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The current focus on Biden's response to Tara Reade, in light of his response to Christine Blasey Ford, has raised the question of whether complaints of sexual abuse should be believed without significant evidence. Biden gave Christine Blasey Ford the ‘benefit of the doubt.’ Why not Tara Reade?

There are certainly political, military and strategic considerations to the present situation in Turkey & Syria, but what I seem to hear most often is that the US has an ethical responsibility to support the Kurds. Criticism of President Trump's policy is often framed as "betrayal". So what I...

As my profile says, I live in Australia & not a US citizen, so I get rather mystified by the personal vitriol that is expressed towards President Trump. Of course it happens here too but basically we are just too busy playing cricket & football to get too worked up about our pollies. The first...

I'm just wondering how varied understandings of creation can be and still remain within (or is that under) the umbrella of conservative Christianity. Heard a guy explain his view of divinely guided evolution to the point where humans appeared which was when God gave them a soul. This seems...

These are the words that got a leading Australian rugby player fired when he posted them on his Instagram page: "Warning - drunks homosexuals, adulterers, liars, fornicators, thieves, atheists, idolaters, hell awaits you. Repent. Only Jesus saves. Those that are living in sin will end up in...

I am not raising the question of whether homosexual activities are sinful. I am addressing the situation of whether saying so publicly causes LGBT people to self harm. The catalyst for this question is the recent Californian Assembly Concurrent Resolution (ACR) 99 "The resolution, ACR-99...

As an Australian I am overjoyed that Scott Morrison has been elected Prime Minister in the election held on Saturday. He is a member of Horizon Church (https://horizonchurchsydney.com) which is part of Australian Christian Churches (formerly known as AOG). This is a first for Australia and I...

FOX NEWS: Opinion: Gregg Jarrett If Judge Brett Kavanaugh was not telling the truth Thursday at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on his nomination to the Supreme Court, he is one of America’s greatest actors. The emotion Kavanaugh evinced during the hearing cannot be feigned. When it...

We have no right to judge a person's standing before God. We cannot say who is and who is not a Christian. However, if a person demonstrates over a long period of time behaviour that is consistent with being a Christian, then I think our confidence in his commitment to God is justified...

Paul talks about the separation between the soul and the spirit (Hebrews 4:12) and I have always wondered what this means. Recently I have been listening to Dr Pim van Lommel and his experiences with patients who have had near death experiences. He describes the mind (brain) as a "transmitter"...