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POPS Many, Perhaps Most, Nearby Sun-Like Stars May Form Rocky Planets One intriguing thing about meeting people from another planet would be to find the role of religion in their culture (if they bother with religion). If they don't, many would see the need to convert them, if they did, would it be the same as ours, or would some see the need to convert them. Sorry, just an aside.
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POPSAmericans shift religious loyalties I would suggest that the same would be found in Australia. Started life involved in some christian religion but not still practising. Immigrants come with closer ties to their religion. The threat the extremists rail against.
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POPSDalai Lama breaks with tradition to counter China The Chinese again show their intolerance. Much the same as the Russians and other fascist regimes. Other fascist regimes are ruled by religion. Confusing unless you accept that religions have become tools to be exploited.
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POPSRow over religious themes in Compass Churches show a lack of confidence in followers whenever something controversial comes out. The churches show no faith in, or trust of, its followers. I remember a baptist group kicking up a fuss about "Life of Brian". To me, this indicates a belief that the followers are an ignorant lot, incapable of intelligent decision making.
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POPSThe Price of your Soul !.8 million union members run second to these pressure groups representing bigoted minorities, as far as the Prime Minister is concerned.
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POPSHeat on PM to cut link to pastor Howard copying his mate from the USA. He's big with the paedophile sheltering "Family First" and any other crackpot outfit he thinks will vote for him.
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POPSIn God we trust for right US candidate It would seem that this behaviour is acceptable. That, to me, means that church and state are not separate, at least as far as the Republicans are concerned. (Can't make other comments as they may be misinterpreted as insulting)
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POPSTeaching Kids Not To Think Unfortunately, it didn’t work. The proposal was supported by the Queensland Government and a Bill was introduced to Queensland Parliament, before being rejected. Bishop, with the support of the Christian Lobby, threatened to withhold funding from the Queensland school system if the changes were made. She claimed the proposed changes would open the door to cultish groups to start preaching ‘unacceptable views’, such as witchcraft and paganism. The reality is that these groups do, and always had, have potential to schools under the Education Act. This is because they are based on a belief in the supernatural, and therefore count as religious belief. Humanist studies remain excluded precisely because they do not subscribe to supernatural belief. Bishop would have been better off arguing that algebra shouldn’t be taught, as it opens the door to weird letters posing as hypothetical numbers.
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