Last night on the ABC the program “Q and A” featured a debate between Dr Richard Dawkins and Archbishop George Pell, and I for one was excited to see this match-up of opinions. For those who aren’t familiar with the program, it usually has a panel of 5 guests from a varying backgrounds discussing questions posed to them from the audience, via email or via video link. Hosted by Tony Jones, this format is highlighted by the...

It is less than a week away that my 40th circumnavigation of the sun, in my non-fetal, breathing-for-myself form, will come to a close and I will embark on my 41st. Often called the beginnings of “middle age”, this brings a few ideas to mind. But before I continue, there is one thing you should know. This is not going to be my 40th birthday. No, in fact it will only be my 10th. You see, the majority of the population of earth have a...

God really is everywhere. Including inside my iPhone! I was searching for an app on my phone and randomly came across this app called simply “God”. What does the app do? Well let’s find out shall we? Apparently it is designed to bring me closer to God, by giving me random messages from him on-high. Clicking “start” on the opening screen allows me to step through a guided journey, short messages such...

It’s that time of year again, when About.com hold the annual Readers’ Choice awards, and this year I’m hoping to make the top 5 nominations as I did last year. The final result of 4th place was a great testament to the passion of my readers, with my blog receiving 10% of the votes. If you like my blog, and would like to see it get a larger readership (I sure would) then take a moment to go nominate this blog on the nominations...

I’m starting to get quite scared of the level of willful ignorance found within the vocal members of Islam. Yes I know, some of you will say “Yes but don’t judge all Muslims by the voices of the few loud people.” Well I don’t. In fact the only Muslims I judge are those with influence who willingly spread the ignorant nature of their religion with hate-speak and misinformation. The rest are just people, and shall be...

Patrick, who earlier today called me a strawman in my last post, comes from Integrity Ministries, and posts articles to their blog on a semi-regular basis. One post that caught my eye was the one from June this year titled “Belief in God” in which he says that the simple day-to-day consistencies of our universe prove there is a god. It’s like the Bill O’Reilly “Sun comes up, sun goes down” argument. In...