Bogosity

I can’t decide whether to lay off the Intelligent Design / Creationism poeple or not. It is getting headlines lately as the debate goes around in circles in USA but it’s a bit repetitive. Anyway, this guy illustrates why it can all get a bit silly – speculating as to whether God plays [...]

Sheena sent me this article discussing the new anti-terror laws and how they shape up compared to Britains. The author points out that Britain is getting much more debate than ours are likely to because of the government control of the Senate here.

Essential liberties are lost in imitation – Opinion – smh.com.au

as the [...]

Hot on the heals of that previous post.

The Courier-Mail: Garrett urges indigenous debate [26oct05]

Mr Garrett said the provision of jobs was the best way of escaping poverty
and that a cycle of welfare dependence had developed in remote communities.

But he warned that with the current debate focusing almost exclusively on home ownership, there was a real [...]

I was just reading an article in the New Internationalist about New Orleans and some observations on what it means to be poor in the west. The author pointed out that poverty in the west is totally different to poverty in developing countries. Here’s some of the differences summarised:

In Africa, poverty is shared [...]

I only posted this today because I liked the cartoon. Nothing new here really.

Evolution vs. Creationism :: Intervention Magazine :: War, Politics, Culture

In the mid-eighteenth century, a popularly held religious belief was that lightning was God’s retribution for our sins. Then Benjamin Franklin and his son conducted a simple yet courageous experiment involving flying [...]

Parishioners see the light—eventually – Yahoo! News

How many men does it take to change a light bulb in a church? Thanks to the European Union’s “Working at Heights Directive” the answer is four—over three days at a cost of more than 1,300 pounds.

Hey it’s a true story – our humble parish has the same problem. [...]

This one from the Safran website guest book.

BBC – Press Office – George Bush on Elusive Peace

President George W Bush told Palestinian ministers that God had told him to invade Afghanistan and Iraq – and create a Palestinian State, a new BBC series reveals.

It’s probably all lies though.