19 Apr, 2012
CONTENTS * UNHOLY INQUISITION * THE APOLOGISING POPE * HOW FAR MODERATION * CARDINAL GEORGE PELL “INDEX LIBRORUM PROHIBITORUM” * THE POPE AND WOMEN UNHOLY INQUISITION Hierarchies of mainstream organised religions have always considered women to be second...
19 Apr, 2012
Of course it is true, as is often said, that much of the world’s Muslim population are good people. Nevertheless, their religious beliefs cause some of them to do terrible things. Religious belief has, undeniably, that kind of record. It is a world...
19 Apr, 2012
I have often facetiously remarked: “If I can discover the true faith, I’ll join ’em!” My non-believing friends just grin and see the absurdity of it. My ‘churchy’ friends shake their heads and also see the absurdity of it...
19 Apr, 2012
This famous phrase conjures up images of organised secretive forces working against the government of the day by any means available. It generally refers to a fifth-column enemy assault in the deposing of an existing regime by another. In the context of this article,...
19 Apr, 2012
In Nigeria in 2002, Amina Lawal was fount guilty of adultery and was sentenced to death by stoning. The penalty, to bury her up to her neck in sand and then throw rocks at her head until she died, caused an international outcry. [i] Since stoning to death is...
