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    Thread: Debate, Melbourne, Australia, June 30th
Post: RE: Debate, Melbourne, Australia, June 30th

I recently engaged Robert Martin of Melbourne's City Bible Forum in debate on the ethical merit of the Canaanite genocide. The audio recording has been edited into an episode of my podcast series "The...
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 2 1229 July 4, 2016 at 5:30 am
    Thread: Debate, Melbourne, Australia, June 30th
Post: RE: Debate, Melbourne, Australia, June 30th

Facebook event page.
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 2 1229 June 16, 2016 at 9:14 pm
    Thread: Debate, Melbourne, Australia, June 30th
Post: Debate, Melbourne, Australia, June 30th

Hello folks I will be debating Robert Martin of the City Bible Forum on the topic "The Biblical Account of the Canaanite Genocide was Justified" on the 30th of June.  The Melbourne Unitarian Peace Me...
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 2 1229 June 16, 2016 at 9:13 pm
    Thread: Debate, Melbourne, Australia, June 30th
Post: Debate, Melbourne, Australia, June 30th

Hello folks I will be debating Robert Martin of the City Bible Forum on the topic "The Biblical Account of the Canaanite Genocide was Justified" on the 30th of June.  The Melbourne Unitarian Peace Me...
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 0 723 June 16, 2016 at 9:09 pm
    Thread: Melbourne debate: late notice; messengers - don't shoot them
Post: RE: Melbourne debate: late notice; messengers - do...

Now with added street address: 25 Exhibition Walk, Clayton.
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 6 1847 September 21, 2015 at 6:17 am
    Thread: Melbourne debate: late notice; messengers - don't shoot them
Post: RE: Melbourne debate: late notice; messengers - do...

Ah-ha! I finally found out where the debate's happening. Clayton campus. Wish the organisers told me when this ad went up. I've been checking the SWINIS sites and emailing my contact to no avail....
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 6 1847 September 21, 2015 at 3:06 am
    Thread: Melbourne debate: late notice; messengers - don't shoot them
Post: RE: Melbourne debate: late notice; messengers - do...

There is no wrong side of the Tasman, Beccs, but thanks for the props.  I lived in and loved New Zealand for several years and find myself missing many aspects of life there.
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 6 1847 September 19, 2015 at 2:33 am
    Thread: Melbourne debate: late notice; messengers - don't shoot them
Post: Melbourne debate: late notice; messengers - don't ...

Swinburne Islamic Society have asked me to take part in a debate.  The short notice means they've enlisted the other university Islamic organisations around Melbourne to help with the advertising, so...
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 6 1847 September 19, 2015 at 2:09 am
    Thread: Australia, Victoria, Ballarat gathering with tunes and comestables.
Post: Australia, Victoria, Ballarat gathering with tunes...

Ballarat benefit. Tunes, wine, wood fired pizza, kid friendly venue, kid friendly cause. Can't attend but still think secular education is a good idea in a nation as thoroughly religion munted as Uga...
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 0 1223 October 25, 2014 at 4:53 am
    Thread: Who needs to know?
Post: RE: Who needs to know?

(July 22, 2014 at 8:02 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: (July 21, 2014 at 9:44 am)worldslaziestbusker Wrote: That's the way I figured it out. Turns out, some atheists can turn nasty when you expose them...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 9 1211 July 22, 2014 at 10:39 am
    Thread: Who needs to know?
Post: RE: Who needs to know?

(July 21, 2014 at 8:59 am)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Bullying is bullying. Either report it, or let your silence condemn you. That's the way I figured it out. Turns out, some atheists can turn nasty wh...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 9 1211 July 21, 2014 at 9:44 am
    Thread: Who needs to know?
Post: RE: Who needs to know?

Thanks for the responses. So, what if the organisation was a secular advocacy group instead of a church?
worldslaziestbusker Religion 9 1211 July 21, 2014 at 8:56 am
    Thread: Who needs to know?
Post: Who needs to know?

If the leadership of a church body causes a person to become suicidal through bullying, who has an interest in hearing about the behaviour that brought the matter to such a head? I have heard peopl...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 9 1211 July 19, 2014 at 10:05 pm
    Thread: Melbourne fund raising for secular school where a secular school is much needed.
Post: Melbourne fund raising for secular school where a ...

25 seats, no PA, no mixer, no overheads, all funds turning into bricks and mortar in Uganda. If you are reading this, you are among the first to know about my benefit gig for the Kasese Humanist Prima...
worldslaziestbusker News & Activism 0 1112 May 17, 2014 at 8:40 am
    Thread: Religious moderates enable religious extremists
Post: RE: Religious moderates enable religious extremist...

I'm not above making chicken noises about this - if any theist attempts to make the case that their religion's reputation is spoiled only by extremists, please direct them to this thread so they can e...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 82 32892 October 17, 2013 at 3:15 am
    Thread: Religious moderates enable religious extremists
Post: RE: Religious moderates enable religious extremist...

(October 11, 2013 at 10:25 pm)Zazzy Wrote: No offense, OP, but Sam Harris wrote an entire book about this some years ago (The End of Faith). The point was valid then, and it's still valid, and you d...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 82 32892 October 11, 2013 at 10:56 pm
    Thread: Religious moderates enable religious extremists
Post: RE: Religious moderates enable religious extremist...

(October 7, 2013 at 9:05 pm)FreethinkerII Wrote: Very nice opening volley. Well written and thought out... I understand why your opponent chose to run away. Thanks for the props, FreethinkerII. I li...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 82 32892 October 11, 2013 at 9:31 pm
    Thread: The Crocodillema
Post: RE: The Crocodillema

(October 10, 2013 at 11:31 pm)Lion IRC Wrote: Oh look. An abusive ad hom. What a surprise. *yawn* Abuse is when someone deliberately causes unnecessary harm. I am applying accurate taxonomy. You a...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 39 6667 October 11, 2013 at 2:14 am
    Thread: The Crocodillema
Post: RE: The Crocodillema

(October 10, 2013 at 12:20 am)enrico Wrote: The problem with those that confuse the bollocks with the bollocks and think that the bollocks is the real bollocks is that they have no idea how the boll...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 39 6667 October 10, 2013 at 4:12 am
    Thread: The Crocodillema
Post: RE: The Crocodillema

(October 9, 2013 at 10:05 am)enrico Wrote: (October 9, 2013 at 9:27 am)worldslaziestbusker Wrote: Describe an infallible method for determining what is accurately perceived divine communication an...
worldslaziestbusker Religion 39 6667 October 9, 2013 at 2:53 pm