sermon from our church last Sunday … explores a c.....
» 22/02/2017 4:04:26 AM . (Continued …) . by it and if the government and laws do not conform to the “General W.....
» 22/02/2017 4:02:24 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Governments will still do what governments do for mille.....
» 22/02/2017 1:47:41 AM . Dear Runner, . Not to worry, my friend, I think I understand your predicament. Am I .....
» 21/02/2017 12:30:32 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : [ « … it was the scientific method applied to my body tha.....
» 20/02/2017 9:12:38 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : [ “to ‘opt-out’ of society, one has to either cease bein.....
» 20/02/2017 7:24:22 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « ' I prefer the scientific method to blind faith.' You h.....
» 19/02/2017 10:24:41 AM . Dear Runner, . « We probably are not to far off in our belief as far as Government is.....
» 18/02/2017 1:35:52 AM . Dear Runner, . Many thanks for your definition of “secularism” and additional clarifi.....
» 17/02/2017 6:28:56 AM . Dear Najla, . You wrote : « Islam is the religion I choose to follow because contrar.....
» 17/02/2017 12:22:59 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « secularism with many of its filthy dogmas was never goi.....
» 16/02/2017 2:37:31 AM . Dear nicknamenick, . You wrote : [ ".. living in total seclusion as a hermit, w.....
» 15/02/2017 9:23:35 AM . Dear nicknamenick and Yuyutsu, . Many thanks for those articles of law which I read w.....
» 14/02/2017 9:00:01 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « ... Australia, where the option to opt-out from societ.....
» 14/02/2017 12:43:03 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . The Human Freedom Index 2016, a global measurement of personal, civil.....
» 11/02/2017 1:38:36 AM . Dear NathanJ, . You wrote : « Firstly, you did not answer my point re future predict.....
» 10/02/2017 8:42:03 AM . Dear NathanJ, . Sorry, I'm a bit tied up right now. I'll try to get back to you tomor.....
» 9/02/2017 7:09:58 PM . Dear leoj, . Thanks for that interesting testimony. It just goes to show you that y.....
» 9/02/2017 10:51:07 AM . Dear NathanJ, . You conclude : « … suicide and euthanasia, simply don't provide answ.....
» 8/02/2017 9:39:17 AM . Dear NathanJ, . Thank you for your explanations but I am having difficulty understand.....
» 7/02/2017 8:33:37 AM . Literary licence, Is Mise ... ......
» 7/02/2017 3:33:04 AM . Dear diver dan, . You wrote : « I think euthanasia is a conspiracy by the medical fr.....
» 7/02/2017 1:03:46 AM . Dear NathanJ., . You wrote : « … most Australians are always free, most of the time......
» 6/02/2017 7:49:09 AM . Dear Alan B., . I fully understand and share your distress at the fact that suicide i.....
» 5/02/2017 1:29:10 AM . Continued … . You then wrote : « The fact that many 15 (FIFTEEN) to 44 year olds as .....
» 5/02/2017 12:44:10 AM . Dear Alan B, . You wrote : « In any of our major hospitals, euthanasia is routine an.....
» 4/02/2017 4:11:18 AM . According to the latest statistics, a total of 1 611 people hung themselves in Australi.....
» 29/01/2017 11:11:33 AM . Dear Alan B., . Though I am not sure to have understood all of your post, the message.....
» 27/01/2017 11:08:01 PM . Dear Graham, . The historical significance of the 26th January as Australia Day is no.....
» 18/01/2017 2:31:46 AM . Dear Peter, . You concluded : « The Church must be at the forefront in limiting the .....
» 12/01/2017 7:32:24 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Advanced computers, so I fear, will be able to do the .....
» 12/01/2017 6:56:41 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Apologies for wrongly assuming that you thought conscio.....
» 11/01/2017 7:25:06 AM . (Continued …) . Life is neither matter nor energy nor some hypothetical supernatura.....
» 11/01/2017 3:21:44 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « You and I are not entities » An “entity” is something.....
» 11/01/2017 12:34:26 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « So your preferred context is neuroscience, which is mor.....
» 10/01/2017 7:21:45 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Of course, consciousness (the same as free will) is a fu.....
» 10/01/2017 6:13:09 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … it is YOU and I who are conscious and aware - not ou.....
» 9/01/2017 2:06:05 AM . Dear George, Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you both for your comments and observations. The.....
» 8/01/2017 4:21:34 AM . Dear George, . Thanks for your input. I appreciate it. You indicate : « I fail to s.....
» 6/01/2017 7:28:20 PM . Dear George, . Thank you for your kind New Year’s greetings. I wish you and yours a v.....
» 6/01/2017 2:28:22 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for sharing the gist of Penrose’s contemplation on conscious.....
» 5/01/2017 3:15:33 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « Computers will never reach consciousness. There is an in.....
» 4/01/2017 2:12:16 AM . Dear Graham, . Happy New Year to you and yours too, Graham, as well as to all our fel.....
» 2/01/2017 2:04:27 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « My point is that the borders in 1949 included .....
» 1/01/2017 12:28:01 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You ask : « As there were no demarcated permanent border lin.....
» 31/12/2016 11:58:10 PM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « On this occasion Prime Minister Turnbull and Foreign .....
» 31/12/2016 8:15:55 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « So the mass murder of its citizens and the the.....
» 30/12/2016 6:19:03 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « … the new president, especially one whose part.....
» 30/12/2016 7:20:43 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « A lame duck President initiates a UN resolutio.....
» 18/12/2016 10:30:15 PM . This is the treaty I should like us all to sign ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xba.....
» 16/12/2016 12:12:52 AM . (Continued …) . leader of the Pan German Party, which sought to unite the German spea.....
» 16/12/2016 12:08:35 AM . Dear Runner, . With reference to Mao, Stalin, Hitler (and Pol Pot), you wrote: « The.....
» 15/12/2016 8:56:45 AM . (Continued …) . Orthodox Church) ever declared that he was an atheist or anything oth.....
» 15/12/2016 8:50:34 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « … much bad done in the name of religion however in a ve.....
» 13/12/2016 9:34:28 PM . Dear Foxy, . I am pleased to hear that your mother is in good hands and that you are .....
» 13/12/2016 7:23:50 AM . Dear Foxy, . I thoroughly agree with your comments and, of course, as previously note.....
» 13/12/2016 5:48:39 AM . (Continued …) . The concept of an anthropomorphic deity is unique to Christianity amo.....
» 13/12/2016 5:30:07 AM . Dear Foxy, . I fully agree, but you are only looking at the positive sign of the coin.....
» 12/12/2016 9:10:36 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote : « I have found that my religion has brought me great comfor.....
» 11/12/2016 10:15:34 AM . Dear Foxy, . You quoted C.S. Lewis, who wrote: « I believe in Christianity as I beli.....
» 10/12/2016 3:28:56 AM . Dear Foxy, . A little heart-warming encouragement from Europe : http://youtu.be/Yfwl.....
» 10/12/2016 2:59:14 AM . Dear Foxy, . Euthanasia is a personal decision which each individual should organise .....
» 17/11/2016 11:37:47 AM . (Continued …) . ... punitive justice system should also be revisited so far as it app.....
» 17/11/2016 11:30:01 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « Now perhaps we can get back to the key issues in Indigenou.....
» 15/11/2016 9:58:52 AM . (Continued ...) . As a conscientious objector, he became an icon of the countercultur.....
» 15/11/2016 9:55:12 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « Thanks, but I dispute ALL of your premises » I see that w.....
» 14/11/2016 2:14:18 AM . (Continued …) . 1. The Aboriginal tribal elders need to define realistic short, mediu.....
» 14/11/2016 2:10:24 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « The remote communities … are the models around which a sep.....
» 13/11/2016 10:35:33 AM . (Continued …) . So much for our national operating account. As for our national bala.....
» 13/11/2016 10:31:28 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « I recall that Manne's 'discovery' errors was demolished a .....
» 12/11/2016 11:25:57 AM . (Continued ...) . ... thirty billion a year might go some way. And if you want to get.....
» 12/11/2016 11:16:29 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « As to Windschuttle's reliability as a historian, your citi.....
» 11/11/2016 11:05:13 AM . Dear Amanda, . Thanks for the article. I had missed that. It is a step in the right d.....
» 11/11/2016 10:38:28 AM . (Continued ...) . 2. It is estimated that at least 20,000 Aboriginal people were kill.....
» 11/11/2016 10:27:32 AM . Dear Joe, . Many thanks for drawing my attention to Keith Windschuttle's latest book,.....
» 10/11/2016 10:05:23 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « … across the 'South' (and you know what I mean if you've l.....
» 9/11/2016 10:28:39 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « Your ramble about culture is not really relevant any more,.....
» 8/11/2016 2:47:34 AM . (Continued …) . Sometimes it’s a hindrance. I learned that very early in my internati.....
» 8/11/2016 2:33:52 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « I don't think my wife would have ever claimed to know much.....
» 7/11/2016 4:04:18 AM . (Continued …) . I, personally, am incapable of evaluating the legitimacy of these maj.....
» 7/11/2016 3:20:49 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « What happens in remote 'communities' is up to the people i.....
» 6/11/2016 11:38:54 AM . (Continued …) . And you ask : « Perhaps it's easier to live on welfare, as they are .....
» 6/11/2016 11:34:37 AM . Dear Joe, . You note : « The Queen's likeness is also on all coins. Flora or fauna ?.....
» 5/11/2016 8:46:55 AM . (Continued …) . ... is certainly not in their own people’s best interests for aborigi.....
» 5/11/2016 8:20:10 AM . Dear Joe, . You ask : « God, where to start ? "the $2 coin has the image of a b.....
» 4/11/2016 1:13:15 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « Re Marx: As a sort-of-ex-Marxist, that's what I've been tr.....
» 3/11/2016 9:52:11 AM . (Continued ...) . [The merchant Edward Lucett declared; "some monkeys I have see.....
» 3/11/2016 9:43:53 AM . Dear Joe, . Thank you for expressing your opinion on this important question. « Wher.....
» 31/10/2016 9:08:22 AM . (Continued ...) . Therefore, should they in a hostile manner oppose a landing and kil.....
» 31/10/2016 9:02:16 AM . (Continued) . they seem’d to set no Value upon anything we gave them, nor would they .....
» 31/10/2016 8:55:40 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . Yes, it’s a sad tale I’m afraid. There has been gross miscomprehens.....
» 30/10/2016 1:02:33 AM . Dear Joe, . You ask : « … should the next generation of children there be sacrifice.....
» 28/10/2016 9:41:41 AM . Dear Joe, . Thank you for those details on Indigenous land tenure in South Australia......
» 27/10/2016 9:53:20 AM . (Continued …) . not the culprits. They seem to have been considered as a hybrid speci.....
» 27/10/2016 1:36:59 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « Solidarity would be fine, if anybody knew what they are su.....
» 26/10/2016 9:39:17 PM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « So, when I asked if … “you didn't mean to imply that forag.....
» 26/10/2016 9:46:57 AM . (Continued …) . You also wrote : « … Aboriginal graduates are no more responsible th.....
» 26/10/2016 9:16:18 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « … you didn't mean to imply that foraging people were inher.....
» 25/10/2016 8:38:08 AM . (Continued ...) . again, with the 1991 recommendations designed to eradicate any poli.....
» 25/10/2016 8:27:22 AM . Dear AJ & LEGO, . As I understand it, the extraordinarily high crime rate among indig.....
» 24/10/2016 10:43:40 PM . (Continued ...) . Wouldn’t you feel thrown off balance, destabilised, lost, disorient.....
» 24/10/2016 10:33:14 PM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « 2. If you had moved to France with a one-year-old ch.....
» 23/10/2016 12:54:17 AM . (Continued ...) . I have assimilated French culture to the best of my ability while c.....
» 23/10/2016 12:43:20 AM . Dear Loudmouth, . You wrote : « Culture is not genetic … Culture is learnt … From th.....
» 22/10/2016 12:21:04 AM . (Continued ...) . I could never have imagined it would be possible for any of them to.....
» 22/10/2016 12:03:59 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « … it seems that in the early days in SA, people's curiosit.....
» 21/10/2016 9:45:44 AM . Dear Joe, . You wrote : « … Aboriginal people themselves have to be front and centre.....
» 19/10/2016 2:14:39 AM . Dear Joe, . I am pleased to see that we are on the same wavelength so far as “cultura.....
» 18/10/2016 8:31:50 PM . Sorry, the link only seems to work when you copy it and paste it into your browser sear.....
» 18/10/2016 8:04:05 PM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « Your claim that scientists can not find a link between ra.....
» 18/10/2016 12:55:29 AM . Oops, it seems the OLO forum does not recognize certain foreign letters ! The Venitian.....
» 18/10/2016 12:41:01 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « Intelligence testing of human beings has been around for .....
» 17/10/2016 6:33:01 AM . Dear Craig, . Thanks for introducing me to Roger Waters. I’ll investigate a little fu.....
» 17/10/2016 6:11:39 AM . Dear LEGO, . Welcome back. I hope you had a pleasant weekend and managed to rest up a.....
» 15/10/2016 9:39:16 AM . Dear Loudmouth & Craig, . It’s nice to see you both back on this thread. Loudmouth, .....
» 15/10/2016 8:56:05 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « Your position, is that the way to world peace is to mix u.....
» 13/10/2016 8:10:15 PM . Dear All, . There is an interesting article in today’s Australian edition of The Guar.....
» 13/10/2016 9:12:02 AM . (Continued …) . We can ignore them just as we ignore the homeless and beggars on the .....
» 13/10/2016 8:57:46 AM . Dear LEGO, . I understand what you are saying and I think there is a lot of truth in .....
» 11/10/2016 8:23:16 AM . (Continued ...) . Today, Australians identify with some 300 ancestries and practise a.....
» 11/10/2016 8:07:10 AM . Dear LEGO, . You certainly paint a bleak picture of humanity and its future prospects.....
» 5/10/2016 9:57:43 PM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « … your explanation that racism rests on two basic assumpti.....
» 5/10/2016 1:50:22 AM . Dear Craig, . Thank you for your kind words. This is what the historian, Dante A. Pu.....
» 5/10/2016 12:29:30 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote: « But in the case of Roman recognition of races, I think you.....
» 4/10/2016 8:15:15 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote: « My apologies, it was Plutarch's "Fall of the Republic.....
» 4/10/2016 1:17:03 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote: « You seem to be suggesting that certain existing words in t.....
» 3/10/2016 7:34:38 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « "Class" may be a "social construct" b.....
» 3/10/2016 1:10:27 AM . Dear Bazz, . You ask : « Does aboriginal custom allow cousin marriage ? Indeed did a.....
» 1/10/2016 10:32:12 PM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote: « Physical appearances are caused by genetics … » Agreed. ......
» 1/10/2016 7:40:44 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote: « It was discovered that all races can have people with ver.....
» 30/09/2016 6:19:06 AM . Dear Craig, . You wrote : « In general I agree, but I'd like to muddy the waters a l.....
» 29/09/2016 6:32:33 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « White Scandinavians can easily be distinguished from bla.....
» 25/09/2016 10:26:38 AM . Dear LEGO, . I am back on stream and can now take up our conversation where we left o.....
» 22/09/2016 6:28:53 AM . Dear LEGO, . Unfortunately, I don’t have time to comment in detail but suggest you re.....
» 4/09/2016 6:47:49 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « My background as an engineer (30+yrs) has taug.....
» 4/09/2016 1:40:07 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « I am looking forward to a reasoned rebuttal of.....
» 2/09/2016 10:52:05 PM . Dear LEGO and Shadow Minister, . I'm afraid this debate is beginning to turn in circl.....
» 1/09/2016 2:25:51 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « The surest way to prevent harm in detention is.....
» 30/08/2016 11:28:59 PM . Dear LEGO and Shadow Minister, . Many thanks for your input. I appreciate your argume.....
» 30/08/2016 5:04:57 AM . LEGO wrote : « If you and Mr Crisp are still advocating … » . Rodney Crisp and Banjo .....
» 30/08/2016 1:54:02 AM . Dear LEGO, . I fully subscribe, without the slightest reserve, to the first three par.....
» 29/08/2016 11:09:18 PM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « At least you concede that off shore detention .....
» 29/08/2016 11:18:11 AM . Dear LEGO, . Thank you for expressing your concerns. You certainly paint a bleak pict.....
» 29/08/2016 12:15:06 AM . Not surprisingly, the comments posted here so far are essentially manifestations of the.....
» 29/08/2016 12:04:56 AM . Dear Shadow Minister, . You wrote : « The reality is that illegal immigration droppe.....
» 13/08/2016 8:31:14 PM . it’s the Creator wot done it. He does everythin’ : FRYING PAN'S THEOLOGY Scene: On Mo.....
» 12/08/2016 8:01:57 AM . (Continued...) . Also, about 50% of all heterosexual marriages today, end up in separ.....
» 12/08/2016 6:55:57 AM . (Continued...) . I think you will find that my experience of life is fairly comparabl.....
» 12/08/2016 6:43:48 AM . Dear ttbn, . Many thanks for providing that background information. I appreciate it. .....
» 11/08/2016 2:30:40 AM . Dear ttbn, . You wrote : « All the old stuff about animals and ancients being homos .....
» 10/08/2016 11:15:22 PM . Dear Shimon (the author), . What a pity the “Abrahamic faiths” do not command their a.....
» 10/08/2016 9:41:29 PM . Dear Sells, . Like most visitors at the Museo del Prado in Madrid, I was quite impres.....
» 9/08/2016 1:45:47 AM . Dear Joe (Loudmouth), . That seems to me to be a fairly perspicacious analysis of the.....
» 8/08/2016 2:31:55 AM . Dear Sells, . Commenting on Don Aitkin’s article, “The moral basis of the Left”, yo.....
» 20/07/2016 9:19:13 AM . Dear AJ & David, . Thanks, AJ, your comments are well taken but please be assured tha.....
» 20/07/2016 1:01:35 AM . (Continued ...) . His intent seems to have been to simply underline the greater benef.....
» 20/07/2016 12:50:53 AM . Dear AJ, . It is interesting to learn that « there are many acts that criminologists .....
» 19/07/2016 1:25:08 AM . (Continued ...) . What bothers me is that “deaths due to warfare, genocide, and homic.....
» 19/07/2016 1:22:23 AM . Dear AJ & David, . Sorry to have taken so long to get back to you. My computer stubbo.....
» 15/07/2016 7:11:10 PM . An interesting thought, AJ. Thanks for the quote from Steven Pinker's "The Better.....
» 5/07/2016 6:01:29 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Neither of us, I think, has the tools to discern what .....
» 5/07/2016 7:50:46 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « This elaborate description of origin and behaviour is .....
» 5/07/2016 12:10:59 AM . (Continued ...) . The concept of religion and deity has evolved with the sociocultura.....
» 5/07/2016 12:05:26 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I overlooked a question you raised in your previous post : « … relig.....
» 4/07/2016 10:05:46 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … nobody denies that you are you or that you are the o.....
» 3/07/2016 9:35:12 AM . (Continued ...) . There is only one person in this whole wide-world who has accumulat.....
» 3/07/2016 9:15:07 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . « Whatever you perceive through your senses, you can tell that it exi.....
» 2/07/2016 11:03:22 AM . (Continued ...) . As the wheel progresses, the cogs evolve. They become more efficien.....
» 2/07/2016 10:58:16 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « You are what you are, neither a body nor a soul. While.....
» 1/07/2016 9:18:48 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Sorry I couldn’t get back to you earlier. I’ve been a bit busy the la.....
