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Recent Comments
- Climate Change Sceptics please note:
The Great Global Warming Swindle Swindle. Go here for the real story. POST UPDATED AND EXPANDED 16 July 2007.
See also How to Talk to a Climate Skeptic from 3 Quarks Daily.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
Nine Lies About Climate Change (2008).
Real Climate: Climate Science from Climate Scientists -- blog.
The Discovery of Global Warming -- on the Web site of the Center for History of Physics of the American Institute of Physics.
Category Archives: Religion
“Compass” last night
Last night’s Compass on the Uniting Church in Australia was obviously of interest to me. A transcript is now available. Next week, I notice, the topic is the coming election. A week before Australians go to the polls Compass throws the … Continue reading
Posted in Aussie interest, Faith and philosophy, Religion
Tagged Christianity, South Sydney Uniting Church
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Benign spam
I received the email which follows and it was promptly and correctly delivered to the spam bin at Unwired (or rather Bluetie). I have chosen to rescue it. You may have seen it before. MY MESSAGE FOR PEACE AND HARMONY … Continue reading
Posted in Faith and philosophy, Religion
Tagged human rights, interfaith, peace, social justice
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Against certainty
Julie Galambush interview. (If that doesn’t work… or here.) Allow me to recommend a book as a Top Read of 2007 even if only three people in Australia have read it. The Reluctant Parting by Julie Galambush (Harper Collins 2006) … Continue reading
Posted in Cultural and other, Faith and philosophy, Reading, Religion
Tagged Best Read of 2007, Bible, Christianity, interfaith
Pip Wilson: The Trouble with Muslim Bashers
Well worth reading.
Posted in blogging, Faith and philosophy, Multiculturalism and diversity, Religion
Tagged Islam
Back again
I was hardly away long enough for anyone to miss me, was I? Over at the “new” blog, which now features evil ads from which I plan to make my fortune, I have just been having a lovely template fiddle, … Continue reading
Interesting discussion of Bush’s second term
Posted on YouTube on 27th August 2007. It is almost an hour long… The first interviewee is Robert Dallek, a prominent American historian of American Presidents. He is a Professor of History at Boston University. The second interviewee is Jim … Continue reading