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there’s no exit in any direction
A simplistic but amusing take on science vs faith.And WWGWBD? (via BoingBoing).
(reminds me of this t-shirt too).
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i’ll know my song well before i start singin’: music and personality
I’ve always wondered in a chicken-and-egg kind of way about whether we seek out music which reflects our mood and personality, or whether the music we listen to actually dictates our mood and personality to some degree.
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they got Charles Darwin trapped out there on Highway Five
This comic says something pretty succinctly that I have been thinking a lot lately. It’s by the excellent American cartoonist Ted Rall, who is simultaneously black, bitter, perceptive and extremely funny (warning: and at times, rather left-wing, although… -
people tell me it’s a sin
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church and state: cult directed members to support PM
It’s come out in recent days that the Exclusive Brethren cult, which in the past has claimed to be not just politically neutral but to actually forbid participation in political activities, in fact instructed its Australian members to… -
church and state: abbott plays the god card?
Tony Abbott seems to have decided to make faith an election-year issue, rather than allowing Kevin Rudd’s public airing of his own beliefs to pass without comment. An excerpt from The Australian:
Question: Do you think his advisers
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church and state update: Pyne added to health portfolio
Further to this post about the increasing influence of religious groups on the Government, yesterday’s cabinet reshuffle has promoted MP Christopher Pyne to the newly created position of assistant minister for health.
Pyne, like the health…
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signs and portents in the sky
Comet C/2006 P1 (McNaught), captured over our city last night by a friend.When beggars die there are no comets seen;
The heavens themselves blaze forth the death of princes.Seen
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separation of church and state: PM catches the fire, government already burning
There is an obvious and fundamental issue with the most senior member of the Government, and the democratically appointed leader of the country, lending the credibility of his office to any religious group