» 27/06/2016 7:26:08 AM . Here's some soul-searching for you ... http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/nPrWo5pEv.....
» 27/06/2016 7:09:44 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … only our bodies are conceived by their genitors … » .....
» 24/06/2016 9:44:33 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : « Do you participate in life unwillingly? » . We all do, .....
» 24/06/2016 8:49:25 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « If we dig deep enough, we should arrive at desire(s) t.....
» 23/06/2016 6:23:45 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « If an action or an interest is rational, this implies .....
» 22/06/2016 8:56:14 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I appreciate you sharing your opinion with me. I think I understand w.....
» 22/06/2016 9:33:23 AM . (Continued ...) . Human “rationality” operates within this context and I am inclined .....
» 22/06/2016 9:27:57 AM . Dear George, . Suffice it to say that I read the first half of your post with an acqu.....
» 20/06/2016 11:04:00 PM . Dear George, . The Webster’s Third New International Dictionary definitions of “belie.....
» 20/06/2016 10:18:47 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « If you are referring to Ockham’s razor (in explaining a.....
» 20/06/2016 3:23:45 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Speaking of being saved by faith in my previous post, I indicated : .....
» 20/06/2016 2:51:30 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « … my concern was only with the (religious) meaning of t.....
» 19/06/2016 9:32:26 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : « … how can one talk about "something which does not .....
» 19/06/2016 3:44:01 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Your question brings to mind Bertrand Russel’s « Flying teapot » : h.....
» 19/06/2016 1:59:44 AM . Dear George, . I understand your quandary with regard to the appropriate word for rel.....
» 17/06/2016 6:34:54 AM . Dear Peter, . You refer to : « … narrative devices that point beyond themselves to t.....
» 16/06/2016 8:54:52 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « There are two kinds of materialism, the methodological a.....
» 17/05/2016 6:14:49 AM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . Just as well your father was there, Dan. You never know, bu.....
» 16/05/2016 9:54:42 PM . Dear Rhian, . You explained : « When I said: “Perhaps the most important thing is no.....
» 14/05/2016 11:37:39 PM . Dear Rhian, . You ask : « Have you ever experienced love? » . Yes I have, and conti.....
» 14/05/2016 1:35:33 AM . Dear Rhian, . Thank you for your explanations which I find quite helpful. Though, ap.....
» 13/05/2016 1:47:08 AM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . You observe : « You sound very French. I've heard that the.....
» 13/05/2016 12:21:44 AM . Dear Rhian, . Thanks for indicating your choice among the numerous OED definitions of.....
» 12/05/2016 6:58:58 AM . Dear Rhian, . You wrote : « Your definition of reality as “something that exists ind.....
» 11/05/2016 2:46:52 AM . Dear Rhian, . You wrote : « Christian liturgy [ritual] does not commemorate an histo.....
» 10/05/2016 10:10:32 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I appreciate your drawing my attention to the difference between rati.....
» 10/05/2016 1:33:22 AM . Dear Rhian, . You wrote : « I do not believe in bodily resurrection. If you read the.....
» 9/05/2016 5:51:51 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You ask : « Why should people define themselves by whether or not th.....
» 8/05/2016 11:21:50 PM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . You wrote : « … I would also agree with your later conclus.....
» 6/05/2016 8:17:16 AM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . You wrote : « Which of the 'gospel' truths do I have in mi.....
» 5/05/2016 9:04:16 AM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . You wrote : « If I was offered two texts unseen, one take.....
» 4/05/2016 4:28:16 PM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . You observed : «… if we may try and compare apples with ap.....
» 3/05/2016 7:52:10 PM . Dear johnheininger, . Wikipedia has this to say on the historicity of the gospels : .....
» 3/05/2016 2:15:44 AM . Dear Don (the author), . You’re right. We’ve still got a lot to learn about the unive.....
» 21/04/2016 7:06:40 AM . Dear Peter, . As I am sure you are aware, I have already commented extensively on you.....
» 11/04/2016 10:34:42 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « As I already said, not being a theologian myself I am w.....
» 11/04/2016 2:52:35 AM . Dear George, . I don’t know if it is of any value to you but I just noticed that an a.....
» 11/04/2016 12:26:29 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « I do not see any point in discussing pejorative express.....
» 10/04/2016 10:32:57 AM . Dear George, . As I indicated above in my reply to Prebs, I see no justification for .....
» 9/04/2016 5:55:49 PM . « An ant on the move does more than a dozing ox » Laozi ......
» 9/04/2016 8:35:49 AM . If you persist in trying To attain what is never attained If you persist in making effo.....
» 8/04/2016 7:53:18 AM . Dear Prebs, . You wrote : « Faith is terribly defined in the dictionary, as the defi.....
» 7/04/2016 10:58:45 PM . Oops ! The second link should have been the following : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P.....
» 7/04/2016 10:43:50 PM . Dear Peter, . "Faith", as I understand it, is belief where there is no m.....
» 17/02/2016 7:22:54 PM . Here is an interesting slant on Lady Chatterley's Lover : « DH Lawrence's wife 'was th.....
» 17/02/2016 9:15:54 AM . Thanks David, . I found this on the web : « Regrettably, there are many countries wi.....
» 17/02/2016 3:04:03 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned because it was obscen.....
» 11/02/2016 10:15:31 PM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « Fundamentalism is thus a product of modernity and of sec.....
» 11/02/2016 2:22:17 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « … secularism … refer(s) to a realm that excludes the sac.....
» 24/01/2016 1:00:16 PM . (Continued ...) . Religious discrimination, persecution and war are by no means thing.....
» 24/01/2016 12:51:15 PM . According to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word religion means : « the belief in a.....
» 23/01/2016 11:13:04 AM . Dear George, . « I doubt Geertz meant it as something that could have a multitude of.....
» 23/01/2016 9:29:29 AM . David’s last post reminds me that I have observed over the years that some of the comme.....
» 23/01/2016 8:29:23 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « I am not sure which definitions of mine you mean … » . .....
» 22/01/2016 9:26:23 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Rocks can only lie there and eventually water will run.....
» 22/01/2016 10:38:46 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, Dear George, . Yuyitsu wrote : « In the broadest sense, religion is an.....
» 21/01/2016 10:50:12 AM . Dear George, Dear Yuyutsu, . Various people have various definitions of what constitu.....
» 21/01/2016 12:33:14 AM . Religion and Myth . In « The Oxford Companion to World Mythology » (2005), David Leem.....
» 17/01/2016 10:43:16 PM . Oops ! … in my previous post I wrote : « Greek, Norse and Christian mythologies ». I sh.....
» 17/01/2016 11:00:10 AM . Greek, Norse and Christian mythologies have been largely incorporated into every aspect.....
» 17/01/2016 12:51:00 AM . It just occurred to me that the explanation of Peter’s/Sells’ silence may be that he se.....
» 16/01/2016 10:43:37 AM . Peter Sellick/Sells may possibly have, inadvertently, made a typing error when he wrote.....
» 15/01/2016 9:10:32 PM . Hi David ! . Still no news from Peter Sellick alias Sells, despite his vibrant decla.....
» 15/01/2016 7:43:24 PM . Dear Pete, . The truth of the matter is that the bible is simply an interesting antho.....
» 15/01/2016 11:03:34 AM . (Continued …) . Today we have 4 times more students attending a state school than we .....
» 15/01/2016 10:58:27 AM . Dear Pete, . You published another article on your blog (http://petermulherin.net/?p=.....
» 14/01/2016 7:29:44 AM . (Continued ...) . In other words, Peter, if ever we were tempted to do away with reli.....
» 14/01/2016 2:18:51 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « My criticism of the rationalists, the humanists and the .....
» 5/01/2016 12:43:26 PM . Dear Tristan Ewins, . You wrote to Rhrosty : « … perhaps even God will not protect y.....
» 5/01/2016 11:01:38 AM . (Continued …) . You also oppose “biblical telos” and a so-called “secular telos”. T.....
» 5/01/2016 10:58:43 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « There are traumas so great and so terrible in the lives .....
» 1/01/2016 12:25:26 AM . Dear Peter/Sells, . You wrote (page 9 of this thread) : « Why do I get the feeling t.....
» 31/12/2015 3:00:36 AM . (Continued …) . Well, I doubt that “the Church” will change the date of the celebrati.....
» 30/12/2015 3:16:19 AM . (Continued …) . Of the four gospels in the New Testament, Luke’s is the only to indic.....
» 29/12/2015 9:58:42 AM . (Continued ...) . ... and I think it would be much better to serve just a few light r.....
» 29/12/2015 3:56:06 AM . (Continued ...) . Another barbaric practice of Christianity is the celebration of Mas.....
» 29/12/2015 3:35:48 AM . Dear Jayb, . You certainly seem to have had a pretty heavy religious education. Am I .....
» 28/12/2015 10:38:22 AM . (Continued …) . “The Church” celebrates the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross.....
» 28/12/2015 4:20:34 AM . Dear nicknamenick, . What seems pretty certain is that those 300 bishops who gathered.....
» 27/12/2015 10:51:32 AM . Oops, I forgot to take the "s" off the "https" address in my first .....
» 27/12/2015 10:44:55 AM . (Continued …) . Christianity started as just one of many small sects. Saul of Tarsus .....
» 27/12/2015 10:31:11 AM . Dear Jayb, . Thank you for those interesting details. I admire your science but it wo.....
» 26/12/2015 7:48:22 AM . Dear Peter/Sells, . Though, at the time of the events related in the New Testament, t.....
» 24/12/2015 12:47:50 AM . Dear Peter/Sells, . You ask : « Why do I get the feeling that I could as well publis.....
» 22/12/2015 12:50:23 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « At Christmas the Church proclaims that God has a human f.....
» 18/12/2015 9:54:08 AM . Dear Saints, . You might be interested to learn that a number of Australian scholars .....
» 17/12/2015 1:43:44 AM . Dear SAINTS, . Here is another case of a feeble-minded person apparently acting under.....
» 16/12/2015 2:31:05 AM . Here is an interesting development : http://www.arabianindustry.com/markets/news/2015/.....
» 7/12/2015 10:53:37 PM . Dear SAINTS, . You wrote : « There's just no excuse for anyone wanting to kill/take .....
» 7/12/2015 7:46:36 AM . Dear SAINTS, . You wrote : « The “scumbag” who stabbed three people in London Tube s.....
» 6/12/2015 10:24:08 AM . Dear SAINTS, . Ypu wrote : « It’s time the Grand Mufti of Australia sent a strong me.....
» 4/12/2015 10:45:08 PM . Dear SAINTS, . You wrote : « Aussies ask the obvious question – why is this “so call.....
» 2/12/2015 9:17:00 AM . Dear Baz, . You wrote : « Just what proportion are converts, not all that many I thi.....
» 1/12/2015 12:17:40 AM . Dear Baz, . You wrote : « Rodney said; so many fine, healthy, intelligent young I.....
» 30/11/2015 11:34:12 PM . Dear LEGO, . All those questions you ask appear to be characteristic of radical Musli.....
» 30/11/2015 2:06:35 AM . Dear LEGO, . I have never studied nor even read the Qur’an though I see I have one he.....
» 29/11/2015 11:09:50 AM . Dear LEGO, . We’re certainly on the same wavelength there. I could almost have writt.....
» 29/11/2015 4:29:55 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « I was not talking specifically about crime. I was saying .....
» 28/11/2015 10:14:36 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « The concept that nobody can be judged by their group affi.....
» 28/11/2015 4:11:17 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « C S Lewis said … Harry Walton … believes that he has see.....
» 28/11/2015 1:14:28 AM . Dear LEGO, . « The police officer made no social or political comments about Muslims......
» 26/11/2015 4:17:47 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « I have a book by the British police officer who was in ch.....
» 25/11/2015 1:24:52 AM . Dear David (the author), . You wrote : « I plan to introduce a Private Senators' Bil.....
» 25/11/2015 12:58:30 AM . Dear LEGO, . You wrote : « Islam is a religion which stresses that those who fight f.....
» 13/11/2015 8:57:59 AM . Though modern democracies recognize life as a fundamental human right, the same is not .....
» 8/11/2015 10:50:08 AM . Dear david f, . You wrote: « “That’s where the sons raise meat, and that’s the reali.....
» 8/11/2015 12:50:35 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « … if “numbers“ is “sufficiently explicit to you” when r.....
» 7/11/2015 9:19:18 AM . Dear George, . Your article, “The nature of reality” and the 23 comments it generated.....
» 5/11/2015 10:13:29 AM . Dear David and George, . The discussion has reached an interesting point and in view .....
» 4/11/2015 1:24:36 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « The same about “visions” of physical reality. The essen.....
» 2/11/2015 11:08:53 PM . Dear George, . Thank you for those interesting references to the works of Bas C. van .....
» 2/11/2015 3:13:54 AM . Dear George, . « … I agree that “vision” here - where culture and world views (which .....
» 1/11/2015 1:16:38 AM . Dear George, . You quote from Toynbee’s “Christianity among the religions of the worl.....
» 31/10/2015 9:35:00 PM . Dear david f and Suzeonline, . I don’t want to be a spoilsport on such an auspicious .....
» 31/10/2015 9:56:43 AM . Dear David, . Actually, my wife and I got the date wrong and raised our glasses to wi.....
» 30/10/2015 9:50:13 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « A Bill of rights might give one the right by removing.....
» 29/10/2015 2:55:15 AM . Dear Paul1405, . « Church leaders certainly have had a strong influence, and still do.....
» 28/10/2015 1:44:58 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Perhaps I should add that I understand “secular” to mean, essentially.....
» 27/10/2015 11:33:30 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . No, Paul1405 did not include China and USSR in his reply. Leave them.....
» 27/10/2015 9:01:35 PM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote : « I note you want a Bill of Rights, but more importantl.....
» 27/10/2015 7:28:30 AM . (continued …) . It will also be the occasion to establish a new Constitution : • rec.....
» 27/10/2015 7:23:22 AM . Dear onthebeach, . You wrote : « The republic pales into insignificance and is in fa.....
» 26/10/2015 9:30:23 PM . Dear onthebeach, . You wrote : « … I am happy to withdraw if I did read you wrongly .....
» 26/10/2015 1:44:08 AM . Dear Poirot and Paul 1405, . Thank you for sharing your impressions of onthebeach wit.....
» 25/10/2015 8:43:57 AM . Dear onthebeach, . You wrote : « Struggle Streets? Let them eat cake and pretend th.....
» 24/10/2015 9:46:53 AM . Dear Poirot, . It’s nice to hear from you too. Everything’s fine in Paris. Poor old .....
» 24/10/2015 7:35:57 AM . Dear onthebeach, . Thank you for drawing my attention to : • the drought-stricken fa.....
» 23/10/2015 8:34:59 AM . Dear Nathan J, . Thank you for your kind words. OLO is an interesting melting pot. It.....
» 22/10/2015 9:41:13 PM . Thank you, gentlemen (I presume). Those are all valid observations and objections which.....
» 22/10/2015 11:17:51 AM . Dear Is Mise, . You ask : « …what are the advantages? » The advantages are that fro.....
» 22/10/2015 9:37:58 AM . Australia - republic or constitutional monarchy ? . Australia : Australia's formal n.....
» 21/10/2015 8:03:49 AM . For those of us who have always enjoyed the Australian life-style and can see no reason.....
» 21/10/2015 3:56:11 AM . Also, on the question of religion so far as the Constitution is concerned, allow me to .....
» 21/10/2015 2:39:03 AM . The constitution of Australia was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The C.....
» 10/10/2015 11:35:08 AM . Dear Sells, . You wrote to david f. : « Where did you read this history? Is it not a.....
» 8/10/2015 10:33:07 PM . Dear Sells, . You wrote to david f. : « History is always being rewritten in order t.....
» 8/10/2015 12:15:03 AM . I wrote (page 4 of this thread) : « While the church fully recognizes the possibility .....
» 7/10/2015 8:25:32 AM . (Continued …) . To quote one of Siedentop’s critics: « Siedentop's view that the anc.....
» 7/10/2015 8:22:20 AM . Dear Peter, . In the opening words of your article, this month, you indicate : « Inv.....
» 16/09/2015 2:37:07 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : «… if God is dead then our death will quickly follow. » . .....
» 13/09/2015 11:08:33 PM . Dear o sung wu, . Your story revives a familiar melody that often plays in my mind as.....
» 12/09/2015 8:46:02 PM . My mother-in-law used to get very upset whenever my wife and I had to drive back to Par.....
» 12/09/2015 12:20:45 AM . Dear Paul (the author), . Life and death are fundamental human rights. Nobody has the.....
» 12/09/2015 12:10:43 AM . Dear Paul (the author), . Life and death are fundamental human rights. Nobody has the.....
» 29/08/2015 1:49:25 AM . Dear John (the author), . You wrote : « Labor's recent decision to opt for a 50% ren.....
» 3/08/2015 11:04:42 PM . (Continued …) . Might I add that it is a common feature in the animal kingdom for mal.....
» 3/08/2015 10:59:23 PM . Dear Eric (the author), . You wrote: « … over the past two hundred years or so in we.....
» 3/08/2015 7:18:55 AM . Oops ! Not "consummation". That's Franglais. Please read "consumption&qu.....
» 3/08/2015 1:20:58 AM . It’s no secret that population growth in undeveloped countries largely exceeds populati.....
» 1/08/2015 9:46:09 PM . Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B : « I do not believe that just because you're opposed t.....
» 1/08/2015 6:53:51 AM . Dear david f, . You certainly seem to have an interesting family. Arden looks like .....
» 31/07/2015 9:56:45 PM . Dear JP, . You wrote : « Problems arise though when atheists make up conflicting mor.....
» 31/07/2015 10:22:44 AM . Dear JP, . You wrote to George : « … if atheism is true ethical discussion makes no .....
» 29/07/2015 10:40:40 PM . (Continued …) . You concluded : « In a materialistic universe there is no necessity .....
» 29/07/2015 10:37:07 PM . Dear JP, . You ask : « Are you happier with materialistic universe? » No more than .....
» 29/07/2015 10:21:52 AM . Dear JP, . You wrote : « Banjo – both you and davidf seem quite ready to accept that.....
» 28/07/2015 8:30:45 PM . Dear JP, . « … in a universe that has just happened, completely unintentionally, to c.....
» 27/07/2015 11:02:56 AM . Oops! Instead of "Forth century BC Hippocratic oath ...", please read: ".....
» 27/07/2015 10:56:09 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « Somehow what started in the article as a moral discuss.....
» 26/07/2015 9:18:58 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « There were many reports of this event. I chose to use th.....
» 25/07/2015 5:26:59 AM . Dear George, . Thanks for that link to the “Crux” article of the Boston Globe Cathol.....
» 17/07/2015 6:20:19 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . As I wrote earlier, I am pleased to see that your religious beliefs a.....
» 17/07/2015 6:11:36 AM . I already expressed my views on this subject in an article the Greens picked up and inc.....
» 16/07/2015 8:31:22 PM Dear YuYutsu, . You wrote : « Religion is not about explaining the world, but about tra.....
» 15/07/2015 9:15:32 PM . Dear Dan, . You wrote : « The gospel message has found me. The invitation to believe.....
» 11/07/2015 8:48:16 AM . Dear Dan, . You wrote : « I choose to believe in these accounts [ the narratives of .....
» 10/07/2015 12:48:24 AM . Dear Dan, . You wrote: « …speaking for myself and most believers I relate with, what.....
» 8/07/2015 10:01:26 PM . Dear Dan, . Here are my answers to your questions - and I hope, this time, I have not.....
