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Tweet As the world celebrates Easter, it is important to consider the role of organised religion and its impact, says Iurgi Urrutia. by Iurgi Urrutia Pope Francis – or the Bishop of Rome, as he likes to be called – is a Jesuit. Not only...
Tweet According to the ubiquitous Hasbara Brigade, if you criticise Israel, you’re an anti-Semite ― and if you’re Jewish, you become a “self-hater”. Evan Jones looks at how apologists for Israel invoke the spectre of the Holocaust...
Tweet Conservative Australian politicians who have begun citing Judeo-Christian ‘values’ are simply using this as cover to support their own prejudices, says Scott Crawford. AUSTRALIA IS A DIVERSE PLACE and proudly secular to boot. As such,...
Tweet As shown by Cory Bernardi’s resignation today, the arguments against same-sex marriage are neither rational nor logical, says Dr Benjamin Thomas Jones. Rod Benson and Senator Cory Bernardi AS AN ACADEMIC and an educator, I am guided...
Tweet Sanal Edamaruku is the brave rationalist shining a scientific light on superstition and ignorance in India — and he might just go to gaol for it, reports John Turnbull. “I can understand that they might be inspired by the stories of...
Tweet Why won’t Mitt Romney talk more openly about his Mormon faith? Jed Lea-Henry discusses Mormonism and the Republican U.S. presidential candidate. Joseph Smith and Mitt Romney The Significance of Mitt Romney’s Religion The sheer improbability...
Tweet The conservative religious opposition to homosexuality has been dominant for a long time, but Alan Austin can sense a change in the wind. Midway through the final quarter of the grand final between Christians and Jews who believe homosexuality...
Tweet George Pell’s performance on ABC’s Q&A program this week was an embarrassment to his faith, says contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence — even after the presenter let him off lightly about some of his worst faux pas. DAWKINS...
Tweet by Alan Austin As the religious brawl over same-sex marriage hots up in Australia, Alan Austin looks to church history, which shows that marriage become a sacrament only in the 12th century — and one-man-one-woman marriage, as...
