Understanding The Difference Between Morality and Preference A recent survey of several thousand non-church attenders in the U.S. indicated that one of the major objections to Christianity is the perceived judgmentalism of traditional Christians toward homosexuals. When asked to elaborate further, most respondents voiced their belief that the church has no right to comment on …
A recent article in the Sydney Morning Herald by Darren Cain, points out the list of atrocities committed by rugby and NRL players in Australia and Great Britain in recent years that did NOT warrant being sacked from the game. These are all “crimes” committed by footy players in recent years: Kicked his pregnant wife …
You might have noticed that I have refrained from posting anything about the upcoming election. I am extremely reluctant to voice a public opinion, because I believe in the right of each individual to choose for themselves. This post is not intended to convince you to vote one way or another. But I do want …
A couple of weeks ago, on Thursday 14th March, Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp suffered an outage for approximately 12 hours. Their websites were offline worldwide due to technical difficulties. I didn’t notice, as I didn’t attempt to access any of those websites during that time – I was busy doing other things in the real …
There is a lot of talk about toxic masculinity at the moment. The Gillette advertisement last year, condemning toxic masculinity, has raised the issue to a higher level of public debate. Toxic masculinity is the new colloquial term for hegemonic masculinity; the endemic legitimisation of oppressive, domineering behaviour among males. Hegemonic masculinity is a sociological …
Yesterday’s announcement of Cardinal George Pell’s conviction for sexual abuse is another sickening example of the endemic culture of sexual abuse within the Catholic Church. Of course, other denominations have not been without their offenders, but the problem does seem particularly endemic within the Catholic Church. Just last week, on 21st February, the book, “In …
THE VEIL HAS BEEN REMOVED Kevin Simington Australia is not a Christian nation. In the strictest sense, it never has been. The 1901 Constitution made it abundantly clear that we are a secular democracy. Section 116 states, “The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or …
AND SO IT BEGINS … Kevin Simington Craig Campbell, a Western Australian teacher who recently admitted to being homosexual, has been removed from the casual teaching roster of South Coast Baptist College, WA, because his sexuality contradicts the moral teaching of the school. This has created a furor in the media this week, with calls …