» 8/07/2015 7:35:56 AM . Dear Dan, . You ask : « If I'm hearing you correctly, you've decided a long time ago.....
» 7/07/2015 7:14:34 PM . Dear Dan, . You wrote : « It is interesting that those such as yourselves, Banjo, P.....
» 5/07/2015 7:13:31 AM . Dear Dan, . You wrote : « Je pense que celui qui s'approche de Dieu doit croire qu'i.....
» 3/07/2015 6:23:16 PM . Dear Dan, . Following our recent conversation, I just came up with what would seem to.....
» 3/07/2015 7:38:23 AM . Dear Dan, . Nice to see you back. You wrote : « I don't remember Sells ever respond.....
» 2/07/2015 10:06:37 PM . Dear Criag, . You wrote: « I don't share Peter's religious beliefs, Banjo, but I am .....
» 2/07/2015 5:58:36 AM . Dear Dan, . You ask : « I'm not sure about your insistence that Peter respond. What .....
» 1/07/2015 10:43:40 PM . Dear Craig, . You ask: « If a proof of a relatively simply piece of mathematics can .....
» 1/07/2015 6:38:51 AM . Dear Craig, . You wrote: « Nash spent just a few months in hospital, Banjo, admitted.....
» 29/06/2015 11:26:37 PM . Dear Craig, . John Nash is an interesting example. There are many others : Joan of Ar.....
» 29/06/2015 12:35:31 AM . Dear Craig, . You wrote : « The Annunciation story may well be "true". Hav.....
» 28/06/2015 4:23:34 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote: « I reiterate my point that legends like the crossing of th.....
» 27/06/2015 2:11:20 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « For example, the annunciation to Mary of her conception .....
» 26/06/2015 9:30:12 PM . A major study conducted by University of Melbourne researchers has concluded that same-.....
» 26/06/2015 8:19:35 PM . Homosexuality is a perfectly natural phenomenon, just like heterosexuality. As Petter.....
» 25/06/2015 4:37:35 PM . « I will engage with you if you engage with me ! » Posted by Sells, Thursday, 28 May 2.....
» 25/06/2015 5:51:11 AM . « I will engage with you if you engage with me ! » Posted by Sells, Thursday, 28 May 2.....
» 25/06/2015 5:29:30 AM . Dear Foxy, . Here is an additional element of reflection … Wards of the state: the f.....
» 23/06/2015 7:58:40 PM . Dear Foxy, . In my view, the State is already too intrusive in the private lives of i.....
» 22/06/2015 8:39:36 PM . Dear Craig, . If you need a distraction from the stress of your exams, here is some p.....
» 22/06/2015 1:16:02 AM . Estas Tonne is a modern day Troubadour, born in Ukraine. Reka Fodor is a Romanian actre.....
» 21/06/2015 11:25:46 PM . Dear Craig, . I hope all goes well for you on this last day of your semester. I’m sur.....
» 21/06/2015 2:29:25 AM . Here is my favourite version of Joaquín Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” composed in e.....
» 17/06/2015 9:00:16 PM . Dear Craig, . Welcome back. That was a quick goodbye and hello. Just a stage exit I .....
» 16/06/2015 7:11:03 PM . “There's no lack of void.” “Nothing happens. Nobody comes, nobody goes. It's awful.” .....
» 16/06/2015 3:14:56 AM . And indeed there will be time For the yellow smoke that slides along the street, Rubb.....
» 15/06/2015 9:05:59 PM . Dear Craig, . You wrote : « If you don't want to engage with Peter on Peter's terms,.....
» 15/06/2015 8:39:17 AM . Dear Craig, . You wrote : « sophistry is a fun game, but it is not indicative of goo.....
» 15/06/2015 2:18:45 AM . (Continued ...) . You then wrote : « You see, it's all very easy to poke fun at reli.....
» 15/06/2015 2:06:18 AM . Dear Craig, . You wrote : « Peter has made it clear what he meant by "engage&q.....
» 14/06/2015 10:14:17 AM Dear Craig, . You wrote : « Peter is not asking you or anyone to "engage" on .....
» 13/06/2015 6:45:01 PM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « I will engage with you if you engage with me! » : http:.....
» 11/06/2015 4:37:28 AM . Dear Peter, . You write : « Belief cannot be equated with faith. » There does not a.....
» 10/06/2015 7:42:46 PM . Last, but not least, one of the world's greatest violinist virtuosos, Niccolò Paganini .....
» 9/06/2015 6:35:07 AM . Dear David and Craig, . I’m glad you liked it. Closer to home in time and space, here.....
» 7/06/2015 8:34:13 PM . To think that Baldassare Galluppi (Il Buranello) preceded Mozart by 50 years ! Listen .....
» 2/06/2015 2:24:25 AM . Oops ! My mistake. Try this ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8qZmAypUfQ Sorry abou.....
» 2/06/2015 2:19:52 AM . Here are two motets (short pieces of sacred choral music), by Baldassare Galluppi, born.....
» 31/05/2015 10:23:55 PM . My favourite version of Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater” - composed in 1736 during the final .....
» 29/05/2015 8:18:51 PM . Heaven’s Joy Awaits When We Leave This Low Land We Will Cross The Jordan Pass This .....
» 29/05/2015 8:25:06 AM . Dear Craig Minns, . « What a fascinating digression. » Sometimes an “obiter dictum” .....
» 29/05/2015 12:15:58 AM . Dear Peter, . « I do not think it worthwhile trying to answer comments that are simpl.....
» 29/05/2015 12:06:28 AM . Dear Dan, . « … perhaps you're also suggesting Peter is not being democratic. » No, .....
» 27/05/2015 11:24:16 PM . (continued) . that the OLO forum is “an area for deliberative democracy” : http://po.....
» 27/05/2015 11:11:19 PM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . « Banjo, What are you looking for from Peter? Are you accu.....
» 22/05/2015 12:27:02 AM . Graham’s response (by e-mail) : . « Hi Rodney, I can’t see anything here I need to d.....
» 21/05/2015 6:28:54 PM . Dear david f, . Thank you for all that detailed information. Apparently there is much.....
» 21/05/2015 9:11:00 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . « Following Banjo's comment, I like to say that I enjoy Peter's artic.....
» 21/05/2015 7:49:43 AM . Dear david f, . « You modified what I wrote by writing: “Thought-crimes are instrumen.....
» 20/05/2015 6:32:03 PM . Dear Graham Young (the editor), . I am very surprised that this article escaped the v.....
» 20/05/2015 2:46:08 AM . Dear Peter, . I agree with George. I’m afraid you have, perhaps unwittingly, denature.....
» 19/05/2015 11:59:13 PM . Dear runner, . « Rates of domestic violence is much higher in the homosexual communit.....
» 19/05/2015 7:54:25 PM . Dear david f, . « Many of our arguments or discussions in olo seem to me rather point.....
» 19/05/2015 5:09:39 AM . Dear david f, . I wrote : « I vote “no”. Do you maintain your “yes” vote?" » A.....
» 18/05/2015 9:09:32 PM Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for that thoughtful post. « Obviously you know better than an.....
» 18/05/2015 7:37:50 PM . Dear david f, . « Bakunin believed that “... the instinct of liberty is lacking in hi.....
» 18/05/2015 12:59:53 AM . (Continued …) . God is not a childhood dream. It is a brilliant concept invented b.....
» 18/05/2015 12:37:13 AM . Dear david f, . « There may be millions who would have been similar monsters had they.....
» 17/05/2015 9:19:20 PM . Dear david f, . « Marx was not only an political thinker and philosopher but was also.....
» 17/05/2015 7:52:36 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . « … you can follow your childhood dream of serving God without any (i.....
» 17/05/2015 8:37:00 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . « Now that you realised that God does not exist, you are finally free.....
» 17/05/2015 8:22:00 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . « Are you also able to give us some rough idea about when the concept.....
» 16/05/2015 11:12:31 PM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . Your evident sincerity prompts me to make a contribution to.....
» 16/05/2015 8:21:04 PM . Dear david f, . I understand the reasons for your indignation toward Karl Marx despit.....
» 16/05/2015 2:43:39 AM . Dear Pericles & Yuyutsu, . Pericles wrote to Yuyutsu: « At least you are able to acc.....
» 16/05/2015 12:22:33 AM . Dear david f, . « Marx’s ideas did change the world. However, my opinion is that his .....
» 14/05/2015 11:11:25 PM . Dear david f, . « Banjo Paterson quotes Marx. Marx was good at making witty aphorisms.....
» 14/05/2015 12:28:47 AM . Dear ConservativeHippie, . « If Banjo's theory is correct, which is a big stretch, th.....
» 13/05/2015 11:32:47 PM . Dear thinkabit, . « Banjo Paterson: Your account of the raise of civilisation and com.....
» 13/05/2015 6:10:13 AM . Dear david f, . « The defining characteristic of capitalism is that the means of prod.....
» 12/05/2015 8:04:57 PM . Let us cease our idle chatter, Let the tears bedew our cheek, For a man from Tallangatt.....
» 11/05/2015 8:42:28 PM . Dear o sung wu, . I am sorry to hear of your personal loss. Please forgive me for hav.....
» 11/05/2015 8:33:00 PM . Dear onthbeach, . « I have mixed feelings about euthanasia and assisted suicide, main.....
» 11/05/2015 8:04:38 AM . Dear o sung wu, . « When you think about it Banjo, we're almost regressing in our sea.....
» 11/05/2015 7:55:31 AM . Dear onthebeach, . « It would be difficult to prove 'contributing fault' where minors.....
» 10/05/2015 7:15:28 AM . Dear o sung wu, . « Nations that still practice Capital Punishment, have been see.....
» 10/05/2015 7:02:05 AM . Dear onthebeach, . « There are drug traffickers and drug traffickers. There is a huge.....
» 9/05/2015 1:43:38 AM . Dear o sung wu, . Whereas I consider that the state has an imperious obligation to pr.....
» 29/04/2015 5:26:39 AM . Dear Joe, . « That's life » . You’re right there, Joe … All the best. ......
» 28/04/2015 8:08:08 PM . Dear David, . « The Westminster system violates Montesquieu’s checks and balances. » .....
» 28/04/2015 5:39:05 AM . Dear Joe, . « Your question, 'how much Aboriginal blood you have to have in Australia.....
» 27/04/2015 8:40:51 PM . Dear David, . « Paramount = predominant. We have different views. My view is that if .....
» 27/04/2015 8:16:24 AM . Dear onthebeach, . « You don't think that fires that dramatically reduced and would e.....
» 27/04/2015 7:39:52 AM . Dear Joe, . Thanks for your suggestions of possible explanations of what might have t.....
» 27/04/2015 7:07:33 AM . Dear plantagenet, . Thanks for the link to that “politically correct” speech of Tony .....
» 27/04/2015 6:56:51 AM . Dear David, . « Whose right is paramount - the right of society to enjoy the genius o.....
» 26/04/2015 7:29:07 PM . Dear David, . « Your position is essentially the same as Thomas Jefferson as to the s.....
» 26/04/2015 7:25:42 AM . Dear Joe, . « By the end of this year, around forty thousand Indigenous people will h.....
» 26/04/2015 6:27:18 AM . Dear David, . « How did you determine what is a fundamental human right? » . I didn.....
» 25/04/2015 11:53:39 PM . Dear onthebeach, . « Applying some commonsense and Occam's Razor, it is far more like.....
» 25/04/2015 8:28:19 PM . Dear David, . « Sometimes kamikaze operations are necessary. » . Then, so be it. I o.....
» 25/04/2015 2:21:36 AM . Dear David, . I couldn’t agree with you more. I place too high a price on my freedom .....
» 24/04/2015 11:21:56 PM . Dear Joe, . You certainly paint a colourful picture of Aboriginal life in the old day.....
» 24/04/2015 10:49:47 PM . Dear onthebeach, . « I come from the land and I can assure you that NO fire is withou.....
» 24/04/2015 5:55:48 AM . Dear Joe, . « Re-Thinking Aboriginal History » . Thanks, Joe. I read that summary ar.....
» 24/04/2015 2:03:03 AM . Dear onthebeach, . I wrote : « They (Aborigines) burned the bush to renew and reinvi.....
» 23/04/2015 8:01:20 PM . Dear Joe, . « I think you've answered your own query. Put the time in, my boy, and yo.....
» 23/04/2015 12:22:34 AM . Dear Joe, . « Check out my website: www.firstsources.info - you will find about twelv.....
» 22/04/2015 11:46:59 PM . Dear Is Mise, . « They didn't (live in perfect harmony with their natural environment.....
» 21/04/2015 11:24:31 PM . Dear Is Mise, . « Well said, Banjo, inaccurate and unscientific, but well said none t.....
» 21/04/2015 5:24:02 AM . Dear John (the author), . Colonialism with its habitual panoply of oppression, inhuma.....
» 6/04/2015 8:24:42 AM . Dear Peter/Sells, . You wrote : « This cosy little fest between you does not give yo.....
» 5/04/2015 8:45:14 AM . I can talk to him, Lego, but he can't hear me 'cause he just ain't there ! ......
» 5/04/2015 2:13:21 AM . Happy Resurrection Day to all ! . Time to have a little talk with Jesus : http://www.....
» 5/04/2015 1:13:01 AM . Happy Resurrection Day ! . Time to have a little talk with Jesus : http://www.youtub.....
» 3/04/2015 11:07:14 PM . Dear George, . On « relative freedom of thought and independence of mind » : . I hav.....
» 3/04/2015 7:54:43 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « I do not understand how a child could have accepted the.....
» 2/04/2015 8:34:20 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « >> I knew you would not take kindly to that expre.....
» 2/04/2015 3:04:38 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « I think we all are free to perceive a text the way we w.....
» 2/04/2015 2:59:21 AM . Dear Pericles, . You ask : « Is there a difference, Banjo Paterson? » [between the d.....
» 1/04/2015 1:05:20 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for Clifford Geertz’s anthropologist’s “scientific definitio.....
» 31/03/2015 8:20:45 AM . Dear George, . You wrote to Craig : « I agree that one difference between mathematic.....
» 31/03/2015 8:14:42 AM . Dear Peter, . I find your article, this month, to be an honest, unbiased presentation .....
» 17/03/2015 2:03:56 AM . Dear Runner, . You wrote : « I suspect we have not heard of the name of most heroes......
» 17/03/2015 1:46:19 AM . Dear Sophie (the author), . You wrote : « Like most Australians, I am implacably opp.....
» 10/03/2015 12:49:52 AM . I was young and fancy-free when I was living in Australia. My only possessions were the.....
» 7/03/2015 12:55:26 AM . Dear Peter, . You wrote : « The medical model of mental health with its focus on bra.....
» 6/03/2015 10:33:41 PM . Dear Foxy, . It’s a PDF document. This link might work better : http://www.google.fr.....
» 5/03/2015 8:51:03 PM . Dear Foxy, . Thank you for that for that excellent post. It appears so well-informed .....
» 4/03/2015 10:02:41 PM . Dear David (the author), . Perhaps you might like to read the following article : h.....
» 27/01/2015 7:21:38 PM . In the symposium on “Free Speech” organised last year by the Australian Human Rights Co.....
» 27/01/2015 1:21:21 AM . A sub-title on the “public sector guidance sheet” on the topic of “Right to freedom of .....
» 25/01/2015 8:47:40 AM . Dear david f, . « ... the problem is that some individuals hearing such words from an.....
» 24/01/2015 12:02:20 AM . Dear david f, . « To ask religion not to promote hatred, violence and terrorism is li.....
» 23/01/2015 9:27:32 PM . Dear david f . « 1. France has separation of religion and state. The government has n.....
» 23/01/2015 10:13:47 AM . Dear david f, . « One can make a distinction between the ordinary law-abiding Muslim .....
» 22/01/2015 8:53:23 PM . Dear david f, . « <<Though I have not seen the report, its author was interview.....
» 22/01/2015 8:02:42 AM . Dear David and George, . There are a couple of things I thought I should mention : T.....
» 21/01/2015 10:04:47 AM . Dear david f, . « The knowledge wasn't wasted. The advances made during early Islam f.....
» 20/01/2015 9:22:26 AM . Dear david f . « At that time Christian Europe was in the Dark Ages, and Islam was fa.....
» 20/01/2015 2:08:59 AM . Dear George, . « I do not think Jews need to be integrated into Western culture since.....
» 19/01/2015 9:40:16 PM . More about Confucius and reciprocity ... . « The doctrine of reciprocal response is c.....
» 19/01/2015 6:58:13 PM . Bowdlerising Charlie Hebdo … . Thomas Bowdler explained in « The Family Shakespeare ».....
» 18/01/2015 9:45:12 PM . Dear ConservativeHippie, . You wrote : « Charlie simply pushed too far and paid the .....
» 18/01/2015 10:58:58 AM . Dear George, . You opine : « I do not think Jews need to be integrated into Western .....
» 18/01/2015 9:51:10 AM . Dear david f, . Thanks for that interesting panorama of Tea Party Republicans and Dom.....
» 18/01/2015 5:50:44 AM . Dear George, . You asked : « Do the French want to live with Muslims who resent such.....
» 18/01/2015 1:51:36 AM . Dear Jay of Melbourne, . You wrote (on page 10 of this thread) : « … they [the Charl.....
» 17/01/2015 10:07:29 AM . DearGeorge, . « Where I see problems is when indecency, rudeness, impudence etc are .....
» 17/01/2015 7:30:10 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . «… a common Australian expression is "I can't [do such-and-such].....
» 16/01/2015 8:29:54 AM . Dear George, . « The question is only whether this implies the right to offend, insul.....
» 16/01/2015 3:15:50 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You conjectured (on page 7 of this thread) : « I am yet to see Austr.....
» 16/01/2015 1:09:52 AM . Dear david f . You recalled (on page 7 of this thread) : « A Japanese friend visited.....
» 15/01/2015 10:48:14 AM . Dear George, . « I gather the site represents a minority view in France. What do you .....
» 15/01/2015 9:18:07 AM . Let's try that link again : http://ouvirmusica.com.br/neil-diamond/839770/ ......
» 15/01/2015 9:13:05 AM . Dear Foxy, . Many thanks for your response (top of page 14 of this thread). I am sur.....
» 15/01/2015 1:39:56 AM . Charlie Hebdo . The sale of the resuscitated Charlie Hebdo got off with a bounce this.....
» 14/01/2015 3:42:39 AM . Dear Foxy, . You wrote to Rhian : « I think that the Charlie Hebdo cartoons would be.....
» 14/01/2015 1:28:13 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Every country is unique. Each has its own particular culture, traditi.....
» 13/01/2015 10:16:02 PM . Dear Philip S. & Poirot, . Two million people participated in the march in Paris. In .....
» 13/01/2015 3:39:38 AM . Dear Foxy, . You ask : « Freedom of Speech - Is it too big a price to pay? » . That.....
» 12/01/2015 11:21:12 PM . For those who are not familiar with Charlie Hebdo, perhaps I should add that it derides.....
» 12/01/2015 10:18:32 PM . Dear George, . We have just lived through an intensely emotive experience here in P.....
» 9/01/2015 1:32:34 AM . Dear Foxy, . Thank you for raising this important topic. I was not aware of Julie B.....
» 8/01/2015 12:00:54 AM . Dear Jay Of Melbourne, . You observe : « It's about 10,000km from Melbourne to Sou.....
» 7/01/2015 1:54:25 AM . Dear Jay Of Melbourne, . You observe : « Australia isn't part of Asia … » That’s co.....
» 6/01/2015 10:17:33 PM . Dear Foxy, . Having said all that, perhaps I should answer your question : “ Should A.....
