World Youth Day, reasons to be agnostic

“How well we know what a profitable superstition this fable of Christ has been for us”. – attributed to Pope Leo X (1513 – 21)
Watching the events of World Youth Day in Sydney, I feel excitement in seeing the joyful faces of the young people from all over the world as they celebrate an aspect [...]

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A hypocrite of circumstance

The epithet ‘hypocrite’ is a strong term, and is a heavy emotion-laden (often angry) condemnation to throw around. In some communities it is sometimes aimed at those who while being a perceived member of a community, or is a professed supporter of some action beneficial to that community, denies supporting that beneficial action to protect [...]

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