10 Jan Ethics & Religion George Brandis and the Christian persecution complex 18/01/2023 By Hugh Harris 0 comments Attending the Religious Freedom roundtable in November 2015 on behalf of the Rationalist Society of Australia, I was bemused by ...Continue reading
15 Oct Law & Politics The need for caution when prioritising employers’ values over individuals’ rights 15/10/2022 By Hugh Harris 0 comments Many would see the removal of Andrew Thorburn from his position as a victory for progressive values over intolerance. While this messy ...Continue reading
30 Jun Ethics & Religion A country retreating from faith 15/07/2022 By Hugh Harris 0 comments The 2021 census reveals a society in transformation. In terms of religion, the earth is shifting beneath our feet. Rocketing to 38.9...Continue reading
16 Jun Education What’s so offensive about secularism? 15/07/2022 By Hugh Harris 0 comments Demonising secularism has become something of a sport for the religious right in the United States. Secularists are routinely painted a...Continue reading
18 Apr Ethics & Religion Challenging the Jesus myth theory 15/07/2022 By Hugh Harris 0 comments "I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however ...Continue reading
19 Feb Ethics & Religion Why does Stan Grant’s opinion about religion pass as ‘analysis’ on the ABC? 22/07/2022 By Hugh Harris 4 comments We recall the controversy surrounding Emma Alberici’s 2018 article about corporate tax cuts. Subsequently, the ABC judged it to ...Continue reading
08 Jan Feature series A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 2) 07/09/2022 By Hugh Harris 0 comments This is Part 2. You can read Part 1 here. Distinguishing faith and reason Richard Colledge, in ‘Intellectual Assent and th...Continue reading
07 Jan Feature series A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 1) 07/09/2022 By Hugh Harris 0 comments "For the mind of man is far from the nature of a clear and equal glass, wherein the beams of things should reflect according to their t...Continue reading