» 6/01/2015 7:49:25 PM . Dear Foxy, . Thank you for your kind New Year wishes. Please accept mine in return fo.....
» 3/01/2015 4:30:34 AM . Dear Mike (the author) . Allow me, once again, to recall that your article concludes:.....
» 31/12/2014 10:27:28 PM . a modest contribution to the yuletide festivities … . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=.....
» 31/12/2014 1:05:08 PM . Dear Mike (the author) . « Even if there is no God, there was still an historical Jes.....
» 15/12/2014 6:40:54 PM . Dear Peter, . I have not read Updike’s novel but judging from your brief description .....
» 1/12/2014 7:44:57 AM . Dear Constance, . «Donnie Darko was made in 2001 so you would have to rent it out » ......
» 30/11/2014 11:45:43 AM . Dear Constance, . Thanks for the PIL clips. I get the message - disappointment - but .....
» 29/11/2014 2:10:40 AM Hi Constance, . I guess there’s just the two of us still on this thread. I’m not sur.....
» 28/11/2014 12:26:53 AM . « Nor did the Pope, the Archbishop of Canterbury or the head of the World Council of Ch.....
» 27/11/2014 12:33:04 AM . Dear PaulMurrayCb, . You enquired : « … why does anyone bother replying to this drive.....
» 25/11/2014 11:50:28 PM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . You remarked : « I'm not sure if Peter believes in an afte.....
» 25/11/2014 9:05:30 PM . Squeers wrote : « This is how I think of liberal rationalism: blindly rationalising &.....
» 25/11/2014 8:44:55 AM . Dear George, . You concluded : « Whether we like it or not, there is no satisfactory.....
» 24/11/2014 6:38:56 PM . Not to mention, also, all those poor souls who continue to join the ranks of Isis or Da.....
» 24/11/2014 6:17:47 PM . Oops! I forgot to take the "s" off that link. Let's try this : http://www.yo.....
» 24/11/2014 6:11:47 PM . Dear George, . « “Belief in afterlife” : note that I used quotation marks to indicate.....
» 24/11/2014 8:22:10 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for your explanations and clarifications. I am pleased to.....
» 23/11/2014 8:33:28 AM . Dear George, . You protested : « I am certainly not aware of ever having “invalid.....
» 22/11/2014 11:08:22 PM . Squeers : « The difference between 'soul' and the others is 'immortality' is it not? ».....
» 21/11/2014 9:47:58 PM . Dear Squeers, . You wrote : « Atheism is as much a world view as its opposite. It's .....
» 21/11/2014 5:32:31 PM . Dear Sells, . You confessed : « Upon reading the above I regret my previous dismissa.....
» 18/11/2014 10:49:05 PM . Dear George, . Nice to hear from you. In responding to Squeers, I indicated : « Geor.....
» 18/11/2014 7:32:19 PM . Dear Squeers, . Thank you for clarifying that. It seems our positions are fairly simi.....
» 18/11/2014 1:24:14 AM . Dear Squeers, . You wrote: « ‘Faith’ can also imply calculated belief, ‘such as this.....
» 17/11/2014 7:57:21 PM . Dear Squeers & AJ Philips, . « Where atheism/rationalism does border on religion is i.....
» 17/11/2014 8:48:31 AM . Dear Rhrosty, . You wrote : « Atheism seems also to go hand in hand with an absolute.....
» 16/11/2014 12:07:44 AM . « Sells who is void of wisdom despiseth his readers: but a man of understanding holdeth.....
» 15/11/2014 1:30:40 AM . Dear Peter Sellick, . You wrote : « There is no such thing as pure atheism, we alway.....
» 1/11/2014 12:11:07 AM . Dear Peter Sellick, . You wrote : « God remains a reality before which we must give .....
» 28/10/2014 1:34:41 AM . Dear Peter Sellick, . You wrote : « … there exists an unbridgeable gap between matt.....
» 15/10/2014 9:58:03 PM . (Continued …) . Binary labelling may correspond to a certain type of logic but, in my.....
» 15/10/2014 9:55:28 PM . Dear AJ Philips, . You really are a remarkable intellectual contortionist, AJ. You li.....
» 15/10/2014 9:28:50 AM . Dear AJ Philips, . Thank you for your patience. I too shall try to take another bi.....
» 14/10/2014 7:02:34 AM . Dear AJ Philips & George, . There is, of course, a third combination that comes to mi.....
» 14/10/2014 1:30:18 AM . Dear George, . You kindly explained : « The devil came into it because of its phonet.....
» 14/10/2014 1:15:19 AM . Dear AJ Philips, . You ask : « Anyway, now that you seem to understand what I meant,.....
» 13/10/2014 1:16:32 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : " When I first came to Paris half a century ago I th.....
» 12/10/2014 9:24:10 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « You might object to the noun “absolutes” ... the adject.....
» 11/10/2014 11:51:00 PM . Dear George, . Many thanks for the link to that clear and simple explanation of so-ca.....
» 11/10/2014 1:52:01 AM . (Continued …) . I am personally incapable of assessing the value of the article but, .....
» 11/10/2014 1:43:18 AM . Dear AJ Philips, . You wrote : « It’s not that you’re not capable of understanding t.....
» 10/10/2014 10:15:27 AM . Dear George, . I am sorry to have taken so long to get back to you. Thank you for yo.....
» 10/10/2014 8:41:38 AM . (Continued …) . Having said that, AJ, I do not exclude the possibility that my intel.....
» 10/10/2014 8:39:59 AM . Dear AJ Philips, . Thank you for your explanations. I appreciate your patience. Howev.....
» 9/10/2014 2:27:41 AM . Dear AJ Philips, . You wrote : « … we don’t even need to be here to conceive of thei.....
» 8/10/2014 7:27:00 PM . Dear AJ Philips, . You wrote: « So long as there is one person who believes in a god.....
» 8/10/2014 7:20:43 PM . Dear George, . That is a fairly good – not quite perfect – but nevertheless amusing a.....
» 8/10/2014 12:26:58 AM . Dear AJ Philips, . Many thanks for your observations and web links on atheism. You w.....
» 7/10/2014 1:47:29 AM . Dear ConservativeHippie, . I think you will find that there are a number of people on.....
» 17/09/2014 2:38:19 AM . Dear sonofgloin, . You wrote : « The way I see it the only person who legally has a.....
» 15/09/2014 9:27:57 PM . Dear sonofgloin, . Perhaps I should add, to be complete, that, in my view, convicted .....
» 15/09/2014 4:33:56 PM . Dear sonofgloin, . You wrote : « There is also no malice in nature BP........ » You.....
» 14/09/2014 7:52:22 PM . Dear Sonofgloin, . You wrote : « Agronomist ended this argument with this succinct l.....
» 13/09/2014 1:32:01 AM . Intentional murder is an act by which the murderer clearly demonstrates his refusal to .....
» 12/09/2014 5:10:41 PM . We killed 1,193 people on the roads last year in Australia, including 14 cyclists. Vi.....
» 12/08/2014 6:39:59 AM . Dear Sells, . You wrote: « As far as the sexual revolution is concerned do you reall.....
» 18/07/2014 9:15:15 AM . Dear one under god, . You wrote : « i give-up/post/limits/stck-keys/editing-it/into......
» 16/07/2014 7:20:09 PM . Dear one under god, . As I indicated previously, I think the conflict between Israel .....
» 16/07/2014 6:11:18 AM . Dear one under god, . You quoted me : <<..It‘s a two-sided coin. On the oth.....
» 15/07/2014 8:11:27 AM . Hey ! It’s 14 July 2014. The 225th anniversary of the French revolution ! Here’s Tchai.....
» 15/07/2014 7:49:17 AM . « As the African Proverb says: Whoever walks fast, travels alone. Whoever walks far, wa.....
» 15/07/2014 12:45:52 AM . Dear one under god, . You wrote : « banjo/that mess\in irael has nothing/to do with .....
» 14/07/2014 7:08:14 AM . Dear one under god, . If the worst comes to the worst, it may be possible to allocate.....
» 14/07/2014 2:59:52 AM . Dear one under god, . You wrote : « how can you lot remain mute/its lies all round [.....
» 7/07/2014 8:20:42 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « … you could either serve your bodily passions, or you .....
» 6/07/2014 8:30:58 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « God doesn't need anything - it's us who need to serve .....
» 5/07/2014 5:38:53 AM . (Continued …) . Saul was a Jew and had a long history of religious fanaticism. He par.....
» 5/07/2014 5:36:15 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « When one bases one's faith on material or historical f.....
» 3/07/2014 6:35:15 AM . Dear ORIGINS OF MAN, . You wrote : « Go ahead and kill me......I have a BCC cancer.......
» 2/07/2014 11:09:14 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « I do not understand how you relate the distinction betw.....
» 1/07/2014 10:42:00 PM . Dear George, . Thank you for your comments. It’s amusing to see that you already stud.....
» 1/07/2014 10:35:50 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote : « A man of faith should not waste their time and eff.....
» 1/07/2014 1:48:18 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « … “Holding the view”, “most certain sign” etc are n.....
» 30/06/2014 11:31:44 PM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « I thought that the concept of the Judeo-Christian-Isla.....
» 30/06/2014 11:42:09 AM . Dear Ojnab, . You wrote : « I thought that the concept of the Judeo-Christian-Islami.....
» 30/06/2014 11:24:54 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « The Catholic Church does not “present” these things (mi.....
» 30/06/2014 1:20:37 AM . Dear Ojnab, . You wrote : « … why want a Catholic miracle to take place … » There i.....
» 29/06/2014 10:15:21 PM . Dear One Under God, . « AND HERE WE ART/still dividing/riPPING OTHERS CREATIONS..appa.....
» 29/06/2014 12:49:27 AM . Dear George, . I agree . Dear One Under God, . … The sea has many voices, Many god.....
» 28/06/2014 10:18:40 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Do you mean to say that a “miraculous healing” should b.....
» 28/06/2014 10:16:45 AM . Dear George, . I think we are basically saying the same thing. Your common sense is s.....
» 28/06/2014 2:37:31 AM . Dear George, . http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lourdes_Medical_Bureau . Thanks for t.....
» 27/06/2014 7:03:17 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Vatican does not ask medical professionals to conclude .....
» 27/06/2014 6:14:45 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « I think “spontaneous remission” refers to the case wher.....
» 27/06/2014 2:41:23 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, Matthew S and Foxy, . Perhaps I should add that the « to bind fast » of.....
» 27/06/2014 1:27:27 AM . Dear Yuyutsu & Matthew S, . Yuyutsu wrote : « … the word 'religion' comes from the L.....
» 26/06/2014 1:39:59 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « In my understanding, spontaneous remission (an unexp.....
» 25/06/2014 9:19:08 AM . Dear George, . I agree : “errors of diagnosis” are probably less likely than “spontan.....
» 25/06/2014 1:35:26 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for that delightful story about the pious train driver and t.....
» 25/06/2014 12:56:55 AM . (Continued ...) . The Vatican created the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in 1603. In .....
» 25/06/2014 12:48:52 AM . Dear Is Mise, . Thank you for those detailed descriptions of Lourdes miracles N° 61 a.....
» 23/06/2014 10:22:34 PM . Dear Is Mise, . You wrote : « I would be very interested to see a scholarly refutati.....
» 23/06/2014 1:14:58 AM . (Continued ... ) . That may be true but I suspect that faith is not dependent on a vi.....
» 23/06/2014 1:12:33 AM . Is Mise wrote : « You really need to read up on miracles, the Church and Lourdes. Mira.....
» 22/06/2014 1:14:44 AM . Dear one under god, . You wrote: « THE WRITINGS SAY IT SO MUCH BETTER THAN I » I be.....
» 21/06/2014 7:55:22 PM . Dear Is Mise, . Attributing scientifically inexplicable phenomena to a god is a perso.....
» 20/06/2014 12:22:28 AM . Dear Ralph Seccombe (the author here), . Thank you for that interesting résumé of Bri.....
» 20/05/2014 12:48:19 AM . Dear Rachael, . Rape is forceful, non-consensual sexual intercourse. The Supreme Co.....
» 10/05/2014 8:25:15 PM . Dear one under god, . You wrote : « wHAT CAME FIRST THE CHICKEN..OR THE EGG? [CHICKE.....
» 10/05/2014 2:41:01 AM . Dear George, . You wrote to david f. : « I agree that religion can easily (and unfor.....
» 9/05/2014 8:12:33 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for your input. I can see where you are coming from but yo.....
» 9/05/2014 7:45:10 AM . Dear George, . I wrote: "Belief is an idea. It is the idea that something is tr.....
» 8/05/2014 8:33:31 PM . Dear George & Sells, . Belief is an idea. It is the idea that something is true. An i.....
» 8/05/2014 2:58:01 AM . (Continued ...) . "The end of Ideology", (the title of the article under di.....
» 8/05/2014 2:02:08 AM . The author wrote ... . « Ideology is the conviction that history may be changed by id.....
» 22/04/2014 9:28:06 PM . Peter’s monthly message in 4 easy steps … . 1. " … god, who is an idol of o.....
» 19/04/2014 10:51:51 PM . Dear david f. & One Under God, . Thank you, One Under God, for that spectacular pyrot.....
» 19/04/2014 8:09:26 AM . Dear One Under God, . Thanks for making the effort. Tradgedies are part of life, but.....
» 19/04/2014 3:16:32 AM . Dear One Under God, . You wrote : « i tried hard to HATE EVIL I TRIED HARD TO HATE S.....
» 18/04/2014 8:57:22 PM . Dear One Under God, . You wrote : « THE BIBLE EXTENSIVLY CAUTIONS US AGAINST JUDGING.....
» 17/04/2014 10:05:29 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : « The mass killing of innocent people is bad by any m.....
» 16/04/2014 6:52:27 PM . Dear George, . What you wrote previously was: “All that Butterfield claims … is that.....
» 15/04/2014 10:01:32 PM . Dear George, . You wrote: « I thought we already agreed to let Butterfield rest in p.....
» 14/04/2014 10:45:05 PM . Dear George, . You wrote to david f. : « In the Middle Ages doctors amputated leg.....
» 13/04/2014 10:55:35 PM . (Continued …) . Matthew, whose real name was Levi son of Alpheus, is reported to have.....
» 13/04/2014 9:09:38 AM . (Continued ...) . However, while it is understandable that the Catholic church hesita.....
» 13/04/2014 9:03:53 AM . Dear david f., George & One Under God, . Given the psychiatric case history of Sau.....
» 12/04/2014 10:16:52 PM . Dear George, . You wrote: " ... a respectable professor of mathematics would ha.....
» 12/04/2014 8:25:22 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « … you favour Keynon, I favour Butterfield. » I do not .....
» 12/04/2014 12:15:53 AM . (Continued …) . Another of his peers, J.H.Hexter, an American historian, specialist i.....
» 12/04/2014 12:13:57 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : “My reservations were not about critical thinking but.....
» 11/04/2014 8:57:19 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : “… if I am not as keen to proclaim a scientist’s or other.....
» 11/04/2014 3:18:57 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : “From what I understand about history, including my own p.....
» 11/04/2014 12:00:23 AM . (Continued ...) . You also wrote: “I am afraid it still does trespass against the qu.....
» 10/04/2014 11:42:24 PM . Dear George, . You quoted Herbert Butterfield’s warning: “The study of the past with.....
» 10/04/2014 7:23:42 AM . Dear david f., George & AJ Philips, . The word « evil » is not part of my vocabulary......
» 9/04/2014 8:18:13 PM . Dear One Under God, . I am inclined to conclude that Saul’s conversion to Christianit.....
» 9/04/2014 2:55:15 AM . (Continued ...) . A symptom of chronic psychotic illness is to be found in 1 Corinthi.....
» 9/04/2014 2:45:31 AM . Dear david f. & One Under God, . A psychoanalysis of Saul nearly 2000 years in hin.....
» 8/04/2014 8:57:11 AM . Dear david f., . The oldest known list of New Testament books, known as the Muratoria.....
» 7/04/2014 8:59:19 AM . Dear david f., . Yes David, I suspect there are a number of discrepancies and contrad.....
» 7/04/2014 1:05:47 AM . Dear david f. & One Under God, . Referring back to my previous post regarding the sur.....
» 5/04/2014 1:08:57 AM . Frying Pan's Theology : . Scene : On Monaro. Dramatis Personae : Shock-headed black.....
» 4/04/2014 12:44:34 AM . Dear One Under God, . Many thanks for your kaleidoscopic commentary which I thoroughl.....
» 3/04/2014 12:39:26 AM . Dear One Under God, . Thank you for those literary references to “silly mathematics” .....
» 2/04/2014 2:33:31 AM . Dear George, . Thanks once again for your explanations which, I assure you, are alway.....
» 2/04/2014 12:18:03 AM . Dear David, George, & JKUU, . George wrote : « Actually, it is worse than that. .....
» 1/04/2014 6:37:38 PM . Dear david f., . Thank you for your brief explanation of Boolean algebra. I thought t.....
» 1/04/2014 9:54:57 AM . Dear George, . Thanks for the explanation. So it was a “lapsus clavis” (slip of the k.....
» 1/04/2014 12:31:49 AM . Dear George, . You first wrote : “ Actually, it is worth than that. I get 1 = 1+1+1+.....
» 31/03/2014 11:26:14 PM . Dear david f. and George, . David wrote : “My understanding of monotheism is tha.....
» 31/03/2014 4:25:31 AM . Dear david f. and George, . I was hoping George would come up with the solution to.....
» 30/03/2014 8:06:27 AM . Dear david f., . Allow me to suggest that the Trinitarian doctrine of Christian monot.....
» 30/03/2014 3:52:56 AM . Dear david f. . It’s nice to catch up with you again. I found the article on the .....
» 29/03/2014 1:09:16 AM . I still have a vivid memory of my visit, as a boy, to my home-town slaughter yards and .....
» 28/03/2014 12:05:51 AM . (Continued ...) . For Native Americans it is the “Great Spirit” and for Christians, t.....
» 27/03/2014 11:56:39 PM . Dear One Under God, . You wrote: [banjo..my present/thoughts..are led by conscio.....
» 26/03/2014 11:28:03 PM . Dear One Under God, . Thank you for your detailed analysis of my post to Squeers. Yo.....
» 25/03/2014 9:52:41 PM . Dear Squeers, . You wrote : … “ these (the concept of a creator, supreme being, God,.....
» 24/03/2014 11:51:46 PM . Dear George, . I am glad we agree to agree. Thank you for your explanations. I shal.....
» 24/03/2014 8:57:30 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : « Neither is it a fact that there is nothing beyond what .....
» 23/03/2014 9:07:33 PM . Dear George, . You wrote : [ >>The mystic thinks he is looking at God, but .....
» 23/03/2014 8:24:06 AM . Dear Ojnab, . I have been to several funerals here in Paris where there was no religi.....
» 23/03/2014 8:19:52 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : “ Mysticism, contemplation, meditation is not about f.....
» 22/03/2014 10:52:57 AM . Dear One Under God, . The last two funerals I went to here in Paris were both Catholi.....
» 22/03/2014 10:44:07 AM . Dear George, . You wrote: "Where did I write about IMAGINING (as distinct from .....
» 22/03/2014 2:53:13 AM . Dear George and Ojnab, . You are right, we should get back to the subject in hand .....
» 22/03/2014 2:43:57 AM . Dear George, . You wrote: "So you are right that mysticism as such refers nor .....
» 21/03/2014 4:59:50 AM . Dear Ojnab, . You wrote: “I really do not know if it just me but One Under God c.....
