I have posted about Amnesty International on the Dunsborough Anglican Church’s web-site.
Archive for the ‘Politics and Religion’ Category
25 Oct
No deal on debts
The most ferocious parable Jesus told was one about two debtors. The lord calls in the first of the debtors, who owed a colossal sum, and demands he pay up. He threatens to thrown the slave in prison and enslave his family. The slave begs for mercy, for time to pay. The lord has compassion [...]
22 Oct
Christian power: an oxymoron?
Yesterday the residents’ association of our village held elections. There was quite a tussle over the position of Chairman of the Social Committee, with arguments about the Constitution and fights about procedure. The sub-text was reasonably easy to discern: two strong people clashing and both leading with their shadows! This made me reflect on the [...]
17 Jun
Special privileges for churches in Australia?
The Busselton-Dunsborough Times has published my letter in response to my neighbour John Moor’s letter last Friday (which I have attached below). Here is my letter as published: John Moor (Letters June 10) laments the fact that churches are exempt from some rates and taxes. These exemptions date from a time when the churches provided [...]
16 Sep
Losing Our Religion?
Tom Frame, Losing My Religion: Unbelief in Australia. Sydney: University of New South Wales Press, 2009 337 pages, paperback. RRP $34.95 Tom Frame is not afraid that Australia will “lose its religion”. Not really. But he is concerned that Australian Christians will pay a high price if they do not engage in a vital conversation [...]
16 Jul
Flap over Prime Minister’s ‘atheism’
A local author protested in last week’s Busselton Dunsborough Times: an atheist Prime Minister in a Christian country, he complained. My letter was one of several published this week which disagreed with that sentiment. The original letter follows: This was my reply
