Christianity stands or falls on the historical events surrounding the first Easter. If there was no resurrection then the Christian message is false. What best explains what happened on that first Easter morning? Was there a resurrection? Hallucinations? A mistake? The following are n
The psychotherapist (former clergyman, now an atheist), the philosopher (a professor directing a Centre for Cognition Research), and the journalist (writes for the Guardian) discuss the Road to the Good Life. The Age of Reason has given us an embarrassment of wonders. But is it a mist
Hugh Harris takes up the former Prime Minister’s latest intervention into the debate around religion and politics. Source: John Howard’s Christian Right Feels Silenced, And They’re Telling Anyone Who’ll Listen - New Matilda “People are too scared to speak”, claims ex-Prime Minister Jo
There's a subtle but crucial difference between respecting the beliefs of others, and respecting their right to hold those beliefs. It's the latter which is important. The former is cultural relativism -- something apparently abhorred by Cory Bernardi. In the current charged atmospher
9 February 2016 The Hon Malcolm Turnbull MP Parliament House CANBERRA ACT 2600 Dear Prime Minister As you are aware, many states stand ready and able to provide support for the children and their families who were recently brought to Australia from Nauru, so that they ma
Among other things, RSA's President Emeritus Ian Robinson is a philosopher and playwright, and his new play, The Process, is touring Australia. Here's a review by Ron Cerabona, arts reporter for the Canberra Times: Ian Robinson has sent invitations to politicians on both sides of poli
Are our daily lives filled with faith that may be unjustified, as asserted by Barney Zwartz, Senior Fellow with the Centre for Public Christianity, in the Fairfax press? It depends on the way you are using the term 'faith'. Here, Ian Robinson, President Emeritus of the Rationalist Soc
The following article was first aired (in abridged form) at the 63rd Rationalist Society conference in April 2000 at Box Hill. The topic was "Spirituality without Religion". It was then published in issue 54 of the Australian Rationalist journal, Winter 2000. In April 2015, a rabbi ha