» 21/03/2014 2:54:24 AM . Dear Foxy, . I inadvertently attributed the coining of the terms “sociology” and “al.....
» 21/03/2014 2:23:53 AM . (Continued ...) . The Online Etymology Dictionary indicates (for imagination): ".....
» 21/03/2014 2:16:08 AM Dear George, . I prefer “godless Christian” to Dawkins’ “cultural Christian” because it.....
» 19/03/2014 8:59:59 PM . Dear One Under God, . I am deeply honoured to see that you have accepted my propositi.....
» 19/03/2014 11:35:29 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You recommended to me on page 10 of this thread: “ come to know that .....
» 19/03/2014 10:16:37 AM . Dear One Under God, . Thank you for that link to what somebody considers to be my .....
» 19/03/2014 10:04:31 AM . Dear George, . You wrote : “ … in some context you would like to know whether a pe.....
» 18/03/2014 3:57:08 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for your words of wisdom. As I just wrote to George, I d.....
» 18/03/2014 2:38:44 AM . Dear George, . As I am sure you will have understood, the « labelling » or « brand.....
» 18/03/2014 2:34:01 AM . Dear Runner, . Thank you for your opinion which is a pretty good photographic nega.....
» 17/03/2014 9:03:57 AM . What does it take to be a Christian ? . I was circumcised and baptised shortly after .....
» 16/03/2014 6:25:20 AM . Dear George, . It’s nice to hear from you once again. As far as I can recall, at .....
» 16/03/2014 12:01:09 AM I too have thrown off the shackles, lifted the veil of ignorance and seen the light. I had.....
» 15/03/2014 2:04:57 AM . We buried old Bob where the bloodwoods wave At the foot of the Eaglehawk; We fashioned.....
» 14/03/2014 10:42:19 AM . Dear Peter, . I think there is a basic misunderstanding here as to why people choose .....
» 11/02/2014 3:25:13 AM . Dear James, . The environmental sciences, including climatology, are noble pursuits, .....
» 25/12/2013 11:58:49 PM . Thank you all for those interesting insights into your early life. So I too am willin.....
» 9/12/2013 8:54:41 AM . Mandela was a Methodist. He told the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1999. “With.....
» 8/12/2013 8:04:06 PM . Mandela was a Methodist. He told the Parliament of the World’s Religions in 1999. “With.....
» 8/12/2013 4:53:07 AM . It seems to me appropriate, at this point, to pause for a moment and hail the departure.....
» 7/12/2013 1:22:13 AM . Dear onthebeach, . Your statistics are interesting but a bit outdated. Perhaps you mi.....
» 7/12/2013 12:51:05 AM . Dear Suseonline, . There is no doubt women are more often victims than perpetrators w.....
» 29/10/2013 10:37:23 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote: “My authority to live my life does not arise from this or.....
» 29/10/2013 6:26:40 AM . Dear individual and Yuyutsu, . The Magna Carta laid the foundation stone of all futur.....
» 29/10/2013 6:14:26 AM . . Dear Rhrosty, . Your two points are well taken. I agree not only that like all.....
» 19/10/2013 12:09:39 AM . Dear Graham, . The possibility to use bold, italics and underlyning would be useful. .....
» 18/10/2013 3:12:04 AM . Dear David, . Montaigne also said this: « I speak the truth not so much as I would,.....
» 18/10/2013 2:02:18 AM . Dear George, . I’m afraid there’s something of a Don Quijote de la Mancha in me. Howe.....
» 17/10/2013 7:01:50 AM . Dear George, . « So - returning to my analogy with me doing mathematics and having a .....
» 17/10/2013 5:58:27 AM . Dear David, . « I don’t argue with facts. The fact is that there are competent scient.....
» 16/10/2013 8:59:44 AM . Dear David & George, . David wrote : « I don’t think free will is a matter that can .....
» 16/10/2013 7:44:09 AM . Dear George, . I wrote : «I don’t think it is unreasonable to consider that “being a.....
» 15/10/2013 11:20:28 PM . Dear David, . I wrote: « Anybody who is an inconsistent believer is a part time beli.....
» 15/10/2013 8:36:51 AM . Dear George, . « In my understanding, free will is an important concept but it is not.....
» 15/10/2013 2:16:20 AM . Dear David, . « I personally think being a scientist is inconsistent with believing i.....
» 15/10/2013 1:12:25 AM . Dear One Under God, . [ banjo..<<>.on/the..basis of..the current..state/of t.....
» 14/10/2013 10:52:55 PM . Dear Davcid, . « Since the great scientist, Isaac Newton, believed in God it is obvio.....
» 14/10/2013 7:55:36 AM . Dear David, . [«Is being a scientist compatible with believing in God?» is the title .....
» 13/10/2013 1:17:28 AM . To close this chapter of popular French songs ... . Jean Ferrat : http://www.youtube.....
» 12/10/2013 1:08:12 AM . (Continued) ... . In Paris, he had to find a hideout, but he knew very few people. Fi.....
» 12/10/2013 12:46:45 AM . Georges Brassens, . During his lifetime (22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981) Georges B.....
» 11/10/2013 6:36:11 AM . Dear David, . “ That reminds me of a French short story. A women had four husbands wh.....
» 10/10/2013 9:32:15 AM . (Continued) ... . Another song she wrote "Göttingen" (named after the Germa.....
» 10/10/2013 9:27:56 AM . Barbara, . George : “ For many Edith Piaf continues to live on ...” Edith Piaf had.....
» 9/10/2013 2:08:58 AM . (Continued) ... . The love of Piaf's life, the married boxer Marcel Cerdan, died in a.....
» 9/10/2013 2:04:08 AM . Edith Piaf, . Today, the 10th October 2013, is the 50th anniversary of the death of F.....
» 5/10/2013 8:18:23 PM . To poets all, . LET us cease our idle chatter, Let the tears bedew our cheek, For a .....
» 3/10/2013 7:09:01 PM . (Continued) ... . Immortality of the soul is a Greek notion formed in ancient mystery.....
» 3/10/2013 7:06:28 PM . Dear David, . Your posts are quite remarkable. I should have liked to have signed the.....
» 3/10/2013 4:30:30 AM . Dear George, . [>>Who could doubt that science has its limitations (your expert.....
» 2/10/2013 6:49:50 PM . One Under God, . I wrote: “Don’t worry, George, I won’t be offended if god does not .....
» 2/10/2013 7:32:19 AM . Dear George, . « So my metaphor about walking did not convey to you what I thought it.....
» 30/09/2013 8:19:00 PM . (Continued) ... . “… you still have not suggested what you would want that god do to .....
» 30/09/2013 8:12:05 PM . Dear George, . [ I certainly do “leave science a free hand to carry out whatever inve.....
» 30/09/2013 8:20:14 AM . Dear David & One Under God, . The oldest known literary texts date from the 27th or 2.....
» 28/09/2013 11:46:19 PM . Dear David, . “The God of the Bible makes playthings of us. We enact scenarios that H.....
» 28/09/2013 7:48:54 AM . Dear George, . « What restriction? In my view the assumption that science can explai.....
» 28/09/2013 3:10:49 AM . Dear George, . I replied to your question in my previous post : “Proof or evidence o.....
» 27/09/2013 6:53:24 AM . (Continued)... . None of this is specific to our present discussion. I have no des.....
» 27/09/2013 6:48:24 AM . Dear George, . [ >>I consider that the restriction you propose is “void ab init.....
» 25/09/2013 10:10:41 AM . (Continued) ... . Ideas and sentiments exist. They are integral elements of various l.....
» 25/09/2013 10:01:47 AM . Dear George, . [ >>This statement presumes the existence of the supernatural.&l.....
» 25/09/2013 3:20:54 AM . Dear George, . « What I was suggesting was, that this meeting of the "natural&qu.....
» 24/09/2013 6:17:06 PM . Dear David, . « I think the analogy of languages to a tree with branches and roots is.....
» 22/09/2013 10:57:42 PM . Dear George, . “So we are back to square one as to the noun corresponding to credere .....
» 22/09/2013 8:48:58 PM . Dear George, . « I thought credo - like in “credo in unum Deum” - referred only to th.....
» 21/09/2013 7:39:26 PM . Dear One Under God, . [ “I see clearly,” the pope continues,..“that the thing the chu.....
» 21/09/2013 7:36:47 PM . Dear David, . « I am sorry, oug. I apologise to George, Banjo and any others who may .....
» 21/09/2013 7:52:05 AM . Dear George, . « Thanks, so there are ten different French/English possible translati.....
» 21/09/2013 6:10:28 AM . Dear David, . How right you are. Words out of context can be incorrectly interpreted .....
» 20/09/2013 8:02:34 AM . Dear George, . Unfortunately, I do not have an English/Latin dictionary. I happen to .....
» 19/09/2013 11:56:16 PM . Dear George, . " … In Latin they have fides for faith (that apparently gave rise.....
» 19/09/2013 10:42:54 PM . (Continued) … . They groaned, they stirred, they all uprose, Nor spake, nor moved the.....
» 19/09/2013 10:33:43 PM . To whom it may concern . "A religion, that is, a true religion, must consist of .....
» 18/09/2013 10:07:43 PM . Dear David, . « I am bothered by the careless use of language but am guilty of it mys.....
» 17/09/2013 10:44:51 PM . Dear David, . “Since I was not using the word, faith, to refer to the attitude into w.....
» 17/09/2013 7:33:11 PM . Dear David, . « To understand what a word means we have to know what it meant at the .....
» 17/09/2013 7:45:09 AM . (Continued) ... . It is only when the insured makes a claim on his policy due to the .....
» 17/09/2013 7:36:33 AM Dear David, . « Etymology tells us the source of a word. It does not tell its meaning. M.....
» 15/09/2013 11:42:27 PM . Dear David, . “I think faith in itself is not worth a pail of warm spit. I think fait.....
» 14/09/2013 12:15:57 AM . (Continued) ... . These opinions were in relation to mine which I expressed initially.....
» 14/09/2013 12:00:08 AM . Dear One Under God, . Thank you for that enlightening insight to your character, pers.....
» 13/09/2013 12:36:42 AM . Calling One Under God … . come in One Under God … do you read me? over ! bingo par.....
» 12/09/2013 8:41:02 AM . Dear George, . You wrote: [The three little pigs: After they learned their lesson, .....
» 11/09/2013 11:11:20 PM . Dear George, . You wrote: [ “But, as George’s father seems to have taught him when h.....
» 10/09/2013 11:59:36 PM . Dear David & George, . « The evil in the Bible continues in the New Testament. An arb.....
» 10/09/2013 2:53:09 AM . Dear David, . “ We feel better if we accept responsibility ...” . Perhaps that’s why.....
» 9/09/2013 8:53:52 AM . Dear David, . [ One of my favorite quotes is: “If only it were all so simple! If on.....
» 8/09/2013 5:39:26 AM . Dear David et al, . Roses ruddy and roses white, What are the joys that my heart dis.....
» 6/09/2013 10:10:57 PM . Dear David, . « You may not be allergic to daffodils. Typically pretty flowers like d.....
» 5/09/2013 8:52:07 PM . Dear David, . « Why make a hierarchy at all? Why not just enjoy the beauty of both. D.....
» 5/09/2013 7:32:02 AM . (Continued) ... . So it seems there are no such things as circles, straight lines, tr.....
» 5/09/2013 7:15:47 AM . Dear David & One Under God, . “Don’t sell yourself short, Banjo. I am sure you could .....
» 4/09/2013 6:41:51 AM . Dear George, . Thanks for your comments which I find enlightening as always. . [>.....
» 3/09/2013 11:16:53 PM . (Continued) ... . “G. H. Hardy, Daniel J. Cohen, George, et al.” . A major figure of.....
» 3/09/2013 11:13:31 PM . Dear David, . « I’m sure that George, OUG, you and I all see beauty in this world, al.....
» 3/09/2013 8:51:17 AM . Dear George, . I have no problems with your last post which I had not read before pos.....
» 3/09/2013 1:28:44 AM . Dear David, . Looks like I got in wrong again ... but not completely. If I read you.....
» 2/09/2013 7:37:28 PM . Dear David & George, . Thank you both for your explanations which lead me to modify m.....
» 2/09/2013 2:08:18 AM . Dear One Under God, . Re: YouTube video of superhuman Shaolin monk. Recourse to magi.....
» 2/09/2013 1:12:50 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for the link to that interesting piece by Bill Meacham entit.....
» 31/08/2013 8:03:48 AM . Dear George, . « ... one cannot judge Chinese philosophy, way of thinking, from folkl.....
» 29/08/2013 6:56:52 PM . Dear David, . « Human concepts are inherent in nature because humans are a part of na.....
» 29/08/2013 9:55:45 AM . Dear David, . Yes, all that you relate can be found in nature and is quite amazing. .....
» 29/08/2013 9:40:39 AM . Dear George, . « if you see Yin and Yang as “forces” you can add a third one to them,.....
» 29/08/2013 8:31:06 AM . Dear David, . Thank you for that excellent scientific briefing on Newton’s third law .....
» 28/08/2013 6:34:35 AM . Dear George, . « Phew, I am not sure I made myself comprehensible.” . It does sound .....
» 27/08/2013 6:09:35 PM . Dear David, . “Duality is not observed in nature. Human perceptions give nature a dua.....
» 27/08/2013 2:03:52 AM . Dear David, George and One Under God, . It is not surprising that the duality observe.....
» 25/08/2013 9:57:08 PM . (Continued) . David: “ The periodic table does not demonstrate the number of natural .....
» 25/08/2013 9:53:23 PM . Dear David and George, . George: « I don't see faith as opposed to bigotry. I see big.....
» 25/08/2013 5:26:28 AM . (continued) . The Chinese apply the principle of natural duality to many aspects of t.....
» 25/08/2013 5:18:49 AM . Dear David, . “ Banjo has muddied the waters by bringing in bigotry.” . Sorry about.....
» 23/08/2013 10:26:07 PM . Dear David, . “Your semantics are exquisite, but I am not anti-semantic.” . Don’t w.....
» 23/08/2013 10:12:53 PM . Dear George, . « Godless faith sounds to me - forgive my language - as a kind of spir.....
» 23/08/2013 8:31:40 AM . Dear George, . « I think by “faith without god” you mean what is more commonly known .....
» 23/08/2013 7:06:12 AM . Dear David, . « … as far as I am concerned leaps of faith which spring from acceptanc.....
» 22/08/2013 7:57:19 PM . Dear George, . « Many a deeply religious person would say exactly the same thing, exc.....
» 22/08/2013 12:52:55 AM . Dear George, . Thanks for the link to the BBC transcript of the “God on the Brain” re.....
» 19/08/2013 8:20:34 PM . Dear George, . I have just returned from a trip to Australia and take up from where I.....
» 24/07/2013 6:22:05 PM . Dear one under god, . « i know science..can lead to proof of god..that’s where i bega.....
» 24/07/2013 5:12:12 AM . Dear George, . If I have understood you correctly, your personal opinion is that scie.....
» 23/07/2013 6:57:21 AM . Dear George, . No doubt awareness (consciousness) and autonomy (free will) coexist wi.....
» 21/07/2013 10:37:29 PM . Dear George, . « … phenomena that a theist sees as miracles or divine acts, are natur.....
» 21/07/2013 8:12:31 AM . Dear George, . « ... if you believe that reality that science has access to is all re.....
» 20/07/2013 8:39:50 AM . Dear George, . I appreciate your interest in this topic and your endeavours to come t.....
» 12/06/2013 8:14:43 PM . Dear Pericles and Yuyutsu, . The king's a beggar, now the play is done: All is well e.....
» 12/06/2013 3:40:03 AM . (Continued ) . Yuyutsu: "God is not a deity ... God is neither supernatural nor .....
» 12/06/2013 3:29:41 AM . Dear Pericles and Yuyutsu, . Pericles wrote: "Is it important to you, that you .....
» 11/06/2013 7:33:21 AM . (Continued ...) . It also means that your goal in life is to become one with God, or,.....
» 11/06/2013 12:22:56 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote: "Belief has to do with the world ... ". Faith h.....
» 10/06/2013 8:58:09 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I wrote in my last post: "I am afraid this is esoteric langu.....
» 10/06/2013 6:52:37 AM . Dear George and Yuyutsu, . Thank you for your links, George. I find them quite intere.....
» 10/06/2013 5:22:44 AM . Dear George and AJ Philips, . Belief and faith are largely interchangeable but there .....
» 9/06/2013 11:23:21 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You indicate: "Firstly, it's not about "loving a God".....
» 8/06/2013 1:25:10 AM . Dear Grateful, . Welcome back. "However, the real issue is whether there is a r.....
» 7/06/2013 11:05:46 PM . Dear AJ Philips, . George and I had a discussion on what is meant by "faith".....
» 7/06/2013 8:42:21 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . You wrote: ["All love that is contingent upon something, when t.....
» 6/06/2013 9:26:08 PM . Dear Yuyitsu, . You wrote to George: "Would you still love your wife when she g.....
» 5/06/2013 8:48:01 PM . Dear Poirot, . "Why did you quote "high schools" and then go on to cal.....
» 5/06/2013 9:02:07 AM . Dear Suseonline & Yuyutsu, . Recent research reveals that unlike that of many other b.....
» 5/06/2013 12:45:03 AM . Dear Poirot, . "3 high school students suicide every week in Australia. Why are .....
» 4/06/2013 11:38:24 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "why is belief that important?" . As Richard Feynman (Nobe.....
» 4/06/2013 8:19:53 PM . Dear Suseonline, . "No one has proof of actually seeing a God, and we only have .....
» 4/06/2013 8:36:03 AM . Dear Suseonline, . "What are you called if you believe in multiple Gods?" .....
» 4/06/2013 7:57:00 AM . Dear grateful, . You wrote: "Personally, I think your response actually reinfor.....
» 4/06/2013 12:07:48 AM . (Continued ...) . It was the French sociologist, Emile Durkheim, who first suggested .....
» 3/06/2013 11:46:01 PM . Dear grateful, . In my previous post I was referring to morality as the "conform.....
» 3/06/2013 12:54:10 AM . Dear grateful, . You observe: ["What I would say is that if there is such a thi.....
» 3/06/2013 12:49:13 AM . Dear grateful, . As Richard Feynman (Nobel prize in physics, 1965) is reported to hav.....
» 31/05/2013 6:02:12 AM . Dear grateful, . You wrote: "....How we experience life and death ...with humil.....
» 31/05/2013 1:22:36 AM . Dear grateful, . Thank you for introducing me to the 13th-century Persian poet, juris.....
» 29/05/2013 7:24:19 PM . I know why Shira ain't around And even why she can't be found Not much good just waitin.....
» 28/05/2013 9:01:46 PM . Looking for Shira ... . Now look, you see, it's this way like, You cross the broken b.....
» 28/05/2013 7:52:38 AM . ... and something a little more spiritual ... . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mrVZH.....
» 28/05/2013 2:57:05 AM . To all & sundry, . A light musical interlude with some of my favourites ... http://w.....
» 28/05/2013 1:34:33 AM . Dear grateful, . Let us cease our idle chatter, . Let the tears bedew our cheek, Fo.....
» 27/05/2013 6:37:02 AM . (Continued ...) . The most plausible explanation of the genesis of life appears to ha.....
» 27/05/2013 6:30:17 AM . Dear grateful, . You wrote: "Freedom in its true sense requires an act of creat.....
» 26/05/2013 10:37:52 AM . Dear Grateful, . You seem to deduce from my previous posts that I am an atheist. I ha.....
