Archive for the ‘Current Affairs / Politics’ Category
Identity in a Multicultural Society
Author, Roger.
Published, September 7, 2009.
Tags: identity, multicultural, society
So, I heard the other day that Soccer in Australia is now referred to as Football. Despite my secret joy at the recognition, I began thinking how that would make the general, AFL mad, populus of Victoria feel. They have enjoyed for many years the exclusivity of the term ‘football’, but now it looks as [...]
Mark Sayers, on Twitter and ‘ambient awareness’
Author, Simon.
Published, June 19, 2009.
Tags: ambient awareness, Mark Sayers, Twitter
Mark Sayers has written a very thought-provoking article on the advent of the ‘other-world’ on Facebook, Twitter, blogging etc.
I realize that my life has changed significantly since the early ninties, that is before the net and before the mobile cell phone became ubiquitous. I realize that much of my time now, despite trying not to, [...]
I want it, I deserve it: Why Lou Richards is being arrogant
Author, Simon.
Published, May 19, 2009.
Tags: legend status, Lou Richards
Lou Richards, a former Collingwood premiership captain and long time media personality, has been refused Legend’s status by the AFL. A media-driven campaign to get the AFL to grant Richards the status has been running for some time, but the AFL have offered Richards a lifetime achievement award instead. Read the Herald Sun article here. [...]
David Wilkerson, and his rather odd ‘word from God’
Author, Simon.
Published, March 12, 2009.
Tags: David Wilkerson, prophecy
An American preacher, David Wilkerson, has made a bizarre prophetic statement on his blog. Here’s a snippet:
I am compelled by the Holy Spirit to send out an urgent message to all on our mailing list, and to friends and to bishops we have met all over the world.
AN EARTH-SHATTERING CALAMITY IS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. IT IS [...]
‘Calvin and Hobbs’ vs. Economics
Author, Simon.
Published, February 17, 2009.
Tags: Calvin and Hobbs, economics
On a lighter note:
Atheism – Celebrate Reason
Author, Adam.
Published, January 30, 2009.
Tags: atheism, Atheist Foundation of Australia, Celebrate Reason, free-speech, Tillich
I love how religions claim monopolies over certain facets of what it means to be human. Atheism is one such religion.
Recently, the Atheist Foundation of Australia (AFA) raised $16,000 for an outdoor advertising campaign using the slogan ‘Atheism – Celebrate Reason’. Or the extended version: ‘Atheism – Celebrate Reason! Sleep in on Sunday mornings’. This [...]
Pastor Rick Warren at Obama’s inauguration
Author, Simon.
Published, January 24, 2009.
Tags: Barak Obama, inauguration, prayer, president, Rick Warren
I didn’t actually watch any of the presidential inauguration, except for a snippet of the parade, which hellishly boring. A small amount of controversy was caused when Pastor Rick Warren was asked to pray at the inauguration. He accepted, and it appears that it was a good thing he did so. I just read a transcript [...]
An Evangelical Manifesto: A second opinion
Author, Simon.
Published, June 28, 2008.
Tags: christian, church, Current Affairs, evangelical, Evangelical Manifesto, Evangelicalism, Religion, Reviews
I should note that is not a response to Adam’s previous entry on the same topic. This is simply, as the title suggests, a second opinion of this document. “An Evangelical Manifesto” was penned earlier this year, with a two-fold purpose;
[T]o first address the confusions and corruptions that attend the term Evangelical in the United [...]
Different dog, different tricks: A word about the new Federal Government
Author, Simon.
Published, May 12, 2008.
Tags: ALP, Australia, Current Affairs, government, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Liberal Party, Steven Smith, terrorism
The change of government in Canberra has brought a marked change in rhetoric that has been stemming from Canberra. This is not overly suprising, I suppose. A change in government generally means a changed country. The stamp that the new Labor government has left is already significant. Rudd’s government has already made some big decisions, and [...]
An Evangelical Manifesto
Author, Adam.
Published, May 12, 2008.
Tags: christians, Current Affairs, evangelical, manifesto, public square, Religion, Reviews
An Evangelical Manifesto is a recently published article by a group of professing evangelicals which seeks to redefine and reform evangelicalism in the face of its popular (mis)conceptions in the secular world.
It’s so refreshing to read a well-considered and balanced article from a group of evangelicals. I was expecting to read a bible-bashing self-righteous stab [...]