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Facebook and friendship

August 18, 2010 – 7:57 pm

In some ways, Facebook is very good for friendship. Via Facebook, I’ve managed to get back in contact with various childhood and school friends, which has been lovely. I am the kind of person who takes friendships seriously. I’m still friends with three people from Primary School, for goodness sakes, let alone numerous people from [...]

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Protect teh Kiddies

July 12, 2010 – 5:18 pm

I attended a religious school for the first three years of High School. I’m afraid that it went in one ear and out the other, because I didn’t even realise that Jesus was God according to Christian doctrine until I was about 25. I have a fantastic ability to be able to switch off during [...]

By Legal Eagle | Posted in Australian internet filter, Children, Free Speech, Internet, Law, Religion, Society | Also tagged , , , , , | Comments (12)

Stop policing our food already

May 31, 2010 – 8:27 pm

We were watching TV last night when a report came on about children and food. “Experts” said that children were coming home from school and drinking full cream milk and juice, along with chocolate biscuits and junk. And it had to stop because otherwise children would become obese. Long time readers of the blog will [...]

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Going Burq-o

May 18, 2010 – 9:45 pm

[Now cross-posted at Online Opinion - 21/5/10] There’s been a lively discussion at Larvatus Prodeo about the possibility that the French will ban the burqa. Of course, this follows on the heels of Liberal Senator Cory Bernardi’s suggestion that the burqa should be banned in Australia. Bernardi suggested that the burqa was not only a [...]

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Science, religion and how things came to be

February 27, 2010 – 2:37 pm

I think I’ve said before that I was raised by scientists. When possible, I try to explain things scientifically to my children. Obviously there’s a limit to their understanding at this point, but when they were scared of thunder and lightning recently, I told my daughter it wasn’t monsters (as she feared) but electricity in [...]

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A world without monotheism

November 23, 2009 – 9:52 am

I originally posted this comment to the Richard Dawkins forum (which gets rather bitter and nasty over time). I’m writing a novel based around the issue now, but the question originally came from one of my students. ——————————— This topic came up when I googled the question ‘what would civilisation look like without monotheism? I [...]

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A Religious Buffet

October 24, 2009 – 4:16 am

Via the Australian Skeptics… Enjoy.

By skepticlawyer | Posted in Religion, Skeptics | Also tagged , | Comments (16)