- Corporate Exclusion. Or Why I Wish I Were A Man Saturday, February 5th, 2011
PUBLISHED BY THEAGE ON OCT 23 2008.
Here’s one to file under “What would chicks know?”, or “Sheilas, if they didn’t wear skirts we’d throw rocks at ’em”, or possibly “Stand back ladies, have a cup of tea and talk about your feelings while we fellas run the world”.
Yes, I do have penis envy this morning; I wish ...
Read more - Banned in Mildura by the Catholic Church. Who? Me. Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
This article was written to appear in The Age March 10 2010. It was spiked (not published) the day before by the editor of The Age. I was not informed, asked for an edit or a substitute column. I just woke to hundreds of emails from grumpy readers wanting to know where I was. Two ...
Read more - Catholic Facebook. Log in for Jesus! You ain’t fooling me. Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
IT’S OFFICIAL. The Catholic Church is fully sick. And so is George Pell. And I’m not talking about his health. The man is like massively random in a totally wicked way. Respect!
The Pellmeister has just launched a Catholic social networking site. On the electric computer. I know, futuristic! You heard that right brothers and sisters, ...
Read more - Good Friday. Lapsed Catholics and childhood brainwashing Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
GOOD Friday was spent sitting round with lapsed Catholics drinking wine, eating meat and using the Lord’s name in vain, punctuated by the odd person saying, “Don’t tell my parents.” What a thrill to stare eternal damnation in the face with a chop in one hand, a glass of cask wine in the other and ...
Read more - A visit back to my own church 20 years on… Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
WEEK one, Planetshakers. Week two, the Quakers. Week three, and in the final instalment of my interrogating-reality triptych, I sat through Sunday Mass on the same pew I grew up on at my childhood parish. But this time with my atheist sons. How did they become atheists? That’s the way they were born.
Entering the cathedral ...
Read more - Quakers Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
AS I was leaving for the Quakers’ meeting, my mate said: “You need to get there 10 minutes early for the Unveiling Of The Relic”.
“What happens then?” I asked.
“Well, the men with the beards, wearing the hoods, shave, brand and sacrifice the newest member, known as The Unclean, before they perform acts in the Circle ...
Read more - Planetshakers Church. Awesomeness for Jesus! Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
THE promise of awesome worship. That’s what got me rocking up to a Planetshakers meeting. And I wasn’t disappointed. They said “awesome” 20 times.
Planetshakers is a megachurch, which is like a spiritual mega-meal deal. Pizza, Coke, chocolate bavarian. If we could masticate it for you and pump it into your stomach, we would. Because we ...
Read more - Atheist Buses in Australia Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
WHAT do you say?” the mother said as the toasted sandwiches were put down in front of her twin boys. The boys placed their hands together in a prayer position and said, “Thank-you, Lord.” I laughed. We were in a cafe. I laughed because they thanked God but they didn’t thank the woman who made ...
Read more - God Has Narcissistic Personality Disorder Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
Here’s my theory. God has narcissistic personality disorder. Stay with me as I indulge in two of my favourite pastimes: illuminating monotheistic religion’s exploitation of the human desire to feel safe, loved and special; and my constant need to question and expose maladaptive behaviour. Let’s pathologise!
Here’s the deal: tick five in the diagnostic criteria and ...
Read more - Global Atheist Convention 2010 Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011
WHAT were we going to talk about all weekend? Nothing? Could we scientifically prove the existence of Richard Dawkins? What does an atheist scream during sex? “Truth, evidence and reason?” We’d heard them all.
We atheists were in heaven at the Rise of Atheism Convention held last weekend. More than 2500 people, who for many years ...
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This article was written to appear in The Age March 10 2010. It was spiked (not published) the day before by the editor of The Age. I was not informed, asked for an edit or a substitute column. I just woke to hundreds of emails from grumpy readers wanting to know where I was. Two ...