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10 Jan

George Brandis and the Christian persecution complex

18/01/2023
By Hugh Harris
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Attending the Religious Freedom roundtable in November 2015 on behalf of the Rationalist Society of Australia, I was bemused by ...

15 Oct

Law & Politics

The need for caution when prioritising employers’ values over individuals’ rights

15/10/2022
By Hugh Harris
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Many would see the removal of Andrew Thorburn from his position as a victory for progressive values over intolerance. While this messy ...

30 Jun

Ethics & Religion

A country retreating from faith

15/07/2022
By Hugh Harris
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The 2021 census reveals a society in transformation. In terms of religion, the earth is shifting beneath our feet. Rocketing to 38.9...

16 Jun

Education

What’s so offensive about secularism?

15/07/2022
By Hugh Harris
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Demonising secularism has become something of a sport for the religious right in the United States. Secularists are routinely painted a...

18 Apr

Ethics & Religion

Challenging the Jesus myth theory

15/07/2022
By Hugh Harris
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"I believe that no discovery of fact, however trivial, can be wholly useless to the race, and that no trumpeting of falsehood, however ...

19 Feb

Ethics & Religion

Why does Stan Grant’s opinion about religion pass as ‘analysis’ on the ABC?

22/07/2022
By Hugh Harris
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We recall the controversy surrounding Emma Alberici’s 2018 article about corporate tax cuts. Subsequently, the ABC judged it to ...

08 Jan

Feature series

A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 2)

07/09/2022
By Hugh Harris
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This is Part 2. You can read Part 1 here. Distinguishing faith and reason Richard Colledge, in ‘Intellectual Assent and th...

07 Jan

Feature series

A fundamental examination of the intersection of reason and belief (Part 1)

07/09/2022
By Hugh Harris
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"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...

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