Happy New Year, Lloyd Geering got the top NZ award under the honour system. He got to be a PC or in much longer words a principal companion of the New Zealand...
Some South Island Muslims are looking to set up special pool facilities for females. Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand chief executive Sultan...
This is the same church (Presbyterian) that so close-mindedly bans gays and lesbians from actively participating in the ordained clergy. Caroline ... From:...
Kim Hill will be interviewing Dr Max Wallace on Saturday morning 27 January on National Radio. The interview will cover topics such as the relationship between...
Hello, Happy Darwin Day. It will be on February 12. Many freethought organisations remember it in some way or another. It is a more of a fun event. Shrewsbury...
Public Meetings related to stem cell research. A government ethics committee is having public meetings and hui about stem cell type research on this month....
Hello, The government ethical committee is now calling for feedback about stem cell research. Such research could help find treatments for stroke, Parkinson's,...
this is good...especially the last bit... *Church groups are angry that long-running Christian television programme Praise Be has had a quarter of its episodes...
Our submissions have been listened to, which is encouraging. ... Subject: National Religious Diversity Statement Sparks Debate Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007...
The democratic congressman Pete Stark of Fremont might have crossed what some are calling "one of the last frontiers" in politics when he delighted atheists...
Hello, I managed to get a letter published in the Listener about the National Statement on Religious Diveristy. This statement might be OK if it did not...
Hi Kent, do you have a copy of the letter or a link or copy on the Humanist website? BTW, I have also written to Joris requesting a meeting with him in ...
Hello, ... You can get the letter from buying a copy of next week's Listener at the normal retail shops. This issue would also be of interest to the...
Hello, I got a response to my letter on the Religious Statement that is being promoted by a government agency. This letter is published in the Listener and is...
What Joris doesn't seem to realise is that although religious diversity is increasing, the number of religious people in NZ is decreasing. Moreover, a recent...
Hello, The National Party has decided to support the Child Discipline Bill. As a result the Bill could pass by a huge margin of something like 110 for to 11...
I don't think it's primarily a religious issue. It's an issue of human rights - do parents have the right to bring up their children as they see fit? What...
It's definitely not a religious issue. The left wing parties and the media are trying to portray the opposition as conservative extremists when in fact, the...
Hi, It was interesting to see this atheist author, Salman Rushdie, receive a british knighthood. It has upset a large number of Muslims though. Salman Rushdie...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2007/07/01/nflood201.xml The floods that have devastated swathes of the country are God's judgment on the...
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/17/science/17book.html?ex=1342324800&en=c10299705d5fa752&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink In the United States,...
Hello, It is possible that the Islamic Creationist book will at some stage over here in NZ. Focus on the Family has been known to distribute creationism...
Hi, The United Nations will be discussing this Alliance of Civilisations. This is a project where Westerners talk with Mulims. Supposedly it helps bring peace...
This week on My God, rationalist Dame Barbara Goodman talks to Chris Nichol about the challenges of being culturally Jewish, while having no belief in God. My...
http://www.christianpost.com/article/20071010/29644_Could_Creationism_Threaten_Human_Rights%253F.htm A resolution adopted by Europe's top human rights body...
http://frontpagemag.com/Articles/Read.aspx?GUID=CB16F817-6DCB-4EB3-A29E-C56487C0ABD1 By Manda Zand Ervin FrontPageMagazine.com | 10/10/2007 When the women of...
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