» 25/05/2013 11:11:21 PM . Dear Jay Of Melbourne, . You wrote to Suseonline: "Watch the video, it makes se.....
» 25/05/2013 7:14:04 AM . To all & sundry, . Apparently many posters here ignore the results of recent zoologic.....
» 24/05/2013 8:14:27 PM . Dear Shira, . Though your silence is gold ... a little philosophy can't do any harm ......
» 24/05/2013 6:19:00 PM . Dear Shira, . Perhaps a musical comedy from some of my creepy fossil friends (who, li.....
» 23/05/2013 8:34:58 PM . Dear Shira, . Death is not a problem for the dead, it is a problem for the living. T.....
» 23/05/2013 7:20:43 AM . Dear Shira, . As I see it, it makes no difference, so far as your father is concerned.....
» 22/05/2013 6:51:54 AM . . Dear David, . That's a great show. I enjoyed that. Thanks. Sounds like you have h.....
» 22/05/2013 2:06:46 AM . Dear David, . "Jesus Christ was a Jew not a Christian. His followers reject his .....
» 21/05/2013 11:11:05 PM . Dear Producer and Tony Lavis, . Sheeple, astrology and intelligent design do, indeed,.....
» 21/05/2013 8:41:36 PM . Dear David, . "Wise poker players and urinal raisers limit their raises. That's .....
» 21/05/2013 8:07:20 PM . Dear David, . You wrote: "Islam was not originally a missionary religion. Earl.....
» 21/05/2013 6:37:39 PM . Dear David, . You ingeniously suggest: "To keep men on their toes, raise the ur.....
» 21/05/2013 6:36:40 AM . Dear praxidice, . You wrote: "Whilst you clearly don't acknowledge the existenc.....
» 21/05/2013 4:50:01 AM . Dear david f, . "You referred to Orwell's dystopian novel. The novel described a.....
» 20/05/2013 8:06:03 PM Dear praxidice, . You wrote: "As I've said previously, Darwinian evolution & intel.....
» 20/05/2013 7:32:07 AM . Dear david f, . Thanks for that interesting link. John Paul II was the first and, fo.....
» 20/05/2013 12:53:53 AM . To all and sundry, . The battle for the minds of children moved into top gear 23 year.....
» 19/05/2013 9:13:26 AM . Dear praxidice and Shockadelic, . I think david f has raised a valid point which is p.....
» 18/05/2013 7:33:07 PM . Dear individual, . Well that's not actually the full story. I have, in fact, bought .....
» 18/05/2013 2:44:32 AM . Dear praxidice, . As I live in Paris, whenever I feel the need to contact a member of.....
» 17/05/2013 5:36:20 AM . Dear david f, . All countries are multicultural to some extent. Some more than others.....
» 12/05/2013 12:42:46 AM . ... and this: . The broad-backed hippopotamus Rests on his belly in the mud; Alth.....
» 11/05/2013 9:03:46 PM . Dear david f, Tony Lavis and WmTrevor, . I am glad to see I am in such good company ......
» 11/05/2013 3:54:04 AM . Recourse before the French Constitutional Court . For those who understand French or .....
» 11/05/2013 1:13:05 AM . Dear phanto, . You wrote: "The only reason people want government sanction of t.....
» 10/05/2013 10:07:53 PM . Dear Saltpetre, . The problem is we have been conditioned for so long by our social a.....
» 9/05/2013 11:59:15 PM . Dear david f, . You wrote: "Very few parents have more than one sex. Ursula le .....
» 9/05/2013 10:28:55 PM . Dear praxidice, . In Australia, a non-constitutional referendum is usually called a p.....
» 9/05/2013 7:03:36 AM . Dear Saltpetre, . Since you want the stats served to you on a platter: - There were .....
» 9/05/2013 12:25:23 AM . Same sex marriage: some facts and figures . The Netherlands became the first country .....
» 8/05/2013 10:20:58 PM . Dear Brendan (O’Reilly, the author), . I think your article could form the basis of a.....
» 6/05/2013 11:14:29 PM . Dear Constance, . You wrote: "Now don’t get too laid back now, will you?" .....
» 6/05/2013 7:15:17 AM . Dear Constance, . You wrote: "You don’t seem to understand, I think you are unw.....
» 5/05/2013 6:57:19 AM . Gender selection by In vitro fertilisation (IVF) . It seems that baby sex-selection t.....
» 5/05/2013 6:17:12 AM (Continued) ... . 'Here he comes, and for shame! ye've forgotten the name - Is it Patsy.....
» 5/05/2013 6:14:43 AM . Dear Suseonline, . "Religion, and religious men, no longer dominate our society......
» 5/05/2013 2:14:12 AM . Dear Constance, . You wrote: "Your admiration of Pericles says much ... " .....
» 4/05/2013 10:25:04 AM . Abortion & Morality . Science has no universally accepted clear-cut definition of whe.....
» 2/05/2013 8:15:06 AM . Dear Constance, . You also wrote: "I hear the French have become émigrés in abo.....
» 2/05/2013 1:49:50 AM . A brief interlude ... . So let's take the time to contemplate on a few basic facts: .....
» 1/05/2013 11:40:48 PM . Dear Constance, . You wrote: "Why on earth have you brought up Darwinism? I don.....
» 1/05/2013 5:08:19 AM . Dear Poirot, . You wrote: "Have you read Camille Paglia's "Sexual Personae.....
» 30/04/2013 9:14:44 PM . Dear Paul1405 & Tony Lavis, . Paul wrote: "Tony what is that about civics? Is n.....
» 30/04/2013 8:07:34 AM . Dear onthebeach & Poirot, . Your discussion reminds me an important aspect of the sub.....
» 29/04/2013 5:41:32 AM . Dear Jay Of Melbourne, . You wrote: [The goal of Globalisation is one global standar.....
» 29/04/2013 3:01:49 AM . Dear rehctub, . You wrote: "... married refers to the union of a man and woman.&.....
» 28/04/2013 12:07:45 AM . Dear Jay Of Melbourne, . You wrote: "Gay marriage is just a relatively benign p.....
» 27/04/2013 11:47:57 PM . Dear Luciferase, . You wrote: "The State, on the other hand, should stay out of.....
» 27/04/2013 9:12:27 PM . Dear Constance, . You wrote: "Here's some interesting insights in Der Spiegel r.....
» 27/04/2013 9:07:50 AM . Dear Mark (Christensen, the author), . You wrote: "The current political model .....
» 26/04/2013 8:43:05 AM . Dear Paul1405, . You wrote: "The Ratbag Religious Right in France put up a viol.....
» 25/04/2013 2:34:11 AM . Dear onthebeach, . If there's no problem, I guess there's no need to fix it. . Dear.....
» 24/04/2013 2:13:28 AM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote: " WHAT IS IT HOMOSEXUALS WANT BY MARRIAGE? ... (fol.....
» 23/04/2013 9:01:41 PM Dear Runner, . You wrote: [' According to historians, marriage evolved about 20,000 yea.....
» 23/04/2013 9:22:05 AM . Dear onthebeach, . You wrote: "It is hip to ... promote something that irks Ch.....
» 22/04/2013 11:21:56 PM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote: "The marriage ceremony and celebration contains man.....
» 22/04/2013 8:18:19 AM . Homosexuality & Marriage ... . The terms "homosexual" and "heterosexua.....
» 20/04/2013 8:40:09 PM . Dear Paul1405, . You wrote: "Just as I said, here we have Father Jo an authorit.....
» 20/04/2013 8:09:09 PM . Dear Josephus, . You wrote: " ... perhaps statistics on gays indicate loosely f.....
» 20/04/2013 8:23:58 AM . Continued ... . The track record of heterosexual marriages in Australia is extremely .....
» 20/04/2013 2:28:03 AM . Continued ... . Marriage is an oral contract imposing legal rights and obligations, p.....
» 19/04/2013 11:10:11 PM . Love and marriage ... . It is a common feature in the animal kingdom for males to com.....
» 16/04/2013 7:35:26 PM . At midnight in the museum hall The fossils gathered for a ball There were no drums o.....
» 14/04/2013 8:39:41 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I read the 84 Narada Bhakti Sutras which you indicated but found no r.....
» 13/04/2013 9:31:58 PM . Dear David G . "In our disposable world, there is little or no love that is tota.....
» 12/04/2013 11:12:24 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "Hate' needs no reference, it's an objectless, intransitive verb.....
» 12/04/2013 6:53:45 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I think you are referring to "the idea of god", whereas Pet.....
» 11/04/2013 11:54:12 PM . Dear Peter Sells, . I am surprised by your question "The meaning of life?" .....
» 31/03/2013 6:13:07 AM . Dear david f, . I always thought you were a bit odd, David ... a bit like me I suspec.....
» 31/03/2013 4:47:08 AM . Dear David f and George, . At the crossroads of religion and science, there is, of co.....
» 30/03/2013 9:39:20 AM . An Easter gift ... . I hope you enjoy it ... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=es5fqw3w.....
» 29/03/2013 10:36:59 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "One possibility is that rather than dying, Jesus went into Sama.....
» 29/03/2013 5:04:50 AM . Dear George, . "We already had such talk-past-each-other encounter on another th.....
» 29/03/2013 2:12:09 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "Since you addressed me, may I ask what your point is?" As.....
» 28/03/2013 10:49:10 PM . Dear George and Yuyutsu,, . "Though throughout its history Christianity used to .....
» 27/03/2013 7:09:01 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "I can also envision this written in a book and subsequently, 60.....
» 27/03/2013 2:48:15 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . [Everything that exists is an object and every object is limited. God.....
» 26/03/2013 3:58:31 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Thank you for your blessing. I wish you well, in return. Perhaps you.....
» 25/03/2013 8:56:37 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "Then you are well on your way to God. God bless you!" . T.....
» 24/03/2013 9:03:16 AM . Dear David G., . "Faith spreads despite a total lack of every single one of thes.....
» 23/03/2013 10:54:52 PM . Dear david f, . Thanks for the tip and the info. I had no idea paedophilia was so ba.....
» 23/03/2013 9:18:17 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . I thought I should mention that I share your aversion of "insti.....
» 22/03/2013 9:16:05 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "I am sure the government itself sees me rather as nuisance, not.....
» 22/03/2013 2:04:15 AM . Dear Peter Sells, . "I must write a long essay on the failure of reason in defin.....
» 22/03/2013 1:14:04 AM . Dear mhaze, . G.K. Chesterton was a brilliant mind. He was known as "the prince .....
» 21/03/2013 10:39:26 AM . Dear David G, . "Religion does a great deal of harm ..." . That's a fairly.....
» 20/03/2013 7:29:34 PM . Dear GlenC, . I do not see which comment or post of mine you are referring to. All .....
» 20/03/2013 8:23:21 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . Many thanks for your explanation of the prolixity of our dear friend,.....
» 19/03/2013 11:24:46 AM . Dear Peter, . I see you have written well over a hundred articles on Online Opinion, .....
» 17/03/2013 10:42:09 AM . Dear Ludwig, . That's a very noble profession. I love the bush but I'm afraid I don't.....
» 15/03/2013 10:25:18 PM . (continued ...) He fetched a wild up-country yell might wake the dead to hear, And tho.....
» 15/03/2013 10:23:46 PM . More on misunderstanding ... . It was the man from Ironbark who struck the Sydney tow.....
» 15/03/2013 1:04:30 AM . Dear George, . To sum up that rather lengthy discussion, I think it is safe to say th.....
» 14/03/2013 9:00:00 AM . Dear George, . "I have never heard of molecules being called “infinitely small” .....
» 14/03/2013 1:38:38 AM . Dear George, . "Sorry, but I really do not know what “"the smallest quantit.....
» 13/03/2013 11:12:29 AM . Dear George, . "There is no such thing as the smallest positive real number".....
» 12/03/2013 11:09:26 PM . Dear George, . [Here “the final value before zero” does not make sense. (Whatever posi.....
» 12/03/2013 7:56:50 AM . Dear George, . [>>“infinitely small” means the smallest quantity of something w.....
» 11/03/2013 4:02:55 AM . Dear George, . "I can understand what “very small” means, I have only problems w.....
» 10/03/2013 10:05:35 PM . Dear George, . I note that my "infinitely small" and David's "very fee.....
» 10/03/2013 8:59:23 AM . Dear csteele and George, . If you are talking about two particles in space where spac.....
» 8/03/2013 8:47:20 PM . Dear landrights4all, . All I can say is good luck, my friend, I wish you well. No ne.....
» 8/03/2013 4:29:49 PM . Dear landrights4all, . You wrote: "(Banjo – try that direct link)" I tried.....
» 8/03/2013 8:47:10 AM . Dear landrights4all, . We evidently have a communications problem. I have carefully .....
» 7/03/2013 10:36:36 AM . Dear ybgirp, . As I already wrote on page 7 of this thread, I confirm: "I agree.....
» 7/03/2013 10:23:29 AM . Dear landrights4all, . " ... up to half the unemployed in public housing might b.....
» 6/03/2013 10:19:12 PM . Dear Grim, . "The classic simple argument against democracy is 2 wolves and a la.....
» 6/03/2013 3:58:59 AM . Dear landrights4all, . " ... it is clearly untrue to say that there isn't enough.....
» 6/03/2013 2:13:54 AM . Dear Grim, . According to The Economist Intelligence Unit’s Index of Democracy 2011, .....
» 5/03/2013 10:05:52 AM . Dear Jardine K. Jardine, . Thanks for that. I see from the Aust. Govt. website that t.....
» 5/03/2013 3:10:05 AM . Dear landrights4all, . " I believe there is a way which is consistent with the .....
» 5/03/2013 1:42:37 AM . Dear Grim, . "I think a stronger adversarial system could be achieved with indep.....
» 3/03/2013 12:37:31 AM . Dear Grim and ybgirp, . When all is said and done, I can't help feeling that "tr.....
» 2/03/2013 3:48:07 AM . Dear ybgirp, . "Only a parliament of well-informed, genuine independents electe.....
» 1/03/2013 8:59:26 AM . Dear landrights4all, Pericles, ybgirp and Yuyutsu, . Though some idealists may have a.....
» 1/03/2013 3:23:50 AM . Dear David F., . "...one way to effect democratic change is for the states to ma.....
» 28/02/2013 12:43:19 AM . Our fragile Commonwealth ... . The Honourable the Premier, Campbell Newman MP has jus.....
» 26/02/2013 8:34:31 PM . Dear George, . Don't worry. I understand. In my ignorance, I didn't realize I had ask.....
» 26/02/2013 3:32:24 AM . To all and sundry, . The pope's recent resignation raises serious questions concernin.....
» 25/02/2013 11:21:46 PM . Dear David, George and Ludwig, . Many living species are capable of truth and deceit......
» 23/02/2013 7:40:19 PM . Dear David F, . "I have no idea why a lead pipe cinch should mean certainty.&quo.....
» 23/02/2013 12:32:56 AM . Dear David, George, and Ludwig, . Sorry to have taken so long to get back to you. Of.....
» 22/02/2013 5:06:57 AM . Dear David F . How right you are. Your grandfather spoke but he did not say anything......
» 22/02/2013 2:52:53 AM . Dear George, . [I think one must be careful not to confuse “truth” with “information”.....
» 21/02/2013 10:53:35 PM . Here is my understanding of truth . I see truth as information which has not been vol.....
» 21/02/2013 1:39:27 AM . Sorry, ... Education is $21 million. ......
» 20/02/2013 11:36:27 PM . The Role of the Philanthropic Sector in Addressing Homelessness in Australia . An in.....
» 20/02/2013 9:26:16 PM . Dear Poirot, . As I pointed out in my last post to Squeers, mankind has been storing .....
» 20/02/2013 3:34:02 AM . Dear Nick, . Thank you for the link to the article on "Prosperity" in Wikip.....
» 20/02/2013 12:50:18 AM . Dear Nick, . I'm sorry but Turiel's demonstration is about as clear as mud to me. I .....
» 19/02/2013 3:36:54 AM . Daer Squeers, . Capitalism is a relatively recent term, coined in the mid-19th centur.....
» 19/02/2013 3:16:59 AM . Dear Poirot, . I'm afraid I'm not a fan of Andy Warhol and pop art. It tends to repul.....
» 18/02/2013 11:32:26 PM . Dear Nick, . Re: "The Twilight of Petroluem": Antonio Turiel, the author o.....
» 18/02/2013 11:55:13 AM . Dear Squeers, . "Capitalism is not merely trade and barter." . Agreed. &quo.....
» 18/02/2013 3:08:55 AM . Dear Poirot, . I can understand your passion for Claude Monet. Not only was he a gr.....
» 18/02/2013 1:44:43 AM . Dear Squeers, . I don't think you should give up - at least, not yet. I understand y.....
» 17/02/2013 10:14:04 AM . Dear Poirot, . "The exchange of anything in kind is a fundamental joy. I think, .....
» 17/02/2013 8:43:27 AM . Dear Squeers, . "You're thinking from within the mad logic of "economic rea.....
» 16/02/2013 7:12:50 AM . Dear Poirot, . The vegetables sound great. It seems you are almost self-sufficient. W.....
» 16/02/2013 3:43:25 AM . Dear Constance and Squeers, . Thanks for your link, Constance. I immediately recogniz.....
» 15/02/2013 2:09:51 AM . Dear Squeers, . I guess you can't blame philanthropists for all those egoists (who,.....
» 15/02/2013 1:52:02 AM . Dear Constance, . "Known for his frugality, Feeney flies coach class, owns neith.....
» 13/02/2013 8:52:23 PM Dear David G, . The time has come ... . So throw the weary pen aside And let the pap.....
» 12/02/2013 10:50:48 PM . French to ban bank speculation ... . The French socialist government of president Fra.....
» 12/02/2013 7:21:13 AM . Did you know? Australia is the most charitable (altruistic) nation in the world ! . A.....
» 11/02/2013 3:03:17 AM . Dear Poirot, . I hope you have recovered from that nasty throat problem. I must conf.....
» 10/02/2013 11:58:29 PM . Dear Grim and Squeers, . Squeers - "... I think Banjo Paterson, latterly, is ta.....
» 10/02/2013 11:58:44 AM . Dear Poirot, . Many thanks for the link to Vandana Shiva's lecture on Poverty and Glo.....
» 10/02/2013 9:59:23 AM . Dear Nick, . Thank you for your links, in particular, to the interview of the cellula.....
» 9/02/2013 10:12:47 PM . Dear WmTrevor, . I like your analogy of "blaming the petrol for the car that jus.....
» 9/02/2013 11:19:07 AM . Dear David G, Grim & Poirot, . I share your concerns regarding the deviations, abuses.....
» 9/02/2013 2:39:13 AM . Dear Grim, . "Capitalists hate competition. It gets in the way of acquiring Capi.....
» 7/02/2013 10:30:10 PM . Dear David G & Squeers, . Squeers - "apologies, I'm pressed and that is rather g.....
» 6/02/2013 11:54:34 PM . Dear Squeers, . You wrote to Pericles: "it [our co-operative system ] remains des.....
» 6/02/2013 4:13:25 AM . Dear Nick & Pericles, . This is an academic piece written by a Spanish sustainable de.....
» 5/02/2013 11:22:03 AM . Dear Squeers, . "You are mistaken" Just as well I asked. Forewarned is forea.....
» 4/02/2013 9:21:22 PM . Dear Squeers, . Biological computer science seems to be making some timid progress on.....
» 4/02/2013 10:22:29 AM . Dear Squeers, . "I appear to have given offence ... I'm sorry." You alone k.....
