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Australian edition

TOUGH QUESTIONS: Nov 05, AU Edition

IAN WISHART We’re all fundamentalists now They’re just another raving bunch of fundamentalists! Now there’s a phrase you’ll hear on talk radio if you listen hard enough. Fundamentalist. The very word, in its modern context, […]

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Australian edition

TOUGH QUESTIONS: June 05, AU Edition

IAN WISHART Why God needs a rottweiler The newspaper front pages said it all when Pope Benedict XVI ascended the throne in the Vatican late last month: “God’s Rottweiler”, “Panzerkardinal”. Here in New Zealand, Newstalk […]

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Feb 05 issue

TOUGH QUESTIONS: Feb 05

UWE SIEMON-NETTO An act of God? An answer to lightweight theorists In these first dramatic days of the New Year, theodicy seems to be the favorite topic in salons and around kitchen tables. Theodicy is […]

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Investigate back issues

TOUGH QUESTIONS: Mar 05

IAN WISHART A Viennese waltz on whether you can believe the Bible Hans (“Vox Populi”, p16) takes me to task over my suggestion that the Old Testament has not been found to contain any errors. […]

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Australian edition

TOUGH QUESTIONS: Sep 05, AU Edition

IAN WISHART Child abuse and the nature of evil Surveys show around 90% of Australians and New Zealanders have a spiritual belief. Many people as part of that belief acknowledge the existence of spiritual evil, […]

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Australian edition

TOUGH QUESTIONS: Dec 05, AU Edition

IAN WISHART Exorcism – when belief becomes reality Hollywood has a long history of milking the religious and/or supernatural veins of our culture for material, and usually it’s a blockbuster. Last season Mel Gibson’s The […]