Monthly Archives: March 2008
Mercy Ministries – stories from the program
Sean the Blogonaut has been doing a tremendous job keeping us all up to date on the Mercy Ministries story. For those of you not in the know see below for a brief synopsis. Anyway Sean has opened his blog … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, Gloria Jean's, Hillsong, Mercy Ministries, religion, religious sect
Christian Propaganda Pictures
Austin Cline from atheism.about.com has created some Christian Propaganda Pictures in the style of those old WWI/WWII posters. As Austin says: As outrageous as the Christian Right’s overall agenda is, their specific arguments and beliefs can be worse. The idea … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, beliefs, christian, christian right, christianity, propoganda
Twelve Tribes at Royal Easter Show
The SMH has two articles today on the Twelve Tribes religious sect (or should that be cult?) and how they may be trying to woo recruits at their Common Ground cafe at the Royal Easter Show. Now I’ll admit I’ve … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, cult, religion, religious sect, twelve tribes
Expelled from Expelled
PZ Myers, writer of the Pharyngula blog, was literally expelled from a screening of the creationist propaganda movie, Expelled. That in itself is fairly funny, but the real laugh is that they allowed his wife, daughter and guest in. His … Continue reading
Vatican Censorship
Two authors have accused the Vatican of having their novel blacklisted in Italy. The historical novel Imprimatur, which will be published in Australia in May, suggests a 17th century Pope had funded the Protestant hero William III. The authors claim … Continue reading
I Love Lego
but I can see some members of the community having a problem with this new offering: Thanks to Friendly Atheist for this find.
Have no Mercy – Stop Drinking Gloria Jean’s Coffee
I’ve known for a while that Gloria Jean’s coffee franchises were linked to Hillsong Church, and that was enough for me to stop buying their coffee (not to mention it was massed produced, often weak and poorly made, with no … Continue reading
New funding model for public schools
Surprise surprise, the new Labor government has realised that the public schools might not be funded as well as some of the private schools. Why private (read, religious) schools should get any money off the government, let alone the enormous … Continue reading
Filed under atheism, atheist, private school funding, public school funding, religion
I’m back….
I’m back from my lovely, and very warm, holiday in Adelaide. With maximum temperatures over 35O C each day (and still) and temperatures above 30 even at midnight it made for some very warm times. Hanging around Fringe Festival events, … Continue reading
Filed under Adelaide, fringe festival, holiday, popeye
Hiatus
Well I’m off to sunny Adelaide, the City of Churches, for family business/holiday so I might not be blogging for a few days. If I get a chance I’ll find an Internet cafe and post a few travel pictures, and … Continue reading
