http://wehaveavoice.net Atheist, philosophical & personal blog of a kiwi Wed, 13 Aug 2008 11:17:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I find it bloody annoying how some Australians - church leaders and politicians mainly - describe this country as a 'christian' nation or a 'christian' society. Australia isn't actually. Our society, like most civilised Western democracies, is a secular society that tolerates religious belief. I believe the word 'secular' doesn't describe ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/08/13/new-word-to-describe-christian-society-required/ Came across this today. Great interview - if you can spare the hour or two to watch all 8 parts of it. Here's the final part and for what it's worth, I believe the most damning criticism of this dangerous cult yet. Jason Beghe was in for 13 years and in ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/08/12/interview-with-a-top-scientologist-that-got-out/ I was watching the Sunday morning program on Channel Seven last week at the conclusion of WYD and one of the presenters (who shall remain nameless, I don't want him to get into hot water!) could hardly contain himself and spent the entire time trying so hard to be respectful ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/07/24/respect-your-religion-well-no-actually/ I've written before about the charlatan Benny Hinn. Seems his ability to fool the gullible is as strong as ever. Excerpt from an article on the Freethinker "EXPERTS in South Arica are claiming that a genuine miracle took place at a massive evangelical rally staged by American “prosperity” preacher Benny Hinn, ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/07/23/god-moves-money-in-mysterious-ways/ I didn't intend to write anymore about the WYD (well, it should really be named WCYD - add the word 'christian' in there), but all the media coverage just got up my nose. I mean, look, as was reported by the Seven network - 25% of Australians classify themselves as 'christian' ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/07/22/wyd-sad-sad-sad/ from the Sydney Morning Herald 1st July - link to full article. Edited July 9th. Seems like Sydney-siders aren't happy about being told what to do (or not do..) - this article on msn.com.au has the story. My favourite t-shirt slogan so far is "$5,500, a small price to pay for annoying ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/07/02/thou-shalt-not-annoy-on-youth-day/ Bit strong? Nope - they are and they actually know it, but presumably they are able to justify this on the grounds that it is for a 'higher good' or similar reason. Let's go over some of the commonly used 'proofs' they bring out to disprove evolution. 1. Evolution is a belief ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/06/23/intelligent-designers-are-liars/ I seem to get few comments on this blog (but it gets it share of visitors - maybe they all agree with me!) and so have put a note that name, email & website entries are optional if you would like to leave a comment. Also please note that comments ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/05/04/update-on-site-comments/ Found this new vid on YouTube. Made my day! http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/04/29/billy-on-christian-rock-etc/ It just struck me today how many 'churchies' I come into contact with are more often than not, just plain bloody unpleasant and their so-called 'salvation' sure doesn't translate into any kindness to their fellowman (well, me anyway!). I have a small business and do service calls for customers from all ... http://wehaveavoice.net/2008/04/16/55/