» 3/02/2013 10:14:38 PM . Dear David G . "What has Eisenstein's book brought to the table?" Though I.....
» 3/02/2013 8:51:14 AM . Dear David G, . "Whatever the case, I personally consider there are more effecti.....
» 2/02/2013 11:32:12 PM . Dear Squeers, . "You seem much more confident in your worldview and your grasp o.....
» 2/02/2013 10:34:07 AM . Dear David G, . I sympathise with you but I think you will agree that it is better to.....
» 1/02/2013 11:26:06 PM . Eisenstein's Sacred Economics . Despite Nick's kind invitation, I'm afraid I have no.....
» 1/02/2013 11:00:17 AM . Dear Squeers, . Conscience has to do with awareness of what is at stake from a moral .....
» 1/02/2013 9:57:13 AM . Dear Squeers, . Many thanks for your explanations and clarifications. Though I see n.....
» 31/01/2013 2:41:34 AM . Dear Squeers, . You certainly covered a lot of ground in your last post. I am not as .....
» 29/01/2013 9:22:56 PM . Dear David G., Poirot & Squeers, . David G - I am pleased you are happy to stay with.....
» 26/01/2013 10:03:50 PM . Dear David G. . Don't let it get you down, old mate. Here's something to cheer you up.....
» 26/01/2013 1:28:47 AM . Dear Poirot & Squeers, . Thank you for your kind words. It is comforting to learn tha.....
» 25/01/2013 1:59:07 AM . I strongly recommend reading, or re-reading, Glen Coulton's article published on OLO on.....
» 25/01/2013 1:37:17 AM . Dear David, Poirot, Shadow & Squeers, . I see you have been talking about me during m.....
» 22/01/2013 11:47:56 PM . Economies should be shaped to suit man - Comments ... . "CAP" ON INCOMES - .....
» 22/01/2013 8:39:52 AM . Dear Squeers, . You wrote to Wm Trevor: " I've been researching materialism and .....
» 21/01/2013 2:27:54 AM . Dear David G. and Nick Rose, . David - Tony Lavis indicated some figures on Russia .....
» 20/01/2013 10:21:47 AM . Dear David G., Shadow Minister and Tony Lavis, . Apparently I inadvertently opened th.....
» 19/01/2013 4:01:12 AM . Dear Belly . Sorry I could not get back to you earlier. I'm afraid I am not very opt.....
» 18/01/2013 11:54:18 PM . Dear David G. . You indicate in your previous post: "The Americans are the worl.....
» 18/01/2013 9:08:52 AM . Margaret Thatcher: “ ... we all agreed that if you try to take the fruits of Christiani.....
» 17/01/2013 2:22:04 AM . Dear Mr Opinion . Here is the link to the precise "terms of reference" of t.....
» 17/01/2013 1:27:50 AM . Dear Mr Opinion . In announcing its creation, Julia Gillard indicated that the Royal .....
» 12/01/2013 3:35:36 AM . Dame Helen Mirren: " I would describe myself as a Christian who doesn't believe in.....
» 12/01/2013 2:03:06 AM . Dear Helen, . Alain de Botton seems to have a few good, what I should call "comm.....
» 30/11/2012 3:06:42 AM . Dear Sheleyah, . According to the Australian Government web site: "Under the C.....
» 28/11/2012 9:26:37 PM . Understood, George ... . though that was a bit naughty of you ... Here is something .....
» 28/11/2012 12:30:14 AM . Dear George, . I am sure you are right in thinking we still have a lot to learn about.....
» 27/11/2012 1:47:52 AM . Dear George, . "I am familiar with the conclusion atheists draw from the more or.....
» 26/11/2012 8:08:45 AM . Dear George, . Carl Sagan's problematic of God or no God leads to a dead end. By an.....
» 24/11/2012 11:10:13 PM . Dear George, . Thank you for those indications on Buddhism. I make a distinction bet.....
» 24/11/2012 7:40:30 AM . Dear George, . Yes, it's good to have cleared the air on that one, George. Now we kno.....
» 23/11/2012 2:59:04 AM . Dear George, . Cohn-Bendit was one of the leaders of the student riots in France in M.....
» 22/11/2012 7:59:08 PM . Dear George, . Sex crimes are rampant in society. Rape is the number one of all major.....
» 22/11/2012 12:19:02 AM . Dear George, . It is nice to see you understand and that it is not just with your int.....
» 21/11/2012 2:46:42 AM . Dear George, . It took me almost 60 years to discover and understand how religion and be.....
» 20/11/2012 1:02:28 AM . Dear George, . It's always a pleasure exchanging with you. We seem to be so different.....
» 19/11/2012 8:43:24 AM . Dear George, . I think you've summed it up quite well. The thing that bothers me mos.....
» 18/11/2012 12:37:28 AM . Oops! I posted that on the wrong thread. . I have now posted it where it should have.....
» 18/11/2012 12:22:37 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for your explanations and clarifications. Please allow me, .....
» 18/11/2012 12:20:08 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for your explanations and clarifications. Please allow me, .....
» 17/11/2012 4:43:53 AM . Dear George, . "The preceding two posts are a good example. If you really think .....
» 17/11/2012 4:05:33 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "You got me wrong: the spirit and the body are not the same. Spi.....
» 17/11/2012 3:43:07 AM . Dear Candide, Dear Suseonline, . Unlike cannibalism, I have never heard of paedophili.....
» 17/11/2012 2:45:14 AM . Dear George, Dear McReal, . "The 21st century is going to be the last century fo.....
» 17/11/2012 2:01:19 AM . Onward, Christian soldiers, marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus going on before.....
» 16/11/2012 8:01:31 PM . Dear George, . “Preconceived hatreds and emotions are not a good guide to … actually .....
» 16/11/2012 1:19:50 AM . Alkali metals + water = Explosion! . There is ample evidence to prove that catholic p.....
» 16/11/2012 1:08:59 AM . Alkali metals + water = Explosion! . There is ample evidence to prove that catholic p.....
» 15/11/2012 9:46:01 PM . Dear Yuyutsu, . "Isn't tearing up the body, or parts thereof, away from the soul.....
» 15/11/2012 10:33:13 AM . Dear Yuyutsu, . If the problem were primarily of a spiritual nature, it would seem ap.....
» 10/10/2012 2:27:47 AM . Dear Squeers, . Sorry I couldn't get back earlier to you, cobber, I went on walkabout.....
» 8/10/2012 9:11:51 PM . Dear Squeers, . Thanks for letting me off the hook. It would have been quite a challe.....
» 7/10/2012 10:11:16 PM . Dear Squeers, . I'm afraid I do not merit your compliments. Any romanticism you perce.....
» 7/10/2012 10:08:24 PM . Dear Poirot, . Thank you for introducing me to José Ortega y Gasset. I looked him up .....
» 6/10/2012 11:16:28 PM . Dear Squeers, . Thank you for filling in the details. I tend to have a telescopic vis.....
» 6/10/2012 11:01:48 PM . Dear Poirot, . Thank you for expanding on your previous post. I can equate to what yo.....
» 6/10/2012 6:07:05 AM . Dear Poirot, Dear Squeers, . It seems to me that you raise the question of individual.....
» 4/10/2012 11:16:20 AM . Dear Dan, . Thank you for explaining your comments and placing them in context. We .....
» 4/10/2012 9:53:03 AM . Dear Poirot, . You certainly have some powerful thought waves. From Australia to Fran.....
» 4/10/2012 9:48:29 AM . Dear WmTrevor, . "If you go with the concept of solipsism then everything experi.....
» 3/10/2012 9:46:58 AM . Dear Poirot, . " On the testimony of those original thinkers....not only verbal .....
» 3/10/2012 6:13:54 AM . Dear Squeers, . My previous post to WmTrevor was an attempt to highlight HIS definiti.....
» 2/10/2012 10:21:51 AM . Dear WmTrevor, . I think I see what you mean about original ideas. I find it impossi.....
» 2/10/2012 2:31:26 AM . Dear Dan, . It is my understanding that for any theory to be accepted, if only tempor.....
» 2/10/2012 2:22:46 AM . Dear cohenite, . Many thanks for that interesting comparative study of evolutionary t.....
» 1/10/2012 9:00:04 AM . Dear Poirot, . You may be right. Perhaps we are inverting our "priorities" .....
» 30/09/2012 2:00:20 AM . Dear Dan, . Each generation is brought into the fold of religion as quickly as possib.....
» 29/09/2012 2:02:03 AM . Dear Moira, . Thank you for drawing my attention de Mr Hilaly and his opinion of Aust.....
» 27/09/2012 2:03:59 AM . Dear mykah, . Don't look now but your list of definitions of marriage is incomplete. .....
» 27/09/2012 12:18:19 AM . Dear Poirot, . Many thanks for that link to the web site of the late Joe Bageant. He .....
» 27/09/2012 12:14:59 AM . Dear Dan, if I may, . Thank you for your concern. I shall keep an eye open and, as an.....
» 26/09/2012 6:35:50 AM . Dear david f., Thank you for that very interesting social map of the US. I shall keep .....
» 26/09/2012 6:25:14 AM . Dear Brian, Pericles , and Squeers, . "According to Pascal, Christian faith answ.....
» 24/09/2012 9:03:38 PM . Dear Dan S de Merengue, . I'm afraid I have no means of knowing what the motivations .....
» 24/09/2012 2:44:33 AM . Religious belief, or faith, is a double edged sword. On one edge, it is a source of h.....
» 23/09/2012 1:36:12 AM . Dear Tony Lavis, I neglected to thank you for that interesting link to the web article.....
» 21/09/2012 10:44:28 PM . Dear Bernard, if I may, . France is due to become the 12th country in the world to pa.....
» 21/09/2012 9:49:52 PM . Dear diver dan, . I rarely take the time these days to sit on fences. I did it occasi.....
» 21/09/2012 1:41:15 AM . Dear david f., . Thank you for reading my thoughts and generously using some of your .....
» 20/09/2012 1:49:44 AM . Dear diver dan, . "It is no secret that atheists and the homosexual lobby, are j.....
» 19/09/2012 1:38:10 AM . Dear Brian, . Just a brief comment on the title of your article "Reason has its .....
» 18/09/2012 10:48:13 PM . Dear Brian, if I may, That is a thoughtful and analytical article. I agree with much o.....
» 4/04/2012 11:08:32 PM . "If God did not exist it might be necessary to invent him, or her" ! . That.....
» 26/03/2012 9:48:21 PM . ARE THERE RELIGIOUS TEACHERS IN SCHOOLS ? . I am afraid I have been away from home to.....
» 5/11/2011 10:02:07 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . I understand your distrust with certain forms of "vision". .....
» 5/11/2011 1:10:54 AM . Dear Diver Dan, . "Take our great Winston Churchill. Now there was a leader with.....
» 5/11/2011 12:27:21 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . "I still don't like your idea for choosing leaders. The general .....
» 4/11/2011 3:01:54 AM . Dear Hasbeen, . I'm afraid I've never had the pleasure of working in a 10,000 acre pa.....
» 4/11/2011 1:52:46 AM . Dear Diver Dan, . There are indeed some dangerous monsters lurking in the basement of.....
» 9/09/2011 3:16:36 AM . Dear Squeers, . I grant you it is indeed a somewhat reminiscent and nostalgic tale of.....
» 5/09/2011 10:04:37 PM . Dear Otokonoko, . Understood and agreed. There are two things that bother me. Most im.....
» 4/09/2011 9:30:41 AM . Dear Otokonoko, . I believe the essence of the message here is not that which you con.....
» 2/09/2011 10:13:20 PM . Dear Pericles, . You could be right in thinking that "The DA system is not desig.....
» 2/09/2011 8:45:03 PM . Oops ! . That's an amusing typing error. In the last paragraph, I meant to type ".....
» 2/09/2011 8:38:23 PM . Dear Briar Rose . "And am intrigued by your final paragraph. Does this mean weal.....
» 2/09/2011 2:34:54 AM . EPHEMERAL JUSTICE FOR AN EPHEMERAL ENCOUNTER … . One was an elderly white male Jew. T.....
» 12/08/2011 2:05:27 AM . Dear Joe Loadmouth, . After Jesus and Marx ... here comes the Spring ! For each epoch.....
» 11/08/2011 11:32:18 AM . NAPOLEON, STALIN, MAO, CASTRO ... . Were they revolutionaries ? Perhaps. Were they di.....
» 3/07/2011 8:02:53 AM . Dear Rien Huizer, . I agree it's by no means a simple matter to sort out. If it were .....
» 1/07/2011 8:05:10 AM . Dear stevenlmeyer, . I couldn't agree with you more about the Americans and the Chine.....
» 1/07/2011 7:23:53 AM . Dear Rien Huizer, . You wrote: " ... flaoting currencies do not devalue, they ad.....
» 30/06/2011 12:26:23 AM . Dear stevenlmeyer, . You are right. It's not an easy equation to solve. A devaluation.....
» 29/06/2011 8:59:15 PM . Dear stevenlmeyer, . So called "pure free floating currencies" exist in the.....
» 15/06/2011 2:13:45 AM . Dear Squeers, . I would gladly offer you a cup of coffee if you manage to come to Par.....
» 13/06/2011 11:40:06 PM . Dear Squeers, . Given the extraordinary feat nature (random variability of matter and.....
» 13/06/2011 8:48:56 AM . Dear Poirot, . Thank you for those observations of Noam Chomsky on Ernst Mayr's resea.....
» 12/06/2011 11:11:37 PM . Dear Squeers, . Thank you for the link to Fredric Jameson's paper on Post-modernism. .....
» 12/06/2011 10:53:26 AM . Dear Poirot, . Thank you for the insight to some of Koestler's ideas. I am afraid I a.....
» 11/06/2011 11:17:44 PM . Dear Poirot, . That does sound interesting. I'll see if I can find Arthur Koestler's .....
» 10/06/2011 11:20:24 PM . Dear Poirot, Dear Squeers, . Whenever I approach this subject (of the emergence of th.....
» 10/06/2011 1:17:18 AM . Dear Squeers, . "Democracy yes, but the current state of democracy leaves much t.....
» 9/06/2011 7:46:14 AM . Dear Squeers, . "Something's rotten in the Western States, and will continue to .....
» 9/06/2011 6:48:09 AM . Dear Arjay, . Thank you for the link to the Max Keiser blog. He seems quite intellige.....
» 8/06/2011 2:33:10 AM . Dear suzeonline, . In accordance with American criminal procedure, following DSK's &q.....
» 8/06/2011 1:49:44 AM . Dear Arjay, . That's surprisingly strong language for somebody whose intelligence, mo.....
» 7/06/2011 11:34:37 PM . Dear Squeers, . You pose some very interesting questions. I am sure William Shakespea.....
» 11/05/2011 5:20:34 AM . Effect of 2 quakes on New Zealand economy ... . The International Monetary Fund (IMF).....
» 10/05/2011 12:27:29 AM . Dear Peter, . Perhaps I should also comment on your idea that: "Voluntary transa.....
» 9/05/2011 9:17:40 PM . Dear Peter, . I have no particular point to make. I simply thought you might be inter.....
» 9/05/2011 3:27:31 AM . Oops ! The Gini coefficients indicated for Russia are for the same period from 2000 t.....
» 9/05/2011 1:18:26 AM . Dear Peter, . Just a few comments on your point: "... democracy, which is highly.....
» 8/05/2011 1:39:46 AM . Dear Peter, . Before commenting on your article "Ecological sustainability and e.....
» 6/05/2011 8:58:00 PM . Dear Squeers, Houellebecq, Poirot et al . Perhaps you may be interested in reading th.....
» 10/02/2011 6:24:01 AM . People cry wolf ! . No further comment. ......
» 29/10/2010 12:30:56 AM . Dear ALGOREisRICH, Yabby, . As anybody who has had to do business in a number of diff.....
» 15/10/2010 12:27:14 AM . Dear Max, . Well done, I couldn't agree more. Perhaps this article may be of interest.....
» 13/10/2010 7:39:07 AM . Dear George, . "...I am not sure to what extent I succeeded in answering your tw.....
» 10/10/2010 9:33:01 PM . Dear George, . "Perhaps one should distinguish between (negative) criticism as &.....
» 10/10/2010 5:04:18 AM . Dear George, (continued) . I had not heard of the 6 to 60 year poem you indicate. How.....
» 10/10/2010 1:26:35 AM . Dear George, . "One usually consults a dictionary with an a priori acceptance of.....
» 9/10/2010 12:35:18 AM . Dear George, . That's strange, your "continued" posts had not arrived when .....
» 9/10/2010 12:14:02 AM . Dear George, . Whilst waiting for your "continued" post, I should say I fin.....
» 7/10/2010 3:15:14 AM . Dear George, (continued) . One thing I realised when my children had finished their s.....
» 7/10/2010 2:56:58 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for those explanations. I had overlooked the fact that, as y.....
» 6/10/2010 3:31:40 AM . Dear George, . "Burdened with religion" is fine for "nábožensky zatíže.....
» 6/10/2010 2:19:28 AM . Dear Stephen, . You wrote: "Freud's concept of the superego, while useful for u.....
» 5/10/2010 3:31:08 AM . Dear Stephen, (continued) . At the end of my first post (above) I should have written.....
» 5/10/2010 3:25:03 AM . Dear Stephen, (continued) . Not surprisingly, my definition of "truth" is f.....
» 5/10/2010 2:51:50 AM . Dear Stephen, . Dreams were the stock in trade of Sigmund Freud. Your story appears a.....
» 4/10/2010 6:12:41 AM . Dear George, . It would have been difficult for you to flee any further on this earth.....
» 4/10/2010 2:32:15 AM . Dear Squeers and George, . I am afraid my French suddenly pops up sometimes in my Eng.....
» 3/10/2010 6:36:24 AM . Dear George, . It is amusing to learn that we nearly crossed paths a short lifetime a.....
» 1/10/2010 8:44:07 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for that detailed analysis. It seems there has been a misund.....
» 30/09/2010 3:51:39 AM . Dear george, . It seems I closed the book too soon. However, I understand your concer.....
» 29/09/2010 8:53:57 PM . Dear George, . "You are apparently referring to my sentence "seeing Catholi.....
» 29/09/2010 8:44:04 AM . Dear George, (continued) . I do not imagine for one minute that you are a fan of Dori.....
» 29/09/2010 8:10:05 AM . Dear George, . Thank you for those fleeting insights into your childhood and adolesce.....
» 28/09/2010 8:19:51 AM . Dear George, . I am pleased to hear that I did not shock you. Thank you for your reas.....
» 27/09/2010 5:48:46 PM . Dear George, (continued) . I am sorry for the delay in sending this. It got blocked b.....
» 27/09/2010 7:22:59 AM . Dear George, . "Do you really need to be given examples of "religious insig.....
» 26/09/2010 11:30:53 PM . Dear Squeers, . "Marx's notion that we are distorted by the competitive relation.....
» 26/09/2010 11:24:43 AM . Dear Squeers, . It was William Shakespeare’s signature I was expecting at the end of .....
» 26/09/2010 11:20:37 AM . Dear Poirot, . It is interesting to learn that architecture brings out the artist in .....
» 25/09/2010 11:51:42 PM . Dear Squeers, . Your reflections on "spirituality" appear close to the phil.....
» 25/09/2010 3:51:22 AM . Dear George (continued), . It is also possible that the church may "fear" t.....
» 24/09/2010 11:59:29 PM . Dear George, . You wrote: “how would you "preserve" religion to "cons.....
» 23/09/2010 10:17:10 AM . Dear George, . In my view, education is more important today for the well being of hu.....
