We all have blind spots, where we find ourselves in destructive patterns before we know it… I’ve noticed that by the time I do eventually recognize what’s happening and start to get cleaned up in one area, another sin is already in my blindspot!
So I started thinking through the seven deadly sins to see what [...]
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Muslim and Christian representative organizations are both calling for a regular pluralist forum, to work together on the difficult questions plaguing our times. Can we please give it to them!
And then hold a megaphone to what they are coming up with!
The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC) is an organisation run and funded solely by [...]
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1) I despair.
Below is the result of the Senate vote in Vic.
I feel … indescribably …
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2) A pluralist society would not do this.
Now, doctors cannot conscientiously object to prescribing an abortion, or they will be unregisterable & uninsurable.
A pluralist society welcomes all to the table. But Australian politics now excludes from the table those who don’t subscribe to the [...]
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“Pluralism means that all people have a place at the table. Its not a secular table, it is a pluralistic table, and therefore no one party can claim absolute control of the table.” Unfortunately Australian governments are consciously pursuing an explicitly secularist table.
Dr Geoff Tunnicliffe’s quote about the pluralist table continues (in AEA’s Working Together [...]
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