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Category: RELIGION

CURRENT ISSUES / RELIGION

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The right to tell others how to live v’s The right to be left alone to live life as one chooses

Reading Time: 2 minutesA multi religious society, like ours, relies on mutual respect for other religions and the non religious sector. Publicly denigrating others as an expression of religious belief has to be minimised, if not eliminated, if we are to remain a harmonious society. The only respect shown in this saga appears to be the public’s respect of Folau’s right to believe whatever he chooses to believe. What is being asked of him in return is that he respect the life choices of others, and not publicly condemn and offer unsolicited advice as to how they should live.

RELIGION

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Folau: Courage of Convictions?

Reading Time: 8 minutesRights, including our right to practice religious beliefs cannot be considered in isolation, and must be weighed against competing rights of other members of our community. For this reason, at times the exercise of religion may need to be limited. To accept the cost is the price believers pay for having the courage of their convictions.

RELIGION

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Pell Guilty – Church’s Guilt Far Greater

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe astonishingly high number of incidents of child abuse by clergy simply could not have occurred without the Church’s lack of respect for civil law, and preoccupation with protecting the reputation of the Church. Without these self absorbed, uncaring, and perverted policies, child abusers like Cardinal Pell and many other Church figures would have been exposed and dealt with according to the law, and countless children would not have been irreparably harmed.

RELIGION

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Apostasy and Criticism of Islam

Reading Time: 3 minutes  In today’s The Australian Caroline Overton writes about high profile Saudi asylum seeker, Armin Navabi – (see attached article). In her page-long opinion piece, Overton considers Navabi’s brave, but provocative statements about the plight...

RELIGION

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Is the prohibition of discrimination dictated by religious belief a loss of religious freedom? If so, is a restraint of religious freedom necessarily undesirable?

Reading Time: < 1 minuteA commentary is disguised as front page news in the current The Weekend Australian. The issue itself is outlined in the attached news item. My brief comment is motivated by those who immediately jump...