The Advertiser reported this afternoon that a pair of Christian preachers, commonly seen proselytising in Rundle Mall, the central shopping district in the Adelaide CBD, had been temporarily banned. Shop owners had allegedly complained about the content of the sermons being delivered by the group, which reportedly contained offensive comments regarding Islamic people and threats of divine retribution. Furthermore, [...]
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Rundle Mall: Preachers banned for hate speech
August 31, 2010Global Atheist Convention: The Rise of Atheism
March 15, 2010APPARENTLY I am not alone in thinking that A C Grayling, noted philosopher and speaker at the Rise of Atheism convention, was greeted like a rock star. A greeting he went on to live up to with a superb talk entitled ‘Atheism, Secularism, Humanism: Three Zones of Argument’. A striking contrast to this proper, treatise-esque [...]
Cadbury: Inadvertently funding terrorism?
October 14, 2009“Have you ever seen this symbol on the back of your food products?” This question heads a forwarded e-mail which concisely details the horror of the ‘Halal Foods Authority’ and their association with Australian branches of food corporations such as Cadbury. Wikipedia defines Halal as a term referring to “any object or an action which is permissible [...]
APN Outdoor
August 22, 2009If you can’t read the billboard, it says: “Christ hath ONCE SUFFERED for SINS, the JUST for the UNJUST that HE MIGHT BRING US to GOD. Read your Bible!” Apparently APN have no issues with this particular bit of advertising. Seems a bit inconsistent.
Didn’t consent to baptism? Have it ‘deleted’
April 15, 2009By Daniel Carabellese. Source article here. It’s always a good day when successful Atheist endeavors make (what I catch myself thinking of as) the ‘real’ news, that is to say, the news which is on the television and in mainstream newspapers. In just one such case recently, a young gentleman has (with the help of [...]
Attack Arguments: Useless waste of time
March 23, 2009Recently, while on my way home from University, I was stopped by a young Christian gentleman who forcefully explained that he had a great gift to give to me. Dubious (and suspecting the gift would prove to be ‘Jesus!’), I listened for a few moments before apologizing and explaining that I was an Atheist and [...]
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