» 23/09/2010 12:00:59 AM . Dear Squeers, . You wrote to George: "I do see belief as "mental starch&qu.....
» 22/09/2010 3:20:46 AM . Dear George, . You wrote: "If atheism is simply “lack of belief (in God)” how c.....
» 22/09/2010 2:33:09 AM . Dear Squeers, . You write: ["militant atheism" is just an inflammatory phr.....
» 20/09/2010 11:45:24 PM . Dear George, . You wrote: "You are right that Castro and Allende implemented, w.....
» 20/09/2010 6:56:45 AM . An irresponsible Pope ? . The Roman Catholic Church must surely be one of the largest.....
» 20/09/2010 2:55:34 AM . Dear George, . You wrote: “I agree that there are many things I could have mentione.....
» 17/09/2010 11:30:50 PM . Dear George, . You wrote: "Lenin did that but he could not convince the inhabit.....
» 17/09/2010 10:32:15 PM . Dear Runner, (continued) . Prior to legalization, as many as 5,000 American women die.....
» 17/09/2010 8:22:10 PM . Dear Runner, . You wrote: "and yet George Bush had the intelligence to understa.....
» 17/09/2010 8:27:27 AM . Dear Squeers, . You wrote: "Dear Banjo, you're as elusive as ever; not sure whe.....
» 16/09/2010 10:14:26 PM . Dear Poirot, . "... George W. Bush was an ignorant, unintelligent man who was en.....
» 16/09/2010 7:39:08 AM . Religion and the State . The Pharaohs of ancient Egypt considered that they were gods.....
» 14/09/2010 8:20:47 PM . Dear David F., . Yes I noticed you are more inclined to debate than dialectic, though.....
» 13/09/2010 12:15:30 AM . Dear Mac, . It seems there is no consenus among historians on the motivations of Urba.....
» 12/09/2010 12:47:47 AM . IN THE NAME OF GOD . The righteous punishment decreed by Peter Jones and Osama bin La.....
» 11/09/2010 7:32:37 PM . Dear David & Poirot, . The world would be a better place if all debate could become d.....
» 11/09/2010 8:22:16 AM . Dear Dr Muqtedar Khan, . The fratricidal family feud continues. It has been going on.....
» 10/09/2010 1:13:18 AM . Dear David F., . You raise a question of semantics. I understand "hierarchy".....
» 9/09/2010 7:15:33 AM . Dear David F., . You wrote to Poirot: "Heirarchical order is a human idea".....
» 8/09/2010 7:26:02 AM . Dear David F., . Gosh, you should take a day off more often. That was a very relaxed.....
» 7/09/2010 9:13:10 PM . AN AUSTRALIAN BURQA & NIQAB . The burqa and niqab appear to be an inexhaustible inspi.....
» 7/09/2010 2:07:55 AM . Dear Squeers, . Thank you very much for your very interesting and all too brief cours.....
» 7/09/2010 1:46:08 AM . Dear David F., . "Hegel saw freedom as humanity working together as an organic w.....
» 6/09/2010 2:03:30 AM . Dear David F., . "I have no reason to think that the Marxist societies would be .....
» 6/09/2010 1:46:26 AM . Dear Squeers, . I confirm my association by telepathy with David in his reply to your.....
» 5/09/2010 1:46:11 AM . Dear David and Squeers, . The financial crisis hurricane that swept through Europe on.....
» 4/09/2010 2:47:16 AM . Dear David F., . I have it from the horse's mouth that it was not George (dubya) Bush.....
» 4/09/2010 1:52:02 AM . Dear Squeers, . I am sure I have no lessons to give either you or David F. regarding .....
» 3/09/2010 10:11:23 PM . Dear David F., . "Marx suffered during his life. Some people can suffer and tran.....
» 3/09/2010 7:13:39 AM . Dear All-, David F. and Squeers, . Karl Marx is a closed book. He wrote the final cha.....
» 2/09/2010 7:01:31 AM . Dear David F., . Passing from theory to practice, whatever the domain, is a perilous .....
» 28/08/2010 11:36:59 PM . Contnued ... . What the Sahih al-Bukhari text does reveal, however, is that not only .....
» 28/08/2010 9:56:34 PM . Origin of Islamic Hijab: . Prior to the Hijab, women used to cover their heads with t.....
» 28/08/2010 4:32:08 AM . Dear ALGOREisRICH, . I wrote "thread" not "web". Four fibres inti.....
» 27/08/2010 7:35:53 AM . Dear federalist, . Thank you for your remarks. You indicate: "In a free co.....
» 25/08/2010 11:36:17 PM . Oops and oops again ... . I am sure you will all have corrected my spelling of ".....
» 25/08/2010 11:28:04 PM . Oops ... I meant to say ... . "The athorisation should apply to CONSENTING adult.....
» 25/08/2010 11:19:11 PM . A legal Australian burqa & niqab ! . Provided commonly accepted public codes of decen.....
» 24/08/2010 8:48:58 PM . Continued ... . Need I add that in a democracy such as Australia, any political allia.....
» 24/08/2010 8:38:35 PM . Well, it looks like ... . a majority of Australians does not want either Gillard or A.....
» 24/08/2010 5:15:50 AM . Continued ... . Need I add that in a democracy such as Australia, any political allia.....
» 23/08/2010 11:36:05 PM . Well, it looks like ... . a majority of Australians does not want either Gillard or A.....
» 20/08/2010 8:12:12 AM . Dear Ron in Bennelong, . Re: Your comment on page 10 of this thread: I am sorry I ha.....
» 18/08/2010 3:18:03 AM . Dear Ron in Bennelong, . Indeed, Australia is a "commonwealth" or, in other.....
» 17/08/2010 7:16:54 PM . Dear Ron in Bennelong, . It's nice to hear that "Gillard wants a Republic when t.....
» 17/08/2010 1:36:47 AM . My dear compatriots, . Please allow me to suggest that the day we feel sufficiently m.....
» 10/08/2010 9:21:33 PM . Dear Squeers, . The larvatus prodeo of Descartes suits me better than even the most f.....
» 10/08/2010 6:19:08 PM . Dear Squeers, . That is quite a remarkable text. If Freud could re-read it today, the.....
» 9/08/2010 9:05:27 PM . ooups ! . Obviously, I meant to write "... I do NOT consider it important ...&qu.....
» 9/08/2010 8:59:36 PM . Dear One under God, . I appreciatze your efforts on my behalf. I have carefully exam.....
» 8/08/2010 9:29:34 PM . Dear One under God, . I am both touched and honoured that you wish to share your spir.....
» 8/08/2010 7:15:14 AM . Dear AJ Philips, . Thank you for your comments and that interesting link. It certainl.....
» 7/08/2010 5:00:45 AM . Dear Oliver & David F., . Many thanks for your comments and information on the questi.....
» 5/08/2010 11:33:28 PM . Dear AJ Philips, . You wrote to George: " ...there is absolutely no evidence wh.....
» 2/08/2010 11:38:02 PM . Dear Squeers, Dear Oliver, . Thank you for your comments on the "Case for the ex.....
» 2/08/2010 7:46:22 PM . Dear David F, . Back on page 65 of this thread I noted that in your excellent text on.....
» 1/08/2010 7:04:28 PM . Dear David F, . In my previous post to you, I have just noticed I added a colon punct.....
» 1/08/2010 2:03:27 AM . Dear David F, . As you brilliantly explained to ALGOREisRICH on another thread, (http.....
» 1/08/2010 1:33:37 AM . Continued … . Pliny, a contemporary of Tacitus, was Governor of Bithynia in Asia Mino.....
» 1/08/2010 1:30:53 AM . Dear all, . A very good friend of mine presents the case for the existence of Jesus as.....
» 29/07/2010 12:01:12 AM . Dear Squeers, . Thank you for your reading suggestions. I'll look them up with intert.....
» 28/07/2010 7:30:06 AM . Continued ... Dear David, ... . Naturally, I agree with your point by point criticism.....
» 28/07/2010 7:25:44 AM . Dear David, . Your indictment of Karl Marx on the basis of the facts cited is perfect.....
» 8/07/2010 6:42:01 PM . Dear Ludwig, . In the event of amalgamation, a more prosperous New Zealand would be a.....
» 8/07/2010 8:24:31 AM . AN AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND REPUBLIC . I see more good reasons for this to happen tha.....
» 6/07/2010 7:40:26 PM . AN AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND REPUBLIC . Hi everyone ! Perhaps you may be interested i.....
» 4/07/2010 3:33:12 AM . Dear George, . " ... you have the right to thus dismiss any field of enquiry ........
» 2/07/2010 10:21:08 PM . Dear George, . " ... the interface between the philosophies of science and relig.....
» 2/07/2010 1:25:27 AM . Dear George, . ">>Belief in the supernatural is irrelevant to the project&.....
» 30/06/2010 9:06:24 AM . Dear George & Oliver, . Sustained intellectual developement certainly seems the right.....
» 29/06/2010 2:22:12 AM . Dear George & Oliver, . AJ's comments seem quite pertinent. Employing science as an .....
» 28/06/2010 9:02:53 AM . Dear George, . You wrote: "... I am not sure what could play the role of mathem.....
» 27/06/2010 1:34:39 AM . Dear George, . That's OK. I was just concerned you may not understand what I was tryi.....
» 26/06/2010 9:39:03 AM . OOPS ... ! . Yes, I meant a 500 page thesis ... ......
» 26/06/2010 9:31:36 AM . Dear George, . You are quite right. We have to adopt a common definition of what we a.....
» 25/06/2010 8:06:55 PM . ANOTHER BASH AT THE NAIL ! . Please excuse me for having another bash at the nail. As.....
» 25/06/2010 9:08:07 AM . ON THE NATURE OF SWEEPING STATEMENTS . In addition to the various sweeping statements.....
» 24/06/2010 8:34:39 AM . Dear George, . I googled as you suggested and obtained the following results: ".....
» 23/06/2010 9:58:59 AM . SCIENCE V RELIGION / THE NUMINOUS, THEORIA, VISIONS, MIRACLES ... . Competition betw.....
» 23/06/2010 9:51:30 AM . Dear George, . By "scientific proof" I mean whatever justifies the assertio.....
» 22/06/2010 2:42:51 AM . Dear George, . I understand you are wondering what religion is and what purpose it se.....
» 18/06/2010 8:43:24 AM . Dear David F . As regards the occasional outlandish statements of our camerade-in-wri.....
» 17/06/2010 1:37:02 AM . Dear Runner, . My question: "Who can honestly imagine that all the "pervers.....
» 16/06/2010 11:39:19 PM . Dear Runner, . Re: your post, page 10: "Adults have the right pretend that God .....
» 16/06/2010 8:16:39 AM . @ ALGOREisRICH NEITHER INFORMATION NOR INDICATION . It is not the role of publcs sc.....
» 15/06/2010 11:33:11 PM . SOME GO FOR THE BODIES & "SOULS" AS WELL . There are no "more noble&qu.....
» 12/06/2010 6:58:32 AM . OH YOU SAID REALITY ? . I guess that's what hits you when you cross a busy road witho.....
» 11/06/2010 9:49:40 AM . DID YOU SAY TRUTH ? . Off the cuff, I would say that truth is information that has no.....
» 6/06/2010 6:26:22 AM . Dear David F., . Thanks for the explanation. That's quite clear. ......
» 5/06/2010 9:12:10 PM . Dear Oliver, . "I suspect the case has more to the quality of the "locus&qu.....
» 5/06/2010 8:43:47 PM . Dear George, . "I am not sure what “principle“ you are referring to" I was.....
» 5/06/2010 5:37:08 AM . Dear George, . Thanks for taking a double dip at my question on observer dependence. .....
» 4/06/2010 10:54:18 PM . Dear George, . Thank you for the introduction to what appears to be interesting readi.....
» 3/06/2010 11:48:33 PM . Dear Oliver, Dear David F., . I am intrigued by your observations regarding the relat.....
» 3/06/2010 7:24:00 AM . Dear Suzeonline, . "No creationist can ever 'prove' that God created the world o.....
» 1/06/2010 11:34:42 PM . PERCEPTION, INTERPRETATION, COMMUNICATION . Science and religion appear to be the yin.....
» 1/06/2010 8:42:01 AM . Dear Oliver, . "Was the creation of Satan intelligent design? God in so doing ul.....
» 30/05/2010 10:59:13 PM . Dear Oliver, . "Can God create a better designer, more capable than himself? Or .....
» 30/05/2010 9:32:38 AM . THE WONDER OF EVE . It was long before Jesus appeared on the scene that the world gav.....
» 28/05/2010 11:21:19 PM . ABRAHAM'S APPLE TREE . So, according to Abraham, it was during a terrible fit of jeal.....
» 27/05/2010 9:59:04 PM . SCIENCE AND RELIGION . Somebody suggested, earlier on, that the tree of knowledge was.....
» 27/05/2010 5:16:56 AM . TOO MANY GODS SPOIL THE BROTH ! . Abraham detested looking after the shop in his fath.....
» 25/05/2010 11:03:52 PM . Dear Bugsy, . If, as I suggested in my recent post, the subject of discussion on this.....
» 25/05/2010 8:33:01 PM . I D A PLEONASM ? . Please excuse my ignorance but I must confess I am rather surprise.....
» 25/05/2010 8:19:28 AM . PUBLIC RELATIONS . Public relations defined as the interaction of an individual wit.....
» 23/05/2010 8:41:19 PM . Dear Oliver . I see you have just chalked up a century on Mary's forum. Quite a remar.....
» 23/05/2010 1:24:04 AM . Dear Oliver, . " ... the matter of ridding the Church of the cover-up cardinals .....
» 21/05/2010 10:22:28 AM . Dear Oliver, . I do not think there is much to expect or to hope for in the way of ch.....
» 20/05/2010 1:44:49 AM . Dear Oliver, . Thank you for warning me that Benedict is a world class politician in .....
» 19/05/2010 6:21:41 AM . Dear Oliver, . Thank you for that interesting comment. Also, as you suggest to the mu.....
» 17/05/2010 2:45:38 AM . Dear Oliver, As George bows out and Mary remains discretely silent, please allow me to.....
» 13/05/2010 1:36:28 AM . Dear Mary, This is just to let you know I checked in to see if you replied to my post .....
» 12/05/2010 9:09:58 AM . Dear Mary, Perhaps you will agree that the first priority of the church should be to e.....
» 16/08/2009 10:50:21 PM . FREE TO CHOOSE . Now that society has authorized Mr Rossiter to choose whether he pre.....
» 10/08/2009 10:42:22 PM . EUTHANASIA TER . It must be more that ten years ago now that Peter, the elder brother.....
» 9/08/2009 11:23:29 PM . EUTHANASIA BIS . A well-to -do farmer in the Calvados in Normandy took a liking to Di.....
» 8/08/2009 1:16:58 AM . EUTHANASIA . My brother and I grew up with a dog called Nippy. Somebody left the gate.....
» 7/08/2009 11:01:36 PM . A MIND IN A JAR . I must confess that I do not know the details of this case. However.....
» 30/07/2009 8:16:33 PM . A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME . I am sorry to have to repeat myself but I have already post.....
» 30/07/2009 7:48:23 PM . THE MASKS HAVE FALLEN ! . The French president, Nicholas Sarkozy (alias Napoleon Bona.....
» 27/07/2009 10:40:54 PM . THE REVELATION OF HIDDEN IDENTITY . What does hidden identity reveal? That you have s.....
» 30/03/2009 11:01:07 PM ... HOW ABOUT DEPUTY SHERIFF OF THE USA ? ... The world-wide image of Australia's Prime.....
» 28/02/2009 8:52:34 AM ... @ SHOWDOWN MINISTER ... That is the tendency. Is it fatality ? Do we have no choice .....
» 25/02/2009 9:56:54 PM ... @ DEAR WHISTLER, ... Reading your post brought back fond memories of that well-known .....
» 24/02/2009 8:29:03 AM ... WHY OPPOSE ASSIMILATION AND SELF-DETERMINATION ? ... In determining oneself, why shou.....
» 18/02/2009 10:11:23 PM ... SLAVERY TODAY ... Despite the fact that slavery was abolished officially some 150 yea.....
» 14/02/2009 9:04:19 PM ... REDUCING INDIGENOUS DISADVANTAGE ... The Chief Minister of the Australian Capital Ter.....
» 14/02/2009 6:34:24 AM ... THE STOLEN GENERATION ... For 80 years, from 1788 to 1868, the British government dep.....
» 12/02/2009 8:28:16 AM ... NEITHER YES NOR NO BUT HOW ? ... ... (continued) ... Yet, to many of us, It seems so .....
» 12/02/2009 8:22:37 AM ... NEITHER YES NOR NO BUT HOW ? ... My understanding is that the Aborigines had been liv.....
» 8/02/2009 11:48:12 PM ... ADVANCE AUSTRALIA FAIR ! ... I am not sure what the gentleman of Scottish origin had i.....
» 8/02/2009 12:33:00 AM ... ONE ACTIVIST MAY HIDE ANOTHER ... “Knowing others is wisdom, knowing thySelf is enli.....
» 6/02/2009 8:50:24 AM @ COL ROUGE … "When all the objectives of government include the achievement of equa.....
» 5/02/2009 11:53:39 PM HI FOXY ! … It was nice meeting you. I enjoyed your company on this debate. We may not ha.....
» 5/02/2009 8:01:27 AM ON DEMOCRACY AND MINORITIES (CONTINUED) … In my previous post, instead of “a non-indigen.....
» 4/02/2009 9:54:38 PM ON DEMOCRACY AND MINORITIES ... I have read or heard it said (I can not remember which),.....
» 4/02/2009 7:31:09 AM @ OJNAB My dear mirrored namesake, I heartily sympathise with you. I often wonder what I.....
» 3/02/2009 6:46:36 AM JUST BECAUSE SOME MINORITY GROUPS DO NOT IDENTIFY WITH AUSTRALIA'S BRITISH HERITAGE DOES N.....
» 3/02/2009 5:03:37 AM “THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT AUSTRALIA DAY MARKS THE DATE OF WHITE SETTLEMENT AND NOTHING BEFO.....
» 2/02/2009 2:46:56 AM ON CULTURE AND CIVILISATION (CONTINUED) I see the the aborigines as having suffered from .....
» 2/02/2009 2:44:15 AM ON CULTURE AND CIVILISATION It seems to me that the epitome of culture and civilisation i.....
» 31/01/2009 8:13:57 PM BANJO PATERSON FOREVER Our hosts at On Line Opinion have informed me it is not possible t.....
» 30/01/2009 5:40:22 AM BANJO PATERSON IS NOT BANJO ! Apparently it is not so easy to change one's pseudo or nick.....
» 30/01/2009 5:13:43 AM BANJO PATERSON IS NOT BANJO ! The proximity of the two pseudos is understandably creating.....
» 28/01/2009 9:40:26 AM AUSTRALIA DAY Please allow me to suggest that Australia Day should be the day Australia b.....
» 14/01/2009 6:30:19 AM Hi Legal Eagle ! Thank you for your comments on justice and religion. I guess it all goes.....
» 13/01/2009 9:05:55 AM Hi Grim! I sure hope you are right. Being "close to the ground" sounds like a c.....
» 12/01/2009 7:16:03 PM @ Grim & Peter the Believer I suspect it is a little too early for a majority of Australi.....
» 12/01/2009 6:32:57 AM @ Legal Eagle The French president recently announced that the "juge d'instruction&q.....
» 21/11/2008 5:24:15 AM I appreciate your factual updates on local government, Scott. They are always well documen.....
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