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The Eerie Silence

Where is everyone? It's a big universe sure, but we've been looking for 50 years now and still there's no real sign that intelligent life might exist in other parts of the universe.



It's not as if we are continually finding reasons that life shouldn't exist - it's quite the opposite: new discoveries on other planets and moons inside our solar system, observations of planets orbiting other stars, and discoveries of weird extremophile life forms on Earth all m

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Posted on March 17, 2010 at 10:02pm —

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Bible in Schools Revisited

I just listened to a Radio New Zealand podcast which discussed the future of teaching religion in New Zealand schools. Its a subject I have mentioned here a couple of times in the past, including in the entry "Bible in Schools" which attracted a record (for this blog) 87 comments!



In that entry I said that I supported the Bible (and other aspects of Christianity) being taught in New Zealand schools because kids tended to be able to see when the material they were
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Posted on March 15, 2010 at 9:40pm — 2 Comments

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Which Century?

Which century are the Catholic Church stuck in? Sometimes it seems like they're making progress against the dogma and superstition they have traditionally believed. They officially believe evolution is real, for example, even though they think God guides the process which is fairly ridiculous in itself.



But then they make complete idiots of themselves by showing they are still stuck in the dark ages (and the dark ages were primarily caused by the Catholic Church preventing progress).… Continue

Posted on March 12, 2010 at 8:12pm —

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A Painful Interview

I just listened to an interview featuring Theresa Gattung, the previous CEO of Telecom New Zealand, who has just released a book, titled "Bird on a Wire". It might be an interesting book to read because it sounds as if she hasn't hesitated to be critical of the people she sees as being to blame for the problems Telecom (which is still New Zealand's biggest company as far as I know) is currently experiencing.



Most of what she said in the interview (I haven't read
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Posted on March 10, 2010 at 8:46pm —

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You Win Some...

Everyone has heard of the old saying "you win some and you lose some". Its true, I guess, because no person, group, or cause ever wins every battle and there are always setbacks to any conflict, even if the overall outcome is a win.



It has seemed in the past that the battle for rationality against superstition, pseudoscience, and other nonsense has been a losing one, but there have been a few impressive wins more recently.



Maybe the gr
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Posted on March 9, 2010 at 9:07pm —

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At 11:03pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
To me its a big worry!
At 11:02pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
I agree totally!
At 10:55pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
Sorry thats my opinion and I will stick by it!
Even though most people won't admit it
I am married to a Maori by the way and have seen what it has done to her race!
Not her family but a lot of confused people around her.
At 10:50pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
Look at all the Maoris that are Catholics or Mormons?
Talk about Brainwashed?
Not their religion at all!!
At 10:47pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
When I was an apprentice we had to spend a certain amount of time in the reading room checking out spelling mistakes etc
One book I was involved with was Catholicism in the islands and could not believe what these so called Missionary's got away with!
The fear of God and the Missionary position!!
A great life for deviates if you ask me?
Lets take advantage while we can in the lords name!
At 10:38pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
I agree again it just goes to show how many people think that if they believe in shit like that they will be OK in the end so they must have something to hide!
All will be forgiven?
Most mass murderers and child molesters are Religious nuts but we mustn't bring that up!
What ever happened to Jim Jones?
At 10:25pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
I agree but a lot of brainwashed people would not!
At 10:00pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
Come on someone wrote a book about it !
It must be real
At 9:57pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
Don"t say the easter Bunny because we all know he isn't real!
So it must be Hesus?
At 9:55pm on March 17, 2010, David Bennett said…
You think Jesus is not real?
Who drops off the Easter eggs then?

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