Category Archives: Religion
Picnic
The Sydney Order of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence held a picnic at the weekend to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the founding of the local house, the second one of its type in the world (the first is in San … Continue reading
Went to see Sydney saint miracle
I went to see the Tannous family house where they say their son should be Australia’s second saint, after the recent go ahead for Mary MacKillop. You can read the background here and here. The home has a welcoming atmosphere … Continue reading
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Vale Hakoah Club
The Bondi Hakoah Club is closing. It was a Jewish club where all the high-flying Jewish people and their friends hung out. Over the past decade or longer it was mainly frequented by oldies. I used to go there in … Continue reading
Filed under I love Sydney, Religion
Comedian worried about bigots
UK comedy bloke Frank Skinner always dreamt of a Catholic-Anglican reunion but now he realises that only the hard-core anti-gay, anti-women Anglicans want to rejoin the Catholic church. Oh noes! He’s not keen on this.
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Christopher Hitchens: Religion poisons everything
He’s an amazing speaker — was the opening address for the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House. I couldn’t take notes cause they turned down the lights and I can’t recollect his whole arguments — he’s extensively … Continue reading
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Jesuit joke
There are three things that even God does not know: 1) How many religious nuns there are; 2) What the Franciscans are doing; 3) What the Jesuits are really thinking.
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Christopher Hitchens on Q&A
He’s a brilliant debater. He knocked Fr Brennan off his perch (who chaired the Human Rights Consultation and came up with — nothing. Hardly surprising that a Catholic priest would decide we shouldn’t have any human rights charter). Hitchens is … Continue reading
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Ethics classes proposed for NSW schools
At my high school, De Vialar College, we used to have the highest number of religion classes in the state of WA — five periods of religion a week PLUS one period of religious singing. A total of six. We … Continue reading
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Churches sanctioned to discriminate
“The plan will allow church groups to discriminate on grounds of sex, sexual orientation, marital status and parental status.” Also, the churches in Australia have banded together to do a $1.5 million “Jesus” campaign to try and get people back … Continue reading
Filed under Federal politics, Religion
Losing our religion – Barney Zwartz
Of course this post was going to push my buttons. Barney Zwartz is worried that people are turning away from religion because it’s “implausible”. I find it offensive, having had chronic pain and illness, when religious people says that this … Continue reading
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