This is an interesting article by Theo Hobson in the Spectator in which he argues that atheism is failing on two counts. First it is not able to offer a coherent and satisfying morality, and second it is blind to the fact that the morality...
The Abolition of Slavery and the Truth of History A Speech Given at the The Gettysburg 150th Commemoration St Peter's Eastern Hill, Melbourne, Tuesday 192019 November Mark Durie A version of this address has been published by Quadrant, see here. Memories shape us powerfully. For all of us there...
by Sam Hailes Reposted from Lapido media A public health official’s bid to lower the age of consent would undermine the fight against human trafficking, warns an Australian professor. Human rights activist Dr Mark Durie said the current law was ‘necessary…in order to prevent the trafficking of children’,...
Over the past decade I have had the opportunity to speak to thousands of people about Islam across five continents. At question time, the same issues keep coming up. The questions which have stayed in my mind are all about world view assumptions. These are...
This article has been published in the Washington Times as "Stop opening churches to Muslims" This past week Fox News posted a report that Heartsong church in Cordova, Tennessee and Aldersgate United Methodist Church in Alexandra, Virginia have made their church buildings available to Muslims to...
Here is a list of false beliefs and modes of thought which make it hard for people in the West to come to terms with the challenge of Islam today. If you are deeply attached to any of these ideas or ways of thinking, you...
In the Toronto Star of Friday January 21, an article was published with the headline 'Pakistani Christians seek safety in Islam'. It described a steady stream of Christians who are converting to Islam in Pakistan in order to ensure their safety and the safety of...
What does the Bible teach about violence? Some critics make the case for a moral equivalency between Christianity and Islam, claiming that the Bible is no less violent than the Qur’an.1 Certainly the conquest of Canaan, as described in the Bible, was a bloody one....