Thriving in a Sexualised Culture
It is probably true to say that we live in a heightened age of sexual awareness. While temptation has always been with us, today visual stimulation is more an issue, especially for men. Read Peter Bentley's reflection on living and loving in a sexualised culture.
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A ‘Radical’ New Look at ‘Dominion’ in Genesis
Nola Stewart presents a summary of her presentation at the 2009 ACC Conference.
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Human Rights and Wrongs
A Summary of the presentation from Brian Edgar to the 2009 ACC Conference
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Gethsemane - Too ugly for the Church, too pretty for the world!
How would you have reacted to these words from a professional music executive? Read about one band's experience.
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Are We Safe?
Peter Sellick discusses national security.
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God only knows
God only knows – Peter Bentley comments on the exposure of a killer in a church and the killer within.
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The Trouble with Liberalism
The trouble with Liberalism Peter Sellick
On Line Opinion Column: Australia’s e-journal of social and political debate.
posted Monday, 30 March 2009
The Impossibility of Atheisim II
The Impossibility of Atheisim II, Peter Sellick
On-Line Opinion Column. Posted 27th February 2009
The responses in the comments section of my previous article “The impossibility of atheism” have persuaded me to have a second “bite of the apple”. Many of the commentators complained there was no evidence for what I was proposing. By “evidence” they mean the kind of evidence that scientists rely on to prove or disprove their theories. The fact that this kind of evidence (empiricist) is understood to be the only kind of evidence that counts in all areas of intellectual pursuit is a sign of the dominance of the rationality of the natural sciences in our thinking.
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The Impossibility of Atheism
In
The Impossibility of Atheism, Peter Sellick considers the problems raised by the ‘new’ Atheism, a popular cultural phenomenon that has been made prominent lately by academics and a prominent journalist. He argues that “The solution to this lies in the definition of atheism, or rather, the definition of the God that atheists do not believe in.”
Just Celebrity
After watching a film premiere, Peter Bentley
reflects on the cult of celebrity in society, and also in the church. (Note: article first published in
Insights: UCA NSW Synod magazine. November 2008).
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