Articles tagged ‘Religion’.

Vampires give teenagers taste for spirituality
The vampire Edward and Bella from Twilight
Teenagers are not looking for answers to life’s big questions in established religious institutions. Instead, they engage in intense idolisation...
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Priests
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By Jan ‘Yarn’ Wositzky I’m not a Christian and I don’t believe in ‘God’. I’ve had little contact with organised religion. I know nothing...
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Dirty pages reveal medieval fears, prayer habits
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University of St Andrews art historian Dr Kathryn Rudy has devised an ingenious new way to unveil the deepest fears, reading and prayer habits of medi...
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Jesus has us on a rope
By Andrew McKenna Jesus was a maverick who turned his back on his church, wandered the desert with a bunch of free thinkers and spat in the soup of th...
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Just when you thought satire was dead …
Official Diamond Jubilee Portrait
By Andrew McKenna The Coalition has called on the Government to distribute Queen Elizabeth’s official portrait in her Diamond Jubilee year. Damn...
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Rewards offered: Who dropped a log on the Western? Who put the water there?
Shiva, Hindu Goddess of destruction
By Andrew McKenna Castlemaine Independent is offering rewards for whoever can conclusively prove who got up to mischief at the Western last Monday nig...
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US wrongly demonises Iran, but ignores nuclear weapons countries India, Pakistan, and Israel
By Karl Lindemann U.S. foreign policy is obsessed with demonizing Iran. It has been since the pro-American Shah was popularly overthrown in 1979. From...
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Two!
At the last CI staff meeting
It’s CI’s birthday! Two. How would you live without us? Let us know! Congratulate us. Conditions of congratulating us: 1. No hate bloggers...
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Saturday poem: The Lord is in me
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By Kabir, 15th century The Lord is in Me The Lord is in me, and the Lord is in you, As life is hidden in every seed. So rubble your pride, my friend, ...
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Local author’s book takes flight to the heavens
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Castlemaine author Geoff Hocking has a beautiful new book that is making a splash around the world. The Children’s Mass Book has been created fo...
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Ban the Niqab and the Burqa? (No way)
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By Zara Syed* A man committed a crime wearing the Niqab, so it should be banned. What about the other items which have been used by criminals to conce...
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Blessing the Easter buns
Ken Parker blesses the buns at Sprout this morning
Thursday 21 April ‘Paul brings such joy to his breadmaking and sees it as a useful vocation … in a pretty mad society where we stock up on...
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Holiday reading: Priests warned about hell
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By Andrew McKenna published 1 June 2010 VATICAN CITY: The Vatican’s investigator in the church’s paedophilia scandal has warned priests th...
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Holiday reading: God bows out of the Federal election
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By Andrew McKenna published 26 July 2010 Following recent speculation that God is contemplating retirement, His office has just issued a press release...
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Pope okays condoms for condom animals, but not auto-erotic asphyxiation
Not to be tried at home
By Andrew McKenna Pope Benedict XVI has said that condom use is acceptable under certain conditions. In an interview with a German journalist, he sai...
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Castlemaine blesses its budgies, and reopens a faith dialogue
By Andrew McKenna Castelemaine’s annual peace and interfaith festival took place at the weekend, a lovely opportunity to bring out the budgie an...
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Seeking the truth
By Andrew McKenna One of the revered men of the Sikh religion is Bhai Bachittar Singh, who is remembered for sacrificing his life in battle by ramming...
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God bows out of the Federal election
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By Andrew McKenna Following recent speculation that God is contemplating retirement, His office has just issued a press release that He will not conte...
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Priests warned about hell
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By Andrew McKenna VATICAN CITY: The Vatican’s investigator in the church’s paedophilia scandal has warned priests that those who abuse chi...
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Castlemaine Independent’s great!
‘Castlemaine Independent’s great! I made it my homepage!’ (A quote like that couldn’t be let go. Arabella wins ... I don’t know, a free subscription? Any suggestions?
Castlemaine Independent’s great!...
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Jesus has us on a rope
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By Andrew McKenna Jesus was a maverick who turned his back on his church, wandered the desert with a bunch of free thinkers and spat in the soup of th...
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