Monthly Archives: February 2008
Which is the way to god please?
A few weeks ago Hemant posted about a German children’s book, which he termed “the god delusion for kids“. A couple of days ago he posted that the book is now available in English for free. The pictures can be … Continue reading
Let us bow our heads in thanks for atheists
From the Kansas City Star comes an excellent article praising atheists. With headings like: Atheists are well-behaved.Atheists make good neighbors.Atheists will not infringe upon your life uninvited. You know you are in for some good reading. I particularly liked the … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, christianity, news, religion
Tagged. sort of
Plonka is spreading the page 123 meme. Seeing as he thanked me nicely for putting him on to Windows Live Writer (review shortly), I thought I’d do his tag. Rules 1. Grab the nearest book (that is at least 123 … Continue reading
Census Submission – follow up
Got an interesting email today regarding my submission to the ABS for changes to the religion question in Census 2011. This is the full text of the message: Dear Census Client Mr Brian Pink, the Australian Statistician, recently highlighted to … Continue reading
Filed under ABS, atheism, atheist, census, census 2011, government funding, politics
Tagged
I knew this was coming when I read Thinkers’ Podium blog recently. When you frequent each other’s blogs and see one of them start a meme, you just know eventually you’ll get tagged. So, not surprisingly, I’ve been tagged by … Continue reading
A Big Day in History
Well, that was a big day in Australia’s history yesterday. The Australian Government finally apologised to the indigenous community for the Stolen Generations. I’m sure there are going to be lots of news sites, blogs and forums discussing this, and … Continue reading
Filed under politics, sorry, Stolen Generations
Census 2011 – Religious Affiliation
As discussed the other day, on my Christianity – a declining population blog, the last census showed 18% to 30% of the Australian population were non-religious. I discussed how there were problems with the wording of the current census question … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, census, census 2011, religion
Happy Darwin Day!
Happy Darwin Day all. What is Darwin Day? From the official Darwin Day Celebration website: Darwin Day is an international celebration of science and humanity held on or around February 12, the day that Charles Darwin was born on in … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, Charles Darwin, Darwin Day, Darwin Day Celebrations, Humanist, science
Why are we paying to teach ID?
The SMH has been headlining the weekend news with stories of taxpayers over funding private schools to the tune of $2b (yes, that is two Billion dollars). As if that isn’t bad enough, it turns out that some of this … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, christianity, creationism, ID, news, politics, private school funding, religion
Christianity – a declining population.
A century ago nearly everyone in Australia was Christian, today only 64% are. We know this thanks to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) which yesterday released the Year Book 2008, based on 2006 census figures. Today the Sydney Morning … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, census, census 2011, christianity, religion
