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Evolution does not enjoy an advantage over creation so far as science is concerned. It is true that science cannot verify the major premises of creationism, but nor can it verify the major [...]

“Intelligent design” has been in the news of late. According to this theory of origins, there is an unnamed “intelligent cause” for life on earth. The theory maintains that life is far too [...]

In the August issue of Life News I wrote/published a satirical article titled “Owning up to Christian involvement in terror”. To my astonishment and dismay, a few readers missed the ironic tone [...]

Babe was a sensation when it first screened in the cinemas in 1995. It is a delightful film and now belongs with the classics. Babe is the tale of a plucky little pig who aspires to be a sheep [...]

Late last year the English folk singer Steve Tilston toured Australia and I attended one of his concerts in Perth. In a small courtyard-cum-amphitheatre, Tilston sat with his guitar on a low [...]

In his opinion piece in The West Australian (15 August), “Tough task gagging terror talk”, Brian Toohey reveals that Christians are in the hate talk business every bit as much as Muslims. To [...]

In response to recent expressions of concern about abortion by Health Minister Tony Abbott and several other Federal parliamentarians, “women’s groups across the country are uniting to fight” any [...]

We have all done things we regret, things we wish we could undo. And even when they are not a cause of lasting harm, these regrettable things are often a cause of lasting shame. The Australian [...]

  Pain   Yesterday, when I woke early with that pain and got up and got no relief, I thought of death, my death. This is it, I thought.   And I felt grief for my family and [...]

There is confusion among people generally on the matter of abortion. This confusion is especially unhelpful at the present time, when (thanks to the efforts of certain pro-life politicians) [...]